Sepp Kuss` domination of the climbing stages at the 2018 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah was so complete that when riders at the post-race press conference were told they`d have to wait a few more minutes for the overall winner to arrive from the award ceremony, Mitchelton-Scott`s Jack Haig had a succinct response that summed up the week of racing. `That`s the first time we`ve had to wait for him all week,` Haig said, lacking only a rimshot to complete his snarky one-liner. Kuss claimed all three climbing stages in the race, soloing away on Mount Nebo during stage 2 to take the win in Payson and claim the yellow jersey. The LottoNL-Jumbo rider won Saturday`s `queen stage` with another solo move, and then completed his hat-trick with Sunday`s solo ride into Park City. At the end of seven days, Kuss took the overall win by 2:09 over Ben Hermans (Israel Cycling Academy) and 2:22 over Haig.ADVERTISEMENT Now the 23-year-old neo pro is set to make his Grand Tour debut later this month at the Vuelta a Espana. `I`m definitely excited for it,` Kuss said. `When I found out it was in the cards a few months ago, it definitely gave me lot of motivation. I don`t know what it`s going to be like, but it`s going to be super-hard. I`ve never done anything like it, so I`ll take it week by week and see how I feel about it.` Kuss said he was looking forward to working with, and for, George Bennett, LottoNL-Jumbo`s likely leader in the three-week race. Coming into form at the Dauphiné
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