When
Marc Soler attacked late on, Van Aert's chances of victory looked to be riding away up the road. Despite his own general classification ambitions however, Kuss took to the front of the diminished chase group and like a one man army, drilled an incredible pace and reeled back the ride-away Spaniard.
"It was a suffer-fest to pull Soler back, but it feels like a victory for me too, it was really nice to be there with Wout," Kuss concludes his assessment delightedly. "In such small groups, there are always going to be attacks. But Wout is cool and sharp enough to know which ones to follow."
