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Sepp Kuss
Visma–Lease a Bike · Updated May 28, 2025
Age:31y 289d · Sep 13, 1994
Country:🇺🇸 United States
Turned Pro:2021
Exp:6 years
UCI Rank:#97 · 862 pts
Contract:2021 – —
Pay vs outputValue Pay (+21)
PremiumBalancedValue
Output 78th % · Pay 57th %
Seasons
6 Years
Career Earnings1
€2.5M
Career Prize
€397K
Teams
1
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No reported salary figure is on file for this rider, so the estimate comes from our rubric — a function of team budget and rider UCI position.

  1. Team UCI rank (#3) places Visma–Lease a Bike into a budget bracket. Top teams pay more across the board.
  2. Rider UCI rank (#97) positions the rider on that team's pay curve. A top-3 rider on a top team earns near the bracket ceiling; a domestique earns closer to the bracket floor.

Bracket ceiling for this team: €8.0M.

2026 salary floor for this rider (veteran): €44K — the CPA-AIGCP-mandated WorldTour minimum. Source ↗

See the full methodology on the Rubric page. Have a better source? Send it in.

Rubric inputs
UCI rank#97
Team UCI rank#3
Pay bracketBracket 1
Bracket ceiling€8.0M
Rubric version0.3
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Earnings Per Year

YearAgeTeamCash
Total		Prize
Money		Total
Cumulative		Awards / Highlights
202127VISM€352K€16K€368KTour de France
202228VISM€440K€15K€823K(TTT) Vuelta a España
202329VISM€440K€162K€1.4MVuelta a España +1 more win
202430VISM€440K€62K€1.9MVuelta a Burgos +2 more wins
202531VISM€405K€6K€2.3M
202632VISM€440K—€2.8MIn progress

Earnings Per Team (career)

TeamYearsTotal Career Pay
VISM Visma–Lease a Bike2021–2026 (6)€2.8M

Career-cumulative estimate allocated across the rider's teams. Past stints use the team history if known; otherwise all years are attributed to the current team. Endorsements and appearance fees aren't included. See Rubric for methodology.

External Links
Sources (1)
T2Daniel Benson's Cycling Substack
Daniel Benson (May 28, 2025 Substack) places Sepp Kuss in the Grand Tour podium tier of €1.8M-€2M+ per season. Tier members can race as GT super-domestiques or take their own podium shots at a point in the season.
dnlbenson.substack.com ↗
Recent activity
2024 · Result
8th — Volta ao Algarve
2024 · Result
1st — Mountains classification, Tour of the Basque Country
2024 · Result
6th — Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior
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