Sepp Kuss ends decade-long wait for American stage win at Tour de France

Sepp Kuss took victory on stage 15 of the Tour de France (Christophe Ena/AP)

Sepp Kuss delivered the first American stage win at the Tour de France in a decade as Tadej Pogacar restored his five-minute advantage in yellow on the road to Andorra.

Kuss was the last survivor of a 32-man group who got away on the 191km stage from Ceret to Andorre-la-Vieille, leaving behind his fellow escapees on the last climb of the day, the Col de Beixalis, and holding off Alejandro Valverde on the long descent into town.