Kuss first pulled off the full Grand Tour treble in 2023, when he won the Vuelta despite an internal leadership standoff with Vingegaard and Roglič — the only precedent since Gastone Nencini in 1957. This time, Visma-Lease a Bike has deprioritized his GC ambitions in favor of stage hunting alongside Wout van Aert and Matthew Brennan, with Vingegaard out for the rest of the season. Riccitello's arc is the more pointed story: two years into his Grand Tour career, he's changed teams specifically to chase the next level, and his trajectory — fifth overall to podium contender — gives North American cycling its clearest succession line in years.