PHOTOS: A Grand Welcome Home for Sepp Kuss

Thousands show up for the pro cyclist’s homecoming celebration on Thursday

Thursday, Oct 19, 2023 9:15 PM Updated Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023 9:15 PM

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Thousands show up for the pro cyclist’s homecoming celebration on Thursday

Sepp Kuss leads the Sepp Kuss homecoming celebration parade on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, on Main Avenue in Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

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Sepp Kuss with his wife Noemí Ferré, parents Sabina and Dolph Kuss on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, during the Sepp Kuss homecoming celebration at Buckley Park. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

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Sepp Kuss with his wife Noemí Ferré, parents Sabina and Dolph Kuss on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, during the Sepp Kuss homecoming celebration at Buckley Park. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

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Sepp Kuss’s wife Noemí Ferré, and his parents Sabina and Dolph Kuss on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, during the Sepp Kuss homecoming celebration parade at Buckley Park. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

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Fans line up down the block for a Sepp Kuss autograph during the Sepp Kuss homecoming celebration on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, on Main Avenue in Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

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Sepp Kuss autographs the jersey of Mason Kleinsmith, 8, during the Sepp Kuss homecoming celebration on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, on Main Avenue in Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

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Durango Devo director Levi Kurlander and friend of Sepp Kuss speaks during the Sepp Kuss homecoming celebration on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, at Buckley Park. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

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Sepp Kuss is escorted to the front of the parade by Durango Police Department officers during the Sepp Kuss homecoming celebration on Thursday at Buckley Park. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

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Sepp Kuss is escorted to the front of the parade by Durango Police Department officers during the Sepp Kuss homecoming celebration on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, at Buckley Park. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

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Sepp Kuss is escorted to the front of the parade by Durango Police Department officers during the Sepp Kuss homecoming celebration on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, at Buckley Park. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

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Sepp Kuss, with team Jumbo Visma, gets ready to lead the homecoming celebration parade at Buckley Park on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, for the world champion cyclist. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

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Sepp Kuss, with team Jumbo Visma, high-fives Durango Devo riders at the start of homecoming celebration parade at Buckley Park on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, for the world champion cyclist. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

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Sepp Kuss, with team Jumbo Visma, waves to the crowd of 2,000-plus at Buckley Park as he takes on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, during the homecoming celebration for the world cyclist champion. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

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Sepp Kuss, with team Jumbo-Visma, high-fives Durango Devo riders at the start of homecoming celebration parade at Buckley Park on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, for the world champion cyclist. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

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