Heras sort-of qualifies for this, even though he stopped riding at the end of 2005 due to a suspension rather than voluntarily (and only had his Vuelta win reinstated later).
I had a baseline cost of 7456 for my winning team in 2024. In 2023, I finished 8th with a baseline of 7477. Last year, I was at 7490 and finished 41st. My team is 7499 this year, so I can only assume I am heading for the bottom of the table.
As a cat lover, I nevertheless convinced myself last year that it was okay to pick Tiberi, and look where that got me. Suffice it to say that I like him even less now.
That’s my fault, I think, for picking Nys. I had several years’ worth of good luck last year and now I am getting all of the make-up illnesses and crashes this season.