I am very happy for George Bennett's great season so far, and already his Vuelta Top-10 last year. Probably one of the funniest guys in the peloton - if you are looking for some genuinely entertaining reads, I recommend you check out his twitter:
https://twitter.com/georgenbennett. He used to keep a blog on his website too, which was really funny, but sadly it's not on his website anymore.
I have followed George Bennett since he joined RadioShack-Nissan in 2012. The first two years of his career he was struggling a lot. He had a problem with sideburn if I recall correctly, where his lungs would start to hurt pretty bad whenever he went in the red. He tried for a long time to get this figured out, and it seems like indeed he has. He also had other injuries and illnesses. In his first Giro he finished almost every stage far behind, and finished 121st overall. For the first 4 years of his career he had no real result. Despite that, he was able to stay at WT level, first moving to Cannondale, then LottoJumbo.
All the happier I am now for him, and that he was able to prove that he had the potential all along. I think he has really surpassed expectations, because being a good climber is one thing, but being up there with Froome et al in the Tour is quite impressive. Being the first New Zealander to ever finish in the top-10 of a GT is a great achievement, and it looks like he might crack the top-10 again in the Tour this year. His Tour of California win of course was another great achievement.
I think he is really an interesting case study, which shows that sometimes it is worth sticking with a rider and not giving up on them, even if the results don't come for a few years. Unfortunately that's difficult in this short-lived business, all the nicer when it pays off!