SafeBet said:An example of an athlete winning one of the biggest competitions in his sport at age 42 after never winning anything relevant before.
just to cherry pick a few...
2010 - 1st Basque Country
2011 - 2nd Basque Country
2012 - 2nd Tirreno Adriatico
how are these not relevant results? Most winners of the Basque tour are also GT winners. The same can be said of the winners of the last 5 editions of Tirreno.