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Originally Posted by rain dogs
It was not flashy, but still a quite impressive secondary story. Valverde really cracked in the final time trial (losing almost 7 minutes) but he was damn close to being the oldest rider ever to finish top ten in the Tour... An honor still held by Raymond Poulidor (who was also 40 when he finished 3rd!)
He's always been consistent, insanely driven and competitive, but I think we've perhaps reached the time when we may not see Valverde lift his arms in victory again... even in a shat small race. Had to happen sometime.
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I was explaining the white jersey to my wife today and she said, "What? Why don't they have a jersey for the oldest riders?'
Yeah at 40 you are not a spring chicken in the pro peloton that's for sure.