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Originally Posted by Netspeed

I think it's great seeing that he's about 12 years past the theroretical prime age....

On the one hand it takes years to gain the experience, power, and stamina to win the hardest bike race in the world. On the other hand, the race is so hard that it favors young men with the ability to suffer and recover. When you balance these factors, you end up with the average age of a Tour de France winner being 29 years old.
http://fittv.discovery.com/convergence/chasinglance/carmichael/carmichael.html

lance is only 37

37 - age of the oldest winner [Firmin Lambot, 1922]
20 - age of the youngest winner [Henri Cornet, 1904]
that would come to 28.5yrs old