{"id":22646,"date":"2013-09-16T14:27:58","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T12:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/grandpa-horner-becomes-oldest-grand-tour-champion\/"},"modified":"2013-09-16T14:27:58","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T12:27:58","slug":"grandpa-horner-becomes-oldest-grand-tour-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/grandpa-horner-becomes-oldest-grand-tour-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Grandpa\u2019 Horner becomes oldest grand tour champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=16824\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16824\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16824  \" alt=\"Chris Horner celebrates on the podium in Madrid after winning the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday Photo: Getty Images\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/8ee86_Chris_Horner_2672447b-600x375.jpg\" width=\"378\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Horner celebrates on the podium in Madrid after winning the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday Photo: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><em>Roy Fuoco tells us about Christopher Horner becoming the oldest grand tour champion.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chalk one up for the old guys.<\/p>\n<p>The prime for cyclists is hardly at age 41 but don\u2019t tell that to Chris Horner.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Horner became the oldest champion of one of cycling\u2019s three-week grand tours by winning the Spanish Vuelta that finished in Madrid on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The previous oldest winner of the one of the three grand tours was just a kid comparatively when Firmin Lambot won the Tour de France 1922 at age 36. It\u2019s fair to say Horner has a nicer bike.<\/p>\n<p>The other three-week grand tour is Giro d\u2019Italia.<\/p>\n<p>Horner, who will be 42 next month, finished the event 37 seconds ahead of Italy\u2019s Vincenzo Nibali. The Radio Shack rider finished ahead of Nibali in each of the final three mountainous stages, which proved to be key to his victory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/vuelta-winner-horner-becomes-oldest-grand-tour-champion\/\" target=\"_blank\">Earlier in the race, Horner became the oldest rider to win a stage at a grand tour when he won the third stage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He broke the record held by Pino Cerami, who was 41 years, 2 months when he won a Tour stage. \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/cyclinginpolk.blogs.theledger.com\/10141\/horner-oldest-grand-tour-champion\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roy Fuoco<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more Christopher Horner news,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/tag\/christopher-horner\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more breaking sporting news and views, visit MySport24 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySport24\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mysport24?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/ed439_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Horner celebrates on the podium in Madrid after winning the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday Photo: Getty Images Roy Fuoco tells us about Christopher Horner becoming the oldest grand tour champion. Chalk one up for the old guys. The prime for cyclists is hardly at age 41 but don\u2019t tell that to Chris Horner. 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