Oldest person to win a cycling Grand Tour

The oldest person to win one of the three major cycling tours (Tour de France, Giro d´Italia, Vuelta a España) is Chris Horner (USA, b. 23 October 1971), who won the 2013 Vuelta a España aged 41 years 327 days in Madrid, Spain, on 15 September 2013. Horner managed to stay ahead of his Italian rival, Vicenzo Nibali, in the final three stages having gradually worn down his lead during the three-week tour. Horner is also the first North American winner of the Tour of Spain. He smashed the previous record, which had been intact since 1922 when Belgian rider Firmin Lambot won the Tour de France aged 36.