Perhaps Geraint Thomas summed up Mark Cavendish's record-breaking Tour de France stage win - number 35 at Saint-Vulbas - best. "To see what he did today, 16 years after his first Tour stage, is almost unbelievable," he wrote in an Instagram post. "But it's Cav. Nothing's unbelievable".
Certainly the 39-year-old has made a career of proving doubters wrong. His longevity is remarkable, his dedication to his art unwavering, especially when you think the man he surpassed yesterday as the greatest Tour winner, Eddy Merckx, retired at 32. Cav momentarily did the same but the desire to pass Mercxk, to attain immortality, saw him go again. The doubters joined him, only to be silenced once more.
