Srsly? Wins and high placings....but in what?
From this:
2005
1st Stage 2 Tour of Mauritius
2006
1st
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Overall Tour of Mauritius
1st Stages 2 & 3
2nd Anatomic Jock Race
2007
1st
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Overall Mi-Août Bretonne
1st Stage 5 Giro delle Regioni (Under-23)
1st Stage 6 Tour of Japan
2nd Berg en Dale Classic
2nd Time trial, B World Championships
3rd Road race, All-Africa Games
8th Tour du Doubs
2008
2nd Overall Giro del Capo
3rd Giro dell'Appennino
4th Overall Herald Sun Tour
6th Overall Volta ao Distrito de Santarém
2009
1st Stage 2 Giro del Capo
1st Anatomic Jock Race
4th National Road Race Championships
9th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
2010
5th Time trial, Commonwealth Games
9th Overall Tour du Haut Var
To this:
Second place in Vuelta in 2011.
Have you even heard of any of those races pre-2011?