Originally Posted by rubiksoval

B.S.

Talent is almost all that matters.

Hell, see Remco Evenepoel. After one year of riding, he won two world championships. After two years of riding, won a damn monument (at 19!). After three years of riding, is winning nearly every protour race he enters.

The less talent you have, the more hard work and "luck" you need. But all the guys at the top have more physiological "talent" than everyone else. It's not even an argument. Same goes for any field: music, science, engineering, politics, etc.