An athlete with a very high VO2 max did not achieve a superstar career, suggesting high VO2 max does not guarantee success.

“yeah so he turned pro uh you know when he turned 20 uh with an he was with an under-23 team called joker he was an okay cyclist he did he had some good results he had some bad results i think it probably didn't help that uh you know he got a lot of attention for this vo2 max value so i think the expectations were probably out of line with with what was reasonable both from his own expectations and uh and other people's and he ended up retiring i think he was 23 maybe like he took a break and then he officially announced his retirement when he was around 23”