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LEADER OF THE PACK

en years ago, cyclist Andrej Hauptman was scouting prospects when he spotted a racer trailing the pack by 100 meters. Much younger than the rest, he was struggling to keep up. As a Road World Championship medalist and head of selectors for the Slovenian national cycling team, Hauptman’s words carried weight when he advised the race organizers to provide support for the young man. It was then they informed him that the scrawny 13-year-old wasn’t in last place. He was, in fact, about to lap the competition. The racer was Tadej Pogačar, who went on to

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