LEADER of the PACK
“TO WIN THE BIGGEST RACE IN THE WORLD IS JUST BEYOND ANY DREAM.”
Ten years ago, cyclist Andrej Hauptman was scouting prospects when he spotted a racer trailing the pack by 100 metres. 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 organisers 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
