I thought you were refering to "big win" as in a pro. Prior to that he won Tour d'Avenir, which is the biggest under 23 race probably. I also remember an anecdote about him as a junior racing in the senior category in an important amateur race in Slovenia, where an old dog talent scout showed up towards the end and was taken on the course in the race commissioner's car. Aproaching the break of 5-6 riders and then looking back through the rear mirror he saw a young Pogacar arriving. At the time Tadej was several years younger than the competion, physically he looked like an adolescent boy (even moreso than now). The talent scout said, "Hey, whose this little fella approaching from behind?" "His name is Pogacar, Tadej Pogacar," they responded." "Well, then," the talent scout said, "we must allow the young wipper snapper to catch the break!" "Catch the break?" they responded, "He's about to lap them!"But something less than a year before he won the 2020 TdF? I get memed for being bad with numbers, but even I am aware of the fact that February 2019 is more than 12 months before September 2020.
That's when I began to think he might be a genetic freak.
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