“What have you got to lose if you do your best? It doesn't matter what the result is. If you go for it and your head is in the right place, there's nothing to worry about.”
That quote is not from 2026, but from 2019, when a little-known Slovenian prodigy called Tadej Pogačar burst onto the world stage with victory at the Tour of California and stage wins at the Vuelta a España. There was much debate that year over whether he should ride a first Grand Tour at the tender age of 20, but he did, with evident great success.
