When Li Ang pulled ahead by nearly a thousand meters of no man's land, the audience at the venue finally realized that this dark horse couldn't be judged by common sense.
Before him, there was another genius who burst onto the scene, Tadej Pogačar.
He debuted for the UAE Team Emirates at the 2019 Tour Down Under and finished 13th.
That same year at the Tour of California, he became the youngest champion in the history of World Tour racing as he claimed the title.
The following year, born in 1998, Tadej Pogačar participated in the Tour de France for the first time and won the 2020 Tour de France outright.
He thus became the youngest champion of the Tour de France since 1904 and the first cyclist at the same Tour to win the yellow jersey, the polka dot jersey, and the white jersey all at once—also, he was the first debutant to win the overall since 1983.
During this stage of the race, Li Ang had already left Tadej Pogačar far behind.
