While the world was predicting great things of Slovenian Primož Roglič at the start of the Giro d’Italia, another Slovenian was setting off for a journey towards his first UCI WorldTour victory… at the Tour of California. At just 20 years old, Tadej Pojacar (UAE Team Emirates) rode superbly throughout the 7-day American race to take the overall classification, including victory at the Queen stage 6 up Mt Baldy. Not to be overlooked is another Slovenian, Simon Špilak, in 6th place overall in California. Youth dominated the overall podium with second and third placed going to Colombian Sergio Andrés Higuita Garcia (21) and Denmark’s Kasper Asgreen (24).