Marseille TIMONE ADULTES Hospital.
If Huang Kaiwen had not insisted, they would have sent Huang the Ball King to Paris.
There was a lot to be said about that. Paris was the damn finish line.
Marseille only meant skipping one race day.
This hospital was decent too, one of the top ten in France, only a little worse than several hospitals in Paris, Lyon, Lille, and Bordeaux.
He had gone so long without getting injured.
Huang Kaiwen could finally get injured for once.
After all, being injured was his profession. Being a player was only a side job, and being a Tour de France rider was practically summer work.
Skipping the team race day had also been carefully considered by Huang Kaiwen.
The team time trial required one fewer rider, dropping from nine to eight.
The teams started the team time trial according to their overall rankings, one team every four minutes, with higher-ranked teams setting off first.
Since the third rider's time counted as the team's result, the others were basically there to break the wind and lead.
It was no problem for Huang Kaiwen to take a rest.
It would also give the other riders some hope of blowing Huang the Ball King away. Otherwise, there would be no way to make them keep pushing hard through the first half.
The team time trial result was added to both the team's overall time and each rider's individual time.
If a team's previous time was 40 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds, and it finished fourth with a time of 30 minutes, 0 seconds, then its overall time would be 40 hours, 30 minutes, 0 seconds.
The team's time was added by 30 minutes, 0 seconds, rather than taking three or four lots of 30 minutes, 0 seconds. Otherwise, the