Battle for the Ages, Individual Time Trial (ITT) (Please Subscribe)

"We saw Movistar Team leader Valverde crash not long after the race began. Hopefully he's all right and can get back into the race soon."

"Some riders have already broken away up front, but every team reacted quickly today and immediately began chasing the breakaway. That may be because the first climb comes at 44 kilometers. That distance is too short—if the break gets more than a five-minute gap, they really might pull it off."

"Yes, since tomorrow is a rest day, quite a few riders are looking to achieve a good result today. Besides, the final 30 kilometers are downhill, so they won't waste too much energy. On descents, riders mainly need to keep their speed under control."

"Right. Everyone is probably curious whether riders just sleep all day on rest days. Actually, they don't. They do some low-intensity training to maintain their condition. Of course, that's low intensity to us, but riding continuously for three hours is still tiring."

Elia Favalli and Simole came over to say hello.

The two were Lampre riders.

Sagan looked very relaxed. After being reeled back in from the break just now, he even smiled and greeted Huang Kaiwen.

Jon Izagirre and Mikel Nieve came over and said, "I heard Movistar Team saying they wanted to target your domestiques too."

The two were Basque.

The Basque riders and Movistar Team were never going to see eye to eye.

When Movistar Team and Katyusha went to war this time, they decisively picked a side.

Huang Kaiwen smiled and nodded his thanks.

What was the point of targeting domestiques?

Today, Huang the Ball King would give them a chance to target the team leaders.

He turned his head and said quietly, "You and Joaquin can go ahead later. Just leave two men with me."

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