The Asian Games, the largest comprehensive sporting event in Asia, were also held only once every four years.
A total of 45 countries and regions were participating in this Hangzhou Asian Games, with the number of athletes reaching as high as 12,500.
Its influence was second only to the Olympic Games, and its importance was self-evident.
After Huang Chong returned to the plateau for training, he had to train on the indoor trainer and undertake long-distance outdoor road rides in the peloton. After Coach Han sent him the participant list for this Asian Games' road cycling events, another item was added to his high-altitude training regimen: threshold riding on a TT bike.
The road cycling events at this Asian Games were divided into four categories: the men's road race and ITT, as well as the women's road race and ITT.
The races would run from October 3 to October 5. On the first day, the men's and women's ITT events would be held first.
The women's event was in the morning, while the men's event began at 2:00 p.m.
The women's road race would be held on October 4.
The men's road race would be held on October 5.
Huang Chong was already very familiar with the venue: the circuit around Qiandao Lake in Chun'an County.
The route was exactly the same as the one used for the Chinese National Road Cycling Championships held in June that year.
Huang Chong had competed in the Chinese National Road Cycling Championships for two consecutive editions, sweeping all four individual gold medals. After that, he continued winning in domestic leagues, domestic professional leagues, the Tour of Qinghai Lake, and more. He was now China's number one road cyclist, so Coach Han naturally pinned his hopes of winning medals on him.
Therefore, besides teaming