October 12th, 11:30 a.m.
The Tour of Guangxi S1 stage, the Beihai City Circuit Race, officially began.
After nearly a week of advance training, Huang Chong and his four teammates were fully prepared and headed to the race venue together.
As members of the national team racing on home soil, they were naturally arranged by the organizers to appear last during the team presentation, after the other fourteen UCI WorldTour teams and three Pro teams.
Wearing the red national team cycling kit, Huang Chong was deliberately pulled into the center position by his four teammates after taking the stage, instantly drawing cheers from the fans.
After winning two gold medals at the Asian Games, Huang Chong himself had not felt much about it and had immediately thrown himself back into grueling training.
But as news of his gold medals spread across major sports websites, forums, and media outlets, it attracted the attention of countless cycling fans from all over the country.
Amid the vast crowd, someone directly took the lead in shouting, "Come on!!! Huang Chong!! As Asia's newly crowned cycling king, you have to go toe-to-toe with these foreigners!!"
"Come on!! Huang Chong!! Come on!! China Team!!!"
"Finishing safely is the foundation—fight for a good placing!!"
"Everyone's human, with one mouth and two eyes. Huang Chong, don't chicken out—just go for it!!!"
Hearing the local fans spout all sorts of wild remarks while wholeheartedly supporting him, Huang Chong felt both happy and under immense pressure.
This was the UCI WorldTour, the highest level of road cycling competition.
The difficulty was absolutely beyond imagination.
Although Chen Junyi had specifically checked the lineups of the major teams before the race and told him that half of the UCI WorldTour riders participating this time were rookies, the other half had been competing