"How do you feel? After riding a stage with UCI WorldTour teams, can your body handle it?"
After the S1 stage ended, Coach Han immediately checked in on Huang Chong.
Huang Chong had crossed the line right behind the main peloton and ultimately ranked 27th in the general classification. Although he had failed to break into the top ten and earn UCI points, he felt quite good after today's ride.
Today's intensity had actually been far easier than the Asian Games road race.
Moreover, after becoming familiar with the UCI WorldTour racing rhythm, Huang Chong realized that he was no worse than these ordinary UCI WorldTour riders.
He was only still likely a long way from the very best riders.
He nodded and answered honestly, "Thank you for your concern, Coach Han. I don't feel that the race was as difficult as I imagined.
"Maybe it's because it was the first day, and the Beihai stage wasn't very long, so everything felt pretty good.
"Tomorrow's stage is completely flat and very suitable for Little Ma to fight for a stage result. I want to see if I can find an opportunity to give him a lead-out."
Hearing that Huang Chong felt good and even wanted to take the initiative to attack, Coach Han hesitated before turning to Little Ma. "Little Ma, how are you feeling physically? You heard what Huang Chong said. What do you think?"
Little Ma was a flat-road sprinter, and in truth, every stage of this Tour of Guangxi suited him well.
Take today's finishing sprint, for example. He had gone head-to-head with the world's top sprinters.
Unfortunately, without teammates to support him, he had been boxed into the middle of the peloton by the UCI WorldTour teams and could only finish 16th.
Now that he heard