The Nanning Circuit Race was over, and the team atmosphere was clearly no longer as cheerful as it had been yesterday.
The Qingxiu Mountain climb had brutally tormented Brother Ma and the other three, exposing the gap in their abilities.
Although Huang Chong had stayed with the peloton, as the mileage accumulated, the endurance disadvantage of his teammates against UCI WorldTour riders had begun to show.
Once all his teammates were dropped, it would undoubtedly become extremely difficult for him to achieve a good result in the races ahead.
If a UCI WorldTour rider targeted him while he was isolated and without support, he would have no way to respond.
"Coach Han, tomorrow I want to join the breakaway!"
After dinner, Su Haoyu, who had lost a minute and a half on general classification today, voiced his thoughts.
He had already decided not to leave any regrets behind.
However, Huang Chong had watched this race in his previous life, so Su Haoyu's desire to break away on the Nongla stage did not surprise him.
Moreover, Su Haoyu had indeed remained in the breakaway on that stage until very close to the finish, earning the Combative Award for the stage.
Coach Han had brought the team to this UCI WorldTour race without any pressure to achieve results. He was purely here to give the riders experience.
After all, Huang Chong had single-handedly completed all of his tasks for the year, from the Asian Championships in June through the end of the Asian Games.
He had even exceeded them.
Not only had Huang Chong secured two Olympic Games road cycling qualification spots, he had also swept both Asian Games gold medals. Every one of those achievements was a new historical record.
With results like that, it might be too much to say