Huang Chong and Su Haoyu had both scored major victories in a single stage. For China's domestic road cycling scene, it was practically like celebrating the New Year.
Coach Han, along with all the national team staff, was thrilled as well.
They had originally thought that Little Ma's fifth-place finish in the second race day's stage would be the biggest gain from this Tour of Guangxi.
Who could have expected that, when the race reached its toughest fourth stage, Huang Chong would unleash unprecedented strength, defeat every UCI WorldTour team, and claim first place in the general classification.
After the race, they boarded the team bus again and immediately began transferring to the next venue.
The fifth race day would start in Liuzhou.
It was nearly 200 kilometers from Nongla.
The atmosphere inside the bus remained cheerful.
This was the first time a Chinese rider had won a stage at the UCI WorldTour level. How could they not be happy?
Over the past year, Huang Chong had set one new record after another, achievements nobody would have dared imagine before.
At that moment, he was probably the only one who still felt that today's result was not enough.
He knew perfectly well that the better his general classification result, the more likely he was to catch the attention of UCI WorldTour teams.
Chen Junyi, seated beside Huang Chong, saw that he had remained silent throughout the transfer and had not joined the laughter and chatter of the other riders and staff. Naturally, she understood what was on his mind.
She knew that after taking the general classification lead on the Nongla stage, Huang Chong would definitely want to hold onto his advantage until the end rather than be overturned in the final two race days.
"Are you thinking about tomorrow's