Huang Chong knew the 35 UCI WorldTour road races like the back of his hand.
After watching races for three years in his previous life without missing a single one, he could even recite the names of these races backward.
Of course, watching live broadcasts online and personally riding on those courses were entirely different things.
Thinking about it carefully, he had trained with Bora Team for two months and traveled through four or five countries during that time. He had ridden across European plateaus, cobbled roads, mountain stages, country roads, and more, yet his current circumstances still felt somewhat dreamlike.
Because the new season was about to begin.
He was about to truly face off against the idol riders he had once admired and compete on the same stage as them.
That once-unreachable dream was now beneath his feet.
Not only had he entered the highest-level road cycling league in the world, but he was also one of the world's Top 500 riders.
However, as a newcomer, he also knew that although the team had promised in his contract to let him compete in ten UCI WorldTour races, it would not be easy for him to enter the core lineup and participate in the three Grand Tours, the five Monuments, and other major races.
It was like the training he had undergone over the past two months. Other than adapting to the riding position the coaches had adjusted for him, what he practiced most was how to take water bottles from the team car, deliver water to teammates, and position himself through corners.
So at present, just like Lipowitz, he was completely in the same boat. They were both newcomers in the team who still needed experience.
Therefore, the ten UCI WorldTour races promised to him would definitely be