Panel data improvements corresponded exactly to changes in his overall strength.
Aside from Terrain Prediction, Huang Chong saw that his other abilities had all reached an average of 90. He understood that his current level had truly entered the world's Top 5.
He refocused and turned his attention back to the race.
The instant the commissaires' car moved aside, the entire peloton surged forward like wild horses freed from their reins, instantly accelerating.
This was the Tour de France, and it was only the first day. The riders were brimming with energy.
With the first twenty kilometers or so of the stage consisting of flat roads and gradual climbs, the peloton's speed was pushed directly above 60 km/h.
Huang Chong's core mission at this Tour was naturally to help Primož Roglič contend for the overall title. With the race just beginning, he had to keep up with this frantic pace while bringing Roglič forward through the bunch.
Yet at this speed, even sitting in the peloton with flatland domestiques like Denz pulling at the front, Huang Chong found that he still needed to maintain an output of over three hundred watts just to keep level with the group.
It truly was worthy of the Tour de France.
The riders were practically starving for victory.
Without real strength, there was simply no way to ride the Tour. A rider would be dropped within just a few kilometers.
And with the peloton deliberately increasing the pace, the ones suffering the most were undoubtedly the breakaway riders.
They kept accelerating ahead of the peloton but could never open a gap. Only after nearly twenty kilometers of tug-of-war, with the first Category 2 climb, Colle Tre Faggi, about to arrive, did they finally break clear of the peloton.
But shortly after that Category 2