Wearing the white jersey, Huang Chong secured another Tour de France stage victory, and at this moment, the most excited group was undoubtedly Du Wei and the others waiting near the finish line.
Yet Zhou Ming wore the strangest expression.
Because earlier, Huang Chong had told him that in the third week's mountain stages, with Pogačar around, there would basically be no chance.
As a result, after today's Stage 19 concluded, watching the other man effortlessly cross the line first in the final phase—even with the yellow jersey chasing desperately behind him, unable to alter that reality—Zhou Ming felt both deep admiration and a sense that Huang Chong had been intentionally teasing him.
Still, when all was said and done, being able to witness someone win a stage victory live at the Tour de France meant he was thoroughly and completely convinced.
This was a Tour de France win, after all!
How many UCI WorldTour riders labored for a lifetime and still struggled to touch this great achievement!
Watching Huang Chong head to the podium after the race, wildly surrounded and cheered as he received his stage winner's prize and flowers, Zhou Ming could not help recalling the scene from two years ago at Du Wei's bike shop, where the other man had said he wanted to become a professional rider and then conquer the Grand Tours and five Monuments—
At the time, he truly thought the other person was just talking to himself, ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth.
After all, the skill level of UCI WorldTour riders was simply too high.
The performances of these top riders in the climbs had left him completely dumbfounded these past few days.
Yet now Huang Chong had genuinely stood on the podium of the highest-level race right before his