Cycling: Racing Against the Wind
Chapter 205

Drop the Red Jersey, or Widen the GC Gap Again!

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"Holy crap, Huang Chong is insane!!"

"He actually swept all four leader's jerseys by himself in a Grand Tour??"

"Forget the overall title for now—even Wen Bo never achieved the feat of claiming every classification jersey alone. Who else could possibly challenge him??"

"666! Before the Vuelta began, everyone outside Spain was roasting the bizarre route design. But looking at it now, if they hadn't made the very first stage an ITT, Huang Chong really wouldn't have been able to wear all four leader's jerseys at once!"

"We have to thank the fact that Huang Chong is still under twenty-five. Once he passes that age, the White Jersey will be forever out of reach. He'd never be able to accomplish such a feat in his lifetime!!"

After Vuelta S1 ended, domestic cycling fans were undoubtedly thrilled when they saw the broadcast display Huang Chong sweeping all four leader's jerseys.

Although Pogačar, Vingegaard, and Evenepoel were all absent from the year's final Grand Tour, making the field seem somewhat less star-studded.

As long as there was one Chinese rider competing, cycling fans across China would still stick to the broadcast schedule and watch the entire Vuelta.

And the facts proved that their wait in front of the screen had not been in vain.

If they hadn't watched the Vuelta broadcast, how could they have witnessed Huang Chong directly create the historic achievement of a "Grand Slam" in a Grand Tour?

One had to know that throughout the century-long history of professional road cycling, riders who had collected all four classification jerseys across different Grand Tours did exist.

But in a single edition of a Grand Tour, no one had ever managed to wear all four leader's jerseys.

Although the four leader's jerseys after Vuelta S1 were useless when it came to

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