"Holy crap, with Wen Bo out, Huang Chong was practically invincible on the climbs!!"
"He was too strong, seriously too strong. With that ability on steep climbs, the leaders from other teams had absolutely no way to fight back!!"
"I only have four words to describe his performance right now."
"What does the old man upstairs have to say?"
"Terrifying beyond belief!!!"
As Huang Chong easily dropped Tejada, the last breakaway rider, in the closing phase of the Vuelta a España broadcast and crossed the finish line first, the comment section of domestic livestream channels was instantly flooded by cycling fans.
Faced with Huang Chong's overwhelmingly dominant and invincible display, domestic fans undoubtedly felt as though they had been given a shot of adrenaline.
After all, when Stage 6 had ended and Huang Chong's massive lead had been cut by Ben O'Connor to just two seconds, the commentators had all claimed that Huang Chong had deliberately given up time as part of Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe's tactical plan.
But in reality, most fans who genuinely supported Huang Chong had been extremely anxious.
After all, that had been a lead of nearly five minutes, practically wiped out in one go.
And Ben O'Connor's climbing performance had genuinely been excellent.
Had it really been a tactical arrangement?
Or had their idol's physical condition begun deteriorating early, leading to a complete collapse?
To be honest, apart from Huang Chong and Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe themselves, the fans had no clear answer at all.
Fortunately, just two days later, after Stage 8, Huang Chong stood alone in the final showdown at the finish, dropping every opponent. He also put another 1 minute and 46 seconds into Ben O'Connor in a single stage, after O'Connor had previously been just two seconds behind. With the winner's time bonus included, Huang