"You really did it, Huang Chong! You beat Lutsenko by 1.198 seconds. You're the strongest cyclist in Asia now!"
Hearing Chen Junyi say this, Huang Chong lowered his head and took a long time to recover. Only after his heart rate had completely stabilized did he look up at the stadium's LCD screen, which was displaying the final rankings for the men's ITT.
The top three were:
Rank, Cyclist, Nationality/Region, UCI Points, Time, Avg. Speed
1. Huang Chong, China, 70 Points, 48:04, 49.414
2. Alexey Lutsenko, Kazakhstan, 55 Points, 48:05, 49.414
3. Liu Yunyou, Hong Kong, 40 Points, 50:17, 47.252
...
In the end, however, he shook his head with a clear mind and said:
"In terms of raw strength, I can't compare to him. After all, Lutsenko competed in a full year of the World Tour before coming here to race against me.
Do you know? Just competing in one Tour de France is far more intense than all the races I've participated in this year combined.
