No matter what the other teams' directors were thinking, Aldag had executed a tactic that blinded them to the bigger picture. He caught them completely off guard and allowed Adrià to successfully break away!
Without a doubt, judging from its immediate effect, this was a truly creative and bold race strategy.
With Adrià having successfully broken away, his ability meant that even if he couldn't ride solo all the way to the finish, he could at least last until the final climb up Mammoshain.
This would allow Huang Chong, waiting in the peloton, to smoothly catch up to him. Then, Adrià could give him an anaerobic pull on the steep slope.
And if Adrià could go all the way, that would be even better. It would turn Huang Chong—whom everyone considered the biggest threat for the win—into a mere decoy, handing the other teams a complete and utter strategic defeat!
After all, for the Bora Team, it made no difference whether Huang Chong won or Adrià won. The result was the same.
