Hearing those words, Huang Chong could clearly feel his body—weary from two weeks and a full fifteen race days at the Tour de France—rapidly growing lighter.
His legs, which had felt so heavy, seemed to have instantly escaped the pull of gravity, making every pedal stroke as easy and effortless as when he first started the Tour de France.
'Gotta love the system's support medicine! Not only is the energy recovery immediate, but it has also wiped away all my accumulated fatigue from the previous races. Just like that, I'm back to full strength—'
Huang Chong gazed at the mountain climb looming just ahead. He pulled the last water bottle from its cage, took a large gulp, and rinsed out the sticky, gel-like residue in his mouth.
Then, as Jorgenson surged to the front of the peloton and began to charge up the 15.7-kilometer-long Baiye Plateau climb like a beast, Huang Chong decisively tossed his water bottle—still with a mouthful of water in it—choosing to shed every last gram.
