In the battle for the general classification of a stage race, a weak time trial ability was an almost incalculable weakness.
They had both already finished, but their average speeds were only 53.921 km/h and 53.349 km/h, respectively.
Based on Stefan King's current total time and average speed, they had already lost nearly 40 and 50 seconds, respectively—
Losing so much time in a time trial... how difficult would it be to try and claw that time back from other teams' main contenders in the climbs?
Huang Chong, for his part, was just glad his own time trial ability had no obvious weaknesses.
After Stefan King had finished, only a dozen or so riders were left to start.
Unexpectedly, when the Trek Team's young rider from the Czech Republic, Mathias Vacek—born in 2002—took his turn, he became the first finisher to break 57 km/h, knocking Stefan King from the top of the live leaderboard.
