After Huang Chong initiated the attack, he had no intention of stopping before reaching the First Category Climb: Nie Jialiang, at an altitude of 3,520 meters.
But his anaerobic sprint wasn't a kilowatt-level maximum power output right from the start.
For a distance of 150 meters, if it were a flat stage, he would have definitely sprinted all the way.
But on a difficult 6.9% climb, trying to go all out in an anaerobic sprint for such a long distance was simply too hard, and too much of a gamble.
So after seeing all the teams' lead riders launch into an all-out attack in response to his breakaway, he decisively chose to slightly lower his power, keeping it between 700-800W, and surrendered the lead.
At the same time, he saw the leaders of the Colombia Medellin Team charge to the very front, and he quickly latched on, drafting behind them.
