"The gap to second place in the GC is only 30 seconds! If you all cooperate well, overturning that small advantage will be a piece of cake!"
The Bardiani Team manager was in the team car, following his team from West Sea Town to the shores of the vast, blue Qinghai Lake. He didn't forget to use the radio to remind the cyclists of the tactics they had laid out the night before.
To be honest, as Huang Chong followed the main peloton onto the Lake Loop road again, he was still struck by the beauty of Qinghai Lake.
Even though the race was called the Tour of Qinghai Lake, they didn't actually ride a full lap—or several laps—around the lake.
In reality, they spent the entire race weaving through high mountains and deep valleys.
The Lake Loop road was just a short section ahead of them, about 60 kilometers long.
But even this one section of road along the lake, with its strong crosswinds, was the most beautiful plateau scenery Huang Chong had seen in the past seven days of racing.
