It's fair to say the Tour de Dauphine is a top-tier stage race designed specifically for climbers.
"The intensity of the races in Europe is just on another level compared to the domestic league.
With this kind of high-mountain climbing, I doubt most domestic riders could even finish the race—
Besides, we race too many flat stages back home. When you spend all your time sitting in the peloton, it's easy to start coasting.
That's not really conducive to a rider's development."
Huang Chong let out a deep sigh after looking over the terrain maps for the eight stages of the Tour de Dauphine.
As someone who came from the Chinese league, he was certainly the most qualified to comment.
The domestic pro league in China has almost no climbing and consists mostly of one-day races.
The only challenging stage races were the Tour of Qinghai Lake and the Tour of Hainan Island.
In any case, strictly speaking, the Tour of Guangxi wasn't all that difficult.
