"I'll have Patrick Gamper drop back to help you and share the load!"
Huang Chong was mentally prepared for the team leader's proposal.
He knew exactly what the man was thinking. 'In this heat, a rookie like him, especially one from China, would never last. He can't possibly keep up with the peloton in an anaerobic chase after a series of difficult climbs.'
This was a preemptive warning: don't do anything foolish out of youthful pride.
If he accidentally blew up, his teammates up front wouldn't get their resupply, and the team would lose its chance to contend for the stage win.
But after taking the Anti-High Temperature Coolant, the heat no longer bothered him.
For instance, after finishing the 1.6-kilometer Fox Creek climb, although his heart rate had spiked, his overall physical condition—including his body temperature—hadn't been pushed to the point of unbearable suffering like yesterday, neither by his increased power output nor by the rising air temperature.
