They were all World Tour Cyclists. While his cardiopulmonary ability was stronger, their FTP Power levels were comparable.
He simply had his own specialty; his overall strength wasn't leaps and bounds ahead of everyone else.
So, just as his team leader had said, a solo attack to drop everyone was absolutely impossible.
Before long, after taking their turns pulling at the front of the eight-man breakaway, they reached the first intermediate sprint point at the 56-kilometer mark.
The sprint was located within a small town in South Australia, and crowds of spectators had gathered on both sides of the road.
They had just come down a long descent from Lofty Mountain, riding all the way into town.
However, the sprint point itself was positioned after the bottom of the descent, on a gentle incline within the town that forced the riders to climb again.
