"Oh my goodness!"
"Look at the speed of this Chinese rider on the descent! Our national hero, the 2019 Tour of Flanders champion, Bettiol, looks like a complete amateur in front of him!"
"The lines they're taking through the corners on this descent are night and day. This Chinese rider is just so smooth!"
"It's unbelievable! I'm sure the Bora Team must have had their riders scout this route yesterday. But look at this Chinese rider—the way he handles every corner, you'd think he was a local, born in Vala Town or Korner Town—"
"Oh? How so, my friend?"
"Because this Chinese rider clearly knows our country's rural roads from Milan to Turin better than Bettiol does!"
When the two hosts of the Italian cycling channel saw their local rider get dropped by Huang Chong on the steep climb, their live commentary was filled with little more than groans of frustration and disappointment.
