He was now about 8km from the finish line. 'Can I hold on until the end?'
He had absolutely no confidence he could.
The only good news was that he had already ridden the first 8km, and the gradient for the remaining 8km immediately dropped to between 5 and 7%.
So, gritting his teeth, he decisively got out of the saddle and put in several powerful pedal strokes, pushing his power up by another 10 watts. He held it almost perfectly at the edge of his Zone 4 threshold and began to frantically chase Jorgenson!
"Tadej has launched an attack!!
This is such a familiar sight. In the previous Stages 14 and 15, he used this exact method to drop all his opponents and win two mountain stages!!
But in today's stage, Huang Chong is still ahead of him. The time gap between them is still around two minutes. Can he catch Huang Chong?!"
"I think it's entirely possible. When it comes to this year's Tour de France, Tadej's ability is in a league of its own!
