Li Ang's overtaking method, if used in the early stages of the race, was actually quite irrational.
The usual approach for most riders was to follow the main group for a while and wait until the crowd gradually dispersed before the stronger riders began to accelerate, preserving their energy in the process.
But Li Ang's approach was more brute force, constantly accelerating through tight gaps to overtake, a method that required frequent deceleration and changing directions, wasting a lot of kinetic energy.
Li Ang was not ignorant of these details; he simply didn't care about them. All he wanted now was to not be affected by others and to perform at his best.
The riders in the large group behind him, seeing themselves being overtaken by Li Ang, didn't mind too much. In fact, they had already concluded in their minds that this was just a newbie. With a race distance of 180 kilometers, if one didn't know how to distribute their energy, finishing might even be in question.
