Three years ago, Lin Ye was the most dazzling rising star in the Chinese cycling world, but he was banned for life due to a strange positive doping test. His mentor died in depression, and his sponsors withdrew their funding. He fell from the clouds into the mire, and could only make a living by assembling second-hand bicycles in a repair shop.
In 2025, the smart riding platform league exploded. This indoor event, which relies on digital twin technology and can restore the Alpine track in real time, became his only chance to come back. Riding his own modified XC hardtail bike, Lin Ye made a splash at the Zhengzhou Ruiguang Creative Factory Station - he won the championship with a performance that broke the power record, but was disqualified because "the equipment did not meet the competition standards."
At a critical moment, the second-rate team "Fengying", which was on the verge of dissolution, offered him an olive branch. The team director was Chen Feng, the son of the old coach who supported him back then. Lin Ye discovered that behind the ban three years ago was a trap set by the top team "Thunder" to monopolize talented drivers.
From the domestic cycling platform league to the multi-day Tour of Qinghai Lake, from the snowy mountain stage of the Tour of Italy to the Champs Elysées of the Tour de France, Lin Ye relied on his amazing "muscle memory explosive power" and ultimate understanding of bicycle machinery to transform into a "breakout rabbit" time and time again and staged a decisive victory in the collective sprint. Not only did he have to fight against the machinations of the "Thunder" team, he also had to overcome an old muscle strain, and he also had to unite the scattered "Wind Shadow" into a real team.
When the data simulation of the smart riding platform collides with the extreme challenges of the real track, and when capital manipulation and sportsmanship clash, Lin Ye will eventually ride his chariot and prove in front of the world: the real king never needs shortcuts.
