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Taiwan KOM Challenge 2023 Overall Ranking 633/700, Hualien ➡️WuLing 105KM 3275M

Writer: Nate Wang
Nate Wang
May 11, 2025
4 min read

Never give up easily—only by pushing to the end can you truly see what you’re capable of.


The Eastbound Wuling KOM Challenge is a brutally honest way to reflect on yourself. This year was tough—physically and mentally. I had a smooth ride last time, which made me overconfident. I underestimated the prep I needed, relied too much on indoor training due to work, barely rode outside, and didn’t adapt to my new Canyon Aeroad. As a result, poor balance, weak stabilizing muscles, and wasted energy all piled up. I got completely schooled by Wuling. Almost DNF’d at 8 hours. Every photo spot was already shut down—only caught one awkward shot, which honestly matched the mood 🫠.


Still, I hit my three pre-race goals:


  1. Finish and earn the medal

  2. Capture the stunning ride with my GoPro

  3. Finally get that photo with the Wuling arch in full MVDP kit and my bike “凰呀”


Now, it’s on to this weekend’s Double Tower 520—my last race of the year. I promised @j_ack0831 we’d make up for last year’s unfinished business. This time, we have one goal: Finish together.


—Race Story—


This year’s KOM had 700 riders, the most ever, and only 65 didn’t finish. At the first aid station, I was so late there was no water left. By the final brutal 10K at Dayuling, I was cooked. Thoughts of quitting kept coming: “You’re out of time anyway… you already finished it in March… just come back next time.”


That’s when I ran into Vince from the Philippines, who had encouraged me earlier. I told him I might not make it. He just said, “You will. Let’s finish together.” My earphones died, so I took them off and just rode—breathing, suffering, and sharing occasional encouragement.


With 3K left, the sweep vehicle showed up and told us to stop. I assumed it was over. But then Vince rode past, ignoring the sweep. That fired me up—I jumped back on my bike and rode too. I almost gave up… but no way was I stopping with just 3K to go. At the finish line, the gate was already closed. Vince and I congratulated each other, thinking we were too late.


Later that night, he found me on IG. At midnight, we saw the results—we had both made the time limit by seconds. Dead last, but we made it! Huge thanks to @vloc15—without him, I would’ve carried a heavy regret. Taiwan KOM Challenge 2023 Overall Ranking 633/700, Hualien ➡️WuLing 105KM 3275M

2023臺灣自行車登山王挑戰-完賽總排名633/700 


人生真的不要輕易放棄，沒有堅持到最後不會知道結果。


東進武嶺KOM真的是很好檢視自己的一個賽事，完全赤裸裸的攤在那，這次真的非常慘烈且羞愧，會騎的這麼痛苦，是因為第一次騎得很順利，所以太看得起自己，自以為的誤判了很多感覺來制定賽前準備，加上下半年的工作比較繁忙，讓我選擇用踩訓練台的方式訓練為主，外騎幾乎不到一成，結果導致很多實際騎乘的肌肉群沒有訓練到，本來技巧和平衡感就差了，更是浪費了很多力氣再不必要的僵硬動作上，肌耐力也不夠強，甚至覺得可以不用適應新車Canyon Aeroad就直接比賽，跟舊車TCR的差距在這種極端的賽事下更會被積累的放超大，結果就是被武嶺狠狠地教訓一頓，整個比賽過程更像是在練車......差點超過8小時沒完賽，慢到每個定點的攝影大哥都下班了，只有撿到一張囧臉照，也算是很貼切這次的窘境🫠。


這兩次的經驗讓我深刻體會到，東進武嶺KOM真的是一個讓人又愛又怕的比賽，你肯定不會只騎一次，但什麼時候想再騎還真的不知道，也許是下次又想檢視自己的時候吧～接下來的工作已經排定的非常繁忙了，如何找出真正有效的訓練和繁忙工作之間的平衡也是很重要的課題，總之，這次能夠完成賽前的三個目標還是非常心滿意足且感恩惜福，很慶幸自己當時沒有輕易放棄。


1.完賽並拿到獎牌

2.用GoPro拍下騎乘視角的美麗風景

3.穿著MVDP 騎著凰呀跟武嶺牌樓合照（上次武嶺牌樓在維修無法拍照）


接下來本週末的雙塔520，今年的最後一個自行車賽，去年我就和 @j_ack0831 說好今年一定要彌補他去年的遺憾，所以目標只有一個，就是『一！起！完！賽！』


——————以下比賽細節文長分界線——————


不得不說正賽的參賽者真的都很強，這次又是史上最多參賽者的一屆700人，然後只有65人沒完賽，第一個補給點就讓我吃到苦頭了，進站時因為太慢，補給站完全沒水了，只能用剩下的水撐兩小時到下個補給站。來到最後最難的10K大禹嶺時已經快往生了，各種放棄的念頭不斷湧入：『別騎了，應該騎完也超時了吧、反正三月有完賽過，今天已經盡力了就好、這次真的不行了，下次準備好再來吧。』這時候遇到剛剛路上互相打氣的菲律賓人Vince，我說這次我不確定能不能完賽了，他說一定可以的，一起完賽吧，這時候耳機也剛好沒電了，我索性也拿掉耳機，換個方式聽聽大自然的聲音以及偶爾跟他互相打氣（雖然大部分時間是喘到講不出話😂）讓自己有點不一樣的能量。


突然最後3K回收車出現說不能再騎了，我心想果然還是超時了啊，就在等回收車裝車的時候，看到Vince從前面經過，回收車叫了他，他沒有理會繼續往前騎，這個舉動激起了我的衝勁，我立馬也上車跑掉！剛剛居然還真的乖乖停下來，都只剩3K了，就算超時也要騎完啊！最後到終點時閘門都收了，Vince也隨後抵達，我們互相恭喜了對方有堅持騎完，但都以為已經超時了，還好後來他有找到我的IG，當晚上十二點成績公佈時，我們得知彼此有在時限內壓哨完賽，而且還是倒數ㄧ二名時真的是又開心又好笑🤣，當下我也終於鬆了一口氣，心裡總算比較踏實一點了，非常謝謝 @vloc15 喚起我的衝勁，不然真的會遺憾到爆！










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