A stray dog in China has recently become a national sensation as it just finished an almost 2,000-kilometer trip with a group of bikers. 　　The dog, nicknamed "Xiaosa," joined a group of long-distance cyclists across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in a three-week journey. 　　Xiaosa started to follow the bikers on May 4 after one of them, Xiao Yong, a 22-year-old Chinese college student from Wuhan in central Hubei province, gave it some food. 　　It ran with the team for 24 days, covering 1,833 kilometres around 1,139 miles and climbing over 10 mountains at an altitude of over 4,000 meters. 　　"At first we didn't consider keeping it and thought it just wanted to follow us for a while. But it showed a very strong willpower and followed us all the way here. There is a steep downhill slope in Litang, so we made a cage for it." 　　He added that the little white dog showed incredible determination to run up to 60 kilometers a day. 　　"The furthest it has run is 60 km in one day, all uphill" 　　Now with the journey coming to an end, Xiao Yong said he would take the Xiaosa, which is no long a stray dog now, back home with him. 　　"Xisa's perseverance moved us a lot. With its encouragement, we finally reached the Potala Palace. Now we are very excited and very moved. I am going to do whatever I need to bring it back with me as it has taken me for its master,". 　　Another cyclist, Lu Bo, said the dog boosted the cyclists' morale. 　　"The dog was very important to us. It brought us a lot of fun and also gave us a lot of encouragement. For example, when some of us fell behind, it would run down the hill to call him to follow," 　　Since dogs are not allowed on trains in China, Xiao Yong plans to pay for his new friend's trip back to Wuhan by air, while he travels by train separately.