Chapter 22 Prestige of Kyushu (I)
Won the Star Horse Competition, bringing the popularity of "Jin Chong" to an unprecedented peak. Of course, Zhang Yuan was treated as a national treasure-level star, set off for China, and just got off the plane, thousands of fans from all over the country came to wait at the airport, just to see their idol, "Jinchong" Zhang Yuan.
At this time, Zhang's husband no longer has to do agricultural work, every day, the business of large enterprises, the head of the advertising company, are queuing, waiting to meet and sponsor cooperation, advertising contract books are piled up... This is the price of fame, eating salted fish is to satisfy thirst, this is inevitable!
This is the first time in the history of the double championship appeared, in the GPS system applied to the bicycle race since the outdoor race has never had a championship gap of 0.005 seconds, considering the error of the data difference, so, Huang Futao and Zhang Yuan, on the first prize money and trophy.
The second-place finish for Masashi Saito added to his reputation in Japan. So, on the podium, Saito gave the two of them a verbal challenge to represent their country, and Saito said: "On June 1 this year, our Kyushu Regional Cycling Tour was originally only a competition for Japanese domestic riders, but I would like to invite the four of you and the team team to come to the race. Davis and Peter von were also invited). If you think it's okay, email me to confirm.
This is the biggest event in Kyushu cycling in Japan, and it is also one of the three major bicycle races in Japan, and many Japanese riders are proud to participate in this race, and all four of you are my respected opponents, so I want to show you all four and your teammates your achievements, and of course, in the next few months, I will work better with my teammates and take away the yellow jersey of the race.
Huang Qiang was very interested in participating in this additional competition, which he had known since he was a child, but the problem was that Japan never accepted foreign players. This time, the Japanese youth chief champion Masashi Saito made a verbal invitation, of course, the Japanese chaebol big enterprises, want to test their level, how far is the gap with the world's best drivers.
Because, they have always had ambitions for more than 10 cycling medals in the Olympics. Now, a national-level genius Masashi Saito has finally appeared, but the Japanese did not expect that in China and Hong Kong, there will be more powerful people. In the small European countries of the Netherlands and Belgium, there are also two talented cyclists, so the media and sports circles in Japan also want to use this event to open up more tourists and raise the profile of local cycling trails.
At the same time, it also makes Japanese teenagers pay more attention to and love cycling, discover more talented riders like Masaki Saito, and break out of Japan and go to the top ranks of the world cycling world.
Huang Qiang contacted Mr. Yang (vice president) of Yingyang, and Yingyang very much agreed with this competition, because in the past, Yingyang only did OEM for Japan's big bicycle brands and made casual bicycles.
The Japanese have always insisted that the best quality racing bikes should be 100% produced in Japan, and Eagle Yang wants to use this competition to stand up and use its strength to shock the Japanese sports brands and challenge them. After winning the competition, there is no need to sell advertising, there are people who come to the door to ask us to do OEM, and even monopolize our brand racing cars and leisure bicycles, this wishful thinking is worth playing, not to mention that Zhang Yuan is "rushing", this abacus is loud.
On May 19, 2012, Jin Chong, together with the driver and staff of "Zhenyang", boarded a chartered flight of Capital Airlines at Heyuan Airport and departed for Fukuoka, a city in the northern part of Kyushu Island, Japan.
They arrived in Japan two weeks ahead of schedule, and this was due to Eagle Yang's request, and Eagle Yang had arranged for the drivers of the two major teams to take the Kyushu train around the island for an inspection (independently chartered train). From north to south, they spent 7 days adapting to the local climate and water in Kyushu, ensuring that every detail was well considered.
At the same time, the cycling teams of Europe, the Netherlands and Belgium also sketched a suspicious race similar to the Kyushu race in Japan on the border of the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium and France according to the mountainous geography and climate.
Europe's 30 best T18 young drivers gathered in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. Before the race, the European Union Cycling Association held a summit within the European Union and learned that the Dutch rider Mark . Davies and Belgium's Peter von fed both races in Asia in Taiwan and Xingma.
For the ever-conceited European cycling community, they also want to study Marc and von Marc. Was Peter's failure caused by his adaptation?
Because in the past few seasons, in the T15 to T18 European continental bicycles, Mark. Davis' strength is a rider that even European T21 players are afraid of.
And von. Peter is in Belgium, and is known as the flying bird, and the reputation of the king of the flat road race. The two defeats of these two top European drivers made the European rider group and the national bicycle associations doubt their strength, and decided to hold an elite simulation race, simulating the race in Kyushu, Japan.
As a result, the yellow suit was Mark. Davis, the pink suit is von. Peter got that no other European top driver was better than them.
However, they lost to the East Asian tiger again and again, so that the European cycling community automatically organized a very large observation group to understand the situation of the three tigers and analyze their strengths and weaknesses.
A European team, led by the French Cycling Federation, brought together all the elites. Italy, Spain, Germany and France defeated Belgium and the Netherlands in the team competition, but the individual champion and runner-up were still the Dutch Mark. Davis and Von Von of Belgium. Peter.
According to the analysis of experts, Mark and Peter were not inaccurate, but went to heaven, and suddenly descended three car gods to East Asia, and they finally got together to compete for the competition for their own masters, for the individual, for the team, for the enterprise and for the country, to strive for the greatest interests.
In the end, the European Cycling Federation decided to put the Mark. Davies' team-mates were all changed, with Peter von joining the Dutch team as an individual, plus the Italian and German T18 individual titles.
In terms of strength, the New Holland team is definitely stronger than "Rush" and "Cheer Up", but Mark and Feng . Peter objected to this suggestion, believing that it was ungentlemanly, but the objection was invalid, and they had no choice but to accept the arrangement of the European Cycling Federation.
And the extra place for the first team will be won by the French champion Caron. Led by Patini, the Jamaican rider of the United States, John Brown. Poole. Rubis joins the British cyclocross racing god David. The Macallan and the Spanish champion talent Pol. Torres.
This team is also a collection of talented masters, and no one at all will be better than Mark. Davies' Dutch team came poorly, and more importantly, Rubis, who finished sixth last time out, was described by the media as an undisciplined, naïve, brainless pig rider when he returned home, and even described him as a shame for Jamaica.
After learning from the pain, Lubis decided to put aside his past arrogance and willfulness, improve and change his own problems and shortcomings, and after the inducement of sports and psychological experts, within two months, Lubis reached the level of a master in repairing and modifying bicycles.
Because, he wants to give back the humiliation he received in Malaysia last time, completely to you three East Asian tigers. Masashi Saito, in particular, had a serious injury to Rubis' self-esteem with his words.
Referring to Zhang Yuan and the driver of "Rush", since becoming the hottest championship team in Asia, they have naturally become the number one target and imaginary enemy of all opponents (the so-called people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong).
Therefore, they are in areas other than peace, and the driver does not dare to go out and run alone, because many opponents are very shameless, and if they lose to you in the game, they will have a big revenge with their hands and feet and fists. So, they are all very careful in their lives.
But when Zhang Yuan and the others came to Japan, a place where no one would know them, they could eat, drink and be merry freely.
Zhang Yuan and Suzy are in Fugang, eating local authentic pork bone soup and seafood ramen, Zhang Yuan enjoys this relationship with Suzy, which is better than a good friend, more like a couple and not a couple. After eating noodles, the two of them walked on the riverside path of Fukuoka, and then climbed the hill in the park, looking at the night view of Fukuoka, the sea breeze blowing, cool but not cold, very comfortable weather.
Due to the small population here, the environment is so quiet and the air is fresh, so after eating delicious pasta, the two of them chatted and took pictures while eating snacks. If you tell the local Japanese: this young man is the number one public enemy of all Japanese cyclists because his cycling skills are better than that of Masashi Saito, who is the best in all of Japan. The simple Japanese will not believe it, and may stare at Zhang Yuan with their eyes for a while, and then they will tell you, Sir/Miss, you have drunk too much.
If you were serious about explaining it to the Japanese, they would politely say, "I'm sorry, I have something to do, so I'm busy, bye!" Format polite lines to reject you in this way. In the whole world, only the Japanese can say it, because they are hypocritical enough.
This is the attitude of the Japanese towards foreigners, not long ago, Leo said that since the days of working in Japan, he has been facing these people every day, and Leo did not accompany Jin Chong to Japan this time because his company has something to deal with him. Before boarding, Leo told Zhang Yuan, Sam George and Man about the general situation in Japan and the mentality of the Japanese people.
Japanese people are so serious, don't talk to them if you have nothing to do. Because you never know what is going to make them turn their backs right away. Therefore, silence is the essence of Japanese culture.
Three days later, the Kyushu Round-the-Island Race in Japan officially began, and all the Japanese bicycle masters gathered here.
What about Huang Futao? He's playing electric... Playing video games at the Fukuoka Game Center, Huang Futao's favorite games are shooting and formula racing. He likes to forget himself in the stimulation, which makes him feel less stressful and more calm and decisive. In fact, Huang Futao is a good man who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, very polite but arrogant, he is a little resentful of the 0.005 seconds of the GPS system of the last Star Horse Race, because he has been winning Zhang Yuan in the Star Horse Race until the last 10 kilometers.
Although he is a double champion, in terms of numbers, he is not willing to be the second emperor, and he would rather be far behind him by 0.05 seconds and be recognized as the second place in the first place.
But this time is different, I will definitely win against Zhang Yuan, and I will win more beautifully than in the past. His one-month training, including yoga and qi training, has greatly improved his spirit, spirit, and qi. At the same time, whenever he has time, he guides several team members as the captain.
Because, he was reading European cycling magazines, and he knew that there was an event like the Kyushu Tour of the Island Race going on...
He realized that a group of evil dragons in Europe came prepared this time, and they were extremely ambitious, and their brothers in the same team, in addition to Meng Jiawei's powerful efforts, the other team members were Xu Kaifeng and Qiu Jianrong, in Hong Kong, they can be regarded as top drivers, looking at China, they are no longer inconspicuous.
Compared with world-class geniuses, it can't be compared at all, this is a fact, and Huangfu Tao's evaluation is very objective and to the point.
However, as a captain and spiritual leader, he also gave his teammates a new mental quality training program to help them concentrate more and better unleash their potential.
The race lasted for 5 days and covered 1,280 kilometers.
On the first day, we departed from Fukuoka to Kitakyushu City, and then went to Oita.
On the second day, Oita headed to Hyuga, passing through Miyazaki and then to Kakaya, (100 km of this stage is an off-road mountain road that requires the use of special off-road bikes)
On the third day, Kaya to Kagoshima, through the Satsuma Peninsula to Akune, and then to Kumamoto Castle,
On the fourth day, we will travel from Kumamoto to Hita, then Imari, Kashima, and Minami-Arima (this 70km is an off-road dirt road, so you need to use a special off-road bike)
On the last day, we departed from Minami Arima, passed through Nagasaki City, went to Sasebo, and returned to Fukuoka City Stadium from Sasebo.
The three major difficulties of this competition
1. The coastal roads along the seaside are all secondary narrow roads, and there are many roads up and down the hill, which are very oblique; 2. The slope of the trail is more sloping, which requires more skill, physical fitness and cycling performance, and 3. August is the rainy season, and the coastal area is wet, so it is more dangerous and difficult in case of a typhoon.
The weather in August is 20-26 degrees Celsius, but the heat dissipation is slow, and the weather is not very ideal but acceptable, and the overall performance level of the rider will not be too bad.
The last pre-game analysis, in the hotel conference room, a video conference...
Eight T18 young riders and staff members of CHEER AND RUSH gathered to listen to Leo Kwan from Hong Kong explain the problems and difficulties of the race.
Leo is a Japanese expert and he is very familiar with Kyushu, so he is able to give the best information and intelligence to the drivers.
In Japan, intelligence means data gathering, so don't get me wrong!
At the end of the video conference, it was the turn of Mr. Cai, the boss of "Zhenyang", to speak first (I don't know that voice said to Zhang Yuan, your father-in-law is talking, and he still applauds). At this time, Suzy applauded first, and the others immediately followed, and the atmosphere was immediately enthusiastic...
Boss Cai said: The information collected by Leo just now, everyone heard it, Saito Masashi's team, three team members have been replaced, for more than two months, Saito has been living and training with the following three people, they are Mitsui Muro, 17 years old, from Gunma Prefecture, his parents are professional climbers, but he loves off-road cycling, and he is also the youngest champion of the Honshu mountain cross-country race, including this year, it has been the champion for five consecutive years.
Akira Honjo, 18 years old, Yakushima, is a native of Kyushu, the youngest triathlon champion in Kyushu, and the champion for three consecutive years. The last, Masato Saito, 17 years old, is the younger brother of Masashi Saito, but not a twin, but his half-brother.
They were born on the same day, Masao Saito, who had been studying in Canada, was thicker than his brother Masashi Saito, and he was the youngest champion of the Canadian National Indoor Cycling Time Trial at the age of 12, and the No. 1 Canadian national rider for five consecutive years.
How did you feel after listening to the introduction of each opponent? Huang Futao, who has always rarely spoken, raised his hand and then stood up to speak: I always thought that if I do my best, I will not be afraid of other people's challenges, and if I can't beat them in three days, next year, when I can participate in the Tour de France, I will also have to face these opponents. I think that after this race, they went home to write a diary or upload a message on Facebook: the first sentence was written, and finally they met the best team, from Hong Kong, called "Zhen Yang", which was immediately exchanged for huge applause and cheers!
Boss Cai never thought that Huang Futao would say such a thing, which proves that he has grown up, and he has to face difficulties by himself instead of choosing to escape. Cai Sheng asked again, do you have any opinions in "Jin Chong"? As.... Zhang Yuan, let's say a few words!
Zhang Yuan shook his head at a loss, after everyone clapped and encouraged, Suzy's smile, he stood up bravely, vibrating hoarsely, unable to make a sound for a while... The ghost horse's Ah Man said in the voice of Zhang Yuan on weekdays: Suzy, I love you so much, father-in-law Boss Cai, I will treat Suzy well for the rest of my life... Immediately drew laughter from everyone!
Cai Sheng also laughed dumbly...
Zhang Yuan said: Stop, Aman, I thought about what I was going to say... Several of their teams were in chaos, and in order to target the strengths of our two teams, they deliberately found the strongest men and horses to gather and fight us to the death, which is called a desperate bet.
If they hadn't put it together, but had used the old people who had worked together so closely, I believe they would have been able to fight with us until the final moment of victory. As for the combination of a group of masters, everyone, everyone has two sides, how can it be the opponent of our two teams? My second sentence is that I am proud to have the only opponent of "Zhenyang", and this sentence received warm applause from everyone.
That's right, 1+1=3 is the slogan and belief of many people, that is, even if you are the champion with the strongest physical endurance, after a long time of fighting alone, you will also be tired on the third day, and you will find more tired on the fourth day, and you will be tired on the fifth day, losing your combat effectiveness, like Lubis.
Because, the strength of one person is so much, let's look at this group of NO.1 drivers in European countries piled up the champion combination, plus each of them is a champion who has not tasted defeat, this time they have lost their old capital, this is called losing the wife and breaking the army.
This is the common idea of Huang Futao and Zhang Yuan, they are rivals on the track, but they are the most intelligent in private. Laughing at each other, many things, just go unspoken, perhaps, Suzy is the only one who knows them.