One week before the 2012 National Day, the "Rush Cycling" team, together with its staff, cheerleaders and support teams, arrived in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province. XIANYANG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PARKED THEIR SPECIAL PLANE, PRINTED WITH THE "JINCHONG" LOGO AND THE CARICATURE OF THE DRIVER, THIS IS THE CAPITAL AIRLINE FOR THEIR EXCLUSIVE BOEING 737 AIRCRAFT, HIGHLIGHTING THE "JINCHONG" EMPEROR STYLE.

At the end of September, Xi'an did not have the scorching heat of Guangdong, but with a special dryness, a little cool at night, that night at the hotel, led by Huang Qiang himself, took them to eat knife-cut noodles and roast mutton. It turned out that Huang Qiang was an intern physical education teacher in Xi'an for two consecutive years, so he said that he was half a Xi'an.

Huang Qiang did not take them to see any places of interest, but took them to visit the final station of the competition. Located in the main square of the old city of Xi'an (in front of the Daming Palace) in Weiyang District, the center of Xi'an, Huang Qiang said that he would not take them to see the monuments, but Xi'an is full of monuments, just like this square, the old city wall and the nearby large and small wild goose pagodas, is the symbol of Xi'an's ancient buildings.

Huang Qiang said something to all the "Jinchong" people, that is, many team drivers in Xi'an take our "Jinchong" as their number one imaginary enemy, this is their place, they will fight for the first, and we have long been used to being challenged, but we are not intimidated by difficulties and challengers, what is the reason? It is that we have strong self-confidence and the spirit of self-sacrifice to achieve the success of our teammates.

If you don't have the spirit of sacrifice, we will give you up. After saying that tonight, I will not repeat it, I want to see how you perform, and hopefully next week, our drivers will enter the Gucheng terminal in first place, and tomorrow morning, we will go to Sanmenxia.

At 7:00 a.m., 4 tourist buses, 4 10-ton trucks and 3 support vehicles were equipped with equipment such as "Jinchong" people and combat vehicles. Four SUVs and a large truck and a Yiye medical vehicle of Yingyang Company also followed "Jinchong" and slowly drove east to the first stop, the ancient city of Weinan.

When the drivers and staff were inspecting the track, Mr. Li Haolun, the consultant of Yingyang, said that the slope of the auxiliary road of the expressway from Weinan to Xi'an was 1:8. So, fellow riders, these 50 kilometers seem to be very flat, but in fact it is also very draining of your physical energy, so you have to pay attention. In addition, we don't have to travel through the downtown area of Weinan City, so we can concentrate more on the race. After speaking, Li Haolun and other Yingyang staff studied various conditions on the ground.

Zhang Yuan was test driving this section of the road and felt a little difficult to breathe, which may be caused by the low humidity here. At this time, a big tourist bus was driving slowly, passing by Zhang Yuan's side, Zhang Yuan found that it was the car of "Zhenyang", several "Zhenyang" staff and fans waved to Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan also waved to them with his hand to say hello, after that, a Mercedes-Benz bus behind the bus stopped, a familiar face, with a smile said: Ah Yuan, you have already gone to Weinan to see the venue?

Zhang Yuan said: Yes! I didn't even have a chance to ask you for advice during the summer when I knew you were in the Tour de France!

Huang Futao said: I just practice and absorb experience, I am not the main driver, just an escort, the Tour de France, there is still a lot to learn?

Zhang Yuan said: It's rare to see you so modest and honest, haha!

Huang Futao said: When everyone's experience in the Tour of France is richer than yours, you will know that everyone's strength is not simple, I am only 18 years old, and I will learn more in the future.

Zhang Yuan sighed and said: It's a pity that I don't have time to go to France to watch you compete, and throughout the summer, I'm either practicing, or participating in video shows and shooting commercials, and I don't even know what I'm doing?

Huang Futao quipped: You are going to be a sports star, Suzy should be careful, many female fans like you, before you say anything, someone will attack, at this moment, a fist hit Huang Futao's arm, from his side Cai Jieyi, Suzy, Zhang Yuan's dream lover.

Zhang Yuan saw Suzy and immediately froze like a dumb person.

Suzy felt cute and ridiculous when she saw Zhang Yuan's appearance.

This time, even Huang Futao felt that Zhang Yuan was funny, he didn't expect that Zhang Yuan was not tempted by female fans from the outside world, and he was really dead to Suzy, he was happy for Suzy, and he was happy for Zhang Yuan.

Huang Futao said: Ah Yuan, this time our two teams are going to have a good competition, in addition, our old friends Masashi Saito and Mark are here, and Lubis, who you hate the most, is also coming to celebrate. So, don't be too careless, this is a contest this year. All the riders, including me, aim to beat you and Rush.

Huangfutao waved his hand to Zhang Yuan and said: Bye, goodbye in Kaifeng City!

Zhang Yuan also finished practicing, boarded the car, and set off for Sanmenxia. After passing through the dangerous Tongguan, I got off the car again to practice, and here, I met the American team to which Lubis belonged. Zhang Yuan greeted him, and Lubis responded with a warm smile, perhaps, he matured and understood the principles of competition, there are no enemies, only for competition.

At night at the hotel in Sanmenxia, there was nothing to say all night, Zhang Yuan was thinking about Suzy. Perhaps, Suzy was also thinking about him at this moment.

The next day, the convoy departed from Sanmenxia and headed for Luoyang City, ending at Longmen Shibori. In ancient times, it was called Yique, and in addition to the dry climate, the temperature and geography were very suitable for bicycle racing.

Without saying anything all the way, he set off for Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province. Zhengzhou is a thriving city, but traffic congestion and poor air quality are poor. (There will be no problem on the day of the race, because there is a traffic arrangement) After that, head east and drive to the starting station - Kaifeng City. Kaifeng, also known as Daliang and Bianjing/Bianliang, and the departure point is in the new scenic spot, the large square of Qingming Shanghe Park as the starting point.

Huang Qiang didn't take the people of "Jinchong" to play anywhere, but only went to one place, Daxiangguo Temple.

The purpose of Huang Qiang and his wife's worship is naturally to win this race, and similarly, the Japanese "Kawaguchi" team to which Saito belongs also worships God at Daxiangguo Temple. That night, they went to the Hui restaurant in Kaifeng to eat mutton hot pot and roast lamb. Three days before the competition, they practiced near Kaifeng.

Frankly speaking, this race took less time to prepare for the race than in other races, so the riders were not very sure, as if something was missing. No matter what, tomorrow is the day of the competition, half-heartedness is the taboo of the competition, as long as you think you are right, you have to do your best.

By 3:30 a.m. on the morning of the race day, the drivers were already up and did not need the hotel's Morning Call service. So, the riders were tidying up, changing their sportswear and eating breakfast as they normally would.

At 4:15, I drove to the competition venue, the big square of Qingming Shanghe Park, where thousands of people have gathered, and the staff are preparing. The group of riders took the bib number and GPS chip, checked their bikes again, and went to the starting point to get ready to go.

The 838-kilometer Gudu Cycling Race is ready to start, and the large LED curtain begins to count from 60 seconds.

RUSH was ranked 70th; "Zhenyang" ranked 9th; "Kawaguchi" ranked 58th; The local ace team "Yu Kuai" ranked 5th; The U.S. team finished 89th; The Netherlands are in 23rd place.

6:00 T15 and T18 men's riders prepare to start the race

6:30 T21 and F men's group start the race

The head dragon "Yu Kuai" took the lead at the beginning, followed by "Zhenyang" and the Netherlands, "Kawaguchi" in front of "Jinchong", and the United States team was the last to catch up because of its low ranking.

From the beginning, it is Henan "Yu Express" team leading, in Kaifeng urban area of the tourist attractions have been leading, and then to Kaifeng Zhengzhou highway into the law, flat road, even a small hill can not be seen, for the "Jin Chong" driver, the Great Plains are endless, but a little overwhelmed feeling, the road is long and straight, as if a lifetime can not be finished, sometimes, the illusion of the feeling makes people easy to abandon discouragement.

The elevated railway bridge has been accompanied by a group of riders, arrived in Zhongmu County, and soon crossed again, because it is a place in the Great Plains, and began to enter the new city of the eastern district of Zhengzhou City, with more open roads and many large commercial buildings with glass curtain walls on both sides, and the CBD of the new Zhengzhou is here.

At this time, Tian Zengguang, the lead driver of "Yu Kuai", had already taken a few tens of meters away from the second place driver, and headed for the new Yellow River Bridge, where the shallow and muddy yellow water of the Yellow River was at the feet of the riders, and after crossing the river, he headed for the avenue in the northern district of the Yellow River in Zhengzhou.

In the central area of Zhengzhou, many people applauded and cheered for the drivers along the way, and the atmosphere was warm... The Zhengzhou Stadium is the place where the lunch break takes place, and each rider stays for two hours, and each rider tries to get a break. Although the first half of the course was not difficult at all, it was good for the remaining two and a half days to get a little rest.

Therefore, many riders sleep after eating, and some will do yoga seating, like Huangfutao; Some people are doing meditation, such as Masashi Saito; Some will go to a warm bath, like Zhang Yuan; There are also some riders chatting, like Tian Zengguang, the driver of "Yu Kuai".

From the beginning of the afternoon, Tian Zengguang, the leader of "Yu Kuai", started first, followed by the ace drivers of Japan's "Kawaguchi" and the Netherlands, then "Zhenyang" and "Jinchong", and then the United States, Belgium, "Daqi" and "New Forces" of Guangzhou, etc...

The drivers of the major teams, except for the drivers of "Yu Kuai", the other drivers are old rivals, some people, have known each other for five years or more, but just nod and say hello, know the name and the team they belong to, the others don't know...

Rongyang, an ancient battlefield when Chu and Han competed, is also a battlefield of the ancient capital bicycle competition, the suburbs of Zhengzhou is ancient Rongyang, and it is also a flat road, looking west, the terrain begins to change.

The "Jinchong" rider can finally see the mountains, although compared to the big mountains in his hometown, it is a small thing, but there are mountains to see, as if there is a direction.

Unconsciously, I arrived at Yanshi City, a city often said by the heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, this ancient city, there are Wang Shichong and Li Mi and others, as soon as Zhang Yuan sees these place names, he will think of the ancient stories that his grandfather said. At that time, Zhang Yuan, who was around 5 years old, didn't know what his grandfather was talking about? But today's moment of playing hard, the appearance of grandpa has always appeared, which is a very unusual feeling, and I have never felt this kind of feeling.

It turned out that He Xiaohua had been being treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital in Shenzhen for the past two months, and He Xiaohua told his parents and friends not to tell Zhang Yuan about his condition. But Zhang Yuan probably guessed from Xu Xiaoyan and Liao Caixia's expressions that He Xiaohua's condition was not optimistic at all.

That's why he suddenly remembered his grandfather, and his thoughts were haunted by very messy thoughts. Zhang Yuan has always told himself not to think about these things, however, it's not that you don't want to think about it, or you don't think about it, sometimes, the more you don't want to think about it, the more you think about it.

During the lunch break just now, Zhang Yuan saw Xu Xiaoyan with red eyes, and he had already guessed something in his heart. However, because Xu Xiaoyan agreed to He Xiaohua's request and decided not to say anything before the game, she could only talk to Caixia and told Caixia that she must not tell her boyfriend Ah Man about it, but Liao Caixia told Xiaoyan instead, and she couldn't tell Sam half a sentence.

At 3:45 p.m., close to the center of Yanshi in Luoyang, Xu Xiaoyan received a call from He Xiaohua's mother, saying: Xiaohua has left at 3:30, everything is very calm, tell them not to be sad about this, for He Mama and Xiaohua, leaving, may be another relief, but Xu Xiaoyan cried, Caixia, a good girl, also hugged Xiaoyan and cried.

It's definitely not a sudden thing! Since they learned about this disease seven years ago, they all knew that this day was coming, but they didn't expect it to be today. Originally, the doctor said that He Xiaohua only had three years to live, but he didn't expect that Xiaohua could survive for more than seven years.

People have joys and sorrows; The moon is cloudy and sunny, and understanding is understood, but when you are a person at that time, you will no longer face it calmly.

Back at the Gudu Bicycle Racing Field, today's first rider has entered the Longmen District on the outskirts of Luoyang. The end of the first day has arrived, and many people are interviewing today's team champion and individual champion, and Tian Zengguang, who can't wait to put on the yellow jersey.

He answered reporters' questions with confidence, in his eyes, the champion team of any international competition is useless, because "Yu Kuai" is the most powerful team, and "Yu Kuai" is not the most championship team; It's a championship team that deserves its name.

Today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow into Shaanxi Xi'an, the same is true, "Yu Kuai" is the fastest, "Yu Kuai" is happy because we are the first team.

Zhang Yuan reached the end of the first day in 39th place, and no one blamed him. Because, Zhang Yuan knew from everyone's expressions that He Xiaohua had left him, Zhang Yuan didn't cry, but he wanted to give this championship trophy to He Xiaohua's parents, and the love between the two brothers would not change.

Zhang Yuan sat on the side of the road, a very familiar figure floated in, Zhang Yuan smelled the smell of Suzy's daily antiperspirants, Zhang Yuan took Suzy's lemon black tea, the two of them shook each other's four hands, Xu Xiaoyan knew that this moment was not the time to be jealous, so that Zhang Yuan put aside Xiaohua's death and enter the highest peak of the competition is the most important thing, at present, only Suzy can do it.

The next morning, Zhang Yuan was unusual, eating breakfast without expression and entering the starting point alone. Huang Qiang is both his boss and his master, he knows Zhang Yuan more than Zhang Yuan, Huang Qiang knows that Zhang Yuan's game condition today is extremely poor, and it is not good to say, that is, it has been announced today that Zhang Yuan's results in this competition are over.

Fortunately, Sam and George helped him and Ah Man (his heart was not sad, but not as sad as Zhang Yuanlai), Mrs. Huang saw two of the three aces from afar, looked back at her husband, and then looked at the captain, her son Sam, it seems that today's game is completely up to you.

T18 Team B was recruited by Sam, among them, Sam asked two members of Team B, Alun and Guo Xiaobing, to take care of one of the Team A drivers, and George was responsible for leading them.

At the start of the race, Yu Kuai led all the riders forward, but soon after Kawaguchi's Masashi Saito was standing side by side with Tian Zenguang, and after more than 10 meters of separation, Lubis's USA team and the four drivers of "Zhenyang" were all vying for the first time.

Tian Zengguang, I'm sorry, "Jinchong" captain Sam and the T18 B team are also chasing you! Mark. Davis didn't let the "rush" fly either, and followed closely. Unexpectedly, the next day began to be the final battle.

Arrived at the White Horse Temple, yesterday's Tian Zengguang had been passed by the Saito brothers and Huangfutao, and in less than half a minute, Lubis crossed Tian Zengguang with the highest speed of the race of 119.7 kilometers; Eager to challenge the current top ranked Saito Nakakun and Huang Futao. When Tian Zengguang was angry, something more tragic appeared in front of him again. Davis passed him, Sam and Von. Peter passed him too.

Now, Meng Jiawei of "Zhenyang" has been side by side with Tian Zengguang, less than 5 meters away, and the three old friends of Changshi's "Daqi" have also been killed. Within two minutes, Tian Zengguang and the "Yu Kuai" to which he belonged had completely destroyed their self-confidence by Guo Jianglong.

Zhang Yuan's absent-mindedness improved, but the psychological pain made it impossible for him to concentrate. Compared to Zhang Yuan, Aman, who is much less sad, has begun to recover, and Aman, the king of the flat road sprint, has been glorified by the almost passing field, Zhang Yuan, and the ace drivers of the major teams are waiting for your recovery.

They know about Zhang Yuan, so even if any of them wins Zhang Yuan, they will think that Zhang Yuan in this competition is not the best Zhang Yuan, and winning him is not a big deal.

Those who are familiar with Zhang Yuan all know that winning Zhang Yuan, who is not in the state, is invincible. However, the financiers and sponsors behind them don't think so, as long as they win the "rush", they are the kings of the Greater China region, although some people question it, so what? At least until the next race, it will be a great honor for the cycling club that won this race.

Last night, the major teams already knew about He Xiaohua and the impact on Zhang Yuan, so the major teams have changed their strategies and began to compete for the first place early the next morning, hoping to pull the time away as much as possible before Zhang Yuan recovers, and pull it away until Zhang Yuan can't catch up if his state recovers tomorrow. Even if Zhang Yuan recovers on the third day, he will lose the game in the accumulated time.

Arrived at the end of Sanmenxia, the next day the race was completed, the cumulative results came out, and the first place was Masashi Saito; the second place is Huang Futao; third place went to Lubis; the fourth is Masao Saito; The fifth is Mark. Davis; the sixth is SAM; The seventh place is Feng. Peter; the eighth is Meng Jiawei and Honjo Ming; The tenth place is Aman, yesterday's champion Tian Zengguang, today's cumulative results ranked 17th, George ranked 18th, and Zhang Yuan ranked 43rd.

In terms of cumulative time, Masashi Saito is 3.7 seconds faster than Huangfutao, Saito is 6 seconds faster than Lubis, and Saito is nearly four minutes faster than Zhang Yuan. And tomorrow, the last day of the competition, there is no muddy road, so Zhang Yuan has absolutely no chance to compete for the bid.

Masashi Saito chatted with Zhang Yuan at night and told him: Don't be sad for the person who passed away, maybe he will be sad in heaven because of your loss!

Zhang Yuan said: Thank you for your explanation, I have recovered! I know that no matter how hard I try tomorrow, I won't be able to win against you, but you are only 3.7 seconds away from Huang Futao, and you must not be careless, Huang Futao is a very terrible opponent and my best friend.

Huang Futao's voice rose: You guy recovered so quickly, I didn't come to see you if I knew it, just call Suzy to come.

Saito also heard about Zhang Yuan's affair with Suzy, and he was also in Guan'er.

Saito: In short, we are good friends and the best opponent Huang Futao, and I will win you tomorrow.

Huang Futao: Haha, let the horse come, I've been waiting for you for a long time, last time in the Tour de France, we were all pawn escorts, this time, let's have a heads-up, how about it?

Saito Masashi didn't answer, but his own brother Saito Masao rushed to say: Brother, it's the two of us who challenge Huangfu Tao!

Zhang Yuan said: Why is Yaxiong's Cantonese better than your brother?

Saito Masao said: I also love to watch Hong Kong dramas in Toronto, Canada, and the vernacular is naturally better than my brother, who has worked hard to learn Cantonese since he lost to your pair of living babies for the first time. Therefore, don't call us brothers in the vernacular behind your back.

Pleasant chats are the easiest to forget...

On the third day of the race, the weather was very good, the temperature was moderate, and apart from the static effect caused by the low humidity, the drivers were in very good condition today. Suzy saw Zhang Yuan today, full of sunshine, very confident, very charming... His rejuvenation, better than usual, like... On the fourth day of the race in Kyushu, Japan, he won the championship in the section where there was no opponent chasing after the clay road.

In the end, what did Huangfutao give Zhang Yuan, and why did he change him in one night? It won't be Xu Xiaoyan... But... With Sam here, it shouldn't be... Suzy is suspicious of Zhang Yuan...

Xu Xiaoyan is the same, since she saw Zhang Yuan at breakfast, she also knew that Huang Futao came to look for Zhang Yuan last night (but she didn't know that Saito Nakakun also came) She was wondering if Huang Futao gave Suzy to Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan...

Back at the scene, starting from Sanmenxia, Zhang Yuan rushed forward at a brisk pace, but such a relaxed pace made his speed and ranking continue to improve. Of course, he knew that it would be impossible for him to recover the time of the first two days after he recovered, and he did not think that he would be in first place at the finish line, let alone the position of his friends and opponents.

He was thinking about today's race, and he wanted to see what his top speed was.

There will be no rest stops today, and the escort riders will be responsible for the food and drink of the main drivers, and Zhang Yuan is in eighth place in the overall ranking in Weinan, which is nearly 4 minutes behind Masashi Saito. Zhang Yuan just moved forward at his own pace, starting from Weinan to the end of the ancient city of Xi'an, he turned the accumulated energy and the thoughts of his grandfather and Xiaohua into strength, and the acceleration rate of 122.14 kilometers rushed forward, which is a record, the fastest sprint speed in this race, too powerful, the race will keep this record.

Afraid of the results of the cloth, the pink suit is already in Zhang Yuan's hands, and he snatched the pink suit from Rubis, which is also the only way for him to explain to his fans.

At the end of the 838-kilometer Henan Shaanxi Gudu Cycling Competition, Zhang Yuan was fortunate to receive a small outstanding rider trophy and the best sprint performance award, wearing a pink jersey and a small gold cup, Zhang Yuan felt very happy, and the five winners behind him stood on the podium.

The fifth place went to Lubis, the fourth place went to Masao Saito, and the third place went to Mark. Davis, the AFC Champions League is Hong Kong Racing God Huang Fu Tao, the champion, Masashi Saito from the "Kawaguchi" team in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, the team champion is "Kawaguchi" runner-up "Zhenyang", and the third place is "Jinchong".

This is not a very good T18 report card for the "Jinchong" team, but no one will blame Zhang Yuan for his incompetence, which is already a good ending. At least, everyone knows that Zhang Yuan in the past was the king of mountain madness and the tyrant of muddy roads; But today, he is the king of sprints on the flat road, the problem is, the rider's physical strength is so much, he can only do his best in one direction, how can he have both? When you understand, you will be calm, like Zhang Yuan, if you don't understand, you will always be distressed.

Suzy kept looking at the nerd Zhang Yuan, the competition is over, and the award moment has passed... Zhang Yuan walked over and asked something he never dared to ask, Suzy, do you know that I like you very much? Can you... Suddenly, Xu Xiaoyan, who was not far away, interjected and said loudly: Ah Yuan, we are all waiting for you to go back! Suzy came back to her senses at this time and hurriedly asked: Ah Yuan, what did you just say? I can't hear very clearly?

Suzy just wants Zhang Yuan to say it one more time; Zhang Yuan thought that Suzy had rejected him. Coupled with Xu Xiaoyan's urging...

The idiot Zhang Yuan smirked dumbly and was pulled away by Xu Xiaoyan.

Of course, Suzy knew what Zhang Yuan meant, but the question was how to send Xu Xiaoyan? Sam doesn't try to chase it, this idiot is really... Go back to find Ah Man and ask Liao Caixia about Sam and Xiaoyan.

Suzy! You really have to make a move now, or your lover will be robbed.