Chapter 12 A Surprising Victory
On the second day of the Pearl River Delta Seven Cities Bicycle Race, at 3:00AM in the morning, the large parking lot of the Guanlan Golf Course, the staff did not rest and worked in shifts. At 3:30 AM, all the drivers started to eat breakfast.
The competition starts at 6:00 AM, Adult Division, 6:30 AM, T21, 7:00 AM, 7:30 AM Women's Competition, the top 10 in each group (cumulative results are ranked in the first row). This morning, no one was in the first row of "Jin Chong", they all gathered in the second row 2 meters behind the first row of the convoy, Zhang Yuan was the least concentrated, looking forward and then looking at the people nearby.
2 meters behind the second row, there is a group of Japanese and Korean players, the "good charm" traitors he hates are in the sixth/seventh/eighth row, the familiar faces of the capital, Changshi, Guangshi, Xiashi, Yongshi, etc., are all in the 4th/5th/6th row, some drivers greet Zhang Yuan friendlyly, and some look at him with hostile eyes, in short, the mentality that Zhang Yuan wants to get has appeared.
The flute sounded again, and everyone began to run wildly again, starting from Guanlan Golf Course to Lingnan Avenue, and then from Tangtian Middle Road to Jiaoping Road to enter Dongguan Guanyin Mountain Forest Park, and then into Guanfo Highway, and then into the bicycle path of Songshan Lake District.
This 60-kilometer road is the most difficult and complex, with uphill and downhill highways and provincial and municipal roads crisscrossing the city, forming a troublesome landform that the speed can not be too fast, and the average speed is not a way to troublesome landforms.
For Americans who are unfamiliar with the terrain and have no experience with this kind of mixed track, it definitely affects their performance, but such a terrain is just like the European Alps. Therefore, it is extremely advantageous for the French and Italian drivers, entering the Guanyin Mountain forest area, the French drivers have already led the way, followed by the Italian team, and then the American team. THEN THERE IS "ZHENYANG", FOLLOWED BY "JIN CHONG" LED BY GEORGE, AND A FEW METERS AWAY IS JAPAN'S NAGANO TEAM LEADER YOICHI TAKAHASHI AND TEAMMATE MITSUI MATSUNURA, AND THEN BEHIND IS KOREA'S MOST POPULAR HANDSOME GUY, BAE DOUDOU OF "WATER SUSTAINABILITY".
Entering the Songshan Lake Bicycle Path, this tranquil artificial lake was surrounded by thousands of riders and tens of thousands of media, spectators, and fans this morning. However, no bird cares what humans are up to? They are still lying on their backs, enjoying the sun or swimming on one foot, and some are fishing. At this stage, Huang Futao appeared in the top three positions, and in front of him was the Frenchman Charles. Brand, Charlie E. Branc and the first athlete, Thierry H. Pires.
The schedule began to be tense, because, everyone did not expect that the emperor Huang Futao would start to launch a fire attack the next day. Everyone looks forward to Huang Futao's power, but they are even more looking forward to Zhang Yuan's performance. However, Zhang Yuan still did not improve, ranking 18th in the T15 overall rankings, about 17 seconds away from the first place Bire, and the visual inspection is more than 200 meters.
Leaving the mountain roads of Songshan Lake and Tongsha Ecological Park, entering the urban area of Dongguan, the straight avenue made the American team recover a lot of time and rankings, and the drivers of "Zhenyang" also galloped on the highway to take the lead, only the drivers of "Jinchong" were walking in order, Ah Man was in front, George was second, Sam was back in third, Zhang Yuan was the last among the riders in the first group, and occasionally, he would be challenged by Japanese and Korean players to take his position in the first echelon.
TV commentators, looking for a bunch of so-called bicycle experts who can analyze, are all discussing Huang Futao's outburst and Zhang Yuan's retreat... Perhaps, the commentators are accustomed to following the red top white, and define Zhang Yuan's past success as an accidental event, coupled with rumors and rumors of opponents, Zhang Yuan has been rated as a flash of thought and a mirage, and told the audience not to regard "Jinchong" as the hope of winning the bid, the goal and dream of the country.
This remark seemed to be a speech to relieve the pressure of the "Jinchong" drivers, but it caused the boss and management of the agile company to be shocked, and kept calling Huang Qiang and his wife to ask, Huang Qiang and his wife explained the strategy at the beginning, to a little tempered talk, to not answering the mobile phone, and then to turning off the phone. Received more than 30 calls in an hour, so terrible to the pressure of business sponsors.
Entering Xintang, the border area of Guangzhou, the city of denim, although the air pollution control began as early as three days ago, but the effect is not good, each participant is equipped with a special mask, due to poor breathing, more or less affect the driver's results.
Soon into the Guangyuan Expressway in downtown Guangzhou, the polluted air made the organizers almost stop the race, many foreign participants complained, this section of the road is not suitable for the race at all...
Finally entering the Tianhe District, the air quality has not improved much, but a group of Chinese players have been digging here, such as the new force, Dayangshi, Daqi and Capital Dali and other riders, probably because of the long-term polluted weather practice a lot, so they are not afraid of dust.
Finally arrived at the five-story stadium of Yuexiu Mountain, the end of the next day's competition, the first to cross the line today is Huang Futao, he is not only for the glory of Hong Kong people, but also the glory of the Chinese, the overall score is also the first in T15, tomorrow, Huang Futao wears a yellow uniform. The best speed on the day was Japan's Kenta Hasemura's fastest on the Guancheng Expressway.
Zhang Yuan was ranked 16th when he arrived at Yuexiu Mountain, 0.03 seconds faster than George, except for Huang Qiang and his wife, who were under pressure, all the contestants of "Jin Chong" were as if they were on weekdays, talking and laughing very easily.
Huang Qiang and his wife were miserable, they entered the conference room at 8:00 p.m. and held a meeting with the representatives of the agile company and Fujian media who came from Fujian; After the race, it's time to take a cool steam sauna, followed by dinner and rest. That night, there was no internal meeting for the riders, and everyone slept peacefully until the morning call at 3:30AM.
On the third day of the game, it was basically the same as the first two days, but today's Huang Futao was more cold and arrogant than before, because he wore a yellow suit today and had already become the target of the public, so a cool face was the best way to scare the opponent. Zhang Yuan is also in the second row. Ah Man rose to the top 10, Sam was in 13th, and Zhang Yuan and George were in the second row.
Starting from Yuexiushan Stadium, go to Baiyun Mountain first, then go to Huadu Airport, return to Fangcun, then back to Shamian Island, turn back to Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, then go south along the road to Haizhu Bridge and then to Sun Yat-sen University, then to Pazhou and then to South China Normal University, then go south to Guangzhou University, go south along Jinjiang Avenue, arrive at Panyu City Bridge, and then go to Chimelong Resort as the end point.
Today is a pure road and street track race, and there are not many mountain roads and slopes for Zhang Yuan to play. So, the American took the lead again, but Huang Futao held on to second and took advantage of the wind resistance in first place to save effort, and in the last 500 meters, Huang Futao took the lead over McDonald's car and won the championship, retaining the yellow jersey.
Zhang Yuan still silently held his 11th place (7 people faster than the next day) to cross the line, and the overall result, due to Zhang Yuan's stable results and the relationship between the distance and the short distance, finally entered the final day of the ranking with 10th place.
Somehow, Zhang Yuan's performance caused him an inexplicable uncomfortable feeling, maybe the cyclist was born with it, no matter what he was, it was perfect to do it according to his heart. I won't be beaten by an accident and lose to you as a rookie nerd like last time.
For the drivers, tonight is the last night of this race, so, for the sake of good results, everyone rests early, Zhang Yuan is an exception, the fatigue of these three days is basically pediatric compared to the usual practice. Therefore, he has the leisure to enjoy the circus, and the reporters also follow him, and some surround him, asking this and that...
The local satellite TV news broadcast this news documentary, which was exchanged for the horror of the agile boss Mr. Wu, and of course, the mobile phone of Huang Qiang and his wife was bombed by them for a night... On the last day, except for the last 10 kilometers in Macau, the rest of the course was a highway race.
Most people think that the road race must be the world of the Americans, otherwise it is wearing a yellow suit - the emperor Huang Futao won the championship, maybe the French twins have a little chance! No one thought of Zhang Yuan's existence anymore. Perhaps, the more Zhang Yuan is paid attention to, the more he can show his value in the finals.
With a long beep, the first bicycle that broke out was actually Zhang Yuan, more than 3,000 live audiences applauded with super enthusiasm, some people waited for three days, just for the arrival of this moment, among them, the craziest fans must be Xu Xiaoyan and Liao Caixia, the living baby.
No one thought that a nerd would become a madman, except for one person, Huang Futao. He subconsciously knew that today was the day of his outbreak, and only I could stop his might, because I was the emperor.
From the first 3 kilometers, the two of them were fighting for the first position, Zhang Yuan was about 2 meters ahead of Huang Futao; To the 10th kilometer away, the distance between the two was stretched to 8 meters, but Zhang Yuan owed Huang Futao 140 meters, about 6.37 seconds, as long as Huang Futao maintained the distance between the two within 50 meters, he was the real emperor.
In the last 20 kilometers, the southern section of Lovers Road in Zhuhai City, the cool weather with the sea breeze helped Zhang Yuan and Huang Futao to leave other opponents behind... However, the distance between Zhang Yuan and Huang Futao is still within 40 meters. Moreover, Huang Futao was accumulating physical strength, and the explosion was in a straight line at the end.
When he arrived at the narrow road slope of St. Paul's in Macau, Huang Futao's most ungood 1-kilometer section, Zhang Yuan relied on many years of buffalo training, coupled with his longing for his grandfather, he was also He Xiaohua's stand-in... He broke out at this moment, the uphill narrow road is as fast as the flat road, and the downhill is not a straight brake, the two are more than 130 meters apart, and the whole audience is issuing the same sentence, Zhang Yuan is the first, Zhang Yuan is the first...
Taipa No. 1 Bridge rushed up and down, breaking the fastest speed record of this year, not only T15, but also T18 records have been broken, the pink camouflage suit has arrived, and the Cotai Strip on Taipa Island has shortened the distance between Zhang Yuan and Huang Futao to 110 meters.
The battle situation is getting more and more tense, and no one knows whether the individual champion is Huang Futao or Zhang Yuan, because they have a time difference of 6.37 seconds... On the Kau Ao High Neck Road, Zhang Yuan once again showed his super physical fitness on the mountain road as if he were walking on a flat road, and widened the distance to 160 meters.
Huang Futao looked surprised for the first time, because all the drivers had walked more than 190 kilometers, and his speed had not weakened. ET? Superman? Entering Zhuwan Road, Zhang Yuan stretched the distance to 170 meters, which can be said to have won this race. At the end of the Coloane Library next to St. Francis' Church on the fifth day of October, the sprint was over, and no one present would be excited... Because, everyone is counting down every second.
In 1 second, Huang Futao entered the road on the fifth day of October, first smelled the smell of Andrew's Portuguese tart, and turned left.
In 2 seconds, 3 seconds, I saw Chen Shengji, 70 meters away from the finish line
4 seconds to see the Church of St. Francis
5 seconds through the Church of St. Francis
6 seconds, to the red line of the library ....
On the podium, standing in third place was the American McDonald, who was 0.03 seconds behind the first. The champion is Zhang Yuan, who is half-dressed in pink camouflage and half-dressed in yellow suit, everyone present is applauding and celebrating, and the runner-up Huang Futao also hugged Zhang Yuan excitedly, patted him on the back, and said: In the past three years, you are the first person to convince me.
Look at me, my teammate, it's your dream girl watching you! Let me first show that I'm not interesting to her, so take care of it yourself! Her name is Suzy, Cai Jieyi, remember her name well, she is also a wild horse, you have to be careful.
In addition, I won't lose to you again in the next game, nerd Zhang Yuan, Huang Futao has an absolutely bright smile...
After Zhang Yuan left the podium, Suzy took the initiative to walk towards Huang Futao and said: You once said that one day you will finally meet a really stronger opponent, but I didn't expect it to be this nerd, haha!
Suzy asked Zhang Yuan again: Do you like me very much, you stare at me every time, I am not as beautiful as your Xiaoyan?
Your wheelchair brother is as dishonest as your eyes, if you want to chase me, you have to work harder! Don't look at me all the time, I want you to give me the best... Okay, let's not talk about it, my rival, your little lover is staring at me again, oh my God, I didn't offend her!
Hi, you are Xu Xiaoyan! You are really beautiful, don't be angry when you see us chatting! Now it's the two of you'll have your turn to talk slowly.
Suzy looked at Xu Xiaoyan who was itching her teeth in the posture of a love winner...