Then there is the Gui Provincial Bicycle Race in November, a road race from Hezhou to Guilin, which was called the most beautiful cycling race in China by the French bicycle travel magazine, and is also a race for many foreign riders and teams, which must come, in addition to a competition, to enjoy the unparalleled landscape of Guilin in the world. The race starts from the bus station in Babu District, Hezhou, and ends at the Wangcheng of Duxiu Peak in Guilin.

Many foreign cycling magazines have praised this race, and the general comments on this race are as follows:

The total distance is 280 kilometers

Difficulty: 3.5 (max 10)

Visibility: 9.5 (max 10)

Prize money: $250,000 for the champion team and $100,000 for the individual champion (regardless of age)

There are 300 teams and 2,000 individuals (non-team liberos) participating in this competition

There were 50 teams and 300 non-Chinese participants, with a total of 3,700 participants.

Due to the poor results of two consecutive major competitions, the national ranking of "RUSH" dropped from 36th to 188th, and it was almost rejected from this competition.

(This competition is the inevitable seed for the first 200 cycling teams in the country, and the remaining 100 cycling teams will be signed up by the national cycling team)

Since the beginning of this competition in 2002, except for the first year when Chinese won the team championship (because there were no foreign teams participating), Chinese have never tried to win an individual championship award. In the past three years, no Chinese can enter the top five, so this time, the Chinese participants want to compete for a top three position and promote the countrymen.

November 22, 2008, Hezhou, Guangxi

6:00 a.m

The 3,700 contestants set off from the bus station in Babu District and headed northwest to Guilin City, where the winner is expected to appear before 5 p.m. Television stations broadcast the drivers along the route, and a large number of residents and tourists cheered for the participants along the race route.

Strictly speaking, these cement roads are not too inclined to go up and down, so for the drivers, the 280 kilometers are all fast tracks, so each rider is using shockproof and anti-skid (mud) and wide wheels, the purpose is to reduce the loss of bicycle wheels, so as to reduce the frequency and risk of repairs.

Therefore, the breakdown rate is very low, no one crashes and injuries, the team results and individual time trials are better than last year and the average results, for the organizers, this is a very successful race, everyone is happy, except for one person who is not happy, that person is Huang Qiang. In Huang Qiang's eyes, what he saw was the disdainful eyes and uneasy and kind sneer --- Zhang Miaodi, the owner of "Good Charm" Huo Hua and his wife...

On the race field, the "Charismatic" drivers seem to have been targeting the drivers of the "Rush" team, they are here to fight alone, and they don't pay much attention to the race.

The "Good Charm" rider did not let go of the "Jin Chong" rider group to chase during the whole process, and everyone who had "Good Foot Power" seemed to be full of confidence, as if they had eaten "Jin Chong", how could Huang Qiang be happy?

Even more sadly, the "Rush" riders didn't shake off "Good Charm" during the race, and this group of hated devils chased after them. Some people, like George, Andy, and Big Old Three, have been overtaken by the good foot guys.

Finally crossing the finish line, Huang Qiang finally breathed a sigh of relief because the overall score of STRONG RUSH was slightly better than that of GOOD CHARM. However, Huang Qiang knows that his "strongest bicycle shop" has been open for more than 10 years, the "Jinchong" cycling team has a history of 4 years, and Huo Hua and Zhang Miaodi's "Good Charm" bicycle shop in Heshi has only been open for just two years, and "Good Charm" is the first rookie team to participate in the competition!

This time, "Jin Chong" was just good luck, and he barely suppressed the momentum of "good charm", so Huang Qiang's heart has been very unhappy! But when he saw that his soldiers were already exhausted, Huang Qiang had nothing to say...

The winner of this tournament was Belgium from Europe, the runner-up was the Netherlands and the third place was the United States. The individual winner in the T15 class was Dutch driver Mark Brown. Davis; The runner-up is Masashi Saito from Japan's "Kawaguchi" team; Third place went to the Belgian team's von Von. Peter. Huang Futao, who "Zhenyang", finished fourth and also won the sprint king's jersey, the polka point jersey.

And Huang Futao is also the only Chinese driver on the podium. Zhang Yuan, still not recovered from the defeat in the first race, but he is a skilled driver, and his performance has begun to stabilize, this race, 2889 out of 3700 people, if purely in the T15 group, 280 out of 460 people, it is considered qualified.

On this night, the riders and employees of the strongest bicycle shop gathered in the restaurant of the five-star hotel near the Li River to eat, which could not be regarded as a celebration, but at least it was a little consolation, at least, in terms of points and rankings, won "good charm". Everyone ate this dinner very calmly, but in another side room next to it, there was a burst of noise, in particular, this is the Hakka accent, the authentic accent of Huang Qiang's hometown of Heshi, absolutely can't be wrong.

Mrs. Huang is not from the authentic River City, but she already knows that the wing room next door is wrapped up by "good charm". Zhang Miaodi's voice happened to reach the ears of everyone in "Jin Chong" at this time, not so coincidentally! This was everyone's first reaction, but Mrs. Huang felt that Zhang Miaodi was coming for her husband Huang Qiang. However, if you eat your food, I will drink my soup, and if I ignore you, you will not be able to help me.

Huang Qiang, who was drunk in the brain, wanted to be evil when he heard Zhang Miaodi's voice, he thought to himself, you two always ask me to challenge, I can't bear it, and you want to come to fix me again tonight (in fact, no one comes to make trouble in 'good charm', it's just that it's more noisy when eating). Huang Qiang drank the beer in the cup again, and with a snap, the whole dining table shook, Huang Qiang stood up, his face was red, and he was about to leave his seat...

Several apprentices next to Huang Qiang also stood up, wanting to pull Huang Qiang not to go out, Huang Qiang saw that his disciples were like this, he immediately scolded them, Huang Qiang saw that his brother did not refute, and wanted to wave his fist to beat people.

At this time, Mrs. Huang finally spoke, but before speaking, she gave two slaps to Huang Qiang to sober up. Snap twice, fast and loud...

Mrs. Huang rarely spoke in such a stern voice, and she said: Isn't it enough that you have been crazy in the past few months?

If you want to go crazy, you just close the door and send it in the hotel room alone, don't drive your good apprentices away, they are all dedicated to fighting the world for us, and you, a madman, actually hurt your good apprentice for the sake of the old love history 20 years ago, are you a man? You don't have the guts to go against your opponent, so you take out your anger on the disciple who loves you the most.

You... You get out of here, it's okay if you want a divorce, anyway, I've put up with you for a long time, and it's beyond my bottom line.

At this time, Huang Qiang's cheeks were red and swollen, and suddenly, the whole person calmed down and sat on the ground. He never thought and never saw his wife be so angry, he was really afraid of divorce, if, without his wife, he would have nothing...

Huang Qiang woke up, immediately knelt on the ground, cried and apologized to his wife, and said: I'm sorry, wife, I'm crazy, in recent months, I don't know what I'm doing? I felt a lot of pain, and I knew that all my apprentices, including Sam, were working hard. But I feel very bad when I think about the "good charm", but I promise everyone that from this moment on, I will regain my strength.

Huang Qiang said again: Good apprentices, I'm sorry... At this moment, the disciples are all surrounding Huang Qiang, those who are near are hugging Huang Qiang, and those who are far away are crying...

Suddenly, there was a loud laugh from a female voice: Hehe, a large group of men are crying and crying around, don't you think it's disgusting? You are men, drinking and crying in public, are you shy? Huang Qiang, you are also our Hakka in Heshi, we don't have a guy like you who is not outstanding.

It is her, the legal person and company representative of the "Good Charm" Bicycle Company in River City, and the real owner and leader of the "Good Charm" team.

Zhang Miaodi continued: Huang Qiang, you are also an old man in his forties, and you cry when you lose the game, haha!

After saying that, he turned around and left.