Chapter 495: The Second Gold (Compensation 8)

Germany's Martin doesn't know how bitter the British are now. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoAfter seeing Zhang Guan's results, he was still wondering what kind of speed he should use to finish the race.

"Zhang Guan finished the race for a total of 34 minutes and 10 seconds, considering that he was the first to start, the speed would be slightly slower, in comparison, my speed should be under 34 minutes, which is more appropriate. 34 minutes is certainly not enough to win the gold medal though, because the British have home field advantage and they know the track very well, so I have to go faster. Thinking of this, Martin couldn't help but look at the British team not far away, but saw that the British coach was arguing with the tournament officer.

"What are the British doing?" Martin's face was puzzled.

At this time, the British coach was pestering the tournament officer, demanding a review of Zhang Guan's results.

"Zhang Guan can't be so fast, 34 minutes and 10 seconds, our Wiggins is not so fast!" The coach of the British team continued: "There must be something wrong with Zhang Guan's results, you have to review his results!" ā€

"I know what you said, but when Zhang Guan finished the competition, we had already conducted a preliminary review, and there was no problem with Zhang Guan's results!" The director of the competition said quite innocently.

"Then review it again, carefully review it, and I'm going to participate!" The coach of the British team spoke.

The competition officer frowned slightly, and re-checked the results, which means that their workload will increase, not to mention that the British coach is not a referee, and the second is not an official official, and his request to participate in the review of the results is a very unreasonable request.

The director of the tournament wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it carefully, the British team was the host after all, so he finally agreed to the request of the British team, and re-reviewed Zhang Guan's results in the presence of the British coach.

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If it's an event that relies on the referee to score, maybe there will be something wrong, but cycling is a racing sport, and it's clear who is fast and who is slow.

The time of 34 minutes and 10 seconds is there, and no matter how much you check it, it is impossible for human power to change the time. What time does Zhang Guan leave and come back, how much time does it take in total, these can't be faked, even if someone wants to do it, there is nothing they can do. Everyone at the scene has a watch and can see the time, so many pairs of eyes are watching, and it is impossible for the organizer to artificially increase the time for Zhang Guan.

This is also the fairness of the sport, and it is also the reason why Zhang Guan does not participate in the scoring event. For example, diving, gymnastics and other events that rely on the referee to score are easy to be hacked by others to lose the gold medal, even if others are not as good as you, the referee can give a high score with a clear conscience; No matter how well you do your actions, the referee may give you a low score. There's no place to make sense of that. Even in scoring sports such as basketball, football, and table tennis, the referee can deliberately award several fouls, which directly affect the final result of the game.

But in racing, fast is fast, slow is slow, the timer is there, and as long as there is no foul, no one can change the outcome of the game. The stronger side is the champion!

Therefore, the British team's request to review the results was in vain in the end, and the iron still needs to be hard, and the British coach is just looking for some comfort for himself.

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The race continued, again every two minutes, with one man starting the grid.

Spain's Sanchez Gill was followed by American Finney's turn, followed by Germany's Martin, Great Britain's Wiggins, and last year's Olympic champion Cancellara.

"In the first stage, as long as you can reach the first timing point within 8 minutes, you have a good chance of winning the championship!" Germany's Martin was full of passion, and he felt that Zhang Guan could ride 8 minutes and 20 seconds in the first stage, so he could definitely put together an 8 minutes.

4 kilometers, 5 kilometers, 6 kilometers, the road signs set up on the side of the road always remind Martin how far he has ridden.

"2 kilometers ahead, the first timing point!" Martin finally saw the sign about the timing point.

"There are still 2 kilometers to go before the first timing point!" Martin subconsciously looked at the timer he was carrying, and then immediately frowned.

"Slow, at this speed, it's impossible to reach the first timing point in less than 8 minutes, I have to go faster!" Martin thought of this and worked hard to speed up.

Two minutes later, Martin crossed the first timing point, and his time was 8 minutes and 22 seconds, two seconds slower than Zhang Guanlai. And this is still a result that Martin has achieved when he has ridden with all his might.

At this time, Martin was already a little out of breath because he was riding too fast just now.

"When I reached the first timing point just now, it was already more than 8 minutes and 20 seconds, which is slower than Zhang Guan! I've been riding so fast, how can I be slower than Zhang Guan! ā€

Not only Martin, but also Finney, the American who had previously passed the first timing point in 8 minutes and 31 seconds, had the same idea.

"It's not right, it took me more than 8 minutes and 30 seconds to pass the first timing point, but Zhang Guan only took 8 minutes and 20 seconds, why is this happening? Why is Zhang Guan so much faster than me? Is it because I'm too slow today? ā€

Great Britain's Wiggins passed the first timing time of 8 minutes and 27 seconds, which is 7 seconds slower than Zhang Guan.

"My results should be a few seconds slower than Zhang Guan's. But this is also to be expected, he only took 34 minutes and 10 seconds to complete the race, I hope I don't lose too ugly! ā€

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America's Finney crossed the second timing point, with a time of 23 minutes and 59 seconds, almost 24 minutes.

"My timer showed that it took me almost 24 minutes to reach the second timer, but Zhang Guan only took 22 minutes and 58 seconds! It's only 23.5 kilometers, and Zhang Guan is 1 minute faster than me! What the hell am I working on? How can even Zhang Guan, who is the first to appear on the stage, be a minute faster than me! ā€

Finney couldn't help but start blaming himself in his heart.

Soon after, Germany's Martin, a time trial specialist, also passed the area, taking a total of 23 minutes and 26 seconds to pass the second timing point.

"It's almost 23 and a half minutes, and I just reached the second timing point, but Zhang Guan actually rode to the second timing point in less than 23 minutes! I've done my best, but why is the chief so much faster than me? At this moment, Martin suddenly had a glimmer of realization.

"I see, it's not that I'm slow, it's that Zhang Guan's speed is too fast! I was wrong, I was very wrong, I shouldn't have taken Zhang Guan's results as a reference, his results were originally a limit speed! ā€

After thinking about this, Martin suddenly felt that he was really ridiculous, before he used Zhang Guan's results as a reference standard, and set himself a faster score than Zhang Guan, but now he finally found that he was not even as good as the "reference standard"!

"Shame on you, if you spread it, you will definitely be laughed off! It's a distant number, but I use it as a reference standard......"

Martin had a bitter smile on his face.

What made Martin even more depressed was that he had already used up too much energy in the first two stages in order to surpass the "reference standard", and in the next third stage, he was afraid that he would be much slower than usual.

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The data of the players in front of them continued to be transmitted back to the starting point, which is also the end of the race, Hamton Palace.

"Christopher Fromm, the second timing point is 23 minutes and 38 seconds!"

"Marco Pinotti, 24:04 on the second timing point!"

"Tyler Feeney, 23 minutes and 59 seconds on the second timing point!"

"Tony Martin, 23 minutes and 26 seconds for the second timing point!"

Bradley Wiggins, 23 minutes and 14 seconds from the second timing point!

"Fabian Cancellala, 23 minutes and 46 seconds on the second timing point!"

One by one, with the names of big-name athletes, continue to appear in the eyes of people, these are the world's top road cyclists, and they are the favorites to win the Olympic Games!

And the fastest among them is only Wiggins's 23 minutes and 14 seconds, which is a full 16 seconds away from Zhang Guan's 22 minutes and 58 seconds!

At 23.5 kilometers, there is a difference of 16 seconds, which is almost a number that can make people despair.

The runners who came back earlier took 256 minutes to complete the second stage, and those who were not the best in the world, and their results were not considered instructive.

But now these results are the results of the world's top players, and they are the favorites to win the championship. Their results represent the highest level in the world.

But they are still much slower than Zhang Guan. It's not that one person is slow, but everyone is slower than Zhang Guan.

At this time, the coaches of each team suddenly realized how incredible it was for Zhang Guan to reach the second timing point in 22 minutes and 58 seconds.

"I thought Zhang Guan was just an average grade, but I didn't expect him to be the fastest one!"

"We all guessed wrong, Zhang Guan's results cannot be used as our reference standard at all, but should be considered as the fastest result!"

"Oops, if the players follow Zhang Guan's results as a standard, will they consume too much stamina in the first two stages!"

"If you make a mistake, you will lose the whole game! I didn't expect Zhang Guan to be the first to set off and ride the fastest speed. ā€

"What a pervert, it's a monster! Aren't the first ones to set off all of them to go to landmines? Zhang Guan is good, and he got the fastest result. ā€

"Don't the British have home advantage? They should be familiar with this track, right? even lagged behind Zhang Guan. ā€

"In the second stage, I was 16 seconds ahead of the second place, and it seems that this gold medal must be Zhang Guan!"