The Laoshan Velodrome in the Zijian Center is the training base of the Chinese cycling team in the capital Laoshan. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Laoshan Velodrome is an interior building that looks like an oversized oval basin with a circumference of 250 meters.

The floor of the whole hall is paved with wooden materials, and the slope of the track is 25~40 degrees, which is actually a standard track velodrome.

Looking at the construction drawings from the top view, you can see that the layout of the track and field stadium is similar, with an elliptical track around a rectangular area. From a three-dimensional perspective, the track of the track of the track is warped, and the slope of the pitch is 25~40 degrees.

Duke has already practiced at the track velodrome, and the practice bike is track cycling.

It's late November, and it's cold in the capital, with light snow outside.

The weather is not suitable for outdoor road cycling, and many road racers move to the track velodrome for indoor training in the winter.

Throughout the international cycling world, track cycling endurance competitors can often compete in road races, and road racers can also switch to track racing if they don't ride well on the road.

The Chinese national cycling team can actually be called the "Chinese track cycling national team", because the vast majority of riders who enter the national team only focus on track races.

Track races and road races in the mainland. There are not many riders who repair and double refinement, and there are no riders in the track race, road race, and mountain race. Of course, the best drivers with three repairs and three refinements can't make up a slap in the face when looking at the international car world.

Why the Chinese national cycling team has evolved into the "Chinese track cycling national team", as mentioned above, is related to the national policy of sports thirty years ago, because Asian athletes are relatively easy to achieve results in track cycling, compared to mountain races and road races.

However, 30 years later, the Asian rider has not won an Olympic gold medal in track cycling, and the best result is the Olympic silver medal. The men, both of whom have won Olympic silver medals in track cycling.

Track cycling is a track event that is easier for Asians to achieve, and it took decades of hard work for all Asian cyclists to win the silver medal. In mountain races and road races, it is not easy for Asians to win a bronze medal, and it is a victory to grab an Olympic ticket and appear on the Olympic stage.

“hom~ham！” A man's shout sounded in the hall, and it was impossible to tell which Chinese language it was, anyway, it was a shout similar to some kind of command order.

Duke, who was riding on the track, immediately increased his cadence when he heard the shouting, and he raced around the 250-meter wooden track at a speed of more than 60 km/h, and the air flow was violently surging in his pass.

“him-tak！” The man's voice rang out again.

After listening to the order, Douc rhythmically lowered his cadence and slowed down through the track slope.

The Batman-like track bike that Duke rides has no braking system, and Doucle slows down by changing track positions up and down and suppressing the rotation of the pedals.

The single-speed flywheel of track bikes is dead, meaning that as long as the rear wheel turns, the rider's feet must also rotate. Doucle's feet are tied to the bicycle pedals with drawstrings to improve riding efficiency.

In track cycling at high speeds, dead-flying vehicles are safer for riders, and riding a bicycle with a braking system on an uphill track is prone to accidents.

Duke slowed down and rode off the track to the instructor's command area in the central flat area, where a whiteman with a round head held Duke by the waist to make Duke completely still, and then helped Duke untie the strap tied to his pedals.

The white foreigner gave a thumbs up to Duke: "Prupurudoru!" French is spoken.

The foreigner is Benoit, a foreign coach from France, who is in charge of the track cycling project.

I don't know if I can't speak it or I don't want to say it, Benoit never speaks English anyway.

Today, the French interpreter of the cycling team asked for leave, and Duke didn't speak much French, so he could only communicate with Benoit with a gesture: "There is a problem with the closed wheels of this car, new-one, I need new-one." "He also said in English and Chinese, anyway, everyone can understand the meaning.

Benoit nodded: "Better than fat." ”

Du Ke pointed to the track: "Coach, do we continue to practice speed?" ”

Benoit shook his head and made a rowing motion: "Luke Luke." ”

Duke nodded, "OK." Then he takes off his helmet and sits on the floor to rest for a while, and later he will go to the rowing machine in the equipment room to practice seated rowing.

After resting for a few minutes, Duke stood up and said to a female teammate: "Xiaoxian, let's go, today's training in the car is over, let's practice equipment." ”

The female teammate's name is Pu Zexian, who is not beautiful and has a bold personality, she asked Du Ke: "Do you understand what the French coach said?" ”

Du Ke smiled: "If you don't understand it, you can understand it, let's go." The two of them walked together towards the instrument room.

Pu Zexian will go to Japan with Du Ke: Hon, a place called Izu in Shizuoka Prefecture, participated in the Asian Road Cycling Championships, and set off after New Year's Day. Before New Year's Day, they were training indoors in the capital.

At this time, the track racers of the national cycling team are training indoors in the capital, and there are few mountain racers, who go to the Chenggong base in the southwest to train.

The road racers are Du Ke and Pu Zexian, a man and a woman, but Du Ke is actually half a road racer, because he also plays mountain races, and may soon have to work on track events.

Indoor track training is also effective as a supplementary training method for road racers. But to participate in the road cycling race, of course, you have to go to outdoor training, the coach and staff of the Chinese self-paced road race team have gone to Izu in advance, Du Ke and Pu Zexian will go directly to Izu after finishing domestic training, and meet the front troops, and then familiarize themselves with the local road track, just on the day. Ben conducts outdoor on-board training.

In the bicycle project, Duke has already begun to play in a mixed manner, with three repairs of mountains, roads, and venues.

After another week of training on indoor track cycling, Benoit noticed that Doke's speed and endurance in track cycling seemed to be better than the other men's track riders on the national team.

On the morning of December 1st, Laoshan Velodrome.

Benoit's translator came to work, and Benoit expressed to Duke through the translator: "Douco, you're going to be competing in a road race anyway, so why don't you do another track race?" ”

Duke: "Yes, Keirin will be able to catch the Olympic schedule. ”

Translation: "Old Ben said that Keirinth is very suitable for you, you can give full play to your speed and endurance, I hope you will start from the day.. Ben will be able to hang out with him for a while when he comes back. Of course, it will be up to luck for the men's team to score enough points to secure one or two places in Keirin. If you have the time and energy, help the Chinese men's group to brush up enough points. (To be continued.) )