Chapter 202: Triathlon Day (2)
Duke was the first to complete the 1.5km swim and was the first to go ashore, while Britain's Gibson, who finished second, had 200 metres left to reach the shore.
The world record in the men's 200m freestyle is 1:41.87, a record held by Duke himself. It is impossible for a triathlon to make a world record of 200 self in the lake, and Duke can't do it himself.
After coming ashore, Duke was in first place with his strong strength in the swimming event, and was about 2 minutes ahead of the second place. His swimming time of 16 minutes and 12 seconds was considered a normal performance, which was enough.
Duke trotted to Bike Rack 303, where his red beauty triathlon rested. He took off his swimming cap, changed his helmet as fast as he could, took his swimming goggles, put on his windproof goggles, and put on his lock shoes, then he pushed the triathlon and ran towards the periphery of the change area.
According to the International Iron Federation, cycling is not allowed in the transition area, and competitors have to push their bikes outside the area to get on the bike.
Duke held the bicycle handle in his right hand to keep the cart forward, and his left hand was not idle, he grabbed an energy gel and put it to his mouth, bit the sealed bag with his teeth and pulled it hard, tore open the sealed bag of the energy gel, and ate an energy gel to replenish his physical energy. After finishing the work, he picked up the kettle and poured a few sips of sports drinks, and at this time, he just pushed the cart out of the change area, stepped onto the triathlon car, accelerated his pedaling, and entered the 40km cycling stage.
From going ashore to entering the transition area to pushing the cart out of the transition area, Duke took 39 seconds, which was his first change time.
Until this time, the second-place British player Gibson was still in the lake and did not go ashore, he was the player with the highest call to win the championship, William Hill gave the British player a 1-odds of 2.98 to win the championship, the lower the multiple, the more optimistic the bookmaker is about this player.
By the time Gibson, the favourite, came ashore, wildcard Duke had already ridden a kilometre.
By the time Gibson pushed the cart out of the transition zone, Douc was already 1.5km ahead of him.
Even if Gibson can race at 45km/h, it will take him 2 minutes to catch up with the 1.5km gap.
Douc took the lead, holding a speed of around 40 km/h.
Aside from extreme sports such as extreme cycling, common cycling competitions can be roughly divided into three categories: road cycling, track cycling, and mountain biking.
The Tour de France and triathlon cycling stages are all road cycling races, and they are also a type of bicycle race with the broadest mass base. Everyone can ride a bicycle, and this sport actually has an extremely large mass base, and it can by no means be considered a niche non-mainstream sport.
In road cycling, riders face many challenges, challenging their physical fitness, challenging their opponents, challenging dangerous tight curves, challenging continuous climbs.
In addition to this, the riders also have to face one of the biggest enemies, which may be called the enemy's lifelong enemy - the wind.
Humans invented high-tech sportswear and modified racing cars to the limit in order to reduce wind resistance as much as possible. However, no matter what means human beings take, they will not be able to completely conquer nature and conquer the winds that come and go without a shadow.
Once the rider reaches a speed of 15 km/h, the effect of wind resistance is greater than the friction between the tires and the ground, so clever humans invented a bicycle tactic - the wind team tactic.
The rider at the front is the Wind Breaker, also known as the "Rabbit".
Each team usually arranges not too famous riders to act as rabbits, so that the rabbits lead the riders to break the wind, which is actually to block the wind for the teammates behind them.
The airflow passes through the front of the rabbit, creating a vacuum area, this vacuum area only has a weaker airflow, and the wind resistance is smaller, when the person behind approaches the rider in front, then this vacuum area can be used, thereby reducing the wind resistance of the rider behind him, allowing the riders to ride with more effort, and saving energy for the final stage of the sprint. The term "following the trend" may have originated from cycling.
Duke participated in this Sheffield triathlon in his personal name, and he has no teammates, so he will not be a rabbit for others and cannon fodder for breaking the wind.
Although Douc rode at the front, he was not a rabbit and he did produce a wind-breaking effect, but the opponents behind him couldn't enjoy it because they were too far away from Doucle.
Today's weather is clear, the outside temperature is 28 degrees Celsius, and there is a light breeze.
Duke looked at the speedometer in his car: speed, 40.1 km/h; Mileage ridden, 5.1 km.
He didn't know how far the pursuers behind him were from him, 2 kilometers? 1.5 km? Or 1 km?
All he could do was ride a little faster, a little faster.
At this time, there was a bend in front of him, and in the previous day's self-test, Douc was already familiar with this distance, and he knew that after this bend, there would be a long straight ahead. What are straights for? Of course, it's for speed.
Doucle leaned over, adjusted his center of gravity, and began to enter the corner, where he cut inside with a nice reverse twist technique and entered the corner.
Of course, it is the inside line, because the inside line is the fastest, and the position after the corner is the most favorable.
When a group of riders collectively cornered, the inside line was a must-see, but now that no one was competing with Duke, the nearest second runner was estimated to be 1km away, so he easily twisted in reverse to cut the inside line and completed the turn smoothly.
“GOOD!”
“NICE!”
“GO-GO-GO!”
Near this bend stood a dozen or so British crowds, spectators, watching the game for no money.
The tastes of the audience are also different, radish and cabbage have their own loves, some people like to watch the speed of the straight, some people like to watch the curves to play the technique, some people like to watch the big brawl on the flat section, and some people are full of fanatical yearning for the climbing and exploding mountain section, there is always a dish suitable for them.
As the lead rider, Duke was the first rider to pass the corner, and the crowd of onlookers, young and old, men and women, cheered and cheered on Doucle, and when they finally saw a runner, they were of course excited.
Doucle wears a helmet and windproof goggles, and it is difficult for others to see his face, and they can only roughly tell whether he is white or yellow from the skin color and face contour.
No matter what race it is, the one who can rush to the front is definitely not a bad race. The fact that the No. 303 rider did not follow behind him means that he threw his opponent far away, so he is not a rabbit, but a lion.
"Macho, hurry up, hurry up!"
"Handsome guy! Love-Love,Never-Stop! ”
A little further on the side of the road, there were two British female spectators, and the two girls were dressed as hot girls, like Victoria and Emma when they were young. Although the smash hit British hot girls have been disbanded for many years, their influence continues to this day, and they have been imitated by young British girls.
The dark-haired girl mimicking Victoria made a gesture when she lifted her short-sleeved T-shirt and lifted it up, taking off her clothes. There is also a red BRA hanging on her upper body, which sets off her proud peak, and the girl crosses her waist with one hand, and makes a fan shape with the other hand, fanning herself, which is hot.
When Duke saw this hot picture, the passion immediately came, and as soon as the passion came, the hidden stunt of the bicycle [Fast and Furious] was activated.
Just then, Douc finished the corner and entered the straight, and he sped forward with an incredible speed of [Fast and Furious] for a convulsion.
"This man...... That's amazing! The two babes were stunned but excited, looking forward to seeing the macho man again after a lap. (To be continued.) )