All-round Athlete

Chapter 869

"Friends from the audience, the next thing I will bring you is the road cycling men's individual time trial competition. According to the competition rules, the players will start in reverse order according to the points of the UCL individual time trial. Therefore, the champion of the last Olympic Games, Switzerland Player Cancellara will be the last player to start. And the first player to start should be Morocco's Raseni." Just after the commentator finished speaking, he saw Zhang Guan standing on the grid.

"Zhang Guan?" The commentator was taken aback for a moment, then calmed down, and said, "Among the list I got, Zhang Guan should start at seventh place. I think the organizing committee of the race made a temporary adjustment."

At the scene, the contestants were quite surprised that Zhang Guan started first.

"Zhang Guan? Is Zhang Guan the first to start?" German player Martin said. Martin is known as the world's best timing expert in road cycling and is also a favorite to win the championship. And when Zhang Guan won the gold medal in the road race, Martin already regarded Zhang Guan as a huge obstacle on the road to winning the championship.

Beside Martin, Grabush, who is also a German player, looked at the British player next to him with disdain: "Zhang Guan used to be seventh on the grid, but now he has changed to the first. It is probably the fault of the British." !"

"The British lost the gold medal in the road race. They must be very angry. This is to vent their anger on Zhang Guan. The first car is to go to the mines. It will definitely not have any good results." Martin said.

"The 34.6-kilometer race is nothing to a professional cyclist. Even if there are more changes in the road, the race can be completed within 55 minutes. Let's take a look at Zhang Guan's results. At least it can be used as a reference for us. ’ said Grabush.

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British player Fromm approached Wiggins and said: "Zhang Guan was arranged to drive first. His game is over, and we have one less competitor."

Wiggins nodded, and he patted Fromm on the shoulder: "Come on in a while, try to ride within 51 minutes, and we will try to win the top two!"

"51 minutes, it's a bit difficult! In the previous practice, my best time did not break through 51 minutes. Martin of Germany and Feeney of the United States are both very strong. I'm afraid I won't be able to win a medal." Fromm Open your mouth and say.

"Christopher (Fromm), believe in yourself, you can definitely do it!" Wiggins continued to encourage Fromm.

Wiggins is the first brother of British road cycling and the boss of the British Sky team, but he knows how terrible his younger brother Fromm is when it comes to talent. Wiggins has always believed that it won't take long for Fromm to surpass himself and become the number one brother of British cycling. In fact, Fromm did not disappoint Wiggins or even the British. The future triple crown winner of the Tour de France will usher in his peak period next year, showing absolute dominance.

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Normally, the first rider on the grid will not attract the attention of other competitors. Because the first start means the lowest points, and the lowest points also means the worst strength. In previous Olympic mileage time trials, wild card players were the first to start. Their strength was too far behind professional players, and it was not uncommon for their final results to differ by seven or eight minutes.

The top drivers don't care about an opponent whose strength is several grades lower than their own. The gap of seven or eight minutes is not even worthy of being called an opponent.

But this time is different, no one will question Zhang Guan's strength. Even if Zhang Guan is the first to start, those big-name drivers will still feel afraid, and Zhang Guan's final result will also be used as a reference data for them.

Finally, with the whistle of the referee, Zhang Guan rode out of the grid.

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Two minutes later, Morocco's Raseni started, and two minutes later, Venezuela's Martinez started, and the next two minutes later was Iran's Haji.

"It's almost eight minutes, Zhang Guan should be close to the first timing point!" Fromm said.

The first timing point is located at 10.8 kilometers. The time it takes for British players to reach the first timing point is often between 8 minutes and 30 seconds and 8 minutes and 40 seconds.

Apart from the UK, players from other countries may not have such accurate statistics, and this is also the home court advantage of the UK. On the same track, the British can practice dozens of times and hundreds of times in advance, and they know the situation of the track like the back of their hands. Where there is a slope, where there is a sharp bend, and how long the stage will take, the British team has a good idea of ​​how to allocate physical strength during the game. The British team has also conducted many experiments and found the best plan.

This is the advantage of the home field. In the history of the London Olympics, nearly one-third of the gold medals of the British team came from cycling events. It can be said that in the cycling event, the British team has the right time and place, while other countries want to win the British team, they can only grab "Renhe".

Hearing Fromm mention Zhang Guan, Wiggins also began to pay attention to the game data sent back from the front. With the strength of Wiggins, he can ride within 8 minutes and 30 seconds in the first stage. Wiggins is confident , this result is definitely the first in the world!

"I estimate that Zhang Guan's time is more than 8 minutes and 50 seconds. If there are more accidents on the road, maybe the time for him to pass the first timing point will exceed 9 minutes." Wiggins said.

The next moment, the first timing point ahead has transmitted the data back.

"8 minutes and 20 seconds! The time for Zhang Guan to pass the first timing point is 8 minutes and 20 seconds!" Wigginston was stunned on the spot.

"Impossible! How can Zhang Guan be so fast? I have practiced so many times before the race, and the best time is only 8 minutes and 23 seconds! Zhang Guan is the first time to run this track, and the first to start , He is a scavenger, he is going to land mines in front! How fast can he land mines!" Wiggins widened his eyes in surprise.

On the side, Fromm's expression was even more unbearable than that of Wiggins.

Fromm's current strength is slightly inferior to that of Wiggins. In his previous practice, there are not many cases where he can enter within 8 minutes and 30 seconds, and 8 minutes and 20 seconds is even more out of reach for him. a result of .

"Perhaps at the beginning, Zhang Guan rode faster, and the road in the first stage was not complicated, with more straight lines and fewer ramps. When the second stage, when there were more ramps, Zhang Guan It will definitely slow down!" Fromm comforted himself.

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Next to it, Martin of the German team, Feeney of the US team, and Cancellara of the Swiss team also saw the result of 8 minutes and 20 seconds.

"Zhang Guan spent 8 minutes and 20 seconds in the first stage. Considering that he started first, the result will be slightly lower, so I should control the result within 8 minutes and 10 seconds. But the distance of 10.8 kilometers , 8 minutes and 10 seconds is fast enough, and it seems that the road in the first stage is relatively flat." Feeney of the US team nodded silently.

Not far from Feeney, the "time trial expert", Martin of the German team, was also silently calculating how much time he should take to complete the first stage.

"Judging from Zhang Guan's speed, the first stage should be relatively gentle. I am better at stages with flat roads. The first stage is also my advantage stage! I will strive to control the time within 8 minutes! ’ thought Martin to himself.

Players from other countries do not have the home data of the UK, and they make judgments based entirely on their own game experience. However, they will soon discover how wrong it is to use Zhang Guan's results as a reference.

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More than three minutes later, the second starting Moroccan player Rassini also passed the first timing point.

"9 minutes and 33 seconds? So slow, Laceni is 1 minute and 13 seconds slower than Zhang Guan?"

"It's only 10.8 kilometers, and it's 1 minute and 13 seconds slower. The strength of the wild card players is really good!"

After more than a minute, Venezuelan player Martinez also passed the first timing point.

"9 minutes and 14 seconds, this Venezuelan player is much better than the previous Moroccan player."

"Maybe the previous Moroccan player had an accident!"

"But compared with Zhang Guan, the gap is still huge!"

The audience around were discussing in low voices.

Subsequently, several players arrived at the first timing point one after another, and none of them scored within 9 minutes.

But those top players in the world, such as Martin, Feeney, Cancellara and others, didn't care about these. In their view, the level of wild card players is really too bad, and their results have no reference value at all.

At this time, Zhang Guan is about to reach the second timing point.

The second timing point is located at 23.5 kilometers, 12.7 kilometers away from the first timing point, and the distance is 1.9 kilometers longer than the first timing point.

The longer the distance, the more time it will take. Moreover, the 12.7 kilometers of the second stage has more complicated road conditions than the 10.8 kilometers of the first stage, with not only more curves, but also more slopes.

The British team played at home and had sufficient data to support it. They knew that the time spent on the second stage was between 14 minutes and 50 seconds and 15 minutes and 10 seconds. So when the 14th point was approaching, the two British players, Wiggins and Fromm, had begun to pay attention to the data sent back from the front.

"I don't know how much time it will take for Zhang Guan to hit the second stage. If he spends more than 15 points, I can barely accept it, but if he takes less than 15 minutes..." Wiggins thought of this, head I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

The next moment, the second timing point ahead finally sent back real-time data.

"Zhang Guan passed the second timing point, what is his score?" Wiggins looked up, and then saw a number that shocked him!

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