All-round Athlete

Chapter 870 Lost before the match

When Zhang Guan passed the second timing point, the total score was 22 minutes and 58 seconds, which means that it took him 14 minutes and 38 seconds to pass the second stage.

However, what shocked Wiggins was not only this score, but the "22" that indicated the minute in front, because it means within 23 minutes.

"Within 23 minutes! How is it possible! He can pass the second timing point within 23 minutes!"

Wiggins looked at the number in disbelief. He even felt that the timing equipment had malfunctioned.

Before the game, Wiggins had practiced on this track many times, and during the practice, the fastest time he passed the second timing point was 23 minutes and 10 seconds. This is 12 seconds slower than Zhang Guan's current result.

Wiggins is better at that complex stage. In the complex stage with many slopes and many turns, Wiggins will definitely be much faster than others. The shortest time he spent on the second stage It was 14 minutes and 45 seconds. And Wiggins firmly believes that, except for himself, any athlete in the world spends more than 14 minutes and 50 seconds in the second stage.

But Wiggins' fastest time was still 7 seconds slower than Zhang Guan's 14 minutes and 38 seconds. At my fastest time, I was 7 seconds slower than others. How could there be any hope of victory in this race?

Fromm next to him has also been petrified by Zhang Guan's result. Fromm is also the top cyclist in the world, but he will spend more than 15 minutes in the second stage. In fact, the test time of other top British drivers is also more than 15 minutes, only Viking Si, you can ride out the results of 14 minutes and 50 seconds.

It is also because of this that the British coaching team has determined before the game that Wiggins will definitely win the individual time trial championship. In the eyes of the world's top players, the 10-second advantage is simply unshakable.

But today, Fromm saw a performance of less than 14 minutes and 40 seconds, which means that only in the second stage, Zhang Guan was more than 20 seconds faster than himself, and at least 10 seconds faster than Wiggins !

This is also an advantage of 10 seconds, which is also unshakable!

"Impossible, I am so familiar with the track, and I can only ride for 15 minutes. It is the first time for Zhang Guan to ride this track. How can he be so much faster than me! I don't believe it, I want to file a reconsideration of the results!" Fromm felt that his mind had begun to become confused.

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"Zhang Guan's total score was 22 minutes and 58 seconds. He spent 14 minutes and 38 seconds on the second stage. The second stage was only 1.9 kilometers longer than the first stage, but Zhang Guan spent more It took 6 minutes and 18 seconds, and if physical factors are excluded, the road conditions in the second stage should be relatively complicated." Martin, a German player, analyzed it carefully and set a time of 14 minutes and 30 seconds for himself.

Next to it, other players also set their own goals based on Zhang Guan's results.

Laceni, who started second, spent 16 minutes and 52 seconds in the second stage, and the cumulative time he spent passing the second timing point has reached 26 minutes and 24 seconds. Bazayev, who started third, was in much better condition. He passed the second timing point in 25 minutes and 57 seconds, followed by Iran's Hani, who took 26 minutes and 07 seconds.

Hani was more than three minutes slower than Zhang Guan at the first two timing points, and he started 6 minutes later than Zhang Guan, adding up to a gap of more than 9 minutes. When he passed the second timing point , Zhang Guandu is close to the end of the game.

The whole journey is 34.6 kilometers, so the final third stage is 11.1 kilometers long, which is longer than the first stage but much shorter than the second stage.

In terms of road conditions, the third stage is also much better than the second stage. The only problem is that when the athletes ride here, they will consume more energy, so the speed is not as fast as before.

Wiggins looked at the finish line, and he had a premonition that Zhang Guan would appear at the end of the track soon.

"Here we come!" On the edge of the track in the distance, a black spot appeared. As the black spot got closer, it could already be seen that the opponent was wearing a red racing suit.

That was Zhang Guan.

Wiggins looked at his watch, and his face tightened suddenly. He knew that if it was him, it would be impossible to end the whole game so quickly.

The drivers in the waiting area all stared at Zhang Guan. As the first driver to start, it is most normal to come back first, so the drivers are more concerned with Zhang Guan's results.

The Hampton Palace in the distance came into Zhang Guan's eyes, and the red brick walls of the abandoned city were surrounded by green vegetation, which was particularly conspicuous.

Zhang Guan entered the final straight and began to sprint towards the finish line.

"Whoosh!" A red figure flew past the finish line, and the time of the race was finally fixed at 34 minutes and 10 seconds.

This means that Zhang Guan spent a total of 11 minutes and 12 seconds in the third time period.

"34 minutes and 10 seconds!" A trace of bitterness appeared on Wiggins' face. This is a result he has never achieved. In the previous practice match, his fastest time was only 34 minutes and 33 seconds, and Zhang Guan was already 23 seconds faster than Wiggins' fastest time.

"34 minutes and 10 seconds? It is impossible for me to ride so fast in my life." Wiggins lowered his head, his face full of despair. This feeling is worse than when he lost the gold medal in the road race.

In the road race on July 28, all the contestants started together anyway, and Wiggins only knew that he had lost at the end of the race. But today, the players started separately, and Zhang Guan happened to be the first to start. When Zhang Guan finished the race, Wiggins hadn't even started his own race.

But for Wiggins, the game was lost before it even started!

From an athlete's point of view, especially a player who aspires to compete for the championship, there is nothing more painful than this result. If it is in a competition, because the strength is not as good as the opponent, and the result is to lose the game, that is a common thing. Anyway, the athlete has worked hard and fought hard in the game.

But today, facing a score of 34 minutes and 10 seconds, no matter how hard Wiggins tried, no matter how hard he fought, he could not see any hope of victory. This aggrieved feeling made Wiggins want to hug his head and cry hard.

At this moment, in the British team, no matter whether it is the two participating athletes or the members of the coaching staff, there is no morale.

"At any rate, we lost after the competition! At that time, we felt better, but now, we lost before the competition started! Which goddamn idiot made Zhang Guan the first to start, isn't it an obvious blow to us? Is it morale? If Zhang Guan is allowed to start a little later, so that we don’t know Zhang Guan’s results, we can still maintain some morale!” people.

But Sebastian, who was sitting in the office, was still complacent about his "wise decision"...

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