There are a total of 22 teams participating in the Tour de France. Each team can send 9 people, so a total of 198 players participate. In each stage, the sum of the top three players in the team will be counted. For team results, the last 6 participants of the team are not included in the team results, only the driver's personal results are calculated.
This year's Huangfa Cycling Race lasted from July 2 to July 24, a total of 23 days, of which two were rest days, so there were 21 stages in total. The 21 stages include 10 flat stages, 6 mountain stages, 3 hilly stages, 1 individual time trial stage and 1 team time trial stage. However, in the actual competition, there are usually only 20 stages, and the last day of the competition is the honorary ride for the riders.
On July 2, the first stage of the Tour de France officially started.
In previous years, the first day of the Tour de France was a time trial stage, but this year the time trial stage was canceled and replaced with a flat stage.
The first stage is 191.5 kilometers from the Guwa Causeway to Mount Alouette. The only climbing point of the stage is at the end, and the sprint point is at the 87th kilometer. Under normal circumstances, it would take players more than 4 hours and 40 minutes to complete today's competition.
Of course, the guests don’t have to actually ride for more than four hours. They can get on the bike and rest after starting to ride for a while. They can occasionally ride a short section through the road with many fans, and then show off and take a few photos during the final sprint. That's it. Guests don’t have to ride at the same speed as riders. It’s best to stop and take a few photos with fans and interact with them.
However, Zhang Guan did not intend to show off, he really wanted to ride the entire distance.
The race started at 12:20 noon local time. Counting ten guests, more than 200 runners started together. The scenery was quite spectacular. Photographers focused their cameras on the ten guests. After all, in the first stage of the competition, there is no point in taking photos of the players. On the contrary, it is easier to attract people's attention by taking photos of some guests.
At the beginning of the competition, there are often a few people rushing to the front. These are often new players. Their main purpose is to attract the camera and explain to the sponsors. The same was true in today's race, with two rookies participating in the Tour de France for the first time rushing to the front.
Zhang Guanze continued to ride among the crowd.
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"Tom, look here! Look here!" A female fan shouted at Tom Cruise with a camera.
Tom simply stopped and started taking photos with female fans.
"Justin, I love you!" Justin Timberlake followed the voice and found several fans holding posters of himself, so he immediately smiled and waved to the fans.
"Orlando, dump Miranda, stay with me, and I'll give you a monkey!"
"Why is the voice so rough!" Orlando Bloom looked along the voice and saw a strong man with a bare upper body and chest hair waving to him.
"How can you, a man, have a baby with me?" The elf prince was so frightened that he stamped his feet and wanted to leave quickly.
"Tony Parker is over there!" A child rushed over holding a basketball.
"Zidane, I want Zidane's autograph!" Another child got into the crowd holding a football.
After two or three kilometers, several guests had already left the peloton and began to interact with the fans. Even the veteran car king Anduran did not join the peloton, but took a pen to sign autographs for the fans.
The reporters obviously liked this kind of scene. Almost every guest was followed by three or four reporters, taking pictures constantly. The fans screamed one after another, and the scene was even a bit chaotic.
This scene made Prudhomme, the chairman of the Tour de France, who was sitting in the car quite satisfied. The main purpose of bringing these celebrity guests over was to build momentum for the Tour de France. From today's situation, it seems that the purpose of building momentum has been achieved. .
"It seems that the decision to find celebrity guests is the right one. We will have to do it next year!" Prudhomme thought while observing the popularity of the guests.
"As expected of Zidane, he has retired for several years and is still more popular than Tony Parker. How about giving it a try next year and inviting Ronaldo over?"
"Young handsome guys are popular. It seems that female fans prefer Bloom. If it were ten years ago, Tom Cruise would definitely have fascinated these female fans!"
"After all, Andourin is a legend of the Tour de France. After all these years, he still has so many fans. It's a pity that Armstrong doesn't have time. He can only invite him next year."
Prudhomme sat in the car and walked for several kilometers. He saw every guest and felt more and more proud.
"Mr. Chairman, do we want to go back?" the driver asked.
"Go back...wait, it seems there is one person missing." Prudhomme thought about it, and he didn't see Zhang Guan just now.
"Where's Zhang Guan? I didn't see Zhang Guan just now! He should be further ahead." Prudhomme thought of this and said, "Don't go back yet, and then drive forward to see what's going on over there with Zhang Guan. "
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The race has reached 20 kilometers, and the few riders riding at the front showing sponsors have been swallowed up by the large group of people.
Zhang Guan was still mixed in with the large army, and the people around him didn't pay attention to him. In the team of nearly 200 people, everyone is wearing a helmet and glasses, and there is no special symbol such as a yellow fir green jersey in the first stage of the competition. No matter whether it is a driver, a reporter or a spectator, it is impossible to recognize it at a glance. A certain player was noticed in the team of 200 people.
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"How many kilometers is it now?" Prudhomme asked the driver while looking at his watch.
"Mr. Chairman, it's already over 20 kilometers!" the driver replied.
"Twenty kilometers away? It's so far away, why haven't we seen Zhang Guan yet? Where did Zhang Guan go? He must have been lost!" Thinking of this, Prudhomme broke out in cold sweat. If the invited guests were lost, the Tour de France would be a big joke.
"No, definitely not. There are cars following us all the way, and there are many spectators around. If you are so big, you will definitely not lose a living person." Prudhomme thought of this, and said: "Again Drive a little further, drive faster!”
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Several guests had already got in the car and started chatting with each other.
The reporters also got on the bus, and several camera reporters were already holding their cameras and began to review the results of their work.
"You took a good photo of Zidane, and captured it from the side angle very well!"
"You're pretty good as Bloom, especially with that look in your eyes. You're probably going to be able to charm a lot of female readers!"
"Andulan has aged a lot in recent years. Look, his temples have turned gray. I remember that when I interviewed him two years ago, his hair was still black."
France is such a big place, and there are only a few sports reporters coming and going. They are all colleagues and acquaintances with each other. At this time, they were sitting in the car and began to communicate with each other.
"By the way, did any of you take a photo of Zhang Guan? Show it to me." A reporter suddenly asked.
"Zhang Guan, I was chasing Zidane just now and didn't see him."
"I didn't see Zhang Guan either!"
"I remember I took pictures of four people, let me see... I don't have any photos of Zhang Guan here."
"I have it here, but I took it before departure."
A few minutes later, the reporters finally confirmed one thing. No one captured Zhang Guan interacting with fans.
"Before setting off, I clearly saw Zhang Guan, why is there no one there now?"
"Where is Zhang Guan? Where has Zhang Guan gone?"
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