There was a hint of anxiety on Prudhomme's face. More than an hour had passed, and his car had driven more than fifty kilometers, but Zhang Guan was still nowhere to be seen.
The figures of the lagging drivers can already be seen in the front. It is not because they are slow, but because they encountered a car accident on the way and fell behind the peloton.
Riding a bicycle for fifty kilometers is very tiring. I believe that most people have no experience of riding a bicycle for fifty kilometers continuously, let alone riding a bicycle for more than an hour. Prudhomme felt that it was impossible for Zhang Guan to ride that far. After all, he was a guest and not a contestant. Did he have to work hard like a driver and ride all the way
"Is there really an accident? That would be a big trouble!" Prudhomme picked up the phone and dialed the number of the director of the security department of the competition.
"Mr. Chairman, what are your instructions?" The voice on the other side was a little noisy, and it should be outdoors.
"We are in trouble!" Prudhomme said: "We have lost Zhang Guan!"
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There is a place called Les Breux-d'Olonne on the western coast of the Vendée department in France. It is 63 kilometers away from the Guwa Causeway where the Tour starts. It is also an area where the audience gathers.
The guests all got out of the car here and began to interact with the fans. The reporters followed closely, but this time, there were already reporters specifically looking for Zhang Guan.
Nine of the ten guests have photos, but Zhang Guan has no photos. Of course, reporters will look for him.
However, reporters soon discovered that Zhang Guan did not appear.
"Zhang Guan is not here!"
"Where is Zhang Guanren? The other nine guests are here, why is there no Zhang Guan?"
"Come on, let's go ask the organizer where Zhang Guan is! Didn't we agree that there will be ten guests? Now one is missing, and we won't be able to communicate with the editor after we go back!"
The three reporters discussed it and walked towards the tent of the Tour de France organizer.
As soon as I reached the tent door, I heard someone inside talking on the phone.
"We have searched, but we have not seen Zhang Guan in Lebre-d'Olonne. We have also asked the people here, and they all said they have not seen Zhang Guan."
"Okay, let's send people to the suburbs to find out. How could a big living person wearing a racing suit and such conspicuous clothing be lost so easily?"
The reporters outside the tent looked at each other, and they all felt that they had caught a big news this time.
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The race has been going on for nearly two hours, and the peloton has reached the 72-kilometer mark. At this time, some runners have begun to accelerate, and they want to grab the sprint point in the stage.
There is a green jersey in the Tour de France. The honor of the green jersey is second only to Huangshan. Only the rider with the first sprint points is eligible to wear the green jersey, and there are many other riders who will eventually win the green jersey. Fei's bonus. Therefore, in order to compete for this honor, many players will compete for sprint points.
There are two ways to obtain sprint points, one is by crossing the finish line, and the other is by crossing the stage sprint point. The 15 people who are the first to cross the finish line or reach the sprint point of the stage will receive different sprint points according to their results.
Different stages have different finishing points. For example, in the flat stage, the first runner to cross the finish line can get 45 sprint points, while in the hilly stage, there are only 30 points. In the alpine stage and the individual time trial stage, the first runner can get 45 sprint points. One's sprint points are only 20, and the following fourteen players are reduced in sequence.
The first player to cross the sprint point of the stage will get 20 points, the second place will get 17 points, the third place will get 15 points, in descending order, and the fifteenth player to cross the sprint point will only get 1 point. Players after that will have no points.
In the Tour de France in previous years, sprint points were only given to the top three, and the points were only 6, 4 and 2 points respectively. At that time, the end sprint points of the flat stage were 35 points, so a 6-point sprint point The points are so few that they hardly affect the final overall situation. This also makes many excellent drivers not go for the sprint point, but save their energy for the final sprint, which makes the game less enjoyable to watch. Therefore, it was very common to obtain both yellow fir and green jersey at the time.
Therefore, the Tour de France has reformed the points. A sprint point of 20 points is enough for many sprint riders to compete. It has also become less common for riders to win the yellow fir and green jersey at the same time.
The sprint point of several days of competition is at the 87th kilometer. If the riders want to compete for this sprint point, they have to prepare almost ten kilometers in advance. So when the competition enters more than 70 kilometers, about 40 riders start to accelerate and prepare to compete for this sprint point. A sprint point.
Under normal circumstances, two of the nine players in a team will compete for sprint points. The dedicated sprinters of the team will definitely compete for sprint points. In addition, the leader or deputy will also choose to compete for sprint points.
Cardel Evans is also one of them. Although the American MBC Racing Team has a dedicated sprinter, as the leader of the team, he cannot give up a sprint point. After all, the top fifteen all have sprint points. Even if they don't get first place, it's good to get some points.
At 78 kilometers, the track was clearly divided into two groups of people, the sprint team of more than 40 people in the front, and the large group of 140 or 50 people in the back.
At 80 kilometers, the sprint team began to accelerate crazily, and their positions were constantly changing.
Evans stared hard at the car. Although he was only ranked in the middle among a team of more than 40 people, there were some professional sprinters in front of him. What's more, there were still four kilometers left to the sprint point, and he still had There is a chance to reach the top fifteen and get sprint points.
After all, Evans was a very capable player. In the next kilometer, he passed several people in a row and was about to enter the points area.
At this moment, a figure came up from behind and kept pace with him.
Evans glanced at the corner of his eye. The logo on the opponent's racing suit was quite familiar to him. The artistic letters "LOTTO" had been with Evans for many years. They were Evans' The old club, the logo of the Belgian Lotto team.
"He's actually a lottery player! We are really enemies of each other! Is it Gilbert?" Evans knew that his old teammate Gilbert was also very capable. Although he was not a popular candidate for the championship, if he won it once or twice, The division championship is still possible.
However, the next second, when the other party came to him, Evans saw an unfamiliar face.
"Do you still remember me? I'm Zhang Guan! We are really enemies of each other!" Zhang Guan turned his head and smiled at Evans.
Evans' mind suddenly went blank.
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Prudhomme's car gradually slowed down because he was blocked by a large force.
"We have already caught up with the main force, why haven't we seen Zhang Guan's shadow yet?" Prudhomme became more and more anxious, and he called the security director again.
"No comment, no comment!" The security director shouted on the other end of the phone, and then the security director pointed the phone.
"Hello, Mr. Chairman," the security director greeted.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with you?" Prudhomme asked uneasily.
"There are some problems. Those reporters didn't know where they got the news. They came over to ask me about Zhang Guan!" the security director said helplessly.
There was a "boom" in Prudhomme's mind. He could already imagine what the sports news would say tonight.
"Why am I so unlucky! I lost my guest at the opening ceremony of the Tour de France!"
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