The second stage of the race starts at 2:30 in the afternoon. A team will set off every seven minutes. There are 22 teams in total plus Zhang Guan, an independent driver. The starting time is only after 5:00 in the afternoon.
The team's starting order is also based on ranking. Zhang Guan's result is ranked first, so he will start last. The race meeting will tell him that the starting time is 5:04.
So Zhang Guan was not in a hurry. He found a place to sit down, and then used his mobile phone to scroll through the latest game information.
The first team to be punished is the Danish Saxo Bank Racing Team. This is a veteran team in the Tour de France. The defending champion Contard is in this team. However, in yesterday's game, the Danish Saxo Bank Racing Team Poor performance, last place overall.
Twenty-five minutes later, Zhang Guan’s mobile phone updated the latest match results. Denmark’s Saxo Bank’s score was 25 minutes and 16 seconds.
The first result is often the benchmark for each team to refer to. However, Saxo Bank of Denmark is a strong team after all, and their benchmark is not easy to surpass. The results of the four teams that followed were far inferior to Saxo Bank of Denmark. It was not until more than an hour into the race that the Dutch Rapobank team surpassed the Danish Saxo Bank team with a score of 25 points.
"The American Garmin team created the best time, 24 minutes and 48 seconds!" A voice attracted Zhang Guan. He put down his drink and immediately checked the latest event information.
The American Garmin Racing Team, under the leadership of coach Hu Shuford, ran a time of 24.48 seconds, and Hu Shuford also ranked first among all drivers with a total time of 5 hours, 06 minutes and 25 seconds.
"Thor Hushuford?" Zhang Guan carefully recalled the player information. In fact, most of the player information was just seen by Zhang Guan last night. He had not paid much attention to the Tour de France before. French cyclists don’t know much either.
Hu Shuford is nicknamed "Thor". As you can tell from his name, he is a very fast rider. His sprinting ability is very strong. He has won the sprint champion in the world's top cycling events such as Tour de France and Spain. He is also the current sprinter. One of the popular candidates for the Tour de France green jersey.
"Hu Shufud tied for fourth place with many other players in the first stage. He was 21 seconds slower than me before, which means I had to complete the second stage within 25 minutes and 9 seconds. Competition." Zhang Guan silently calculated in his heart.
The British Sky Team ran a good time of 24 minutes and 52 seconds, and then the American Radio Team also successfully ran within 25 seconds.
The last three teams to start were the Luxembourg Cheetah Racing Team, the American BMC Racing Team and the Belgian Lotto Team. Zhang Guan did not know their results, because when the Belgian Lotto Team set off, it was Zhang Guan's turn.
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"Cadel, leave it to you!" The team's "Rabbit" gave up his position to Cadel Evans.
Evans lowered his head and started sprinting with all his strength. As the leader of the team, he must rush to the front and achieve better results for the team.
"The American BMC racing is here! Evans leads the way and crosses the line! What's the result? Did he surpass the American Garmin team?" The commentator stared at the screen, and then the TV showed the race time used by the American BMC team. .
"24 minutes and 52 seconds! As a result, Evans' total time became 5 hours, 06 minutes and 26 seconds. He was only 1 second slower than Hu Shuford!"
"It's still a second slower!" Evans shook his head a little disappointed. Evans's result in the first race was better, so if the total time is the same, Evans will win the Huangshan. Unfortunately, Evans was still 1 second slower.
"But it doesn't matter. Hu Shuford's advantage lies in his sprinting ability. His climbing ability is relatively average. When it comes to the later mountainous or hilly stages, I can easily catch up with this 1 second gap." Evans While thinking about it, he looked at the driver's overall results list.
Among the top ten, Hu Shuford's American Garmin Racing Team occupies two seats, Evans' American BMC Racing Team occupies two seats, and the British Sky Team occupies two seats. The remaining four players all belong to Luxembourg Cheetah convoy.
"The Luxembourg Cheetah is very strong this year!" Ives sighed to himself.
Cheetah Luxembourg has the Schreck brothers, as well as time trial king Cancellara.
The Schreck brothers come from a cycling family; their father is a professional cyclist. The other brother, Frank Schreck, won the white jersey of the Tour de France in 2008, while the younger brother, Andy Schreck, won the runner-up in the Tour de France last year. Both of them are favorites to win the championship. Now, both brothers have squeezed into the top ten, which also makes Evans feel a little pressure.
"I was 1 second slower than the first place, and Big Schreck, who was tenth, was only 3 seconds slower than me. That means the gap between the top ten was only 4 seconds! This year's competition is as fierce as in previous years. ah!"
Evans was thinking about the player rankings when someone suddenly shouted, attracting his attention.
"The Belgian Lotto people are coming!" the province shouted, not only alarming Evans, but also everyone, whether drivers or spectators, focused their attention on the finishing position.
In the distance, the players of the Belgian Lotto team appeared in everyone's sight.
Evans looked at his watch immediately, and then became calm.
"The Belgian Lotto is already slow! They were supposed to start at 4:47, and now it's 5:12, and their time is already over 25 minutes!"
As expected, the final result of the Belgian Lotto team was 25 minutes and 27 seconds, which was only average among the 22 teams.
The American Garmin team has already begun to celebrate, and teammates sent hugs to Hu Shufud.
"The results of the Belgian Lotto team are very average. In this case, all 22 teams have completed their second stage of the competition. Hu Shuford from the American Garmin team still retained the first position, although it was only 1 second. The lead, but it was the advantage of 1 second that allowed him to win the yellow jersey!" As a guest, Schnauer continued: "The Tour de France is so fierce and exciting, even though two time periods have passed. , the accumulated distance has reached more than 210 kilometers, but we can see that the first place only gained 1 second advantage, and the difference between the top ten was only 4 seconds!"
"But the race is not over yet. Zhang Guan, who is competing as an independent rider, is still in the race. Although he lost the yellow jersey, he still retains the green jersey, red and white spotted jersey and white jersey." The commentary The officer spoke.
"Next, we just wait for Zhang Guan to cross the finish line, and then the award ceremony will be held. Please wait a moment, Zhang Guan's Belgian Lotto team started 7 minutes late, and should appear soon."
As Shinauer spoke, the camera also cut to Zhang Guan. That was the scene captured by the photographer on the motorcycle who had been following Zhang Guan.
On the screen, Zhang Guanzheng is running fast. In the distance of the camera, you can see the attractive pastoral scenery of western France. A signboard standing in the field is particularly conspicuous.
"That's the signboard of Blue Millet Wine Estate!" Evans looked at the TV at the final point. He knew that this was a famous red wine estate in western France. When he just passed by, Evans paid special attention to it. Got that signboard.
"Zhang Guan set off at 5:04, and it is now 5:25. That means it took Zhang Guan 21 minutes to get to the Blue Milet Wine Estate. When I walked there, it seemed that it also took 21 minutes. Minutes, right? Could it be that Zhang Guan is as fast as me? How is this possible! We are a team, and he is just one person!"
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