There are two road cycling events in the London Olympics, namely road race and individual time trial. The road race is like most stages in the Tour de France. Everyone starts together and whoever reaches the finish line first is the winner. The individual time trial is similar to the individual time trial of the Tour de France. One runner starts every two minutes. The competitors do not interfere with each other. Everyone rides the same route. Whoever takes the least time is the champion.
In this project, the strongest team is still the British team. New Tour de France champion Wiggins and future Tour de France triple champion Fromm will represent the British team in the competition. Moreover, the British team also has the advantage of home court. Their familiarity with the track is still their sharpest weapon.
In addition to the British duo, Swiss player Cancellara, the individual time trial champion of the last Olympic Games, also stated before the game that he would try his best to defend his title.
German player Tony Martin is known as a time trial expert on road confidence bikes, and he has just won the overall championship of the Tour of Belgium. His strength cannot be underestimated.
There is also American player Taylor Feeney, who is known as the successor of "seven-time champion" Armstrong. He is very good at individual time trials and has the ability to rush for gold.
As for Zhang Guan, since he won the road race championship, he has also re-entered the field of vision of the cycling audience. Last year's Tour de France champion still seems to be still a treasure trove, and it is not hopeless to win another gold medal.
Britain's Wiggins and Fromm; Switzerland's Cancellara, Germany's Martin, the United States' Feeney, and China's Zhang Guan are considered to be the six people who can compete for the gold medal, and most media believe that in the end, The medals will also fall to the six of them.
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"Zhang Guan will also participate in the kilometer individual time trial. This time, we must not let him win the gold medal! Maybe, I should use some means!" Sebastian's eyes flashed coldly, and then he picked up the phone. After dialing a number and announcing his identity, the other party immediately became respectful.
"In the kilometer individual time trial, where will our players start?" Sebastian asked.
"Wiggins started second from last, and Fromm started seventh from last." The other party continued: "The last one to start is the previous champion Cancellara, the third from last is Germany's Martin, and the last one is Germany's Martin. The fourth person on the grid is Feeney from the United States.”
"Where is Zhang Guan? Where is Zhang Guan on the grid?" Sebastian asked.
"Let me take a look... Seventh from the count, Zhang Guan is seventh on the grid. Behind him is Kazakhstan's Bazhayev, and in front is Japan's Fumiyuki Beppu."
"Seventh? Why so far forward?" Sebastian asked next.
"This starting order is based on the individual time trial points in the International Cycling Union. The higher the ranking, the further back the starting position. Last year's Tour de France had an individual time trial stage, and Zhang Guan won the championship at that time. So his points are higher than those of the wild card contestants." The opponent immediately explained.
Japanese player Shiyuki Beppu is already the one with the highest points among the wild card contestants. He has also participated in many intercontinental events in the past few years. However, how can ordinary intercontinental events be compared with the Tour de France? The Tour de France is the highest level cycling event in the world. Therefore, Zhang Guan can beat Beppu Shi in terms of points just by winning the time trial of one Tour de France station. Of.
Those who have more points than Zhang Guan are all members of the professional cycling team. For example, the Kazakh player Bazhayev in front of Zhang Guan is a member of the Astana Team of Kazakhstan. The Astana team is also a professional team at the Tour de France level and has more opportunities to participate in top events. Although Bazhayev has not won any championships, he has participated in more competitions and will be better than Zhang Guan in points. .
A total of 38 people were selected to participate in the road cycling individual time trial of the London Olympics, and some of the world's top professional cyclists did not participate. Zhang Guan started seventh and was already very far ahead, but Sebastian was not satisfied with this.
"Move Zhang Guan to the first place on the grid!" Sebastian said.
"Let Zhang Guan start first? Isn't this against the rules of the competition!" the other end of the phone said hesitantly.
"We are the Olympic Organizing Committee. Hours ago, we had the final say!" Sebastian said forcefully.
"What if Zhang Guan protests?"
"Ignore him, just say that the organizing committee has temporarily adjusted the order of appearances based on the situation on site. No need to say more!" Sebastian snorted coldly.
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In the individual time trial, the player who starts later will have an advantage, while the player who starts earlier will have a disadvantage. The first person to start the train is even more "traveling through landmines".
There are a total of 38 players. One person starts every two minutes. It takes 76 minutes for all players to start. The distance of the London Olympics individual time trial is not long, only 34.6 kilometers in total. When the first player to start finishes the race, the last few The players must not have started yet.
If Zhang Guan is the first to compete, when he completes the race and returns to the finish line, players such as Cancellara, Wiggins, Martin, Feeney, etc. have not yet started, but they already know Zhang Guan’s plan in advance. results, so that they only need to be one second faster than Zhang Guan to defeat Zhang Guan. As Zhang Guan finished first, he had no chance to overtake.
Sebastian was also aware of this, and he decided to use his authority to stumble Zhang Guan. Placing Zhang Guan first on the grid is tantamount to exposing Zhang Guan's results to other players. With Zhang Guan's results as a reference, several other players will have confidence in Zhang Guan's hope of winning the gold medal. It will also appear relatively slim.
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Hampton Court Palace is one of the Royal Palaces in London, located on the banks of the Thames in Richmond, southwest London. It is also the venue for the road cycling individual time trial.
Since Britain is the favorite to win this event, many British spectators gathered on the day of the competition to cheer for their players.
"Am I not the seventh one? How come I was transferred to the first one?" Zhang Guan asked the tournament steward in surprise.
"This is an adjustment made by the organizing committee based on the on-site conditions. If you don't agree, you can abstain!" the tournament steward said coldly.
"Adjustment based on the on-site situation?" Zhang Guan sneered. He didn't see what was happening on-site and wanted to adjust himself to be the first to start. Being the first to start, it doesn’t matter whether the track is clean or not. This is obviously to let yourself go to "land mines"!
Generally speaking, this kind of "landmine trip" job is given to the weakest wild card player, but now he is deliberately allowed to do it, which is obviously a target.
"It must have been that guy Sebastian who got me in trouble. The last time I tried to bully him in the post-match interview, this was his revenge!" Zhang Guan thought of this and curled his lips in disdain.
"Okay, then I'll be the first to go!" Zhang Guan readily agreed.
"Whether it's the first one, there's no one in front. Then ride faster and don't have to worry about anyone blocking the way!" Zhang Guan thought while looking at the British spectators around him and the British flags they were waving.
"I'm here to steal your gold medal again!"
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