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Chapter 207 Tour de France (3) Is he really a genius?

Most of the players didn’t really feel much about Li Ang’s breakout lead, nor did they think that his lead would last long.

There are generally several situations for these rabbit riders who breakout at the beginning of the stage. The first is to fight for GG. Such teams are generally weak and need to rely on early breakouts to attract attention to fight for GG. This is also what most players think is Li Ang’s purpose.

The second is to get sprint or climbing points. In a flat stage or a mountain stage, the corresponding sprint and climbing points are obtained based on the ranking, or the sprint points in the middle. The same is true for climbing points. Such riders are generally competing for the green jersey sprint king or the polka dot jersey climbing king.

Such riders often set the strategy for the race at the beginning, just to get this.

The third type, which is also the most powerful type, has super personal timing ability and can win by flying alone over a long distance.

However, as everyone's overall level improves, such players who can ride far ahead of others are becoming increasingly rare.

But only the riders who participated in the Tour of California with Li Ang last time understood that Li Ang was the rare third type. Once he passed you, you would not have a chance to catch up with him in the entire race.

For the uphill in front of him, which most people would avoid, Li Ang showed an excited expression.

Because for his current physical fitness, riding on a flat road has made it difficult for him to feel the pleasure of fully exerting his body. Things such as vehicle performance, road conditions, and vehicle speed are restricting him.

On the contrary, when riding uphill, he dared to exert force happily. The load of gravity gave him a sense of fulfillment.

Because the other players' riding was regular and there was not much to report, the commentator and director still paid more attention to Li Ang at the front of the team.

"We can see that Li Ang's speed is really bad. His speed doesn't seem to have dropped, but has increased instead?"

"No, no, no, this should be a display error. We can see that Li Ang is still maintaining a speed of more than 36 kilometers per hour on the uphill section. This is really amazing."

After the commentator next to him reminded him, the commentator quickly realized that the data was delayed or a malfunction had occurred. He said, how could a human being ride at a speed of 55 kilometers per hour on an uphill section.

Li Ang originally planned to ride for a while, but he didn't expect that just when he started to explode, the camera car behind him immediately caught up, so he had to slow down his speed immediately.

This stage is mainly based on flat ground. The first players to reach the finish line and sprint point will receive sprint points based on the ranking.

Because there is a mid-way sprint point, the player who gets the most sprint points is not necessarily the player with the best performance in this stage. However, if you can always stay ahead, then naturally the sprint king and the first place in the total score of this stage are all yours, which is exactly what Li Ang plans to do.

Generally speaking, at the beginning, the big group is not eager to catch up with rabbits like Li Ang, but to control the time difference within a controllable range, so as to save the physical strength of the main general in the big group.

When the race entered the middle and late stages, the teams that pursued the stage championship began to send a large number of deputy generals to organize a large group of rabbits to chase.

The reason why it was not a whole team attack was that in the big group, the teams without breakout riders would take turns to lead the big group, which would save more physical strength.

When the race was halfway through, the big group had been divided into three small groups. The weaker riders, after falling behind, also gathered together to form a new mutual assistance group.

What they have to do is to help each other. Competing for results is obviously not their goal. The current goal has become to reach the finish line before the closing time.

In fact, because the Tour de France is long and the distance is long, being able to finish the race is already an achievement that these weaker riders want to achieve.

After more than 60% of the stage has been completed, the main group finally began to exert its strength.

But obviously, they made a mistake in judgment. Just halfway through the race, the time difference between Li Ang and them had already been pulled into a completely uncontrollable range. In layman's terms, they could not catch up.

When the main players found this result, they were also quite surprised. The difficulty of flying alone is not only more air resistance, but also more difficult supplies.

In addition to a few fixed supply points, if you want to get water and food, you can only rely on the supply vehicle, but in order to ensure the safety of the riders, the team's work vehicle must be driven behind the bicycle group.

However, if the main players who are rushing in front go to the back of the team to get supplies, it will be very time-consuming. In order to reduce their weight as much as possible, they will only carry a bottle of water on the car at most, and throw it away after drinking it.

So in the team, there is usually a transport rider, who will slow down to get as much supplies as possible from the supply vehicle behind the group, and then rush to the front of the group desperately to deliver the supplies to other people in the team.

But at the front of the team, there was only one person, Li Ang, who could only rely on fixed supply points, which would delay his time. The water and energy gel he took would also increase his weight, which was equivalent to making it even more difficult. Therefore, his lead was also incomprehensible to everyone.

In the director's camera, Li Ang would stop and take away a lot of water and food almost every time he arrived at a supply point, and he seemed to not care about the time wasted and the weight added.

But he was like this, and he was still far ahead of the main group. There was no other explanation except for his strong strength.

"We can see that Li Ang didn't seem to care whether the large group behind him would catch up or not. He wasted a lot of time on supplies. Maybe this was a new strategy to restore his physical strength?"

It can be heard that the commentator didn't quite understand his behavior.

"No, why did Li Ang stop?"

Little Eric's voice was extremely excited. There were still more than ten kilometers to the finish line, but Li Ang in the picture suddenly slowed down, and then stopped directly.

"Is he going to the toilet?"

A friend at the side said in an uncertain tone.

However, he was right. Li Ang did go to the temporary toilet built on the roadside and took care of it.

"This"

Even the two commentators showed helpless expressions, "Is this the willfulness of a super-strong solo player? Li Ang actually stopped the car and went to the toilet on the roadside."

It's not that drivers are not allowed to go to the toilet, but generally those who can stop to solve physiological problems are those who no longer pursue their own results. Anyway, it doesn't matter for a while.

And the players who hope to compete for results are racing against time. In the final sprint stage, the gap between the champion and the runner-up is often a slight lead of one body position. Who can be willing to waste dozens of seconds on going to the toilet?

Therefore, in the live broadcast, you can often see many players who pee while riding, focusing on not wasting a little time. There are even drivers with stronger psychological qualities who pull their trouser pockets while riding, and refuse to get off the car to solve it even if their pants are stained.

But Li Ang showed no sense of urgency at all. He stopped the car as soon as he was told to. However, under such circumstances, he was still far ahead of other players. This was the most annoying thing.

Before the finish line, the distance between Li Ang and the drivers who had the strength to challenge the championship had been shortened to within one thousand meters, and they all began to sprint.

"Li Ang should have run out of energy since he started racing solo. He must not be able to sprint anymore."

"According to this trend, the main force behind him will definitely catch up with him before reaching the finish line, and make him stop to show off. Now it's too late for him to cry."

"If Li Ang could have 90% of their sprinting speed, he would be able to reach the finish line first, but he probably doesn't have the energy to sprint again. After all, they have people breaking the wind in front of them all the time, but he is flying alone. The energy consumption is not at the same level at all. How can he sprint past them?"

Fans of most star drivers have begun to look forward to their idols' counterattack.

However, there are still quite a few passers-by who are willing to see this kind of upset, and they hope that a rookie rider like Li Ang from a small team can win the championship among a group of strong riders.

"Hold on! If it were me, I would go for it even if I risked my life. It would be worth it to win a stage championship in this life."

"Indeed, a rider under the age of 18 who won a stage championship in his first Tour de France is definitely explosive news, and he has a bright future!"

"Come on! Show your potential! We are almost at the finish line."

It seemed that Li Ang heard their shouts, or he had discovered that several former champions behind him were catching up. In short, when the second place was more than 100 meters away from him and he could just see him clearly, Li Ang finally started to accelerate.

As the Tour de France champion for two consecutive years, Jonas Wenger knew very well that the dark horse rookie in front of him must have run out of energy. The distance between him and the rookie was rapidly shortening, and there were less than two thousand meters left to the finish line. Even if he started sprinting now, Jonas Wenger was fully confident that he could beat him.

"There are still one hundred meters."

Jonas Wenger looked up at Li Ang in front of him, then quickly lowered his head and continued to accelerate desperately.

A minute later, there were less than one thousand meters to the finish line. Jonas Wenger raised his head again, wondering if he had passed, but he was surprised to find that the gap between Li Ang and him was almost two hundred meters.

"Oh my God, Li Ang actually burst out with a terrifying speed before the finish line, widening the gap that was getting smaller and smaller again!"

"There are still five hundred meters, four hundred meters, and three hundred meters. Let us congratulate Li Ang for winning the first stage championship!"

As Li Ang crossed the finish line, the audience and the commentator cheered together.

In the high school cafeteria, Eric's home, and Hunyuan Martial Arts School, people all started to get excited and agitated.

Charles, Julie, and others basically didn't listen to the class since the first class in the morning, and watched until lunch at noon, and finally waited for Li Ang to lead all the way to the finish line.

"On the first day, in the first stage, he won the championship with a lead of more than 200 meters over the second place. This is not common. This is also because Li Ang stopped several times in the middle. Is he really a genius?"

This is the true portrayal of the hearts of most viewers.

And the honors that Li Ang won are not only the champion of the first stage. While wearing the yellow jacket with the first place in the overall score, he also won the green jersey representing the king of sprints and the white jersey for the best rider under 25 years old. Three honorary jerseys were added at the same time!

It's just that because of the rules of the competition, he can only wear the yellow jersey symbolizing the first place in the overall score. Yellow is the color of the car newspaper and the color of the sun, so this vest is also called the sun vest.

The green jersey and the white jersey will be worn by the second-ranked player in turn.

"Li Ang is definitely the biggest dark horse in this Tour de France. He won three jerseys on the first day. Even if he has been slacking off, he has gained a lot this time!"

"Indeed, unless he is the final champion, I think it will be difficult for any player to surpass him in terms of popularity."

In the minds of most viewers who watch the Tour de France all year round, Li Ang should have bet all his treasures on this stage, and he obviously achieved great success.

In the following stages, it is likely that he will not be able to achieve the same performance because of excessive physical exhaustion on the first day.

This analysis is indeed very reasonable. Physical distribution is not just physical distribution in one stage. The entire Tour de France will last for more than 20 days, and there are many high mountains, rainy and snowy weather stages in the middle. Naturally, it is impossible to replenish all the energy in one sleep.

Many professional sprint kings will adopt such tactics. In the flat stage, they will exert their full strength to get the most sprint points, and in the middle of the mountain stage, they will start to play badly.

Riders who are not good at climbing will tacitly gather together in the alpine stage, climb the slope at a stable pace, and collect the riders who fall behind along the way, forming a large group of laggards, called the "bus".

Experienced riders will lead the "bus" to the finish line at a speed that is neither too fast to waste physical strength nor too slow to exceed the closing time.

In this way, after saving physical strength in the mountain battle, they can show their prowess again in the next flat battle.

In their eyes, Li Ang will most likely adopt such a tactic. In fact, this is also a behavior allowed by the rules.

Of course, there is another type of rider who wants both the green jersey and the yellow jersey, and can't wait to get all the honors that can be won.

The only person who can get honors in this way in history is the Belgian god Eddy Merckx. Because of his behavior of getting every award, the audience also gave him the nickname "Ogre". This running style is also very rare in the history of the entire Tour de France.

After the first day of the race, Li Ang has completely become a great contributor to the Max team.

Today, Li Ang's outstanding performance not only attracted a lot of attention to himself, but also brought the Max team into the public eye.

Because of his first place in the overall score, the Max team's team score almost entered the top ten.

You know, although it is only close to the top ten, it already means that there are World Tour teams that fall behind them in the team score.

Team manager Orsad was so happy that the rider of their team won the championship. Although it was only the first stage, it was also a championship and could leave a name in the history of the Tour de France!

And behind Li Ang's name, it showed his team. How could he not be excited?

When he met the manager of the Jumbo team, Richard Peach, again, Orsad, who had been bent for a long time, finally straightened up.

"Your team really picked up a good treasure this time!"

Richard also looked at Orsad with a complicated expression.

In the middle of the race, he had already checked Li Ang's information, and naturally knew that Li Ang's strength had almost nothing to do with their team's training. Rather than saying that the team trained Li Ang, it would be better to say that Li Ang led the team to a higher platform.

On the other side, in a high-end single ward in a private hospital, Loren Hansen's assistant was holding a tablet, intending to report the news of the past two days to the manager who had just woken up.