Back in the game, I'm still the big devil

On Monday, the players participating in this Tour de France ushered in the first "rest day".

Players from other teams are taking the time to relax and relax their muscles; the coaches of each team are busy studying the routes of each stage of this week and arranging tactics.

The remaining seven players of the Dadi team are all waiting anxiously:

One is that the results of Roy's hamstring examination will not come out until today. If there is indeed an injury, even Roy will withdraw from this Tour de France;

The second is that the main player Nick has withdrawn.Next, the team's tactics will be based on who will be the main arrangement.Every driver is quite nervous.

Today, head coach Victor will decide on the new "leader" candidate.

At present, the team is divided into two groups. One group believes that the main player Nick retired from the game, and the team's most experienced lieutenant Alex "Dali" should take over.

But the sprinter Juan and the other "rabbit" Rice, both of them secretly expect Roy to become the "leader".

"Why can't Victor break his stereotypes and boldly recruit new people?"

Rice asked innocently.

The teammates who supported Alex were all hehe.

"Do you really think that a player who participated in the Tour de France for the first time can be the main player?"

"Could it be that we want to guarantee him the overall championship?"

Juan asked naively:

"Why not? It's not like Roy didn't wear a yellow shirt."

"Besides, Roy's current total score is still the highest in the team?"

The teammates were all speechless by these two idiots, and turned around one after another.

Roy's overall score is 17 minutes behind the current yellow jersey holder, Renault's Sparke - there are 11 stages left to overtake Sparke, but this is only a theoretical possibility.

In the past ten years, there has never been a time when a player who was behind by double digits in the first half of the game was able to overtake in the second half.

In the 60s and [-]s of the last century, there was indeed such a shocking reversal in the "individual tactics" of the Tour de France; but now the tactics of teamwork are very mature-the powerful Renault team can firmly suppress the team in the second half of the race. Looking at Roy, there is no chance for a pawn like him.

But neither Roy nor Alex participated in this debate.

Coach Victor didn't bother to know what his players were thinking.

He went to get all the data that the car detectives got when they were discovering newcomers, and went through it from beginning to end:

Explosive power, endurance, sprint speed, long slope, short slope, downhill...

Every ability is good-this is another player with almost no shortcomings.

Victor turned over the last page of the car detective's report, and saw a line of annotations on it:

"...The target driver has received invitations from many teams, including many famous teams. But the target driver said that he hopes that the jersey can look better..."

Seeing this, Victor couldn't help but let out a "ha" laugh, quickly took off his reading glasses, and wiped the corners of his eyes vigorously.

——Why are the young drivers in his team so cute and silly?

But Victor is also very worried about this point: the leader of the road racing team not only has prestige and leadership like the leaders of other team sports; he also needs experience and precise judgment.

This is actually the most embarrassing thing for Victor:

Several times Roy behaved like a novice at all...

If it weren't for those mature technical details, Victor wouldn't be so entangled-he had already rejected the possibility of Roy as the general.

But if Victor really makes Roy the main player in the team, it will be the most risky and unreliable decision in his entire coaching career.

At this moment, the bell rang, Victor picked it up, chatted with the other party for a while, nodded, put down the phone, and told the assistant coach in the room:

"Go and let everyone know that Nick will come over tonight at dinner to say goodbye to everyone."

Nick Neville, who has been diagnosed with a fractured bone, will leave France another day, return to the base where the team is located, and enter a painful stage of treatment and rehabilitation.

Before that, Nick said he wanted to talk to Victor alone.

Victor has also agreed.

At dinner, Nick arrived in a wheelchair.

He went to talk to Victor before going downstairs to the hotel restaurant.

When the assistant coach pushed Nick into the restaurant, everyone in the restaurant stood up and applauded Nick.

In any case, Nick has been their general.Forced to retire, not against his will.

All teammates and staff took this opportunity to express their gratitude to Nick for his hard work and dedication in the previous stage, and regret his departure.

"Everyone, please be happy!" Nick said with a smile, "After I leave, as long as everyone can unite sincerely, we will definitely gain something."

But the atmosphere in the restaurant was still dull——

It is true to say so, but losing the main player in the team so unreasonably makes everyone feel bad.

"Leaving early may also be a good thing for me personally."

Nick tried his best to boost everyone's morale and put the best in everything.

"It just so happens that I can take this opportunity to rush back to my hometown to put out my wife's anger..."

Nick's old face was red, but there was a shy smile on his face.

"understood!"

"Short oil—"

The team members understand it in seconds.

Everyone couldn't help sniggering: Nick blew kisses to the female car fans on the opening day, still vivid in his memory, so soon he already caught fire in the backyard?

Now Nick can return ahead of schedule, recovering from his injuries while saving his marriage.

Maybe his life will not be as bad as Roy knew in his previous life.

"Roy, can I have a few words with you alone?"

After dinner with his teammates, Nick waved to Roy.

Roy nodded, carefully pushed Nick's wheelchair, left the restaurant, and found an empty bar in the hotel lobby.Roy pulled a chair at random and sat down beside Nick.

"Roy, I went to see the head coach just now. I suggested that he can consider you as the team's main player for the rest of the schedule."

"Nick..."

Roy bounced back immediately as if the wound on his butt hadn't healed yet.

"Roy, I have ridden several stages with you. The coach may not be able to see many technical details from the video, but how could I not know? When you ride, you have been riding with those who have been riding for more than ten years. There's no difference between the veterans—"

"I really admire you, Roy, you are a genius!"

Roy froze there.

He... is actually a veteran who has been riding for more than ten years.

"I have worked with 'Dali' for several years, and my personal relationship is very good."

"As a friend, I should recommend Dali to be the leader to the head coach."

"But for the future of the team, I can't hide my feelings."

"Listen to me, Roy, I believe in you, I believe that you can create miracles that others think are 'impossible'."

"I hope you can trust yourself too, okay Roy?"

Nick looked at his "junior" sincerely.

Roy lowered his head, not knowing what to say for a moment.

To be honest, he never really had respect for this general——

But the basis for him to judge Nick's character is all the news he heard in his previous life.

None of those things happened yet.

Going back to the very beginning of his career, Roy can now empathize with Nick a lot.

He understands Nick's sense of crisis, understands Nick's helpless struggle in adversity... To a certain extent, he and Nick are actually the same.

He also thanked Nick for coming to the team despite his serious injury, recommended him to the head coach, and believed that he was such a fledgling teammate without any past achievements.

"Nick, I sincerely... thank you!"

"I believe in myself as much as you do."

Roy bent down beside Nick's wheelchair, approached the former commander's ear, and whispered a few words.

Nick's pupils trembled slightly, and with an expression of disbelief, he asked in a trembling voice, "You, how do you know..."

Judging by the expression on Nick's face now, he seems to be asking: How did you crawl into my head?

Roy stretched out his arms, hugged the shocked Nick, and whispered in his ear:

"Nick, I understand you very, very well—"

"But in any case, you can't rely on crooked ways to get out of the predicament."

"Riding and racing are not the whole of life, you still have a family and you have decades to live."

Roy persuaded softly, and Nick turned from shock to loss.

He murmured, "I... Am I acting so obvious?"

Roy shook his head: "Of course it's not you, Nick, it's a senior I knew before... His professional experience is somewhat similar to yours..."

Roy didn't describe too much, and finally said: "I feel very sorry for him."

Nick closed his eyes and let out a long breath.

When he opened his eyes again, his eyes had become clear.

"Thank you, my friend." Nick smiled.

"I did have times when my mind wasn't strong enough. I may still have times when my mind is weak."

"But in the future, whenever I encounter such or other difficulties again, I swear, I will definitely think back to your words."

"Riding and racing isn't all there is to life - thank you Roy!"

Roy breathed a sigh of relief, helped Nick to sit in the wheelchair, and then slowly pushed him back into the dining room.

In his previous life, Nick was involved in a doping scandal that ruined his career and ruined his reputation.

It should have happened a few years later, but Roy guessed that the idea should have been in Nick's mind by now.

It's just that he can't reveal this idea to anyone, and naturally no one will persuade him.

Perhaps, as long as someone can speak to Nick, persuade him, and wake him up—the outcome of the matter will be different.

Although Nick crashed and retired, he got a chance to save his marriage.

Maybe during his recovery period, Nick will calm down and face up to his career?

Roy is such a person: if Nick is willing to help him, he will definitely return to Nick.

Before leaving the hotel where the team stayed, Nick shook hands with his teammates one by one. When it was Roy's turn, Nick looked at him with deep meaning in his eyes: "Good luck, Roy!"

In the room of head coach Victor, Alex, the former No. [-] player in the team, opened his eyes wide:

"Head coach, are you really so determined?"

"No, of course I can't take it calmly!"

"Roy wants to be the general, he must first prove himself in front of me!"

The author has something to say: Today is the last day of 2020. I wish my readers a happy new year and everything goes well! In 2021, all wishes will come true and good fortune will come true!Joe loves you guys.