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

The airflow whizzed past the ears, and the cheers and shouts of the audience in front of the finish line were all isolated into the background sound.

In Roy's ears, there was only the sound of wind at the moment.

His blood was boiling, but his mind was extremely calm.

The strength that has been accumulated for a long time bursts out from every muscle that is extremely tense at this moment.

Roy started to rock the car, and the frequency of his rocking suddenly increased①.

The speed and victory that he spent half his life pursuing in his previous life returned to Roy at this moment, within reach.

Arthur was right next to Roy, almost neck-to-neck with him.

Having a comparable opponent is such an advantage—Arthur inspired all of Roy's desire to compete and win.

Before the finish line, Roy stopped the car, arched his body, and sent the dragon head forward with both arms.

Arthur did the same beside him.

The two crossed the line almost at the same time, but Roy's advantage was quite obvious-he was half a wheel faster than Arthur.

When he competed with Arthur in his previous life, once he won by a narrow margin of less than a quarter of the wheel, which was barely enough to overwhelm Arthur.If you don't look back at the slow motion of the final crossing, it is impossible to judge who won.

The sound of "click" sounded again, and reporters carrying cameras swarmed towards Roy.

This time, finally, all the shots were aimed at Roy alone.

Roy had to turn on the earphones, and he heard the voice of head coach Victor ringing in his ears.

"Boy, behave better in the interview later."

There is no joy in the head coach's voice, which is in stark contrast to the assistant coaches who are shouting wildly in the background.

Roy deliberately coughed a few times, then covered the microphone and replied, "Now... now I can finally hear a little bit clearly!"

I don't know if Victor will be stunned on the other side of the radio.

Victor is a very strict coach, he has always emphasized discipline within the team.

Roy's little trick today couldn't escape his eyes.

But since Roy has a long-term contract with the Dadi team, he has to give the head coach face.

In the following interview, Roy behaved very "well-behaved".

"Congratulations, Roy, young stage champion - on first race!"

"Yellow jersey! You will be wearing a yellow jersey tomorrow."

The reporters also found it unbelievable to say it - the yellow jersey will be worn by such a fledgling young man tomorrow.

The first show is the yellow jersey, which is unique in the history of the Tour de France in the past ten years.

——Why didn't the main force group catch these two "rabbits" in a daze today?

"Roy, what do you think?"

Roy stretched out his hands and scratched his head, with the shyness that young people should have on his face: "It's okay, it's just a stage champion."

——His ambition is definitely not as simple as being a stage champion.

A reporter asked him: "Roy, why did you choose to join the 'Dadi' team?"

This team can be regarded as a mid-range team with mediocre results. It has achieved some gains this year, which is really beyond everyone's expectations.

Roy replied with a smile: "Because the cycling clothes of 'Earth' look good!"

Reporters: ...What nonsense!

In the eyes of professional journalists, although the overall strength of the Dadi team is not very good, the team's cycling uniforms are indeed very beautifully designed:

Deep tone, simple Logo, eye-catching but not fancy.

This cycling suit completely outlines Roy's slender and graceful figure.

He stands there in his cycling jersey, holding his helmet, flicking the sweat from his hair—that's straight out of a fashion magazine.

The fledgling players are young, handsome and straightforward. It is not impossible to choose this team for a good-looking team uniform.

Roy: In fact, the tears I shed in my previous life were all caused by the water in my head when I was choosing a team.

Next, Roy made an action that no one else expected.

He lowered his head and kissed the team's logo on the cycling jersey. In addition to the team's own logo, there is also the sponsor's father's logo②.

Then he raised his eyes, a pair of beautifully shaped peach blossom eyes contained a smile, looking at the camera in front of him.

Suddenly, the flash flickered wildly.

Roy is sure—tomorrow, not only sports publications, but also various newspapers and periodicals will publish his photos, and soon fashion magazines will come directly to his door and invite him to accept an exclusive interview...

Sponsors, on the other hand, will be extremely satisfied with such a large exposure.

—Don't ask Roy how he knew.

Finally the interview was over, and when Roy left the interview area, he met Arthur head-on.

Arthur had already changed into a white shirt.

Years of outdoor training have given his skin a healthy tan.The white jersey magnifies Arthur's dark complexion, but it makes the corners of his face more prominent and the lines more resolute.

so cool!Even Roy couldn't help but secretly praised.

It's over! ——Roy suddenly remembered, he should be Arthur's "little fan"!

Sure enough, if you tell a lie, you have to use more lies to defend it.

At this moment, Roy looked at Arthur anxiously, and said pitifully, "Oh, Arthur..."

Roy has such a characteristic, he is actually quite... a good showman.

If someone can translate his eyes at this moment, he will be able to translate a long speech:

"Arthur, you really inspired me today. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to hold on for so long, let alone win the stage championship..."

Arthur stretched out his hand to him calmly: "Congratulations, Roy!"

Roy still had the expression "Dear idol, please listen to my explanation" in Roy's eyes.

Arthur shook Roy's hand, patted him on the shoulder, and walked past him.

Roy breathed a sigh of relief.

Unexpectedly, Arthur called him behind his back: "Roy!"

Roy turned around, just in time to see Arthur looking at him with complicated eyes.

"I am convinced that I lost to you today." Arthur said.

"For a moment, I felt that you knew me better than I knew myself..."

After Arthur finished speaking, he turned and left, entering the temporary tent specially used for interviews.

But Roy was stunned because of Arthur's words.

This had to be done in his previous life. Today, Roy is absolutely not sure that he will be able to beat Arthur in the final sprint.

The two-two duel between road cyclists when crossing the line is a thrilling game.

The timing of the sprint launch is extremely critical, any moment sooner or later may affect the final result.

The reason Roy was able to beat Arthur so easily and smoothly today was entirely because he knew Arthur so well, knew every little move he made, and knew the exact timing of his launch.

If it wasn't for this special understanding, whether he could win against Arthur today, I'm afraid it's hard to say——

Roy's joy of winning the first match after his rebirth suddenly dimmed a bit.

After all, only by defeating Arthur in an upright manner can Roy satisfy his strong desire to win.

In the evening, the whole team opened champagne for Roy.

It's the norm - drivers need to be on a strict diet during the races, but celebrating a team-mate's victory with a small glass of champagne is a great way to express celebration and boost morale.

The logistics team didn't even prepare champagne in advance-who would have thought that Roy would win the championship today?

Fortunately, they are in a big city like Nice, and it is quite easy to buy a bottle of champagne.

At the dinner table, the teammates raised their glasses to Roy:

"Roy, I really can't tell!"

"Thanks to you, our team has this good start!"

The blessings from teammates are very sincere.

The red-haired "Rice" Peterson looked like he was in awe of Roy:

"Little brother, do you know how handsome the few steps you rushed out today?"

"At that time, there was only one thought in my mind: This guy is going to win the championship!"

Even the captain Nick came up and patted Roy on the shoulder affectionately:

"Roy, boy, you're lucky!"

Roy's shoulder was slapped loudly, and he even felt a little pain.But he still raised his glass to Nick calmly:

"really--"

Since Nick must think he was lucky, let Nick think so.For such a small matter, it ruined the atmosphere of everyone's celebration together, which is not worth the loss.

Roy turned to look at the head coach Victor's position.

The seats were empty—the assistant coaches said that Victor wanted to "replay" the game video, so he didn't come to the restaurant for dinner to solve it with everyone.

—Victor must be very displeased with him.

Roy shrugged.

He intends to find an opportunity to explain to the head coach: today he is just passionate, and he really saw a great opportunity to win the stage championship, so he "will not accept the fate of the king outside".

But he didn't know that in addition to reviewing today's game, the head coach Victor also watched the interview after the game-Roy faced the camera and said shyly: "It's okay, it's just a stage champion La."

Victor saw this and pressed the pause button.

Because Nick just came to his room at this moment.

"There are a few young and energetic young players in the team. It is also a good thing to be brave enough to charge."

The main will "comfort" the head coach.

Victor looked at Roy's young and handsome face on the screen with a gloomy expression, and said slowly:

"He's really an extremely talented driver."

Nick: ...

"But he's too young," Victor said.

With one touch of the remote control, he rewinds the interview and plays it again.

Roy said the words again shyly on the screen, but those who are interested can always hear the arrogance and ambition behind these words.

Just a stage win—that's all.

"He thinks too much! I've been in this industry for so many years, and I've never seen a driver who participated in a Grand Tour for the first time achieve more than a stage championship."

Victor sighed: "Actually, his performance today is really good and very talented."

Nick quickly echoed: "Yes, that's how I praised him."

Victor shook his head firmly: "But we are engaged in a team sport. If he can't respect the team, he will never be able to make further progress in this sport."

"I have to think carefully about what kind of role he will play in tomorrow's stage."

Victor looked at the screen and said with a sullen face.

The author has something to say: ①[Shaking the car]: In the terminology of riding, it is called danseuse, which originally means "dance". Keep a balance (I think Chinese terms are more vivid).Riders use this technique when climbing hills or sprinting at high speeds.

②[Sponsors]: We generally see two types of sponsors in events: sponsors of the Tour de France and sponsors of the team.

The main sponsors of the Tour de France include well-known French companies such as Carrefour.The sponsors of each team are different.

Since road cycling is relatively a niche sport, the support of sponsors is crucial to the survival of the team, and has an extremely important impact on the results the team can achieve-so the entire team of the protagonist in this article attaches great importance to sponsors.

As for why it is the "Earth" team-this is because, the author's favorite team, the former title sponsor is "Sky".