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

Contrary to the dismay of the loser, there is wild celebration on the side of the winner.

The teammates of the Dadi team all rushed towards Roy at this moment.In an instant, people lifted him up and threw him into the air——

No one could have foreseen this script.

An unknown young driver in a mid-level team, making his Grand Tour debut.

In the last time trial, he staged a Jedi counterattack, a big reversal, and overturned the "yellow jersey" who held a clear advantage to the ground.

Roy won the championship of this stage without any dispute in this time trial;

At the same time, his total score reached the top, and he won the overall championship of this Tour de France. He will put on a yellow jersey and ride on the Champs Elysees with great glory.

At the same time, he is also the "climbing king" and "the first overall score of players under the age of 26" in this competition.

If he can "one person play the triangle" at the same time, then he can wear the yellow jersey, polka dot jersey and white jersey at the same time.

Teammates tossed Roy into the air before catching him.

This group of young people, laughing and laughing, all cried—embracing and crying together.

Once upon a time, they all thought that the hope of winning the championship was in vain.

Without exception, they have all endured the pain of missing victory when they dreamed back at midnight.

But no one expected that Roy would use this method to take back all the things they had watched as they lost.

What made them weep even more was that Roy said to his companions:

"I won this championship for you."

Winning the championship of the Grand Tour is not because of the talent of a certain driver;

How many people's sweat and sacrifices are condensed in this championship.

It has never been a simple personal honor. The heavy championship trophy always needs more people's support to make it possible for Roy to lift it.

"Roy," Alex cried like a fool at the moment, "Only you, only you can... I paid back..."

It was like a dream that was once illusory, realized in the most unrealistic way possible.

Before the start of the race, no one expected that the Dadi Racing Team won the honor in the end.

This achievement, Nick can't, Alex can't, neither can Juan.

Only Roy, Roy can lead them to this success.

Soon, the staff of Dadi Racing Team came to join the celebration.

The event organizer sent Roy a yellow jersey, asking him to go to the media center for an interview immediately after putting on the jersey, and then there will be a grand and lengthy awards ceremony.

Roy put on a yellow shirt and walked out of the changing tent.

He happened to catch sight of the tall, blond woman he'd seen in the hotel lobby that morning.

When the woman saw Roy, she said "yo" and immediately turned and walked away.

After a while, she appeared in front of Roy pushing a wheelchair.

"Roy—"

The man in the wheelchair greeted him with a smile.

"Nick!"

Roy never expected to see his teammate who was injured and retired here. He caught up with two steps in three steps and shouted at the same time: "Guys, come and meet our 'leader'."

The drivers of Dadi Racing Team heard the call and flocked in an instant.

Rushing to Nick, Roy first nodded politely to the lady behind him.

He already understood why looking at this lady felt so familiar—Nick's marriage failed in his previous life, and both of them were in the tabloid news.Roy had seen pictures of her.

But now look at these two: Nick and his wife have intimate expressions, he is tilting his head to thank his wife for finding Roy for him, and Nick's wife is also smiling, patting her husband's hand to indicate that nothing happened.

It seems that Nick is indeed lost in the east and reaped in mulberry.The sudden injury deprived him of the opportunity to continue the game, but it did give the couple a chance to get along and communicate with each other.

"Nick, did you see that?"

"Have you seen the whole process of Roy winning the championship?"

The teammates rushed up and greeted Nick and his wife together.

"Yes, my wife and I just arrived last night..."

Nick returned to China to recuperate, and after he and his wife settled their suspicions, he learned that the team's race had reached the most critical moment, so he returned to France accompanied by his wife without hesitation, just in time for the last "decisive battle".

"It's great to have you here," said Alex, who has always been Nick's best friend, bending over to hug his friend. "To be able to see you in person at this moment... Our entire team is complete now."

With a smile all over his face, Nick also extended his hand to his former teammates, saying, "If I hadn't been delayed at the doctor's for a while in the morning, I might be able to arrive before you leave..."

The riders of the Continental Team laughed and gathered together, and no one noticed Roy behind them.

The young man in a dazzling yellow shirt stood there, but the smile on his face gradually faded.

"Delayed at the doctor..."

This is like an answer, responding to the vague question in Roy's heart.

After winning the championship, Roy had a little hope in his heart: he really hoped to see Arthur at the championship scene.

When Arthur woke up last night, the first thing he did was to find a way to contact the Dadi team, hoping that his crash would not affect Roy, and that his worries and guilt would not affect Roy's "decisive battle" today.

The gratitude in Roy's heart is beyond words.

How he wished Arthur could show up today.

But what Arthur suffered was not a minor injury. Even if Arthur wanted to come, the doctor would probably not allow him.

He was so full of emotions that he couldn't express it after all.

So at the scene of winning the championship, people only saw the yellow jersey of this year's Tour de France, the young man who "won the championship in his first show", with a clear smile on his face, and faintly thanked people for their congratulations.

He seemed to have worries and regrets all the time.

This amazingly talented young man broke many records in one fell swoop and created the most earth-shattering reversal in the past 30 years-what made him so obsessed with it?

While being interviewed by the media, Roy, like he did when he won the first stage, bowed his head, kissed his yellow jersey, and looked up at the camera.

--Did you see that?Arthur.

Roy said in his heart: I also won this jersey for you.

Stage 21: flat stage; total length: 122 kilometers.

The starting point is a small town on the outskirts of Paris, and the end point is on the Champs Elysees in the center of Paris.

The contestants will ride through the picturesque town, pass by the majestic and magnificent Palace of Versailles, enter the urban area of ​​Paris, cross the Ile de la Cité, the oldest area in Paris, and then circle the "Louvre - Place de la Concorde - Champs Elysees". Avenue des Elysees - the Arc de Triomphe" This path is repeated eight times, and finally crosses the finish line in front of the Arc de Triomphe.

According to the tradition of the Tour de France, no one will challenge the overall champion in this stage.

On the contrary, the sprinters will be interested in making another sprint on the last lap of the designated route, competing for the stage championship, or making another effort for the pending green jersey.

For the overall champion wearing the yellow jersey, this journey will be a glorious moment of enjoying champagne, taking pictures with teammates and enjoying the enthusiastic cheers of the audience.

Before departure, all drivers lined up to welcome four players wearing jerseys.

Of course, Roy actually took up three jerseys alone.

The riders wearing polka dot jerseys and white jerseys are No.2 in these two fields-they only wear the jerseys for this stage, and the final award belongs to Roy.

At the award ceremony on Hong Street later, Roy will change his costume repeatedly and take the stage three times in a row to accept the award.

It is said that Roy participated in this year, 48 years have passed since the last Tour de France where one person won three jerseys in a row; 37 years have passed since the last time he won the championship in his first show.

So when Roy appeared at the end of the team wearing a yellow jersey and a golden helmet, all the drivers gave warm applause.

Roy drove forward slowly under the admiration or envy eyes of many colleagues, and came to the front of the team.

Riders wearing other tricolor jerseys shook hands with Roy warmly.

After Roy greeted the polka-dot jersey and the green jersey, he turned to the rather unfamiliar "white jersey"—the driver in the white jersey now looks a bit old-fashioned. If no one told Roy in advance, Roy Yi should not believe that he is not yet 26 years old.

"White Shirt" greeted Roy enthusiastically, expressing his admiration for Roy.

Roy was distracted: This "white shirt" was not the person he was familiar with.

Since the beginning of this Tour de France, this white shirt has been swirling between Roy and Arthur, witnessing the competition between the two of them.

Now one of them has finally climbed to the top, but there is no other person in sight.

So Roy began to lose his mind, and while listening to "White Shirt", he nodded casually to hide his absent-mindedness.

His eyes wandered randomly in the distance, and suddenly fixed on a certain place.

Roy was stunned for half a minute, then suddenly got off his racing car, pushed it casually, and handed the car to the "White Shirt" on the opposite side.

"Excuse me buddy, show me this car—"

He pushed the racing car in front of "White Shirt", and he left the track in a flash.

The referees waiting on the navigation car in front of the riders were dumbfounded-the man in the leader's jersey ran first before the race started.

—Is this a foul?Does the second penalty still apply? ...But even the final champion has been decided?

How to do this?

The eyes of all drivers followed Roy off the track.

It didn't take long for them to figure it out.

Near the track, in the preparation area of ​​each team, a young man wearing the team uniform of the Baolai team appeared.

His right shoulder was in a plaster cast from shoulder to arm, and his right arm was slung across his chest.

Roy rushed to him quickly, opened his arms excitedly, and wanted to give him a warm hug.

The young man was followed by Baolai's team doctor. Seeing this posture, he wanted to dissuade him, but felt that it was too late.

Unexpectedly, Roy himself came to a sudden stop, stopped suddenly at the nick of time, and abruptly changed the hug to a handshake.

He cautiously held out his left hand to Arthur, and they held each other lightly.

Roy said something in a low voice, and Arthur nodded.

So, everyone saw that Roy stretched out an arm cautiously and hooked Arthur's neck, and the two embraced gently.

This hug in full view did not cause any special interpretation among the drivers——

Anyone who has experienced the Tour de France from beginning to end can understand Roy's mood swings at the moment:

From chasing after each other and competing with each other at the beginning of the Grand Tour, to sympathizing with each other later... Arthur's injury and retirement made people feel too regretful, and Roy happened to be in that "crash" accident. The one who was "saved".

Roy is not grateful to Arthur, who else can he be grateful to?

——Without Arthur's "sacrifice", there would be no Roy's subsequent reversal of "God".

But this argument is not fair to Roy: after all, he was also a victim of "fouling", and Roy completed the reversal in the time trial-he relied on his own strength.

Thinking of this, the drivers turned their heads and turned their attention to the "instigator" that caused these twists and turns: the Renault team.

The drivers of the Renault team were all shrunk at the end of the team. Seeing such eyes, they all lowered their heads embarrassingly: who made them teammates of "rule breakers".

Renault's "leader" George Spark raised his head stiffly and stood in front of his teammates. No matter how embarrassing or shameful the atmosphere was at the moment, as the leader, he had to face this contemptuous gaze.

At this moment, George was thinking about what Roy said to him yesterday.

After yesterday's defeat, Roy found George and told him face to face:

In competitive sports, all behaviors that "disrespect the rules" will pay a price;

With crooked methods, even if they can benefit for a while, the profiteers will also be backlashed.

Roy said he has seen countless examples of this.

At that time, George only felt that Roy was standing in the position of the winner, taunting him condescendingly.

After all... How old is Roy?As if he had lived his whole life.

Unexpectedly, Roy told George seriously:

The Renault team, to wash away such shame and let the world forget their stigma of yesterday, can only rely on an upright victory—not one, not ten, it may take dozens of games, ten years of continuous efforts, To rebuild trust.

This is the price of not respecting the rules.

To incur such a debt for a mere victory, it may take several groups of athletes to repay it-it is too much to gain.

But George still held his head up, silently enduring such stares and the shame surging in his heart.

Because he remembered very clearly, Roy said this yesterday:

"But if you really love this sport, you shouldn't quit, you should stay in this industry and pay off your debt slowly."

"After all, what a beautiful sport it is!"

Yes, George's original intention was evoked because of this sentence-his original intention when he first started the sport.

Speed, sprint, complex and changeable tactics, teamwork spirit;

Roads, landscapes, ground resistance, unpredictable weather, wind whistling past your ears;

Cruel tracks, challenges to the limit, self-salvation...

All of these make up the sport;

What a beautiful movement--

So George is still "cheeky" staying in this convoy, and is going to pay off his "debt" slowly starting today.

Only by facing up to past failures and lessons can Renault, a veteran team, start a new journey.

When Roy was talking to Arthur on the sidelines, the referee on the navigation car in front looked at his watch anxiously:

The time to start is coming soon—yellow jerseys are not in the team, how to start this last stage of celebration?

You can't warn the yellow jersey, or even fine him tens of seconds, right?

Just when the referee was getting anxious, Roy came back quickly, flew onto the car, and nodded to "White Shirt" at the same time: "Brother, thank you!"

It was as if he had changed into a different person, his whole body was in high spirits, and his well-shaped eyes were full of joy——

This is what a newly crowned Tour de France champion should look like.

Roy got into the car and gestured to the referee who was waiting on the navigation car ahead.

The referee let out a long sigh of relief and finally stopped worrying.

The navigation car moved forward slowly - the last stage of this Tour de France finally started.

Here's a stage of celebration:

Roy and his teammates drove comfortably on the country road leading to Paris, with the gentle wind blowing gently beside them.

Roy took out a freshly filled glass of champagne from the vehicle carrying the Continental team's coaching staff, and he greeted the head coach Victor sitting in the car from afar.

Victor also held champagne in his hand and bowed slightly to him, as if saying:

"Son, you're welcome, this is your own victory!"

After the champagne was opened, it was time for the group photo.

While riding, Roy shook hands and took photos with the other three riders wearing jerseys.

The photographer sitting on the back seat of the motorcycle kept pressing the shutter, leaving memorable moments for these contestants.

Then came the seven members of the Dadi team.

They all let go of the handlebars (dangerous action, please do not imitate!), and lined up arm in arm for them to be filmed by photographers and videographers.

After shooting, Roy let go of Alex and Juan beside him, and just said to Juan: "Come on for the sprint race later!"

All the teammates shouted Roy's name in unison with a rough voice——

After a while, the entire Tour de France team, all competitors, without exception, called Roy's name.

They paid tribute to Roy in the way of the drivers, and thanked Roy for showing them an unimaginable fighting spirit and unprecedented possibilities in this competition.

Roy blushed slightly, and extended his hands to applaud his teammates and opponents.

Finally, the celebration came to an end.The drivers gradually approached the urban area of ​​Paris, and the country style on both sides of the road disappeared, replaced by reinforced concrete forests, patchwork viaducts, towering billboards...

More and more spectators gathered on both sides of the road.

The drivers passed by them, and the audience gave applause and cheers, thanking the drivers for such a wonderful Grand Tour.

"Rice" Mikel quietly approached Roy, and asked in a low voice, "Roy, what did you say to the guy from the Bollet team? I think you're so happy that it's like a different person."

Roy pretended to be calm: "How could—"

But he was always Roy, the Roy whose mood went up and down, his nature was fickle, and his heart was full of unrestrained enthusiasm.

"I have an agreement with Arthur."

Da Mi was taken aback: "You two have made a private decision for life?"

Roy immediately put on a straight face: "Why are you talking nonsense, boy?"

Rice stuck out her tongue, listening to Roy teach him like an uncle:

"I'm about to become the 'King of Time Trial', why are you still so immature when you speak?"

"The king of the time trial?", Dami suddenly felt happy and light, almost to the sky.

"I wanted to reveal to you the content of the agreement...forget it now."

With a straight face, Roy kicked lightly twice, moving a little further away from the rice.

Rice immediately had a bitter face, knowing that he had said something wrong, but he didn't know how to make it up, so he could only follow Roy pitifully and ride behind him.

Soon the whole convoy came to downtown Paris, and the tower of Notre Dame de Paris had appeared on the skyline.

For the sake of visual effect, Roy and three other players wearing jerseys rode at the front.

They passed through the underground passage of the Ile de la Cité, went to the right bank of the Seine under the gaze of Joan of Arc, entered the atrium of the Louvre, bypassed the glass pyramid designed by I.M. Pei, and passed the Tuileries Garden , driving onto the Place de la Concorde.

Now Roy is facing the wide and bustling Champs-Elysées, with the Arc de Triomphe in the distance.Behind the Arc de Triomphe, the skyscrapers of La Défense loom.

Roy clenched his fists: he had fulfilled his promise to ride down the Champs-Elysées in a yellow jersey.

In his previous life, he wore the yellow shirt many times, as if he was born for the yellow shirt.

But starting over again, the first Grand Tour championship he won in this life is of vital significance to him.

In this event that lasted more than 20 days, he re-acquainted with an opponent/friend.

He also rediscovered himself.

His pact with Arthur was simple (not the way Mikel thought it would be, of course!)

They agreed: Roy will go to Arthur when the holidays are over and he will accompany him to recuperate - after all, this guy hurt his arm, and he will definitely need help when fishing.

After that, Arthur will take Roy to participate in several public welfare projects that Arthur is participating in. The two of them will work together to exert their influence and do something meaningful for the world.

In a previous life Roy had been extremely anxious: he felt that there was nothing else in his life but cycling; he could not see the meaning of life outside of his beloved sport.

But now things have completely changed: he has a "friend"—of course, this "friend" will be his biggest opponent most of the time, and he will be merciless in fighting him.

But the two of them, outside the arena, can also work together to pursue the meaning of life.

Finally, the race draws to a close.

Roy's teammate Juan came to say goodbye to Roy temporarily: "Roy, I'm going to rush."

The game isn't over yet -- and there's one final piece of suspense in this game: who will win the green jersey, or sprinter.

Juan of the Dadi team, Mark of the McLaren team, and the "green jersey" driver who rode beside Roy earlier, all of them have the possibility to win the race and become the "sprint king" of this Tour de France ".

Roy patted Juan on the shoulder and said, "Go ahead, believe in yourself, and good luck."

Juan got the blessing of his teammates, went happily, and seized a favorable position at the front of the team.

In the distance, the Arc de Triomphe stands just behind the finish line.

The sprinters have all put on their clothes and are preparing for the last round of sprinting.

Roy followed them and looked at the finish line in the distance. Suddenly, he only felt his blood boil, and he also had the urge to rush towards the finish line in the distance.

It seems that the desire for victory has long been rooted in his veins. As long as life lasts, he will not stop the sport he loves-the pursuit will never stop.

Roy, on the other hand, is looking forward to the future.

(End of text)

The author has something to say: Tomorrow there will be another chapter about the parallel time and space before Roy's rebirth.

In the setting of this article, parallel time and space can exist at the same time, and the protagonists can work hard to obtain happiness in both time and space!

【Road Cycling Tournament Guide】:

In fact, it’s not really a guide, it’s just that the story is almost finished, and I’m a little bit reluctant, so I’ll chat with you a few more words.

The three major ring races of road cycling: the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France and the Vuelta West.

Among the three major Tours, the Tour de France is the oldest and most prestigious event.As soon as I entered the pit, I watched the Tour de France.It was later discovered that the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta are also very good-looking. Compared with the Tour de France, the characteristics of these two races are that it is difficult to predict the champion. Due to the relationship between the schedule, it is difficult to widen the gap between the drivers, and there is a big comeback at the last minute. (This is why Roy can win the Tour de France steadily, but the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta jerseys are often taken away by Arthur.)

Generally speaking, the Giro d’Italia starts in May, the Tour de France in July, and the Vuelta in September. In the past 5, due to special reasons, all three major tours were squeezed into the seven or eight weeks between September and November. At that time, I felt that I was full after watching it all at once.

Each stage of the Grand Tour usually lasts for 3-5 hours. Among them, the most interesting part is the period of climbing to the peak and finally crossing the finish line.Sometimes there are large sections of flat ground, and the athletes seem to be riding boringly. This is a good time to appreciate the idyllic scenery of the southern European countryside, and the broadcast will also cut a lot of scenery shots.Of course, if you really don't have time to watch these, watching the game highlights is a very good choice.

Another small suggestion is to try to listen to reliable commentary. The commentary I listened to was from GlobalCyclingNetwork (GCN). Several commentators are former road cyclists. Tactical design, several tactical designs mentioned in this article, "washing machine effect", "blind zone attack", etc., are all heard from their chatter.

Alright, let's stop here, there is a very important episode tomorrow, so be sure to come.