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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 could last long.

There are generally several situations for these rabbit drivers who break through at the beginning of the stage. The first is for advertising. This kind of team is generally weaker and needs to rely on early breakthroughs to attract attention for advertising. This is also what most players think is Li Ang's purpose.

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

This type of player often has a strategy for the game set at the beginning, aiming to get this.

The third type, and the most powerful type, has strong personal timing abilities and can race solo over long distances to victory.

However, as everyone's overall level improves, such players who can leave others far behind 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 this rare third type. Once he passed you, you would have no chance to catch up with him in the entire race.

Regarding the uphill slope ahead, which most people would try to avoid, Li Ang showed an excited expression.

Because of his current physical condition, it is difficult for him to feel the pleasure of fully exerting his body when riding on a flat road. A series of factors such as vehicle performance, road conditions, and maximum speed are restricting him.

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

Because the other athletes' riding was quite standard and there wasn't much to report, the commentator and director paid more attention to Li Ang, who was at the front of the team.

"We can see that Li Ang's speed is really bad. His speed doesn't seem to be decreasing, but it is increasing instead?"

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

After being reminded by the commentator next to him, the commentator quickly realized that there must have been a data delay or a malfunction. He said, how could a human being ride at a speed of 55 kilometers per hour on an uphill road.

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

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

Because of the existence of the 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 of this stage and the first place in the overall score will be yours, which is exactly what Li Ang plans.

Generally speaking, at the beginning, the big group is not in a hurry 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.

As the race entered the middle and late stages, teams pursuing the stage championship began to send out a large number of lieutenants to organize large groups of rabbits to give chase.

The reason why they don't attack as a whole team is that in the large group, the teams without breakaway riders will take turns leading the large group, which saves more energy.

When the race was halfway through, the large group had split into three smaller groups. The weaker drivers, 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 good results is obviously not their goal. Now the goal has become to reach the finish line before the closing time.

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

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

But it was obvious that they had misjudged. Just halfway through the race, the time difference between Li Ang and them had already reached a completely uncontrollable range. To put it simply, they could not catch up.

When the main forces discovered this result, they were quite surprised. The difficulty of flying solo is not just because of more air resistance, but also because it is more difficult to get supplies.

Apart from a few fixed supply points, if you want to get water and food, you can only rely on supply vehicles. However, in order to ensure the safety of the riders, the team's work vehicles must be driven behind the cycling group.

However, if the main players in the front go to the back of the team to get supplies, it will waste a lot of time. In order to reduce their weight as much as possible, they will only carry a bottle of water in the car and throw it away after drinking.

Therefore, there is usually a transport driver in the convoy. They will slow down and go to the supply truck at the rear of the group to get as many supplies as possible, and then rush to the front of the group to deliver the supplies to other people in the team.

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

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

But even in this situation, he is still far ahead of the main group. There is no other explanation except his great strength.

"We can see that Li Ang doesn't seem to care whether the large group behind him will catch up or not, and he has wasted a lot of time on supplies. Is this perhaps a new strategy to help him recover his strength?"

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

"No, why did Leon 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 began to slow down, and then stopped directly.

"Isn't he going to the bathroom?"

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 side of the road."

It’s not that drivers are not allowed to go to the bathroom, but generally speaking, those who are able to stop to solve physiological problems are those who no longer pursue their own results and don’t mind taking a little longer.

Players who hope to win a good result are racing against time. In the final sprint stage, the difference between the champion and the runner-up is often just a slight lead of one body length. Who would be willing to waste dozens of seconds on going to the toilet?

Therefore, in live broadcasts, you can often see many players peeing while riding, aiming to not waste any time. There are even riders with stronger psychological qualities who pull their trouser pockets while riding, and they refuse to get off the bike to fix it even when 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, even in this situation, he was still far ahead of other players. This was the most annoying thing.

Before reaching the finish line, the distance between those drivers who had the potential to challenge for the championship and Li Ang had narrowed to less than one thousand meters, and they all began to sprint.

"Li Ang has been flying solo for so long, he should have run out of energy, right? 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, forcing him to stop and show off. It will be too late for him to cry now."

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

Most fans of star drivers have already begun looking forward to their idols' counterattack.

However, there are still quite a number of passers-by who are willing to see such an upset, and they also hope that a new driver like Li Ang from a small team can win the championship among a group of strong drivers.

"Hold on! If it were me, I would give it a try even if it cost me my life. Winning a stage championship would make my life worthwhile."

"Indeed, a rider under the age of 18 who won a stage in his first Tour de France is definitely explosive news. He has a bright future ahead of him!"

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

It seemed as if Le Ang heard their shouts, or he might have discovered that several former champions behind him were catching up. In any case, when the second place runner was still more than a hundred meters away from him and he could just see him clearly, Le Ang finally started to speed up.

As the Tour de France champion for two consecutive times, Jonas Wenger is well aware that the dark horse newcomer in front of him must be exhausted. The distance between him and the newcomer is rapidly shortening, and there are less than two kilometers left to the finish line. Even if he starts to sprint now, Jonas Wenger is fully confident that he can outlast him.

"One hundred meters to go."

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

One minute later, with less than a thousand meters to the finish line, Jonas Wenger looked up again, wondering whether he had overtaken his opponent. However, he was surprised to find that the gap between him and Leon was almost two hundred meters.

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

"There are still 500 meters, 400 meters, and 300 meters to go. Let us congratulate Li Ang for winning the first stage!"

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

In the high school campus cafeteria, Eric's home, Hunyuan Martial Arts School... many places began to get excited and restless at the same time.

Charles, Julie and others basically did not attend classes since the first class in the morning, and watched them until lunch at noon, when they finally saw Leon leading 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 considering that Li Ang stopped several times during the race. Is he really a genius?"

This is a true reflection of what the vast majority of viewers are thinking.

And the honors that Li Ang won were not just the championship of the first stage. While wearing the yellow jacket for first place in the overall score, he also won the green jersey representing the sprint king and the white jersey for the best rider under 25 years old. He was wearing three honorary jerseys at the same time!

Just because of the competition rules, he could only wear the yellow jersey that symbolizes the first place in the overall score. Yellow is the color of the auto newspaper and also the color of the sun, so this vest is also called the sun vest.

The green and white jerseys 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 still 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 the vast majority of viewers who watch the Tour de France all year round, Li Ang must have placed all his bets on this stage, and he obviously reaped great success.

In the later stages, it will most likely not be possible to achieve the same performance due to excessive physical exhaustion on the first day.

This analysis does make sense. The distribution of physical energy is not just the distribution of physical energy within one stage. The entire Tour de France lasts for more than 20 days, and there are many mountain stages and rainy and snowy stages in the middle. It is naturally impossible to replenish all the energy by just sleeping.

Many professional drivers who pursue the sprint king title will adopt this tactic. In the flat road stage, they will exert their full strength to get the most sprint points, and in the middle mountain stage, they will start to play badly.

Riders who are not good at climbing will tacitly gather together in the mountain stages, climb the hills at a steady pace, and pick up riders who fall behind along the way, forming a large lagging group called a "bus."

An experienced driver will lead the "bus" to the finish line at a speed that is neither too fast to waste energy nor too slow to exceed the cut-off time.

In this way, after conserving physical strength in the mountain battle, you can show your prowess in the next battle on flat ground.

In their eyes, Leon would most likely adopt such tactics. In fact, this is also a behavior allowed by the rules.

Of course, there is another type of driver who wants the green jersey and the yellow jersey and wants to get all the honors he can get.

The only person in history who has received such an honor is the Belgian racing god Eddy Merckx. Because of his desire to win every award, the audience nicknamed him "Ogre". This way of running is also very rare in the history of the entire Tour de France.

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

Li Ang's outstanding performance today not only brought him a lot of attention, but also brought the Max team into the public eye.

Because of his leading position in the overall result, the Max team almost made it into the top ten.

You know, although it is only close to the top ten, it already means that there is a World Tour team that has fallen behind them in terms of team results.

The team manager Orsad was so happy that his team's rider won the championship. Even though it was only the first stage, it was still a championship and his name would be left in the history of the Tour de France!
Behind Li Ang's name is the team he belongs to. How can he not be excited?

When he met the manager of the Jumbo Racing team, Richard Peach, again, Orsad finally straightened up after bending over for a long time.

"Your team has really picked up a great treasure this time!"

Richard also looked at Orsad with a complicated expression.

In the middle of the race, he had already looked up 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 room of a private hospital, Loren Hansen's assistant was holding a tablet, preparing to report the news of the past two days to the manager who had just woken up.

(End of this chapter)