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

"My gosh, what did I see?"

The excited voice of broadcast commentator Jacques Durand sounded:

"Roy, the driver of Dadi Team, recovered from the 'yellow jersey' for another minute!"

"The gap between Roy and George has been shortened to less than 1 minute."

"Let's recall that after the crash on Stage 8, Roy was 17 minutes behind George."

"But now, the gap between them is less than 1 minute."

"This is only the 16th stage, and there are still four more stages of real competition!"

"At this stage of the Tour de France in previous years, it is basically obvious who will win the yellow jersey."

"This year, and this year," the narrator couldn't suppress the excitement in his voice, "it's still unknown who will win."

——Suspense has always been the reason why the game is the most attractive.

At the end of the 16th stage, the battle for the "yellow jersey" of this Tour de France has reached a fever pitch.

One of the competitors is the powerful Renault team, and the other is the small mid-range team Continental Team.

As for the drivers who compete directly, one is George Spark, who has been baptized in several Grand Tours and has rich experience;

The following stage 17 is the second stage of this Tour de France with a "super class" climbing track.

On the last "super class" track, Roy "solo" won the championship, beating George by as much as 6 minutes.

Because of this, the number of people who are optimistic about Roy has gradually increased, and Roy's odds of winning the yellow jersey in this competition are even very close to George's odds.

Renault was clearly on the mend.

During the interviews after the race, all Renault team members kept silent about the Dadi team or Roy, and refused to make any comments on this opponent.

Of course, there are still many people who firmly believe that George will eventually win the Tour de France——

"A young man under the age of 21 has surpassed the yellow jersey in both stages, and he must be flying very well!"

"Who knows if the yellow jersey is deliberately saving strength in the 16th stage? To prepare for the 17th stage?"

"Yes, who can wear the yellow jersey to the Champs-Elysees will be decided after the 17th stage."

Indeed, the chances of young people under the age of 26 winning the championship have always been small-otherwise the event organizers would not have set up a separate award for young people.

But just the "possibility" of Roy winning the championship has greatly inspired all the staff of the Dadi team.

Dadi Racing Team is as unpretentious as their team name.

In the history of the team, there has never been any player who has won honors other than the stage championship.

What are they doing now? ——They are making history!

On the night of the end of the 16th stage, the mechanics of the Dadi team checked all the vehicle equipment overnight to confirm that every tire and every gear of the vehicle were in good operation;

The logistics team carefully checked every ingredient to ensure that the team's diet and supplies would never go wrong.

The entire coaching staff is working hard, deducing various possibilities of the game, and making the final effort to formulate the team's tactics for the next day.

Victor called Roy into his room and asked, "Did you feel that the Renault team was deliberately targeting you during the race today?"

Roy nodded.

He was extremely aggrieved in the first stage of riding today, and every time he wanted to move forward, there would always be a "deputy general" from the Renault team stepping forward to hold his position.

Basically, he could only bear with it until the climbing stage, and took advantage of the opportunity of a curve to increase the hill to accelerate suddenly, and only then did he get rid of the lieutenants of the Renault team.

"But it's really stupid of them to do that."

Roy leaned lazily on the back of the chair, "It helped me save a lot of energy."

"I wish they would do the same tomorrow."

Stopping Roy in the main group just allowed Roy to take advantage of the influence of the airflow to ride for most of the distance with ease, and only exerted strength in the final stage.

Victor sat across from Roy, leaning his elbows on the computer desk, looking at Roy with his chin propped up.After watching for a long time, the head coach suddenly laughed with a "chi" and looked at Roy and said:

"Roy, tell me, have you never known what 'nervous' is?"

If Roy can catch up with the gap of more than 50 seconds tomorrow, he will wear the yellow jersey again, and it is very likely that he will be able to wear the jersey of this color until the finish line.

Roy is now so relaxed and freehand to comment on the aggressive rival team.

It was hard for Victor to imagine that his team had such a small player with a big heart.

Roy reached out and touched his head, thinking: I'm really sorry, I have won the Tour de France too many times-he really doesn't know what nervousness is.

"Then tomorrow..."

Victor looked at his "little" team members, and suddenly felt that he really didn't need to explain any additional "tactics". He could just let him perform on his own in tomorrow's terrifyingly difficult mountain stage.

Stage 17 ends in a small town called Meribe.This town is a ski resort - as you can imagine, the town is located in the Alps, connecting the town to the world outside the mountain through a road called "La Roz Pass".

This "Laroze Mountain Road" is the seventh highest alpine road in France.The uphill stage of the entire mountain road is 21.5 kilometers long, with an average slope of about 7.5%, but the steepest part reaches 24%, and the altitude reaches 2300 meters.

This is a veritable "super class" track.

The game looked very stalemate from the beginning.

Dadi Motorsport did not send any "rabbits" today, but drove a "train" for the first time.

The remaining six teammates of the team gathered around Roy and formed a "team". The team was led by the "second leader" Alex. Aspects separated Roy from his Renault rivals.

In order to ensure that Roy can win the yellow jersey in this stage, Dadi Racing Team gave up all possibilities of other honors.

All the teammates, under the leadership of Alex, guarded Roy diligently.

Before Roy was reborn, he was the leader and master of the team.In every key stage of the Grand Tour, his teammates guard him like this.

But now Roy finds that he is no longer used to this situation—since he was reborn and opened his eyes, he has gradually re-adapted to the life of a "rabbit", and fell in love with the kind of free racing at the front of the team, chasing The feeling of victory.

He suddenly thanked Victor for his three-year "rabbit" career in his previous life, which allowed him to deeply understand the team spirit while maintaining the original heart of always chasing victory.

Every step he has taken before, every minute of hard work he has endured, actually has an extremely important meaning-he should be grateful.

But now, his teammates are dedicating and sacrificing for him, hoping that he can bring their common vision and hope to win glory.

Rice's physical strength has been almost exhausted, and she is slowly retreating from the leading position.

"Roy, I said on the first day of the game that you can win the championship!" Before leaving, Rice did not forget to wish this young teammate who was originally the same as himself.

After about 20 kilometers, the sprinter Juan also slowly withdrew from the "train" and bid farewell to Roy.

"Dude, I really want to watch you cross the line with my own eyes!"

"But as far as my level is concerned, climbing the slope of HC is like... a public execution. Don't laugh at me later!"

The strength of the sprinter is not climbing, but Juan bravely led Roy for a long time today, climbing a small gentle slope.Now the physical strength really can't keep up.

Roy was full of gratitude, but his mouth was not serious: "Too modest! Who doesn't know that you climb slowly to let the audience and fans see you more, don't you? Handsome Juan?"

Juan burst into laughter immediately, and the laughter slowly fell behind, until Roy was some distance away from him, and the laughter continued in his direction.

In the end, when the "La Roze Mountain Road" and the snowy peaks in the distance appeared in front of him, Alex also completed his historical mission:

"Roy, it's all up to you from now on."

Roy nodded vigorously, knowing that from now on, he is the whole team.

He glanced at the Renault team beside him.

The Renault team is really full of masters and strong.

Until now, the Renault team had a four-seater "little train".

Roy kicked his feet and followed quickly, "hanging" behind George Spark.

George was obviously recharging his energy all the way. He tilted his head and saw Roy following him. He couldn't help turning his head away in disgust. He stepped up the pace as if he wanted to throw Roy away.

But Roy followed George like a dog's skin plaster, following him like a shadow, until they faced the "super-level" difficulty of the La Roz Mountain Road together.

At this time, the deputy general of the Renault team finally retired one more.The strength of the two sides has become a 3:1 comparison.

George looked back at Roy several times, and always saw him following behind him without pursuit.George's eyes seemed to ask: "What do you want?"

Roy grinned at George and shrugged, indicating that with his current physical strength, he could only follow behind George and the others.

George turned around suspiciously, not wanting to pay any attention to him.

However, Roy rushed very hard in yesterday's mountain stage and exhausted a lot of energy.

The Dadi team has a small number of drivers, and the help given to Roy is limited.

In George's view, Roy will definitely choose conservative tactics instead of launching an attack as soon as he enters "La Roz".

The ramp was getting steeper a little bit.

The track under their feet has been raised from the original 1-2% flat ground to a 5-6% slope.

But this is still a certain distance from the scariest 24% track.

Soldiers never tire of cheating—Roy thought to himself.

While showing weakness, he followed behind George, and the other two members of the Renault team had no way to get stuck in his position.

This is also thanks to what he learned when he was a "rabbit" in the Continental Team:

As a professional driver, he always wants to win, but he can suppress his temporary desire to win for the final victory.

Gradually, Roy seemed to fall behind.

He fell behind and fell into a position behind George where the opponent could not see him-the "blind spot".

At this moment, Roy suddenly fired his only "bullet".

He began to speed up suddenly, rushing forward from George's "blind spot".

Previously, Roy's "showing weakness" and falling behind were all to find George's "blind spots".

He is constantly observing George's habit of turning his head back, knowing that George is used to turning his head to the right, so his left rear is the best area for Roy to "invisible".

——This is a classic tactic in the road cycling race where one soldier wins more with less.

When he surpassed George, the opponent had no time to react, couldn't keep up with his rhythm, and couldn't stop him——

The three members of the Renault team saw that Roy's speed was getting faster and faster, and the gap between him and himself was getting bigger and bigger - but no matter how fast they accelerated, they couldn't keep up with Roy's rhythm.

He could only watch him helplessly, walking farther and farther on the mountain path with "horrific difficulty".