Almighty Athlete Chapter 428: For

The Tour de France is the most well-known cycling event in the world and one of the oldest sports events in the world. The Tour de France began in 1903, not too many years later than the modern Olympics.

Cycling is still very popular in Europe and the United States. When the domestic people began to take cars instead, Western Europe and even Americans felt that cycling is a very fashionable and environmentally friendly sport. Therefore, there are many road cycling races in Europe. In addition to the Tour de France, the Tour de Italy and Spain.

The Tour de France is held once a year, and the schedule is different every year. The starting point of this year is the province of Vendée in France, and the end point is still the Champs Elysees in Paris. Zhongtong will pass through Italy. A total of 22 teams participated in the Tour de France, including 18 teams meeting the standard and 4 wild card teams.

The registered teams of the International Bicycle Federation are divided into four levels: professional teams, intercontinental professional teams, intercontinental teams and national teams. Among them, professional teams automatically lock the Tour de France places, so there are only a dozen of them that can meet the standards of professional teams worldwide, while other intercontinental professional teams can only break the blood for the wild card quota. As for the Intercontinental Team and the National Team, they are not even qualified to participate in the Tour de France.

The Tour de France-level teams are generally disdain to participate in small competitions, such as the Tour of Qinghai Lake held in China. Although it is the top cycling event in Asia, it is not a level compared to Tour de France. Most of the Intercontinental professional teams are also members of the second team. At the level of the Taihu Lake cycling race, the Intercontinental professional team is not willing to send even the second team.

The threshold for participating in the Tour de France is not low. Generally speaking, if you want to participate in the Tour de France, you must first have a sponsorship fee of 8 million euros, plus the investment of various equipment and normal expenses during the competition. The French say less about 10 million euros, which is the minimum standard. However, considering that Tour de France has only one month, other races such as Italy and Spain also need to spend money, drivers need to pay, and daily training costs money, so a team burns 20 to 30 million euros a year. Funding is normal.

Formula 1 is hailed as the most money-burning sport in the world, but road bikes that pedal on two legs are not much less than the f1 on the accelerator. The cost of top-level cycling teams is greater than that of some weak teams in Formula One.

None of the teams that can participate in the Tour de France are poor. The 10 star guests invited by the organizers to help out, and the team was quite enthusiastic when auctioning places. After all, 20 to 30 million euros a year are available, and I don't care about spending more money to get a good reputation.

The ten guests also came from different fields, including four athletes. In addition to Zhang Guan and Zidane, there are French star Tony Parker and the retired Tour de France champion Andulan.

In addition, there are Atango, "Elven Prince" Orlando Bloom, Justin Timberlake, Jay-z and two business people.

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"90,000 euros! Did it exceed 90,000 euros, 90,000 euros! 90,000 euros for the first time! Oh, 901,000, 91,000 euros! The Katyusha team sold out 91,000 euros Euros! 92,000 Euros! Rapo Bank has 92,000 Euros! Is there any more than 92,000 Euros!"

The auctioneer holding a small hammer, like a hawker in a market, constantly peddling.

"One hundred thousand euros! The Belgian lottery team offered a price of one hundred thousand euros! One hundred thousand euros once! One hundred thousand euros twice!" The auctioneer lengthened his voice and then dropped his hammer violently.

"The deal! We thank the Lotto team for their contribution to the charity! Then in the first stage of the acquired Tour de France, Zhang Guan will wear the Belgian Lotto team uniform to participate in the race!"

The Belgian Lotto team was established in 1985. It is a veteran powerhouse in the Tour de France and a professional team that has always been veteran. One of the characteristics of this team is that it is very good at fan economy. Inside, there are many fans.

The equipment and racing of the Belgian Lotto team can be bought on their official website. Some domestic bicycle fans will also go to Haitao Belgian Lotto team equipment. Although the price is not cheap, it is a serious ring after all. French cycling equipment. And fans can also spend 50 Euros on the official website to become a shareholder of the Lotto team. Of course, such shareholders will not receive any dividends, but they can have a seat at the shareholders’ meeting and can pretend to be in the circle of friends. A coupon will also be given, which can also be discounted when shopping on the Lotto.

For a team that is good at attracting attention, it will definitely take one of the guest places. In the end, they chose the world’s most famous athlete Zhang Guan. Perhaps they feel that the European market is saturated and want to open up new Asia. market.

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In the opening ceremony of the Tour de France, all teams and drivers made their debuts. The team’s main drivers will be interviewed, and ten guests will also appear on the scene. In addition, there are some fancy performances and Some performances with French characteristics.

In the lounge, the vast majority of contestants are here. Officially prepared drinks and desserts for them. It has become a small gathering for drivers.

"Yesterday's auction was very lively, my idol Tom Cruise was here, and I took a picture with him!" a young driver said excitedly.

"Anduran, the old car king, also came. When he dominated Tour de France, I was just a ten-year-old kid. I didn't expect to play with him tomorrow!" said another.

"People are just riding for a period of performance, you think they are really like us, riding the whole journey!"

"It’s okay to ride for a while, but it’s the Tour de France five champion Andulan! Tomorrow see if there is a chance, Andulan and I will go side by side and find someone to take a picture for us to remember!" The man said rather longingly.

"Although Anduran has retired, he should have been working out without interruption, maybe he will be like us, riding the whole journey!"

“Impossible, even if Duran can ride the full distance, it is basically our speed. He is already 46 years old! Among these guests, it is estimated that only Tony Parker and Zhang Guan can ride the full distance! They Both are active athletes."

"Maybe Zhang Guan can catch up with our speed!" The young driver continued: "Don't forget that Zhang Guan is Chinese and China is the bicycle kingdom. I heard that Chinese people are born to ride bicycles."

"Zhang Guan? How old is he!" An outdated voice sounded, and everyone looked back and saw a brown man in his early thirties.

"Cadell Evans of the American bmc racing team!" Several young drivers looked at each other in awe. It is clear that the other party is a famous player.

Only Evans said disdainfully: "Bike Kingdom? If the Chinese really are so powerful, they would have won the Tour de France!"

"But I heard that Zhang Guan is proficient in many sports, and maybe his bike is also very good." A young driver interjected.

"No matter how powerful it is, it's only amateur level. Is it comparable to a professional rider!" Evans continued to show a disdainful expression: "Thanks to him not being a cyclist, if he is a cyclist, he will always only Can follow my butt! Troops, maybe he can’t even catch my back! Haha..."

"Caddell, you talk too much!" said a person next to him. It was Cadell Evans' teammate named Borghardt.

"Why, am I wrong?" Evans sneered: "Playing bicycles, they can't get their Chinese arrogance!"

"Cadell, stop talking!" Boghart grabbed Evans with his hand, and then made a color with him.

Evens looked into Berghart's eyes and found that behind the crowd, Zhang Guan didn't know when he had stood there. At this time, Zhang Guan had already put on the Belgian Lotto team uniform and was frowning at Evans. Obviously, he had heard what Evans had just said.

"Zhang Guan is here. When did he arrive? He was wearing a Belgian Lotto uniform. I really didn't pay attention to him. I can't help seeing his expression, I must have heard Evans just now!"

"It's hilarious now, Evans is just scolding him in front of Zhang Guan!"

"Will the two of them fight? Drivers and guests fight before the race, the Tour de France is the first!"

"If you really fight~IndoMTL.com~ we have to hide far away, don't forget, Zhang Guan killed a dozen heavyweight champions a week, it is estimated that one punch can knock Evans down !"

"It’s not your reminder, I really forgot. I don’t want to wait for a while now. Let’s stand by now, so as not to really hit the pond fish, we have to compete!"

While the drivers whispered, they involuntarily gave way to Zhang Guan.

However, after seeing Zhang Guan, Cardel Evans didn’t have any apologies, even a little embarrassment. Instead, he increased his voice: "Chinese people are not even qualified to participate in the Tour de France, You can only rely on the guests to show your face, don’t look at their billions of people who can ride bicycles, even if they are given 100 years, they will not get a Tour de France champion! I heard that Belgian Lotto spent ten on Zhang Guan Ten thousand euros, I want to see, this money is floating, China does not even have an intercontinental car, they do not understand the Tour de France at such a high level!"

Zhang Guan's brows are getting tighter and tighter, at this time he has heard that this Kader-Evans discourse is aimed at himself everywhere.

"When did I offend this person? Cardel Evans, I don't seem to know him! Without injustice, why did he openly target me?" (To be continued.)