The Tour de France is the most well-known cycling event in the world and one of the oldest sporting events in the world. The Tour de France began in 1903, and is no longer a few years later than the Modern Olympics.

Bicycling is still very popular in European and American countries. When domestic people began to use cars to travel, Western Europe and even Americans felt that cycling was a very fashionable and environmentally friendly sport. Therefore, in Europe, there are many road cycling races. In addition to the Tour de France, the Tour de Italy and Tour de Spain are also very famous.

The Tour de France is once a year, and the schedule of each year is different. This year's starting point is the Vandé province of France, and the end point is still the Champs-Elysées in Paris. ZTO has to pass through Italy. A total of 22 teams participated in the Tour de France, including 18 qualified teams and 4 wild truck teams.

The registered teams of the International Cycling League are divided into four levels: professional teams, intercontinental professional teams, intercontinental teams and national teams. Among them, professional teams automatically lock in the Tour de France, so there are only a dozen people who can meet the standards of professional teams around the world, while other intercontinental professional teams can only kill wild card quotas. As for the intercontinental teams and national teams, they do not even have the qualifications to participate in the Tour de France.

Tour de France-level teams generally disdain to participate in small competitions. For example, the Qinghai Lake Cycling Race held in China. Although it is the top cycling event in Asia, it is not of the same level as Tour de France. At most, ordinary intercontinental professional teams also send members of the second team to participate. At the level of the Taihu Lake Cycling Race, the intercontinental professional teams are unwilling to send them to 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 receive a sponsorship fee of 8 million euros. In addition, the investment and normal expenses of various equipment during the competition, it is at least 10 million euros to participate in the Tour de France, which is the minimum standard. However, considering that the Tour de France only has one month, other events such as Tour de Italy and Spain also require money, drivers need to pay salaries, and daily training requires money, so it is normal for a team to burn 20 to 30 million euros a year.

Formula One is known as the most expensive sport in the world, but road bikes that rely on two legs are no less expensive than F1 that step on the accelerator. The expenses of top cycling teams are greater than those of some weak teams in Formula One racing.

None of the teams that can participate in the Tour de France are poor. The organizers invited 10 celebrity guests to help. The team was also very enthusiastic when the auction quota was taken. After all, they can get 20 to 30 million euros a year, and they don’t care about spending more money to buy a good reputation.

Ten guests also come from different fields, including four athletes. In addition to Zhang Guan and Zidane, there are French star Tony Parker and retired five-time champion Anduran.

In addition, Tomco, "Elf Prince" Orlando Bloom, Justin Timberlake, JAY-Z and two business people.

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"Ninety thousand euros! Is there more than 90,000 euros, ninety thousand euros! Ninety thousand euros for the first time! Oh, ninety thousand, ninety thousand euros, ninety thousand euros! Katyusha's team paid ninety thousand euros! Ninety thousand euros! Rapo Bank paid ninety thousand euros! Is there any higher than 92,000 euros!"

The auctioneer held the small hammer and kept hawking like a hawker in a market.

"100,000 euros! The Belgian Lotto team drove a price of 100,000 euros! One hundred thousand euros once! Two hundred thousand euros!" The auctioneer stretched out his words and then suddenly dropped the hammer.

"Trade! We thank the Lotto team for their contribution to charity! Then in the first stage of the Tour de France the day after tomorrow, Zhang Guan will wear the uniform of the Belgian Lotto team to participate in the competition!"

The Belgian Lotto team was founded in 1985. It is a veteran team in the Tour de France and a long-established professional team. One of the major features of this team is that it is very good at engaging in the fan economy, so there are many fans in Europe and even around the world.

The equipment and racing of the Belgian Lotto team can be purchased on their official website. Some domestic bicycle fans will also go overseas to buy the equipment of the Belgian Lotto team. Although the price is not cheap, it is the serious Tour de France equipment after all. Moreover, car fans can also spend 50 euros on the official website to become shareholders of the Lotto team. Of course, such shareholders will not receive any dividends, but they can have a seat at the shareholders' meeting, pretend to be in the circle of friends, and will also give away a coupon. You can also wait and see and shop in Lotto.

For a team that is good at attracting attention, they will definitely take a picture of one of the guests. In the end, they chose Zhang Guan, the world's most famous athlete, perhaps because they felt that the European market was saturated and wanted to open up a new Asian market.

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

In the lounge, most of the contestants are here, and the official prepared drinks and desserts for them, which has become a small gathering for the drivers.

"Yesterday's auction was very lively. My idol Tomp Cruise has arrived, and I even took a photo with him!" a young driver said excitedly.

"The old car king Anduran is here too. When he dominated the Tour de France, I was just a ten-year-old child. I didn't expect to compete with him tomorrow!" Another person said.

"They just ride a show-oriented ride for a while, and you thought they were really the same as us, and they rode the whole ride!"

"It's good to ride for a while, that's Anduran, the five champion of the Tour de France! Let's see if there is any chance tomorrow. Anduran and I will go hand in hand and find someone to take a photo for us as a souvenir!" The man said in great anticipation before.

"Although Anduran has retired, he must have been exercising without interruption. Maybe he will ride the whole journey like us!"

"It's impossible. Even if Anduran can ride the full range, it's basically as fast as ours. He is already 46 years old! Among these guests, only Tony Parker and Zhang Guan can ride the full range! They are both active athletes."

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

"Zhang Guan? Who is he?!" An inappropriate voice sounded, and everyone looked back and saw a brunette man in his early thirties.

"It's Cardel Evans of the American BMC Racing Team!" Several young drivers looked awe-inspiring, and it was obvious that the other party was a very famous player.

Evans said with disdain, "Bicycle Kingdom? If the Chinese were really that powerful, they would have won the Tour de France championship long ago!"

"But I heard that Zhang Guan is proficient in many sports, and maybe his bicycle level is also very good." A young rider interrupted.

"No matter how powerful he is, he is only an amateur level. Can he be as good as a professional rider?" Evans continued to show a disdainful expression: "Thanks to him that he is not a cyclist. If he is a cyclist, he will always be able to follow my butt! The army, maybe he can't even catch my back! Haha..."

"Cadell, you're talking too much!" said a person next to him. He was Kader Evans' teammate named Boghart.

"Why, am I wrong?" Evans snorted coldly: "It's not their turn to play with bicycles, but the Chinese are arrogant!"

"Cardel, stop talking!" Boghart grabbed Evans with his hand, and then colored him.

Evans looked along Borghart's eyes and found that Zhang Guan had stood there at some point behind the crowd. At this time, Zhang Guan was already wearing the Belgian Lotto team uniform and was frowning at Evans, obviously he had heard Evans's words just now.

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

"It's so lively now. Evans is cursing him in front of Zhang Guan!"

"Will the two of them start to fight? The driver and the guests fight before the race, it's the first time the Tour de France!"

"If we really fight, we have to hide far away. Don't forget that Zhang Guan killed more than a dozen heavyweight boxing champions in one week, and I guess he could knock Evans down with one punch!"

"It's not your reminder. I really forgot. I don't think I'll wait for a while. Let's stand aside now, so as not to really fight and get into trouble. We still have to participate in the competition!"

While the drivers were talking in a low voice, they involuntarily made a way for Zhang Guan.

However, after seeing Zhang Guan, Kader Evans did not apologize, and even felt embarrassed at all. Instead, he louder his voice: "The Chinese are not even qualified to participate in the Tour de France, and they can only rely on guests to show their faces. Don't look at them who have more than one billion people who can ride bicycles, even if they give them 100 years, they will not win a Tour de France championship! I heard that Belgian Lotto spent 100,000 euros on Zhang Guan. I want me to see, this money is wasted, and China does not even have an intercontinental car. They can't understand such a high-level event as the Tour de France!"

Zhang Guan's brows became tighter and tighter. At this time, he could have heard that the words of Cader Evans were targeting him everywhere.
Chapter completed!