Nyob hauv cov duab: Kev zoo siab ntawm kev sib tw hauv plawv nroog London's Square Mile
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Kev yees duab: Matt Ben Stone
Rau cov neeg saib sawv ntawm lub kerbside, txoj kev sib tw tau ploj mus ib ntus. Ib qho tseem ceeb, ntawm qhov tod tes, yuav ncig ib qho kev kawm luv luv 20 zaug, tsim kom muaj kev sib haum xeeb thiab txaus siab rau cov neeg saib.
Koj tuaj yeem sawv tawm ntawm qhov chaw ntawm qhov thaiv thiab saib txhua yam nthuav dav, txij li kev tawm mus rau qhov kawg kev sib tw, thaum lub sijhawm nws yuav siv los ua ib lub pint.
Nyob hauv London, cov qauv txheej txheem tau nrov los ntawm Nocturne, uas tau pib hauv npias thiab cov ntshav tawg ib puag ncig ntawm Smithfield Meat Market hauv 2007.
Nws yog lub tswv yim ntawm Grant Young, tus tswv ntawm lub khw Condor Racing nto moo ntawm Grey's Inn Road.
'Nws yog ib yam Rapha's Simon Mottram thiab kuv xav txog,' nws hais. 'Peb xav ua kom muaj kev sib tw ua si hauv nruab nrab ntawm London.
'Nws siv sijhawm ob xyoos los tawm hauv av vim tias txhua zaus peb mus rau tub ceev xwm lossis chaw lag luam hauv nroog, nws yog, "Tsis yog, peb yeej yuav tsis tso cai."
'Lawv tuag tawm tsam nws thiab peb tau tawm tsam thiab tawm tsam. Thaum kawg lawv cia peb ua. Thawj hmo nws ntws los tab sis cov neeg coob coob tawm tuaj thiab peb tau mus txij li ntawd los.'
Ntau xyoo kev sib tw tau nyiam cov neeg caij tsheb xws li Mark Cavendish, Laura Trott, Matthew Goss, Alex Dowsett, Geraint Thomas thiab Sarah Storey.
Ntxiv nrog rau kev nyiam cov npe loj, muaj tag nrho cov kev lom zem nyob ib ncig ntawm qhov kev tshwm sim tseem ceeb, suav nrog kev sib tw tsheb kauj vab npau taws npau taws, kev sib tw nyiaj npib thiab TfL kev caij tsheb kauj vab caij tsheb kauj vab, nrog rau kev sib tw amateur thiab cov neeg tseem ceeb.
Qhov kev tshwm sim tau loj hlob ntau heev uas nyob rau xyoo 2016, tom qab kev kub ntxhov los ntawm tub ceev xwm vim muaj coob tus neeg saib, cov haiv neeg yuav tsum tau tsiv ntawm txoj kev mus rau Cheapside, nyob rau hauv ntxoov ntxoo ntawm St Paul lub Cathedral.
Nyob ntawm no yog Cyclists tau tuaj saib 2018 tsab nyob rau hmo ntuj sov lub rau hli ntuj.
Tau tog pib
Tom qab qhov tshiab ntawm cov xwm txheej thaum ntxov thiab qhib cov txheej txheem, kev sib tw yeej kub siab nrog cov txiv neej thiab poj niam kev sib tw ruaj khov.
Kev sib tw mus sij hawm ntev ntawm Nocturne, cov neeg caij tsheb raug mob nyob ib puag ncig lub voj voog nruj ntiv tes los ntawm cov teeb meem, thiab nws yog qhov kev sib tw sib tw ua rau txhua qhov zoo siab dua vim tias tsis muaj brakes.
Tam sim tom qab kev sib tw poj niam qhib, peb taw kub taw rau hauv qhov chaw uas peb pom tus neeg sib tw ncaws pob Niki Kovács tig rau nws cov menyuam caij tsheb kauj vab me ntsis.
Nws nyuam qhuav ua tiav rau pem hauv ntej ntawm kev sib tw fixie, tsis tau nws kuj tau teem caij caij Elite Criterium, uas pib tsawg dua ib teev.
Tsis yog qhov no ua rau nws tawv tawv xwb, nws tseem ua rau nws paub tias yog tus neeg zoo tshaj plaws los piav qhia qhov sib txawv ntawm kev qhuab qhia.
'Qhov kev tshwm sim tas tsis yog kev sib tw khiav thiab tsis yog kev sib tw,' nws hais rau peb.
'Nws ntog qhov chaw nyob nruab nrab. Kuv tau ua kev sib tw courier thiab nws nyob ze rau cov ntawd. Cov tactics yog nruj dua.
'Koj yuav tsum tawm tsam ntau dua rau koj cov ces kaum thiab nws nyuaj rau nyob. Koj tsis muaj brakes yog li koj yuav tsum tau hloov qhov sib txawv. Yog tias ib tug neeg hloov cov kab ntawd tsawg dua koj tuaj yeem ua rau nws.'
Thaum qhov tsis muaj callipers ntxiv qhov nyuaj rau cov neeg caij tsheb, yog li cov neeg tseem ceeb racers yuav tsum tau sib cav nrog lub teeb fading.
Thaum lub sijhawm Kovács tab tom tawm mus rau nws qhov kev sib tw thib ob nws pib tsaus ntuj.
Cyclist coj txoj haujlwm ntawm ib qho ntawm ntau qhov chaw saib xyuas kev sib tw. Tawm ntxov los ntawm kev kub ntxhov kom caij tsheb mus rau pem hauv ntej thiab tawm ntawm qhov pom hauv qhov tsaus ntuj yog Louise Heywood-Mahé ntawm Les Filles.
Nws mus yeej yeej tom qab yuav luag ib teev ntawm qhov kev txiav txim.
'Kuv nyuam qhuav ua raws li kuv mus,' ib tug tseem dazed-saib Heywood-Mahé qhia peb sai li sai tau thaum kev sib tw tiav.
'Kuv pom lub sijhawm los tawm tsam. Thaum nws ua haujlwm kuv xav tias, "Auj wow, qhov no yog ntxov me ntsis." Kuv xav tias yuav raug ntes tab sis kuv tsis ua li ntawd kuv tseem plowing rau.
'Kuv tsis siv lub computer yog li kuv tsis paub tias kuv tau ncaim mus ntev npaum li cas. Nws tsis yog txog thaum kuv pom lub lapboard peb-rau-mus uas kuv xav tias kuv yuav ua tau.'
Tej zaum nrhiav kev ua raws li nws, Robert Scott ntawm Pab Pawg Wiggins kuj hares tawm thaum ntxov ntawm cov txiv neej haiv neeg.
Tsis muaj sijhawm nws yog ob peb lub sijhawm ua ntej, thiab Pab Pawg JLT-Condor coj qhov kev sib tw hauv kev sim rub lawv tus txiv neej, tus yeej Olympic thiab tus yeej Ed Clancy, mus rau qhov kawg sprint.
Rov qab los ua ke nrog ob peb lub laps mus rau nws zoo li yog qhov yeeb yam tau khiav mus rau ib tsab ntawv sau los ntawm pab pawg London-based, tsuas yog Tom Pidcock tus dash rau kab hem kom tsis kam lees lawv.
'Hauv cov txheej txheem, yeej tsis muaj ib txoj kev npaj ua ntej kev sib tw. Nws yog ib rooj plaub uas tau txais koj tus kheej mus rau pem hauv ntej thiab hmoov zoo cov tub, ' Pidcock piav qhia tom qab hla txoj kab thib ob.
'Tej zaum peb tsis tau txais cov tswv yim zoo hmo no.'
Thaum kawg nws yog Clancy uas ua rau nws pab neeg siv zog los ntawm kev sib tw zaum kawg. 'Nrog peb plaub tus neeg caij tsheb sib tw thiab kuv zaum, nws yuav tsum tau ncaj nraim, tab sis qhov tseeb koj tau tsoo thiab cov neeg caij tsheb sib tsoo.
'Nov yog xyoo peb uas kuv tau caij kawm tshiab. Thawj ob xyoos kuv tawm tsam, tab sis hnub no kuv tuaj zoo, 'Clancy hais.
'Nws yog ib haiv neeg tshwj xeeb,' nws ntxiv. 'Qhov tsaus ntuj ntxiv rau lwm theem ntawm kev nyuaj, ua rau nws nyuaj rau qhia qhov twg tib neeg nyob hauv chav kawm.
'Ib zaug Rob tau mus nws tawm ntawm qhov pom sai heev. Kuv yuav tsum tau mus nrhiav lub taillights ntawm lub koob yees duab maus taus saib seb nws nyob qhov twg.
'Nws tuaj yeem ntxhov siab sim saib seb koj yuav mus qhov twg thiab koj xav tias koj mus li peb zaug nrawm npaum li koj nyob. Nws tag nrho ntxiv rau qhov cua thiab kev xav nrawm.'
nyuaj haiv, tab sis zoo saib rau cov kiv cua.
Raws li peb tos rau qhov kev nthuav qhia podium, peb pom Heywood-Mahé swb gin thiab tonic rau hauv nws lub raj mis dej ua ntej nce mus rau kev xam phaj los ntawm TV koob yees duab.
Nws zoo li ib qho piv txwv zoo li ib qho ntawm Nocturne kev sib xyaw ua ke ntawm kev sib tw loj thiab kev ua kom zoo.
