Xiao Cong, a member of the Beijing GDR Team, has participated in 137 downhill races, won more than 43 championships, more than 22 runners-up, and more than 15 third places, which can be described as a regular on the podium of the domestic downhill race. So how did Xiao Cong achieve such an achievement? Let's follow the wild way network (www.wildto.com) to get to know this domestic rappel boss regular.
Contact Xiao Cong, who is in the second year of downhill
Born in 1997, Xiao Cong, like most boys, likes bicycles since he was a child, but he is more interested in cross-country. In 2013, through Tieba, Xiao Cong began to understand the knowledge of mountain bikes and bought an ordinary XC car. Driven by interest, Xiao Cong slowly moved the knife to this XC, all the accessories were changed over and over again, and the frame was also replaced by a hard-tail AM, so that Xiao Cong's first downhill car was born.
Xiao Cong during the time of the Speed Daukas Team
Champion of youth
For people who like to play with cars, changing to a better car is the only way for everyone. With the deepening of interest, and the requirements for upgrading the car are getting higher and higher, in 2015, Kaka saw Xiao Cong's enthusiasm for riding, sponsored Xiao Cong a real soft tail car, and then Xiao Cong was more endlessly practicing climbing the hill and flying bag.
Xiao Cong is a teammate with beijing GDR team
Xiao Cong, who plays at home, basically has championship income
Xiao Cong is in the GDL League Guangzhou station
Xiao Cong also had a good performance in guide downhill
With the rich riding experience and the advancement of technology, Xiao Cong participated in the Changsha Downhill League at the end of 2014, won the third place in the junior group, and took the stage for the first time, which also gave Xiao Cong more confidence, and since then slowly liked the feeling of the race, and then the inter-provincial competition. After having the results, it naturally attracted the team to throw an olive branch, in 2015 and 2017, Xiao Cong successively joined the Speed Daucas Team and the Beijing GDR Team, with the help of the team, Xiao Cong's competition range began to radiate all over the country, and Xiao Cong's figure could be seen in major downhill races across the country.
In addition to the driver, Xiao Cong is also a technician
Xiao Cong believes that to ride better, there must be a better performance of the car, so began to learn to tune their own bicycle, after accumulating over time, Xiao Cong's car repair technology has also improved, and gradually recognized, so in order to facilitate himself and the common hobby of the car, he opened a maintenance studio and a personal online shop in Changsha, usually also picked up some rear gall and fork maintenance business, selling some soft tail related accessories.
Xiao Cong's design of the pump road site
Hands-on Xiao Cong
In addition, he found that the existing cycling venues in Changsha could no longer meet the needs of individual cycling. In order to ride the car well, Xiao Cong also studied the construction of the site to renovate the original downhill line, and began to study the construction of the pump road from 2020, and he is currently building a second pump road site of his own design.
Xiao Cong made a short film for War Horse Drink last year
Xiao Cong was in Chongli Genting
Yongfeng is also Xiao Cong's blessed land, and he can win back the trophy in almost every race
Xiao Cong was in Yangtianwo, Sichuan
People who pay attention to Xiao Cong may find that they can hardly see him doing special training for the game, and he feels that if a person trains, in addition to physical fitness, the other roles are not large, and the improvement of technology still needs a group of people to play together to progress. Therefore, Xiao Cong's training rule is to train instead of races, and almost all the races he will come to the scene a few days in advance, familiarize himself with the track first, and then train with other players.
In the Yongfeng big package of breakthroughs again and again
Xiao Cong at mad Enduro malaysia
Downhill sports experience falling is inevitable, Xiao Cong once experienced a fracture of the collarbone, he frankly said that he was afraid of falling, so he should have a sense of awe. "Injuries can only prove the mistakes you have made, and only by making every ride safe can you go further on the road you ride." The purpose of the race is to have fun, the most important thing is not to fight for the results, the results of the downhill race are not to fight, but the accumulation of technology and experience, more participation in the race, more experience in various difficulties of the track, stable, do their best to run the race is the most important. ”
Interest is the best teacher, Xiao Cong believes that this sentence is also a good summary in the field of mountain downhill: "I have also seen some gifted enthusiasts, but it does not take long to play others, so talent is not the most important factor, you are persistent, practice makes perfect, the real technical embodiment is lasting accumulation, and the accumulation of quantity should be based on interest." ”
Excerpts from some of Xiao Cong's achievements:
2016 Guide International Downhill Invitational Champion of the Volkswagen Group
2017 "GDR" Dolomite Downhill Elite 3rd Place
2017 Carabao Mall Rappel Changsha Station Runner-up Flying Bag Third Place
2017 Xi'an Downhill Points League Second Elite Champion
2017 Lanzhou Downhill Points League Second Elite Champion
2017 Guide International Downhill Invitational Domestic Elite Group Runner-up 2x Racing Fourth Place
2017 Carabao Mall Downhill Race Chengdu Station Runner-up Champion of Flying Bag Competition
2017 Changsha Downhill Points League Third Race Elite Champion Flying Bag Competition Runner-up Night Race Runner-up
2017 Quanlin Asian Rappelling Invitational Sixth Place Domestic Ranking No. 1
2017 Hildesheng downhill third place
2017 Fei Rui Carnival Night Shenzhen Station Champion
2018 Yongfeng Mountain Bike Race First place in the Press-up Circle TimeKeeping Race and 3rd place in the Elite Group
2018 Beijing Downhill League Second Place Elite Group Runner-up
2018 Miyuan Genting Unchained Downhill Competition Open Group Runner-up
2018 Longling Songshan International Downhill Invitational Tournament Elite Group Third Place
2018 WarHorse Cycling Tour Nanjing Elite Champion
2018 WarHorse Cycling Tour Wuhan Elite Champion
2018 War Horse Cycling Tour Kunming Elite Champion
2018 Warhorse Cycling Tour Shijiazhuang Elite Group Champion
2018 Warhorse Cycling Tour Shenzhen Finals Third place in the domestic elite group
2018 Yongfeng Mountain Bike Park Winter Downhill Race Winner of the Tail Race
2019 GDR Carnival Enduro Champion, 3rd Place Elite
2019 Guide International Downhill Invitational Elite Sixth
Runner-up in the elite group of the 2019 Longling Songshan International Rappelling Invitational Tournament
2019 Malaysia MAD ENDURO Elite Group 10th place
2019 GDL Downhill National League Finals
Third in continental, runner-up champion and second in total points
2019 Yongfeng Golden Helmet Challenge Elite Champion
2020 Guangxi Downhill League First Race Elite Champion
2020 Changsha Downhill League Second Elite Champion
2020yto Chengdu Downhill League First Stage Elite Group Runner-up
2020 Yongfeng Rappelling League First Elite Champion
2020 Guangxi Downhill League Second Elite Group Champion
2020 Guizhou Qingzhen 1st Cycling Downhill Race Elite Group 3rd Place
GDL Guangdong Rappelling League First Elite Champion
2020 Yongfeng Rappelling League Second Elite Champion
Winner of the ENDURO Group of the 2020 TaiWu Mountain Downhill International Invitational Competition
2020 Secret Garden Genting · GDR Mountain Bike Carnival Elite Champion + ENDURO Champion
2020 GDL Guangdong Rappelling League Second Elite Champion
2020 Changsha Downhill League Third Elite Group Champion
2020 Yongfeng Rappelling League Finals Elite Champion
Runner-up in the elite group of the second leg of the 2020 Chengdu YTO Downhill Race
2020 GDL National Rappelling League Points Championship
2021 Yongfeng Rappelling League Second Elite Group Champion
Runner-up in the elite group of the second stage of the 2021 Guangdong Downhill League
2021 Yongfeng Rappelling League Third Elite Group Champion
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