Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg celebrates his victory in the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on Sunday. Photo: IC Nico Rosberg won a dramatic Australian Grand Prix on Sunday after a bungled tire strategy dashed Sebastian Vettel's chances of a season-opening triumph and Fernando Alonso survived a spectacular crash that left his McLaren wrecked.
Rosberg's 15th Formula One victory was also his fourth in succession after the -German Mercedes driver won the final three races of last season.
Pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton battled back to secure a Mercedes one-two after the defending world champion recovered from a chaotic start that pushed him back to sixth at the first turn to finish 8 seconds behind his team mate.
Four-time world champion Vettel came third for Ferrari after leading for much of the race nike air vapormax hombre baratas , but the German's victory hopes -faded with an aggressive tire strategy that fell flat -after the race was halted due to Alonso's crash.
Ferrari enjoyed a brilliant start, with Vettel able to carve through the front row occupying Mercedes duo on the run to the first turn.
His Finnish teammate Kimi Raikkonen also got off to a flyer and he darted up the side to claim second place as Rosberg's rear left tire made contact with Hamilton's front wing.
Vettel appeared poised for an unlikely win but the race turned on its head when Alonso crashed into Haas driver Esteban Gutierrez at high speed going into Turn 3 of the 18th lap.
The Spaniard's car careened into a barrier and was smashed to pieces before it flipped, rolled and flew end-over-end into another -barrier.
Alonso walked away from the wreckage but the red flag came out to halt the race for around 10 minutes as track staff swept away debris and repaired the barriers.
During the break, Mercedes opted to run both cars on medium compound tires and rode them to the finish, while Ferrari took the more aggressive route, sticking with their super-softs nike air vapormax hombre , which were quicker but ultimately required another stop.
The mistake proved costly and was compounded when Vettel's next tire change was botched, while Raikkonen's race was over on Lap 23 when an engine failure forced him out and he reached the pits with flames shooting out of the top of his car.
New team Haas, the first American--owned F1 outfit to race in 30 years, celebrated points on -debut, with Frenchman Romain Grosjean finishing sixth behind Red Bull's fourth-placed Daniel Ricciardo and Felipe Massa in a Williams.
Alonso felt lucky to be alive -after walking away from the crash.
"I'm OK, I'm trying to put -everything in place again nike air vapormax grises baratas ," the 34-year-old told Sky Sports in the -paddock after Rosberg won the race.
"It was a scary crash. Lucky to be here and happy to be here, and thankful to be here - especially to the [governing body] FIA and all the safety, thanks to that probably I'm alive."
Race control said Alonso's contact with Gutierrez would be investigated but the -Spaniard said neither driver was to blame.
By Sportswriters Li Yafang, Li Linhai
XINING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Cycling has been an inseparable part in Dong Xiaoyong's life since he was 16. Since that time, he tasted both joy and bitterness because of his passion for the sport.
"I am 30 this year nike air vapormax grises ," said Dong with a concerned expression, "an age a little bit old for a rider, but I'll never give up cycling."
Dong, a rider from the Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team, was born in 1988 in northwest China's Qinghai. As a son of a former cyclist, he was attached to his bicycle from a very young age.
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That bicycle became Dong Xiaoyong's childhood companion, guiding him on his cycling journey.
In 2004, after Dong graduated from middle school, he went to the Qinghai Sports School and started training as a cyclist with the school's cycling team.
Although the training was tough, and the future was unknown nike air vapormax negras , he insisted on pursuing his dream.
"It was really hard at the very beginning. We had to run around 10 kilometers and ride about 60 to 150 kilometers each day, rain or shine," Dong recalled.
"After a whole day's training, my bottom hurt, and my head ached. I couldn't even climb to my bunk bed," he said.
All those pains have since turned out to gains. Dong's diligence paid off.
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Ten years later in 2016 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Dong was awarded Blue jersey as the Best Asian Rider in stage one.
He has become a professional cyclist and also the pride of his team and his family. For those years, as long as Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team joins Tour of Qinghai Lake, Dong's father went to the starting point and presented each rider a hada, a long nike air vapormax azul , scarf-like white silk used by the Tibetans for blessings.
TOGETHER, WE WIN
In 2008, Dong went to Switzerland for training. That overseas journey improved his skills a lot, and brought him a lifelong friend and future teammate as well.
The active and outgoing Chinese boy made many friends in Switzerland. The Venezuelan rider Yonnatta Monsalve was one of them.
Although they spoke different languages, one Spanish, and the other Chinese www.vapormaxbaratas.es , they had no problem understanding each other. Eye contacts or gestures are enough for exchanging information.
On May 2017, these two close friends finally met in China and became teammates.
Yonnatta was officially signed as a rider of Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team.
"I was surprised and excited when I heard that Yonnatta would join our team. It's really good to fight shoulder to shoulder for honor of our .