one name so he actually stayed away for from for laon so this tells me everything that he wanted to get laon booked so he could play against him and my god if you're the best plan the world the most expensive expensive play in the world that's not how you play then you take on anyone you have ever seen her now though i mean we're now the did it when he was very very young but learned quickly that that's not the way to do it he had a really good manager alex ferguson who said to him i don't want to see that if you don't stop to find another club i've ever seen messi to the top players to see harry kane do stuff like that you know another top player pick you see moderate joe . you see all these big big players who when they go on the pace they perform and produce for their teams. you see them do that and just to take the brazilian team the best player for me today was fantastic performance dangerous obviously created the first goal was in the first goal you see him through it to see continue through it to see from him you do it to see any of the other guys doing it no we don't. think this

. >> reporter: cyclist laon craddock from houston texas can say he did it, crossing the finish line in his very first tour de ance a childhood dream he never imagine wod come true like this. on day one, lawson icrashed. >>ent rocketing off the side of the road. i could tell sething was wrong. >> reporter: with a broken shoulder, he persisted. >> i put too much work t in get here just to go home after day one. i will s how i feel and give it my best shot tomorrow. >> reporter: despite the agony, lawson kept going. he pledged $100 a day to rebuild the track back home in houston where he trains, destroyed in hurricane harvey. fans chipped in, and tonight the total is over $180,000. today, craddock'sast place finish wasn't even captured on camera, but he had already showe world a different way to win. kelly cobiella, nbc news. >>> a historiclection for zimbabwe is underway that could determine the country's future forears to come. you are looking at the enormous lines a polling situations in that rar ioa, the ns capital. this is the nation's first election without meg bay on the ballot aft