Curator Nguyen Thi That lost the Yellow Shirt of the Thai prize
After the second stage won like splitting bamboo, Nguyen Thi That always wore four shirts including: Yellow, Blue, Red and Purple. The Vietnamese team entered the final stage today, April 10, from Rayong to Dok Krai Reservoir, 89km long with the task of defending the titles for the number one cyclist.
The mission seemed to go smoothly, right from the first prize point along the way (sprint1). Here, with the intention of rising, Maneephan Jutatip launched a sprint to capture the Blue Shirt, but Real responded promptly when "getting out of the car" to withdraw the home driver's brake. Winning at this important point helps Real strengthen the position of the Blue Shirt and smash Jutatip's ambition to attack.
After firmly grasping the Blue Shirt, the Vietnamese cyclists took the initiative to take the team away at a slow pace to recuperate. But because of holding so many titles, other racing teams find ways to attack "torn". In which, the host teams, along with Korea and Malaysia, continuously attacked and won sprint2 and sprint3.
About 20km from the finish line, the Korean racers occupied continuously. The cyclists of Thailand and Malaysia also often "go to the car" causing the Vietnamese squad to be disturbed. Taking advantage of a slope, two Korean drivers Lee Eunhee and Na Ahreum escaped from the crowd, dragging host drivers Chaniporn, Delia Ayustina (Indonesia) and Nur Aisyah (Malaysia).
This group of five riders united at high speed, stretching the group behind at times to a distance of two minutes. Realizing the disadvantageous situation, the Vietnamese racers in the back worked continuously, even Real had to take the lead, making the tractor go at high speed. However, she still could not join the first group when the Southeast Asian racers "helped" pull the Korean racers to the finish line.
There, Lee Eunhee took first place, Delia Ayustina took second and Nur Aisyah third. Despite their best efforts, the Vietnamese racers only reached the finish line after nearly a minute.
With this result, Lee Eunhee rose to win the final Yellow Vest with a time of 6 hours 2 minutes 38 seconds. Nguyen Thi That fell to personal fifth with a time of 6 hours 3 minutes 13 seconds.
Nguyen Thi That also lost the Purple Ao Dai – the best Southeast Asian racer to Nur Aisyah (Malaysia).
Despite losing the noble title, Nguyen Thi That also consoled with the title of Blue Shirt, giving the best sprinter with 51 points, 6 points more than Jutatip. An Giang girl also won the red dot shirt for the best mountain biker.
Tour of Thailand is a professional race in the competition system of the UCI Asian Tour 2023. The tournament takes place from April 8 to 10 with 3 short races of 70km, 82.2km, 89km respectively and with relatively flat terrain. flat, few slopes. Besides Vietnam and the two hosts Thailand, the 2023 Tour of Thailand also has nine other racing teams, including the women's teams Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Korea, Taiwan, and four Fisherman's Friend clubs (Thailand). , Kitchen Queen (Thailand), Cervelo – Zypyrack (Australia), Sichuan Cycling Team (China).
The Vietnamese women's bicycle team is led by Huynh Van Chanh and Dang Trung Hieu with five riders including Nguyen Thi That, Nguyen Thi Thi, Nguyen Thi Thu Mai, Bui Thi Quynh and Lam Thi Kim Ngan. This is considered an important rehearsal for the team to prepare for the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia.
