The 21-year-old cyclist won the longest leg of the cross-Vietnam cycling tournament
The route from Nghe An to Quang Binh has the longest and harshest route in the race. The cyclists traversed 197.4km in sunny weather, with high winds and had to conquer Ngang Pass. This difficulty led to the fact that the race team split into several groups to finish, in which the last group finished 15 minutes after the first person finished.
Like the previous two stages, in order to protect the Yellow Shirt and the Blue Shirt for Petr Rikunov, the two An Giang crews - Loc Troi Group and Gao Giac Pearl Troi - continued to line up, and thanks to that, the riders were not affected. attack class escape forward. Tran Khanh Duy, from crew 620 Chau Thoi Vinh Long, Phan Tan Vu (Rice Seeds of Heaven), Ha Kieu Tan Dai (Binh Minh Binh Duong Plastics) respectively won the first prize along the way. By the second sprint, these three drivers still won the prize, but Tan Dai finished first, Khanh Duy finished second and Tan Vu third.
After 120km, the first group entered Ngang Pass and Phan Hoang Bao Tin (Army) attacked bravely to reach the top of the pass first, wearing the first Red Shirt of the tournament. The second place to climb the pass is Phan Cong Hieu (Kenda Dong Nai), Tran Khanh Duy comes in third.
After going down the pass, the HCM City racers including HCM City Vinama and HCM City New Group actively attacked and dragged some other riders to separate the top and destroy the strength of the An Giang racers. Ho Chi Minh City's continuous attack helped them bring back the initial results, when they eliminated Tran Tuan Kiet - the driver who won the previous two races was left behind in the last group. In the third sprint, Nguyen Pham Quoc Khang (Dong Nai) won against Nguyen Van Nha (Military zone 7), while Tran Thanh Dien (Vinama HCMC) finished third.
After the awards along the way, the race team formed three groups, in which the HCMC racers continuously attacked and Nguyen Minh Viet (HCMC Vinama) and Nguyen Truc Xinh (HCM City New Group) escaped while still far from the finish line. about 20km. Or this rider and the same crew unanimously take turns creating speed and keeping a distance from the following group for about 20 seconds to reach the finish line.
Because Tran Tuan Kiet was lagging behind the last group, Dong Thap was not interested in increasing his speed and An Giang had also worn out his physical strength, so he could not bring sprint kings like Roman Maikin, Nguyen Tan Hoai to the sprint. In contrast, HCM City's efforts paid off when Nguyen Van Binh (HCMC New Group) pressed the pedal to pass Loic Desriac (Dong Thap) in an instant to win the race for the first time. The third place is Nguyen Truc Xinh. The total time of the stage is 4 hours 44 minutes 11 seconds, the average speed is 41,593km/h.
"I am very happy to win the longest race of the Television Cup. I tried to cross the Ngang pass to finish at the top and win the race", Van Binh shared. "Thank you to my teammates who broke the opponent's strength so that I could get this opportunity. This is the victory of the entire Ho Chi Minh City cycling team, helping us relieve the pressure after the last few races."
With the first place, Nguyen Van Binh earned 15 more points to get a total of 33 points, entering the Blue Shirt dispute group with Petr Rikunov (35 points) and Tran Tuan Kiet (33 points), Nguyen Tan Hoai (31 points).
After the fourth stage Petr Rikunov still wears the Blue and Yellow Shirt, 18-year-old driver Pham Le Xuan Loc (Military Zone 7) wears the best young racer in White. This cyclist also holds the Orange shirt for the Vietnamese racer with the best record.
In the team tournament, Domesco Dong Thap is leading, Loc Troi Group and Military Zone 7 are in the next two positions, respectively.
Tomorrow, April 6, the fifth stage race from Quang Binh to Hue is 162.5km long.
