Tran Tuan Kiet won again the 2023 cross-Vietnam cycling tournament

The route from Thanh Hoa to Nghe An is 140 km long and continues to see the racers of two An Giang teams - Loc Troi Group and Gao Giac Troi - line up to protect the Yellow and Blue Shirts for Petr Rikunov at the same time. ambition to take the team throne. Therefore, the racers of Ho Chi Minh City, Military Region 7, Vinh Long attacked to find opportunities to compete for prizes along the way (sprinnt).

In sprint 1 in Nghi Son town, Thanh Hoa, Ho Chi Minh City New Group driver Nguyen Van Binh excelled in the first place. Dopagan Dong Thap member Tran Tuan Kiet finished second, while Quang Van Cuong of Loc Troi Group finished third.

The team then attacked to separate the group to head for sprint 2 in Dien Chau, Nghe An. The first two people in this sprint are Dang Van Bao Anh (620 Chau Thoi Vinh Long) and Diep Thai Hoang (Military zone 7). Bao Anh's teammate Tran Khanh Duy finished third.

The race then became interesting when the two teams of Dong Thap - Domesco Pharmaceutical and Dopagan - fiercely attacked to tear apart the An Giang squad, bringing "Sprint King" Tran Tuan Kiet to the first prize. Despite possessing speed riders such as Tan Hoai, Roman Maikin, Petr Rikunov, An Giang still could not prevent the opponent from reaching the goal. Tuan Kiet strongly surpassed Tan Hoai and Rikunov in the last meters to reach the finish line when the clock hit 3 hours 13 minutes 14 seconds, reaching an average speed of 41,918km/h. This Dong Thap runner won the second race in this year's race for the second time, and for the third season in a row won the races from Thanh Hoa and Nghe An of the Television Cup.

Victory in Nghe An helped Tuan Kiet shorten the gap with Blue Shirt Petr Rikunov to two points. "The Blue Shirt race is still long and difficult to say in advance, but I also want to intervene to make it more attractive," Tuan Kiet said after the race.

In the third place, Rikunov continued to wear the Yellow Shirt and widened the gap to 11 seconds compared to Pham Le Xuan Loc (Military Zone 7). And Xuan Loc still wears a white shirt for the young rider and an orange shirt for the most impressive Vietnamese cyclist.

Tomorrow, April 5, riders will compete in stage 4 from Nghe An to Quang Binh with a length of 197.4km. This is the longest stage and the riders have to conquer the Ngang pass.