Pushing the car to help Tuan Kiet 'tear' the Blue Shirt of the TV cup
The race around the two bridges Trang Tien - Phu Xuan (Hue) with 20 laps, a total of 42km always has a high speed, averaging from 45 to 50km/h. In the past eight consecutive seasons, the victory at this stage has always called the names of the HCM City drivers, with four times by Le Nguyet Minh, three by Le Van Duan and one by Nguyen Truc Xinh. But today, when the Le brothers are absent, the monopoly position has been broken.
At the destination, foreign soldier Rikunov accelerated for about 200 meters to get ahead of Tuan Kiet by more than one body. But the Dong Thap Dopagan cyclist caught up right before the destination and then had a "push" push at the last moment to reach the finish line and win the opponent in a split second. This is Tuan Kiet's third victory through the first six stages of the cross-Vietnam cycling race for the Television Cup this year, and at the same time rose to "tear" the Blue Shirt from Rikunov himself by more than two points.
Tuan Kiet's dramatic victory took place after 54 minutes and 30 seconds, reaching an average speed of 46,239km/h). This racer considers the full support of the Dong Thap team, with Phan Hoang Thai and Loic Desriac forming an "arrow" at great speed, as a decisive factor in bringing him into the 200-meter range and then finishing first. . "I would like to thank my teammates, without this team of solidarity and hard work, it would be difficult for me to win," Tuan Kiet said.
Before that, the progress of the race was also interesting after the start signal when the small groups attacked left, but were chased by two An Giang crews - Loc Troi Group and Ngoc Troi Grain Rice - to bring the group in. prizes along the way (sprint 1). Here, the three best draw legs in Vietnam today are Tuan Kiet, Tan Hoai and Van Binh with the same dispute and the victory belongs to the 21-year-old young driver Nguyen Van Binh of Ho Chi Minh City New Group. After this award, the race team had a small group to leave and then racer Tran Thanh Quick of Ho Chi Minh City New Group withdrew to win sprint 2.
After that, the race team merged into a group to finish to offer spectacular sprints with the final victory for Tuan Kiet. In second place, Rikunov lost the Blue Shirt but kept the Yellow Shirt. The Russian foreign soldier praised the opponent: "I did my best, but obviously, Tuan Kiet has a great sprint to beat me. He is well deserved."
Other titles remained unchanged when Pham Le Xuan Loc of Military Region 7 wore the best young racer in White. This racer also holds the Orange shirt for the Vietnamese racer with the best record. And Phan Hoang Bao Tin of the Army holds the Red Shirt of the climbing king.
Domesco Dong Thap is leading the team tournament, while An Giang Loc Troi Group is second and Military Region 7 is third.
On the sidelines of today's race, sponsors gave 554 million VND to disadvantaged students and children and funds to build community works for funds and departments including: Hue Education Fund for studiousness; Hoa Mai Orphanage Center; Nguyen Chi Thanh Study Promotion Fund; Liaison for compatriots Thua Thien Hue in Ho Chi Minh City; Students with difficult circumstances in Huong Tra town Huong Thuy, Phu Loc, Phong Dien district and Hue city.
Tomorrow, April 9, the seventh stage race from Hue to Da Nang is 108.5 km long. This stage promises drama when the riders conquer three passes, Phuoc Tuong, Phu Gia and Hai Van.
