05 Apr 2022 | 04:55 | Football
The tournament officially kicked off on the morning of April 5 in Ha Long City (Quang Ninh) with the participation of 98 riders from 14 strong teams across the country. The riders will compete in 23 stages with a route of more than 2316 km going through the provinces and ending at noon on April 30 right in front of the Reunification Hall (HCMC). Russian foreign racer – Igor Frolov has brought the Ho Chi Minh team the first yellow shirt title when completing the individual distance of 4 km with a record of 4’39”02 – reaching an average speed of 51 , 609 km/h.
Entering the first race of 4 km timed individual race in Ha Long City, 98 riders took turns to start 30 seconds apart and calculate the achievement when completing the race distance to determine the yellow shirt for the stage. first race. Starting at the 34th run, driver Nguyen Tuan Vu (HCMC Vinama) completed the distance with a record of 4’46”05, driver Huynh Thanh Tung (Army Zone 7) overtook Nguyen Tuan Vu with achievement of 4’45”74, but through the 49th run, driver Quang Van Cuong (Loc Troi Group) took the lead with a record of 4’42”26.
The race for the first yellow shirt title was focused on foreign drivers of strong teams, and in the 90th runs of Igor Frolov (HCM Vinama) and the 92nd round of the French driver – reigning yellow shirt Loic Desriac (Dong Thap Domesco Pharmacy), took place very fiercely. With strong cadence and acceleration right after turning around at 2km, both put all their strength to go and reached very high speed when reaching the destination. With the best record of 4’39”02, driver Igor Frolov overcame rival Loic Desriac (4’09”10”) in just 08% of seconds to win the yellow shirt title of the first race for the HCMC team. . Third place is rider Quang Van Cuong, fourth place Huynh Thanh Tung and fifth place Nguyen Tuan Vu.
Racer Nguyen Van Binh (HCMC New Group) wore a white shirt for the best young driver when he ranked 13th and had the best performance. Driver Igor Frolov, along with Nguyen Tuan Vu and Nguyen Truong Tai (ranked 10th) brought Ho Chi Minh City Vinama team to the top of the team tournament after 14’15’68, second place of Loc Troi Group (more than 4’81). and third in Ho Chi Minh City New Group (more than 22”60”).
Tomorrow morning 6/4, the tournament will open and compete in the second stage running around Ha Long City, 64 km long. This is a short race and runs around, so it will promise attacks to break through and efforts to pull the top of the strong teams competing for the blue and yellow jersey titles right at the destination, so the speed of The race will be pushed up to more than 42 km/h. The fight at the destination will be very exciting and fierce between the riders of the Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Thap, An Giang and Dong Nai crews to dispute the stage rank and the title of the blue shirt of the tournament.
Competition route:
7/4: Stage 3: Ha Long – Hai Phong city 123 km long.
April 8: Stage 4: The race in Cat Ba District (Hai Phong) is 52.2 km long.
April 9: Stage 5: Hai Phong – Hai Duong – Hung Yen – Hanoi is 101 km long.
April 10: Stage 6: The race around Hoan Kiem Lake (Hanoi) is 42.5 km long.
April 11: Stage 7: Hanoi – Ha Nam – Ninh Binh – Thanh Hoa is 154 km long.
April 12: Stage 8: Thanh Hoa – Nghe An is 139 km long.
April 14: Stage 9: Nghe An – Ha Tinh – Phong Nha Ke Bang (Quang Binh) 207.5 km long.
April 15: Stage 10: Quang Binh – Quang Tri – Hue is 162 km long.
April 16: Stage 11: The Phu Xuan – Da Vien bridge race is 54 km long.
April 17: Stage 12: Hue – Da Nang is 113 km long.
April 18: Stage 13: Da Nang – Hoi An – Tam Ky (Quang Nam) 84 km long.
April 19: Stage 14: The Tam Ky city circuit is 50 km long.
April 21: Stage 15: Quang Nam – Quang Ngai is 90 km long.
April 22: Stage 16: Quang Ngai – Quy Nhon (Binh Dinh) 179 km long.
April 23: Stage 17: Quy Nhon – Tuy Hoa is 94 km long.
April 24: Stage 18: Tuy Hoa – Nha Trang city is 130 km long.
April 25: Stage 19: Timed Team Race in Nha Trang City, 32 km long.
April 27: Stage 20: Nha Trang City – Da Lat city is 136 km long.
April 28: Stage 21: The race on the banks of Xuan Huong Lake (Da Lat City) is 51 km long.
April 29: Stage 22: Da Lat City – Bao Loc City is 99 km long.
April 30: Stage 23: Bao Loc – Ho Chi Minh City is 155 km long.
