Tan Hoai occupied the Yellow Shirt, and the Blue Shirt won the bicycle prize through Vietnam

The road from Lang Son to Hanoi this morning has not many steep passes, the weather is cool, so the racers compete at high speed. The riders could not dispute the final rank many times to try to get the top, but were unsuccessful because the crew of Ho Chi Minh City tried to protect the Yellow Shirt and the Blue Shirt for Le Nguyet Minh. Therefore, when moving to the capital, the whole group merged into one, and as usual, HCM City riders actively made tractors, creating speed to bring Le Nguyet Minh “war cock” into sprinting.

But the tactical plan of coach Do Thanh Dat this time failed, when the riders in Ho Chi Minh City could not create high speed to bring Nguyet Minh to the ideal range. Thus, two Dong Thap riders hiding from behind, Nguyen Tan Hoai and Tran Tuan Kiet, jumped up to sprint to decide to win the first and second positions of the leg. Nguyet Minh, out of breath, only finished fifth. The time of the race was 3 hours 14 minutes 46, reaching an average speed of 44,669 km / h.

With this victory, Tan Hoai always won the double title, with the Yellow Shirt and the Blue Shirt after four legs. “After three unsuccessful races, we aspire to have a victory to clear the mind and please the fans of our homeland. So today we set out two attacks, consisting of the riders. Tuan Kiet retired, and I hid behind Le Nguyet Minh to dispute. And we succeeded, “said Tan Hoai after finishing in Hanoi. “Furthermore, since the HCM City crew doesn’t have any racers to speed up to bring Minh into the retreat range, I also have more opportunities.”

After this stage, the White Shirt also changed hands from Thai Ngoc Hai (Vinh Long) to Tang Quy Trong (An Giang).

To lose two individual titles, but the Vinama HCMC team rose to the top of the team league. The next two teams are Dong Thap and Dong Nai respectively.

Tomorrow, April 10, riders compete for a 42.5 kilometer long leg around Hoan Kiem Lake.

The HTV 2021 Television Cup competition through Vietnam has a total prize fund of nearly 2 billion VND – the highest in history. 15 domestic teams participate, compete on a total route of 2,450 kilometers through 22 stages. The race departs from Cao Bang on April 6, and then finishes at the Independence Palace, Ho Chi Minh City on April 30.

Due to Covid-19, this year’s HTV Television Cup cannot invite foreign racing teams. But the tournament still has two veterans in Vietnam for a long time, Javier Sarda Perez (HCMC) and Loic Descriac (Dong Nai).

Dong Huyen