The French crab won the Yellow Shirt in the final tournament through Vietnam

The last stage from Bao Loc to Ho Chi Minh City, which takes place today, April 30, 163 km long is the last chance for racing teams such as Ho Chi Minh City, An Giang, and Dong Thap to reverse the position of Dong Nai, the team that holds two The highest honors are individual and teammates.

After starting an hour late due to traffic jams at Bao Loc Pass, Vinama Ho Chi Minh City drivers repeatedly launched artillery attacks to find opportunities to improve the achievements of the Yellow Shirt and teammates, but the two teams of Dong Nai are Bikelife and Ynghua take turns controlling the track. A series of attacks by the drivers of Ho Chi Minh City and the Army, when about 10km away from the destination, could not disturb the Dong Nai squad when Loic Desriac owned the tractor.

Only when it was 2km away from the finish line, when it was firmly in the hands of the titles, did the Dong Nai team let the riders not compete for the top rank to leave and driver Nguyen Minh Thien (Vinh Long) had a decisive acceleration phase. let alone in front of the Thong Nhat hall to win the title of winning the leg.

On the top of the crowd, Loic Desriac officially won the final Yellow Shirt. “I have had almost 10 years playing in Vietnam and I am waiting for this title to wear out. Now it has come true, I am too happy and do not know how to describe it,” said Loic Desriac.

The final Blue Shirt for the best racer belongs to Nguyen Tan Hoai (Dong Thap). Tan Hoai showed an extremely impressive performance, surpassing the brightest candidate Le Nguyet Minh (Ho Chi Minh City New Group) for the second time in a row to win the Blue Shirt of the Television Cup.

The White Shirt for the best young racer goes to Le Hai Dang. Crab race of Dong Thap with the ability to compete quite comprehensively, overcame the competitor Tang Quy Trong (An Giang), becoming the best young athlete in the tournament.

Unable to make a hat-trick for the Yellow Shirt TV Cup, but Spanish driver Javier Perez (Ho Chi Minh City) also affirmed the strength of climbing the pass with the title of Red Dot Austria – mountain climbing king.

The Dong Nai team won the team championship, the second place was Vinama HCM City and Dong Thap in third place. Military Zone 7 was awarded the Impressive Team Award for its efforts throughout 22 races, in which driver Nguyen Van Nha fell quite badly but tried to return to the track and then won the race. And Dong Thap team won the Style Award.

The 2021 Television Cup competition through Vietnam has a total prize fund of nearly 2 billion VND – the largest in history. 15 domestic teams participate, compete on a total route of 2,450 km 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 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). Going through the journey from North to South, the tournament ended successfully. The tournament also left its mark on community-oriented volunteer activities in all places where the race stopped. Sponsor Ton Dong A awarded 300 million VND to support Cao Bang border guard against Covid-19 epidemic. Awarded a total of VND 370 million in Thua Thien Hue, including VND 200 million, to support the Nguyen Chi Thanh Talent Promotion Scholarship Fund, and VND 100 million to support the Hue Education Fund for fondness of learning. In Ho Chi Minh City, donating 300 million VND to the Fund of One Heart to support the cost of buying Covid-19 vaccine … and many scholarships for studious students where the race passed with the total price. worth more than 1.5 billion.

Dong Huyen