Nguyen Van Nha won the stage in Thu Dau Mot City – Photo: HUY VU
The 20th stage of the Ho Chi Minh City Television Cup – Ton Dong A 2024 bicycle race from Bao Loc City (Lam Dong) to Thu Dau Mot City (Binh Duong) took place quite smoothly, with no attacks. between strong and attractive riders like in the previous race.
Not long after starting, the riders who were less likely to compete at a high level continuously attacked to escape. Behind, the An Giang crew was not interested in holding on to this group to focus on protecting the yellow shirt of Petr Rikunov (Loc Troi Group).
Thanks to that, a group of 9 riders escaped, including prominent faces such as Mihkel Raim (620 Vinh Long Agriculture), Savva Novikov (Binh Minh Plastics Binh Duong), Tran Thanh Dien (HCMC – Vinama ), Nguyen Pham Quoc Khang (Pelio Kenda Dong Nai), Nguyen Van Nha (Military Region 7),…
Behind, An Giang kept the distance between the two groups under 5 minutes. So the riders in the first group joined forces to go ahead of the crowd for most of the route. In the first bonus point along the road (sprint) in La Nga (Dong Nai), victory belonged to Mihkel Raim. But at the second sprint point, the Estonian racer actively did not participate in the competition and the winner was named Nguyen Pham Quoc Khang.
After that, the An Giang riders began to speed up the second group to gradually shorten the distance. When 6km from the finish line, the distance between the two groups was just over 2 minutes.
However, the first group only had 5 riders who still competed with great effort to rush to the finish line. About 2km from the finish line, the first group of riders attacked each other very attractively. As a result, Nguyen Van Nha and the Estonian sprinter presented the audience with an extremely dramatic sprint performance.
Mihkel Raim attacked first to take the lead. Behind, Nguyen Van Nha still maintained a steady pace to follow. After that, he surpassed his opponent in an instant at the finish line.
After 20 races, the overall titles have not changed. In particular, Petr Rikunov continues to wear the yellow and blue shirt overall.
On April 26, the riders will compete in the 21st stage from Thu Dau Mot City to My Tho City with an expected route of 110km.
