Binh Thuan grassroots cycling race

The spirit of the tournament and nearly 200 amateur cyclists registered in advance, has said something about the attractiveness of the tournament, coming from 12 units of Binh Thuan province and 8 units from the provinces: Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Ninh Thuan, Dong Thap, Dong Nai and Phu Yen . Athletes compete in the following events: Men (aged 51 and over) run a distance of 35 km; Men's age group 1 (aged 18 - 35) and age group 2 (aged 36 - 50) run a distance of 48 km.

Mr. Huynh Ngoc Tam - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism awarded team prizes to the units.

Mr. Huynh Ngoc Tam, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Binh Thuan, Head of the Organizing Committee, said: This year, Binh Thuan is honored to host the National Tourism Year 2023 with the theme "Binh Thuan - Green Convergence", this is a major event with a series of activities throughout 2023. The first Binh Thuan - Ninh Thuan Open Cycling Race in 2023 is also one of the inter-provincial activities jointly organized in response to the National Tourism Year 2023. At the same time, continue to promote the Campaign "All people exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho".

According to the Organizing Committee, despite the unfavorable weather due to rain, the athletes still competed with great effort, the race speed was pushed very high. Besides, although it is a grassroots race, the professional quality is not much inferior to professional tournaments. The tournament, which was held for the first time, created excitement and enthusiasm for athletes and fans. Hopefully, the next tournaments will be organized better with higher quality.

With a spectacular victory in the 48km race, 19-year-old Pham Duc Hung left an impression on the audience. “This is my first time coming to Phan Thiet, my first time participating in a tournament here, and luck has come to me, I am very happy and excited. Although I have only been training for a short time, initially just to improve my health, because I have a history of heart disease. However, when I started this sport, I was attracted to it.”

At the end of the tournament, in the men's age group 1 (from 18 - 35 years old): athlete Pham Duc Hung (Ba Ria - Vung Tau) won first prize, second prize went to athlete Tran Ngoc Thai ( Binh Thuan ), athlete Nguyen Tan Phat (Ba Ria - Vung Tau) won third prize; in the men's age group 2 (from 36 - 50 years old): athlete Duong Minh Quang (Binh Thuan) won first prize, second prize went to athlete Do Tuan Anh (Dong Thap) and athlete Dang Phuoc Hoa (Dong Thap) won third prize; in the men's category (from 51 years old and above): athlete Trang Van Dung won first prize, Nguyen Van Chinh won second prize, Nguyen Van Hoan won third prize, all 3 athletes are from Dong Nai.

Closing the tournament with many emotions, the weather on the day of competition was rainy and long, the race track was wet, causing many athletes to fall into a difficult situation. Also because of the rain, the work of summarizing and awarding prizes was also difficult and took a lot of time to evaluate the team results. Almost all cameras were covered by rain water, making it impossible to see clearly, the number worn by athletes to calculate team points. For the first time, a sports tournament fell into a difficult situation for the Organizing Committee and it took a lot of time to evaluate and award prizes.