Cyclist Le Van Duan won the ninth, and final stage of the Binh Duong Television International Cycling Tournament and grabbed the overall yellow jersey yesterday.

Cyclist Le Van Duan. (Photo: TN)

Duan’s teammate, Do Tuan Anh and Tran Van Quyen of the Army team finished second and third, respectively.

Although Duan trailed at third place in the penultimate stage on Wednesday, he held onto the overall yellow jersey (best overall time) with a total time of 26:17.24.

Young Mongolian cyclist Tuguldur Tuulkhangai was just behind Duan, finishing second with a total time of 26:17.29. Third place went to Timo Scholz of the Netherlands, who put in a perfect solo performance to win the eighth stage.

Cyclist Tuan Anh won the green jersey for scoring the most points of 117 after nine stages. While Mai Nguyen Hung of Sai Gon Plant Protection 1 took home the red jersey as the king of the mountains.

With great effort in the final stage, Domesco Dong Thap won the team title with a combined time of 78:53.37, followed by Sai Gon Plant Protection 1 and ADC-Vinh Long Television.

The annual event, which offered total prize money of VND220 million (US$11,000), was recognised by the Viet Nam Cycling Federation as a national tour and attracted 75 cyclists from 12 local and three foreign teams – Mongolia, the Netherlands and the Philippines.

Last year, Hall Brad of the Netherlands’ Ysselstreek team won the yellow jersey for the best overall time.

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