HCM
City’s Nguyen Luu Thanh Nhan won the fifth and final stage of the Return to the
Countryside cycling tournament yesterday, June 10.

Easy rider: HCM City’s Nguyen Luu Thanh Nhan wins the fifth and final stage of the Return to the Countryside cycling tournament yesterday. (Photo: VNS)

Nhan clocked in at two
hours and 28.14 minutes to finish first in the 92km fifth stage which ran from
Vi Thanh Town in Hau Giang Province to Long Xuyen City in An Giang.

The HCM City-based
rider also donned the overall green jersey for best finish cyclist with 74
points.

His teammate Ach Xa Na
Qui won the overall yellow jersey for a best time of 13:33.48 following six days
of racing.

Tran Thanh Nhanh,
another HCM City member, finished 16sec behind in second place while Nguyen
Hoang Sang, from Vinh Long and Nguyen Huynh Phu Loc shared third with a time of
13:33.73.

Nhan and Tran Van
Quyen, from Military Zone 7, took an early lead during the first 50km before
being caught by Ho Huynh Van An from An Giang Plant Protection 1. The trio
created a 3min gap before Nhan managing to overpower his rivals and win the
stage.

Quyen finished 49sec
slower in second place, while An was at third with a time of 2:28.40.

In the team division,
Military Zone 7 triumphed with an accumulated time of 40:40.37, followed by An
Giang Plant Protection 1 and HCM City.

In the amateur
section, Ifaco-An Giang’s Ly Quoc Viet took the yellow jersey with a time of
13:47.47

Le Thanh Tung and Le
Tan Lai, both from Chau Phu-An Giang, finished second and third, respectively.

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