Ho Chi Minh City Television Cycling Cup: Nick Kergozou deserves to be the sprint king

Today (April 28), the 2025 Ho Chi Minh City Television Cycling Cup took place in stage 23 from Can Tho to Ben Tre, 134 km long, with the result not surprising when the winner at the finish line was a familiar face, Nick Kergozou.

Cúp xe đạp truyền hình TP.HCM: Nick Kergozou xứng danh vua nước rút - Ảnh 1. — Vinh Long cycling crew as tractors supporting Nick Kergozou on stage 23 from Can Tho to Ben Tre

Aiming to equal the record of 10 stage wins achieved by Petr Rikunov (Loc Troi An Giang Group team) in 2 consecutive seasons 2023, 2024, Nick Kergozou was shielded and supported by the Vinh Long cycling team to 100m before the finish line to compete in the sprint. Therefore, all the group's attacks were successfully chased by the 620 Nong Nghiep Vinh Long and 620 Chau Thoi Vinh Long teams.

Cúp xe đạp truyền hình TP.HCM: Nick Kergozou xứng danh vua nước rút - Ảnh 2. — Yellow jersey Mikhail Fokin and white jersey Pham Le Xuan Loc in the attack at stage 23 of the Ho Chi Minh City Television Cycling Cup

Anticipating Nick Kergozou's strength at the finish line, in the last 10 km, the Military Zone 7 and Domesco Pharmaceutical Dong Thap teams proactively arranged their formations to bring their main forces up front to compete. However, the Vinh Long team still kept the "tractor" to put Nick Kergozou in a favorable position. About 100 m from the finish line, the New Zealand foreign player unleashed his strength to reach the finish line first in Ben Tre City. This was Nick Kergozou's 10th stage victory, helping him complete his goal of equaling Petr Rikunov's record. Not only maintaining the green jersey title, Nick Kergozou also aimed to break the stage winning record at the Ho Chi Minh City Television Cycling Cup when there were 2 stages left in the tournament.

Cúp xe đạp truyền hình TP.HCM: Nick Kergozou xứng danh vua nước rút - Ảnh 3. — Nick Kergozou wins 10th stage at Ho Chi Minh City Television Cycling Cup 2025

In stage 23, the race finished in the top group, so the titles remained unchanged. Mikhail Fokin (Loc Troi An Giang Group) maintained his yellow jersey title. Nguyen Hoang Sang (Le Fruit Maxxis Dong Nai) successfully defended his orange jersey title. Pham Le Xuan Loc (Military Zone 7) firmly secured his white jersey title.

Cúp xe đạp truyền hình TP.HCM: Nick Kergozou xứng danh vua nước rút - Ảnh 4. — Nick Kergozou's joy at retaining the green jersey title - sprint king

Tomorrow (April 29), the racers will compete in stage 24, which is also the penultimate stage of the Ho Chi Minh City Television Cycling Cup from Ben Tre to Tay Ninh, with a distance of 172 km.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/cup-xe-dap-truyen-hinh-tphcm-nick-kergozou-xung-danh-vua-nuoc-rut-185250428115029985.htm