With the spirit of the tournament and nearly 200 registered cyclists, one thing is said about the attractiveness of the tournament, coming from 12 units of Binh Thuan province and 8 units from other provinces. : Ba Ria – Vung Tau, Ninh Thuan, Dong Thap, Dong Nai and Phu Yen. Athletes compete in the following contents: Men's content (from 51 years old) running distance 35 km; Men's content in age group 1 (from 18 to 35 years old) and age group 2 (from 36 to 50 years old) ran a distance of 48 km.
Mr. Huynh Ngoc Tam, Deputy Director of Binh Thuan Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Head of the Organizing Committee said: This year, Binh Thuan is honored to host the 2023 National Tourism Year with the theme "Binh Thuan" Thuan – Green convergence”, this is a big event with a series of activities throughout 2023. The 2023st Binh Thuan – Ninh Thuan Open Bicycle Race in 2023 is also one of the inter-provincial activities. jointly organized to respond to the National Tourism Year XNUMX. At the same time, continue to promote the campaign "All people exercise their bodies following the great Uncle Ho's example".
According to the Organizing Committee, although the weather was not favorable due to the rain, the athletes still competed with great efforts, the speed of the race was pushed up very high. Besides, although it is a movement race, the professional quality is not much inferior to professional tournaments. The tournament was held for the first time, creating excitement and excitement for athletes and fans. Hopefully the next tournaments will be better organized with higher quality.
With a spectacular victory, winning the trophy at a distance of 48 km, 19-year-old Pham Duc Hung left an impression on the audience. “First time coming to Phan Thiet, first time participating in the tournament here and luck has come to me, I am very happy and happy. Although I have only been exercising for a short time, it was only to improve my health at first, because I have a history of heart disease. However, when I entered this subject, I was intrigued by it."
At the end of the tournament, the male content of age group 1 (from 18 to 35 years old): athlete Pham Duc Hung (Ba Ria - Vung Tau) won the first prize, the second prize belonged to athlete Tran Ngoc Thai (Binh Thuan). athlete Nguyen Tan Phat (Ba Ria - Vung Tau) third prize; Men's content of age group 2 (from 36 to 50 years old): athlete Duong Minh Quang (Binh Thuan) won the first prize, the second prize went to athlete Do Tuan Anh (Dong Thap) and athlete Dang Phuoc Hoa (Dong Thap province). Dong Thap) won the third prize; Men's content (age 51 and older): athlete Trang Van Dung won the first prize, Nguyen Van Chinh won the second prize, Nguyen Van Hoan won the third prize, all three athletes belonged to Dong Nai.
Closing the tournament with a lot of emotions, the weather on the day of the competition was long, rainy, and the track was wet, causing many athletes to fall into a difficult situation. It was also because of the rain that the awarding ceremony was difficult and took a long time to evaluate the team results. Almost all cameras are covered by rainwater and cannot see clearly, the number of athletes worn to calculate team points. For the first time, a sports tournament was in a difficult situation for BTC and it took a long time to appraise and award prizes.
