Bicycle race to celebrate 120 years of Sapa tourism "Conquer Mong Sen, the tallest viaduct in Vietnam - LCC7" organized by Sa Pa Town People's Committee is expected to take place on July 23.
Participating in the tournament, the athletes will conquer the 13 km long track. The track is 80% pure climbing (up hill). This is a BOT route connecting Noi Bai - Lao Cai highway to Sa Pa (starting from the beginning of the BOT road in Lao Cai city; the destination is located on Mong Sen bridge in Sa Pa town, Lao Cai province). Mong Sen Bridge (located in Sa Pa town, Lao Cai province), is an overland bridge with 83m high piers, has a "key" meaning in the construction of the highway connecting Noi Bai - Lao Cai highway to Sa Pa National Tourist Area, reducing traffic pressure for the National Highway 4D arterial route.
Mong Sen Bridge has a total investment of nearly 500 billion VND. Started in early 2020, Mong Sen Bridge has basically been completed, reaching 99% of the workload. This is a cross-terrain viaduct with a length of 612m, connecting from the foothill area to the top of the three-storey slope - the most difficult, winding, and dangerous road on the road from Lao Cai city to Sapa town. The bridge is built of reinforced concrete, the surface is 14m wide with 4 lanes, 5 continuous spans, of which the longest span is 132m, constructed by the balanced cantilevered box girder method. After this route is completed, it will facilitate travel and trade, contributing to promoting socio-economic development of Lao Cai province and the Northwest region.
Because it crosses the valley, it has an altitude of nearly 100m, so the construction of Mong Sen bridge is often covered by clouds, the bridge seems to go through the clouds. Standing on the bridge, looking out into the distance in many directions are beautiful terraced fields. This highest viaduct in Vietnam has a "key" meaning in the construction of the route connecting Noi Bai - Lao Cai highway to Sa Pa National Tourist Area.
The bicycle race will compete individually and as a team with the following contents: young women aged 40 and under; middle-aged women aged 41 years and over; young men aged 40 and under; middle-aged men aged 41 to 50 years old and senior men aged 51 years and over. The form of competition is MTB mountain bike.
Athletes participating in the tournament are Vietnamese and foreigners living, studying, working or traveling legally in Vietnam, are healthy enough and voluntarily register to participate. Do not register to compete for athletes who are competing in professional cyclists at home and abroad, professional cyclists who have been retired for less than 36 months (less than 3 years); Athletes who are training bicycle talents on staff at concentrated sports training centers of the province, industry and enterprises.
Each club/team/team participating in the tournament is allowed to register an unlimited number of individual athletes for each event, but can only register 1 team with 5 athletes in each event. Athletes are entitled to apply for a lower age to compete in a lower age bracket than their actual age.
In the end, in individual content: The Organizing Committee will rank individuals in order of finishing each content; If each individual event does not have 20 athletes participating in actual competition at the start, the Organizing Committee will assign the registered athletes to compete individually in the same next age group or not organize the competition (when there is no next age group) or organize the competition but do not count the achievements.
In the team content: When the actual team starts to compete, there must be 5/5 pre-registered athletes to be considered for team performance; Calculating team performance according to the sum of the individual rankings of the 3 first valid runners, if the totals are equal, the team with the higher individual ranked athlete will win...
Athletes participating in the tournament pay a fee of 200.000 VND / 1 athlete. Individuals and groups participating in the tournament are self-sufficient in travel and accommodation expenses during the tournament. The focal point to receive registration and pay fees directly: Mr. Nguyen Quang Luu – General Secretary of LCC, phone number: 0962.796.479; The focal point to receive registration and pay competition fees online: Visit website: xedaplaocai.com. For details, contact Mr. Nguyen Trung Cuong – Chairman of LCC, phone number 0948.040.040. Or Mr. Nguyen Cao Cao Cuong – Culture, Sports and Communication Center of Sa Pa town, phone number: 0845.256.789. Email: Cuong798sapa@gmail.com.
Bicycle race to celebrate 120 years of Sapa tourism "Conquering Mong Sen, the tallest viaduct in Vietnam - LCC7" is one of the outstanding activities to celebrate the 120th anniversary of Sapa tourism (1903 - 2023). In addition to promoting the movement of exercise and sports, The bicycle race held in Sa Pa also has a profound human meaning of solidarity, teamwork, and community responsibility combined with activities to promote culture, history, and tourism in Sa Pa on each stage that the race goes through.
Quynh Lien
