Sprint king Nick Kergozou reaps huge prize money at Ho Chi Minh City Television Cycling Cup

New Zealand foreign player Nick Kergozou, playing for the 620 Vinh Long Agriculture team, won a lot of prize money at the 2025 Ho Chi Minh City Television Cycling Cup - Ton Dong A thanks to 7 stage wins.

In stage 12 of the Ho Chi Minh City Television Cycling Cup 2025 taking place today from Quang Ngai to Quy Nhon (Binh Dinh) with a length of 179 km, Nick Kergozou continued to be pulled by his teammates to the finish line to compete in the sprint. Despite fierce competition from his opponents, Nick Kergozou affirmed his class as a "premium" sprinter when he reached the finish line first.

Nick Kergozou (right) won the 7th stage at the 2025 HCMC Television Cycling Cup

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The 7th stage win helped Nick Kergozou maintain the green jersey title - the sprint king. Nguyen Van Binh (HCMC New Group) was the only domestic player who created a fierce competition with this foreign player at the finish line but only finished second. The consecutive stage wins also brought Nick Kergozou a large bonus. Specifically, the prize for the winner of each stage at the HCMC Television Cycling Cup is 20 million VND, so with 7 stage wins, Nick Kergozou "pocketed" 140 million VND. In addition, this racer also received a bonus for successfully defending the green jersey title at each stage. Adding up all the bonuses that Nick Kergozou received after stage 12 is more than 150 million VND. This racer still has a great chance of winning the overall green jersey title with a prize of 50 million VND.

With the group of riders coming together in a large group, the titles after 12 stages of the 2025 Ho Chi Minh City Television Cycling Cup remained unchanged. Mikhail Fokin (Loc Troi An Giang Group) successfully defended the prestigious yellow jersey title, the red dot jersey - king of the mountain. Le Ngoc Son (Loc Troi An Giang Group) maintained the orange jersey title for the Vietnamese racer with the best results. Pham Le Xuan Loc (Military Zone 7) held the white jersey title for the outstanding young racer.

Tomorrow (April 16), the racers will have free time in Quy Nhon before competing in stage 13 of the 2025 Ho Chi Minh City Television Cycling Cup from Quy Nhon (Binh Dinh) to Pleiku ( Gia Lai ), a 166 km long race with two passes, An Khe and Mang Yang. This is a race with many steep passes, so it is predicted to be difficult for Nick Kergozou, who is not good at climbing passes.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/vua-nuoc-rut-nick-kergozou-boi-thu-tien-thuong-o-cup-xe-dap-truyen-hinh-tphcm-18525041512144613.htm