Many foreign clubs at Bình Dương cycling tournament

Organisers introduce jerseys of the Bình Dương international women’s cycling tournament. — Photo thethaovietnam.vn

HÀ NỘI — The annual international women’s cycling tournament, Bình Dương Open, will be held from March  八- 一 六 with a large number of foreign participants.

This year, nine foreign clubs from eight countries have registered to compete at the nine-stage event. This is the largest number of foreign teams to participate in the tournament. Among them, Japan, Thailand and South Korea are regular competitors, while a team from the Netherlands will take part for the first time.

Nine local crews will join the foreign participants on the road, taking the total number of cyclists to  一 三 八.

The eighth edition of the competition will be spread across  八 四 一km, including through Đồng Nai, Lâm Đồng, Khánh Hòa, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, Bình Dương and other cities and provinces.

The competitors will fight for VNĐ 四00 million (US$ 一 八,000), while the yellow jersey winner will take home VNĐ 四 五 million ($ 二,000).

The first stage of the competition will be for  六 六km around new Bình Dương City on March  八. — VNS

In box

Routes- Stage  一 (March  八): Around new Bình Dương City ( 六 六km)- Stage  二 (March  九): Định Quán District, Đồng Nai Province-Bảo Lộc City, Lâm Đồng Province ( 九 三km)- Stage  三 (March  一0): Bảo Lộc-Đà Lạt City ( 一 一 二km)- Stage  四 (March  一 一): Around Xuân Hương Lake in Đà Lạt ( 五0km)- Stage  五 (March  一 二): Nha Trang City, Khánh Hòa Province-Phan Rang City, Ninh Thuận Province ( 一 二0km)- Stage  六 (March  一 三): Phan Rang-Phan Thiết City, Bình Thuận Province ( 一 一 五km)- Stage  七 (March  一 四): Around Phan Thiết ( 五0km)- Stage  八 (March  一 五): Phan Thiết-Vũng Tàu City, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province ( 一 二0km)- Stage  九 (March  一 六): Vũng Tàu-Bình Dương ( 一 一 五km)