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The race, hosted by the International Cycling Union (UCI) - the
world governing body for sports cycling and overseas international
competitive cycling events - took place on June 3. It is rated by the UCI as
a 1.1 race. It attracts more than 150 cyclists from many nations around the
world every year. That competed for the UCI World Cycling Centre (WCC), where
she received her training.
That, from the southern province of An Giang, reached the finish
line after having the best time at 03:14.20 in the 125km-long race. Wiebes
Lorena from the Netherlands took second and was followed by Italian Balsamo
Elisa. That is scheduled to join the Diamond Tour, the women’s professional
one-day road bicycle race held in Belgium on June 10 to gain ranking points.
She is training at the WCC in Switzerland and will take part in
several more tournaments in Europe in the WCC jersey to prepare for the 2018
Asian Games (ASIAD) in Indonesia in August. That aims to grab a gold medal at
ASIAD 2018, said Tran Hai Trieu, a manager of That’s cycling team in Vietnam
– Gao Hat Ngoc Troi – An Giang. She plans to compete in international tours
to earn points to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. To this end, That must
be in the world’s top 50 cyclists, he added.
That’s impressive performance in recent international tours has
earned her 61st spot in the world cyclist rankings. In February, she beat 26
rivals to win the women’s 106km road race of the Asian Road and Para Cycling
Championships in Myanmar. It was the first gold medal won by a Vietnamese
female cyclist in an Asian tour. In March, she won the Grand Prix of
Crevoisier 2018 in Les Genevez, Switzerland. Two weeks before that, the
Southeast Asian Games winner finished second in the 16th Grand Prix of
Chambery in France.
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Source: NDO
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