The Cycling Federation of Thailand provides Vietnam with many equipments.
Regarding the incident of the Vietnamese road cycling team's bicycle fleet being burned down, the latest update shows that the Thai Cycling Association (TCA) has purchased 18 new helmets, 18 pairs of racing shoes and 18 pairs of pedals for the Vietnamese athletes. In addition, TCA has also prepared 27 bicycles for the Vietnamese team to choose from, and is transporting them from Bangkok to the competition venue (Pichit province, about 380 km from Bangkok).
It is known that the Vietnamese cycling team will compete in individual time trials from February 7 to February 11, then compete in road events. Currently, the Vietnam Cycling Federation is preparing road bikes for the athletes and will bring them from Vietnam to Thailand on February 10.
How valuable are the burned bicycles of Vietnamese athletes? Who suffered the most damage?
Thai BTC transfers 27 cars to support Vietnam team
Car was rushed to Bangkok
Car burned down
Specialized bicycles of athletes are very valuable
However, the organizers lending bikes to Vietnamese athletes to compete is just a "fire-fighting" solution. According to the coaches, with the characteristics of cycling, each athlete is equipped with a specialized bike suitable for their height, weight, etc. Competing with borrowed bikes cannot ensure the best professional factors, especially when the Vietnamese road cycling team is expecting to compete with high results in many events of the team and youth teams at this Asian road cycling tournament.
Huge damage
As Thanh Nien previously reported, information from the Vietnamese cycling team said that after arriving at Bangkok airport, the Vietnamese delegation boarded the organizing committee's bus to return to the competition venue. The competition equipment, including bicycles, spare tires, shoes, and helmets, were transported by truck by the organizing committee. The reason why the truck caught fire is still a big question mark. However, the number of bicycles and equipment that the Vietnamese cycling team lost was quite large. Among them, there were athletes competing in 2 events, so they had to bring 2 specialized vehicles to compete.
Among the 30 bikes of the Vietnamese cycling team that were burned in Thailand, racer Nguyen Tuan Vu was one of the most severely damaged athletes. He brought 2 racing bikes to this Asian tournament, including a specialized Cervelo bike used for individual time trial racing, which costs more than 400 million VND. Of which, the pair of Scope wheels alone cost 107 million VND. In addition, Nguyen Tuan Vu also brought a Giant bike for road racing, worth about 400 million VND. These are 2 bikes that the Ho Chi Minh City unit invested in for the main athlete Nguyen Tuan Vu and he used to compete when he joined the team.
The loss was no less than that of Nguyen Tuan Vu, the young talent Pham Le Xuan Loc (Army) when he brought to Thailand 2 Cervelo bikes, total value of more than 600 million VND. Loc Troi An Giang Group invested 8 bikes for Nguyen Thi That, Thu Mai... who are all Vietnamese cyclists this time. According to Mr. Tran Hai Trieu - General Secretary of An Giang Bicycle - Motorcycle Federation, the value of these 8 bikes must be more than 2 billion VND. The remaining bikes of the Vietnamese athletes are also from 150 million VND/bike. The total loss in the fire of the racing bikes of the Vietnamese cycling team is very large.
Vietnam team's bicycle incident: Cause of fire unknown, organizers will compensate
"The coaching team is making a detailed list of each piece of equipment on the burned bike to send to the organizing committee for compensation. This is the responsibility of the organizing committee because they are in charge of all the transportation when we arrive in Thailand," said Nguyen Ngoc Vu, head of the Vietnamese cycling team participating in the Asian Road Cycling Championship.
According to the investigation, all the racing bicycles of the Vietnamese team are not insured but only apply the warranty policy from the manufacturers, so when a fire incident like the one just happened, there will be no compensation. Mr. Hoang Quoc Vinh - Head of the High Performance Sports Department (Department of Sports and Physical Training) said that the organizing committee and the Asian Cycling Federation will meet and discuss the method of compensation for the Vietnamese cycling team.
As for racing cars and accompanying equipment, according to the rules and regulations of the organizing committee, transportation and storage are operated by the organizing committee, so the organizing committee will compensate for any incidents or damages (estimated at billions of dong).
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/dan-xe-doi-viet-nam-chay-mat-hang-ti-dong-btc-chuyen-gap-27-xe-ve-noi-dau-cach-350-km-185250206153221066.htm
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