Ho Chi Minh City Television Cycling Cup: Foreign players 'attack with all their might', domestic players are exhausted

Taking advantage of the long slopes, the strong foreign players in the 2025 Ho Chi Minh City Television Cycling Cup, including yellow jersey Mikhail Fokin (Loc Troi An Giang Group), Loic Desriac (Domesco Dong Thap Pharmaceutical), Savva Novikov (Binh Minh Binh Duong Plastic), Samuel Jenner (620 Chau Thoi Vinh Long), Johnny Hoogerland (Ho Chi Minh City Vinama), attacked strongly, making the Vietnamese riders unable to successfully follow despite their best efforts.

Cúp xe đạp truyền hình TP.HCM: Ngoại binh 'tấn công tổng lực', nội binh bở hơi tai- Ảnh 1. — Loic Desriac wins impressively in stage 14 of the 2025 Ho Chi Minh City Television Cycling Cup from Pleiku to Buon Ma Thuot

With about 4km to the finish line in Buon Ma Thuot City, French racer Loic Desriac successfully broke away from the leading foreign riders and successfully finished, winning the stage. Creating a gap of 31 seconds compared to the riders in the second group and being awarded 10 seconds for the first stage, Loic Desriac improved his personal ranking on the rankings after 14 stages. The gap between him and yellow jersey Mikhail Fokin was shortened to 39 seconds, promising to be an exciting competition in the next races.

Cúp xe đạp truyền hình TP.HCM: Ngoại binh 'tấn công tổng lực', nội binh bở hơi tai- Ảnh 2. — Foreign players attacked strongly in stage 14, making it impossible for domestic players to keep up.

The riders of Le Fruit Maxxis Dong Nai and Pelio Kenda Dong Nai teams used all their strength to pull the large group to chase the leading foreign players, but were still 2 minutes and 31 seconds behind their opponents when they reached the finish line. As a result, racer Ethan Batt of this team fell out of the top 5 in the individual rankings, and the team's gap was narrowed by its opponents in the team rankings. However, Nguyen Hoang Sang still firmly defended the orange jersey for the Vietnamese athlete with the best performance. Pham Le Xuan Loc (Military Zone 7) also maintained the white jersey for the outstanding young racer.

Cúp xe đạp truyền hình TP.HCM: Ngoại binh 'tấn công tổng lực', nội binh bở hơi tai- Ảnh 3. — Le Fruit Maxxis Dong Nai team chased the top group of foreign players but failed.

Tomorrow (April 19), stage 15 of the Ho Chi Minh City Television Cycling Cup 2025 will take place with the Buon Ma Thuot City circuit, a distance of 46.5 km.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/cup-xe-dap-truyen-hinh-tphcm-ngoai-binh-tan-cong-tong-luc-noi-binh-bo-hoi-tai-185250418142140756.htm