Le Anh Dung of Ha Noi won the second stage of the HCM City Television Cycling Cup yesterday, riding from the capital city to Thanh Hoa Province.

Dung finished the 146km stage in 3hr 19min 52sec at an average speed of 43.829kph.

Tran Quoc Dung of Domesco Dong Thap Pharmacy and Tran Van Quyen of Military Zone 7 were second and third.

Huynh Thanh Tung of Military Zone 7 kept the yellow jersey.

Military Zone 7 are the leading team followed by Domesco Dong Thap and An Giang Plant Protection.

In the third stage today, cyclists will race over 139km from Thanh Hoa to Vinh City in Nghe An Province.

The annual HCM City tournament has attracted 74 participants from 11 teams. They will ride 16 stages over nearly 2,000km, starting from Ha Noi on Saturday, to finish in HCM City on April 30.-VNS