VINH LONG — Nguyen Luu Thanh Nhan from Vinamit-HCM City won the overall yellow jersey of the ADC-Vinh Long Television tour while Le Van Duan from Sai Gon Plant Protection won the sixth and final stage yesterday.

Finishing the final stage in the leading group, Nhan took the yellow jersey with a combined time of 18 hours 18 minutes 55 seconds. Laotian cyclists Soulivong Peimpanya and Vincent Ang finished second and third with a time of 18:19.4 and 18:19.7, respectively.

The 154km-long final stage went from Vinh Long to My Tho cities and back and cyclists from Can Tho, Military Zone 7, An Giang Plant Protection and Binh Duong pulled away to lead the pack only 20km into the race.

Cyclists from Sai Gon Plant Protection and Vinamit-HCM City sped up to join the peloton 15km from the finish. Duan won the final stage with 3:50.24, followed by Ho Van Phuc from ADC-Vinh Long Television and Do Tuan Anh from Domesco Pharmacy Dong Thap.

Sai Gon Plant Protection defended their first position in the team competition with a combined time of 54:43.39, followed by Domesco Pharmacy Dong Thap and ADC-Vinh Long Television. — VNS