Tran Van Quyen secured his first stage win yesterday on the fourth stage of the HCM City Television Cycling Tournament. — Photo laodong

HCM CITY (VNS) — Tran Van Quyen secured his first stage win yesterday on the fourth stage of the HCM City Television Cycling Tournament.

The Military Zone 7 rider cycled 20 laps around Ho CHi Minh Square in Vinh City in a time of 1hr 12.474min, just ahead of Nguyen Thanh Tam of Gao Hat Ngoc Troi An Giang and Nguyen Vu Linh of Domesco Dong Thap.

Linh retained the yellow jersey as tour leader with an overall time of 8:43.39 after four stages.

Nguyen Quoc Dinh of Ben Tre and Quang Van Cuong from Dong Da Ha Noi are in second and third.

Linh also leads the race for the green jersey for the best rider with 41 points.

Cuong, who has been in the top three for three days in a row, has jumped to the top of the rankings for the white jersey for the beat young cyclist.

Gao Hat Ngoc Troi An Giang still lead the team event, followed by Domesco Dong Thap and Military Zone 7.

The fifth stage will cover 199km from Vinh City in Nghe An Province to Dong Hoi City in Quang Tri Province. — VNS