The Vietnam Gran Fondo Championships

The Vietnam Gran Fondo Championships - IRCtire Cup

11/17/2024 - 6:35:26 PM

On November 10, at Hoa Binh Square, Vietnam Cycling Federation (VCF) coordinated with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Hoa Binh province and Minh Viet Communications and Trading Company to Vietnam Gran Fondo Championships in 2024 - IRCtire Cup. Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee attended the opening ceremony.

The athletes participating in the tournament.

There were over 320 male and female athletes from 20 cycling clubs nationwide participating in the tournament. The athletes competed on the companion track at SEA Games 31. The IRCtire Cup race was divided into 2 distances for 5 groups of athletes.

The young men (aged 30 and below) and the middlemen (aged 31 - 45) competed for 30.83km. The senior men (aged 46 and above), the young women (aged 40 and below), and the senior women (aged 41 and above) competed for 21.93km. In addition, the IRCtire Cup also has a 5-km competition class for the movement athletes participating in free competition, not included in the prize.

Organizing the tournament aims to effectively implement the campaign "All people do exercises according to the great example of Uncle Ho”. It also propagates and mobilizes the people to increase the use of bicycles as a means of transport, contributing to reducing traffic congestion, being environmentally friendly...

After a morning of fierce competition from the athletes and the serious and responsible work of the referee team, the Organizing Committee awarded prizes from first to tenth place to the athletes with the outstanding achievements.

Specifically (first prizes only), the senior women's content belongs to the athlete Do Thi Thanh Hien (No. 103) - the team content belongs to Cat Viet Thai Club; the young women's content belongs to Nguyen Thi Yen (number 004); The senior men's content: Ta Van Dac (No. 438) -the teammate of the Fourth War Zone Bicycle Club in Dong Trieu; the middle-aged men's content: Ho Phuoc Nghia (No. 324) – the teammate belongs to Cat Viet Thai Club; The young men's content: Tran Van Tot (No. 208) – the teammate belongs to Tuan Biker Hanoi Club 1.

The organizing committee also awarded the prizes to the athletes in the men's and women's movement categories for all ages.

Promoting the spirit of physical exercise and sports for young people

Along with promoting the spirit of volunteerism and completing the core tasks of the Youth Communist Union and the youth movement, in recent years, the Youth Communist Union at all levels in the province has regularly organized the movement of physical exercise and sports attracting the participation of a large number of union members and young people. These activities help the union members and the young people raise their awareness of self-training, improving their health, and building a healthy lifestyle and they are also a solution to attract and gather the young people in many localities.

Shining the passion in every dancing step

In recent years, modern dance has gradually become popular and emerged as a trend, attracting more and more young people in Hoa Binh to practice and perform. As an art form consisting of many different dancing genres, participating in modern dancing activities, practitioners not only improve their health, physique, flexibility, agility, and confidence, but they also contribute to building a healthy cultural and artistic movement in the community.

Hoa Binh FC wins the first match at home stadium

In the afternoon of January 18th, at Hoa Binh Provincial Stadium, Hoa Binh Football Club (Hoa Binh FC) played against Hue Football Club (Hue FC) in the 6th round of the National First Division Football Tournament - Bia Sao Vang, 2024-2025 tournament.

The people of Hoa Binh City enthusiastically celebrated Vietnam''s victory with a "storming parade"

After two tense and dramatic halves of the final round of the ASEAN Cup 2024, the Vietnamese football team played excellently, winning convincingly with a score of 3-2 and being crowned champions with total score of 5-3 against opponent Thailand.

Hoa Binh City rejoices with the joy of the victory with Vietnamese football team

After the final whistle of the second leg of the ASEAN Cup 2024 semi-final between Vietnamese team and Singaporian team sounded, thousands of football fans in Hoa Binh City burst into the joy of victory. Vietnamese team officially won a ticket to the final of the ASEAN Cup 2024 with a 3-1 victory (the total score after 2 semi-final matches is 5-1) against Singapore.

Hoa Binh FC plays a friendly match and explores the culture and tourism in Mai Chau district

Hoa Binh Football Club (Hoa Binh FC) has just organized a special friendly match, combined with a tour and cultural exploration in Mai Chau district. This activity aims to strengthen solidarity and exchange between the players and the community, and at the same time, it introduces the cultural beauty of Hoa Binh province.