Vietnam's Nguyen Thi That won the 77.20km second stage of the Women's Tour of Thailand 2023 in Rayong yesterday.
The Vietnam National Team rider crossed the finish line in 1:58.48 hours to take over the tour lead from Thailand's Jutatip Maneephan of Thailand Women's Cycling Team.
Korean national team member Na Ah-Reum was third in the second stage Nguyen while compatriot Lee Eun-Hee was fourth.
Nguyen took the overall leader's yellow jersey with a total time of 3:43.46 hours while Jutatip fell to second spot in 3:43.52 hours. Na was third overall in 3:44.04 hours.
Thai national cyclist Jutatip, who won the first stage on Saturday, took the green jersey (sprint leader), Na got the polka dot jersey (queen of the mountains) while Marendra Magh Firotika of Indonesia National Team took the purple jersey (best Asean rider).
"Our cyclists were not strong enough to win and the Vietnamese cyclist took the stage. Today we were unable to repeat our performance and execute our plan like we did in the first stage," said Gen Decha Hemkrasri, president of the Thai Cycling Association.
"But I am not blaming our athletes because Nguyen Thi That has been training overseas and she is very good in sprinting and mountain climbing."
Today's third and final stage begins at 9am.