Dutch cyclist Wiebes wins Tour of Chongming Island

Source: Xinhua| 2019-05-11 19:30:26|Editor: zh
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SHANGHAI, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Dutch woman Lorena Wiebes won all three stages to take the Tour of Chongming Island title with a total time of two hours, 52 minutes and one second here on Saturday.

Jutatip Maneephan of Thailand kept her second place and the blue jersey as the best Asian rider.

Nina Kessler of Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank gained the polka-dot jersey as the best climber.

The top three teams of the tour are HITEC Products-BIRK Sport from Norway, Lotto Soudal Ladies and Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport UCI Women Cycling from Belgium.

The best Asian team went to China Liv Pro Cycling.

"Tour of Chongming Island is a high-level UCI event. Our goal is to collect more Olympic points and help the Chinese cycling team qualify for the Tokyo Olympics," said Song Guoqiang, coach of the Chinese team.

Held from May 9 to 11, Tour of Chongming Island is an international race covering a distance of 347.7 kilometers.

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