VietNamNet Bridge – Despite not winning the penultimate stage of the National Women's Open Cycling Tournament - the An Giang Television Cup, veteran Phan Thi Thuy Trang from the An Giang Plant Protection team retained the yellow jersey on July 15.

With the support of her team, Trang, who won the fifth stage on Thursday, defended the leader's jersey with an overall time of 15:15.15 after six stages. South Korea's Choi Hye-kyeong and Nguyen Phan Ngoc Trang from the Binh Duong Water Supply-Drainage and Environment team finished runners-up.

The sixth 124km stage from Can Tho Province to Kien Giang Province went to South Korean You Jina.

You completed the stage in a time of 3:41.22 at an average speed of 33.609kph.

Nguyen Thuy Dung of the Binh Duong and Choe Sun-ae of South Korea came second and third, respectively.

With this impressive win, You managed to retain the green jersey as best sprinter with 73 points, followed by Dung and Trang.

In the team race, the South Koreans took the lead with a combined time of 45:46.56, followed by Binh Duong and Domesco Dong Thap.

Today, cyclists are set to compete in the final 75km stage from Kien Giang to An Giang Province.

The 600km tour has attracted the participation of 65 athletes from 11 domestic and foreign teams, including teams from Malaysia and South Korea.

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