Highlights from the 2023 Asian Road Cycling Championships: Winners, Qualifying Points and Medal Tally

The 2023 Asian Road Cycling Championships, the 42nd People’s Edition, the 29th Youth Edition, and the 11th Handicapped Bicycle, use the route around Dok Krai Reservoir, Pluak Daeng District, and the route within Rayong Province to collect points for qualifying for the 2024 Olympic Games. On June 13, on the last day, there was a chance to win 1 gold from an individual road race. For the male public, a total distance of 156 km, this model will automatically qualify the riders who placed 1st and 2nd in the 2024 Olympic Games in France.

It appears that Gleb Brzensky from Kazakhstan spun to the finish line first with a time of 3.23.13 hours, won the gold medal and got the right to go to the Olympic Games immediately. Zakhstan also reached the finish line with 3.23.20 hours, received 200 Olympic points and gained the right to go to the Olympic Games, another person and a bronze medal Yukiya Arashiro from Japan at 3.23.26 hours and received Olympic points. 150 points

As for the performance of the Thai national team riders The best performer is “Frame” Chaiyasombat Bank, finishing 13th at 3.24.32 hours, receiving 30 Olympic points, followed by “Wut” Sarawut Sirironchai, 34th at 3.35.19 hours, receiving accumulated points. Olympic 3 points, “Doi” Nawut Leepongyu at 51 at 3.29.32 hours, “Aom” Ratchanon Yaowarat at 53 at 3.29.32 hours and Nopchai Klahan at 54 at 3.29. 32 hours

After the competition, “Seth Ink”, General Decha Hemkrasri, president of the Cycling Association of Thailand, said that in this program, Thai cyclists won 3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze, which ranked the total medal at 2nd after the U.S. Zbekistan It was considered a great success. As for the quota for the 2024 Olympic Games, the latest on June 13, the International Cycling Federation (UCI) has announced a new world ranking. For the women’s team, Thailand is ranked 27th out of 45 countries that will qualify for the Olympic Games. It’s equal that we have already received 2 unofficial quota seats. which will have to wait for UCI Cut off and officially announced on October 30, so during the rest of the time we have to send the Thai national team. go to various competitions to collect more points to maintain the ranking from falling

As for the male athletes today, the bank received 30 points and Sarawut received 3 more points, totaling 33 points, expected to make the Thai team world rankings. Moved from rank 43 to rank 41, however, the association will send a male cyclist to compete in the “Tour of Qinghai Lake” between July 9-16, a 2.HC level competition, followed by the “Tour of Huangshan” competition between July 21-22 as a competition level 2.2

Summary of medals of the 2023 Asian Road Cycling Championships (excluding disabled bikes), 1st place Kazakhstan 8 gold 4 silver 1 bronze, 2nd place Thailand 3 gold 1 silver 2 bronze, 3rd place Vietnam 3 gold 1 bronze , 4th Uzbekistan 2 gold 4 silver 3 bronze, 5 Hong Kong 2 gold 2 silver 1 bronze, 6 Malaysia 2 gold 1 silver, 7 Indonesia 1 gold 2 silver 2 bronze, 8 China 3 silver 1 bronze.