The BTV Int’l Cycling Tournament, Number 1 Cup, kicked off in Dong Ha city, in the central province of Quang Tri on Mar. 9.

The tournament drew 75 cyclists from 12 Vietnamese teams and 3 teams from the Netherlands , Mongolia and the Philippines.

They will race in nine sections over a total length of 1,156 km from Quang Tri to the southern province of Binh Duong . On the first day of the tournament, they competed in the first section from Dong Ha city to Hue city.

The tournament will finish on Mar. 18./.