2023 Hong Kong Challenge Explained

2023 Hong Kong Cyclothon UCI 1.1 Road Race
Series:2023 UCI Asia Tour
Date:October 22, 2023
Distance:103.2
Unit:km
Time:2h 29' 24"
First:Lukas Pöstlberger
First Nat:AUT
First Color:blue
Second:Kane Richards
Second Nat:AUS
Third:Zdeněk Štybar
Third Nat:CZE

The 2023 Hong Kong Cyclothon UCI 1.1 Road Race was the 2nd edition of the Hong Kong Challenge one-day race. The race was held on October 23, and was rated as a 1.1 event on the UCI Asia Tour.[1]

Lukas Pöstlberger of Austria won the race, followed by Kane Richards of Australia second and Zdeněk Štybar of Czech third.[2]

Teams

Fourteen teams participated in the race. Each team had a maximum of six riders:[3]

Results

General classification

Rider Team Time
12h 29' 24"
2 Kane Richards+ 1' 18"
3 Zdeněk Štybar+ 1' 18"
4 Blake Quick+ 1' 42"
5 Polychronis Tzortzakis+ 1' 42"
6 Red Walters+ 1' 42"
7 Aiman Cahyadi+ 1' 42"
8 Rudy Porter+ 1' 43"
9 Batsaikhany Tegshbayar+ 1' 43"
10 Nicolas Dalla Valle+ 1' 43"

List of teams and riders

A total of 15 teams, including one WorldTeam, one ProTeam, 12 Continental teams, and 1 national team, were invited to participate in the 2023 SHKP Hong Kong Challenge. As Chinese continental team was unable to attend, there were 76 riders in reemaining 14 teams took part in the race[4]

Hong Kong

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sun Hung Kai Properties Hong Kong Cyclothon.
  2. https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/sun-hung-kai-properties-hong-kong-challenge/2023/result 2023 Sun Hung Kai Properties Hong Kong Challenge
  3. Web site: 2023 Sun Hung Kai Properties Hong Kong Challenge - Startlist. FirstCycling. 24 October 2023.
  4. Web site: Sun Hung Kai Properties Hong Kong Challenge 2023 | Startlist | Startlist.