2023 Hong Kong Challenge

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2023 Hong Kong Cyclothon UCI 1.1 Road Race
2023 UCI Asia Tour
Race details
DatesOctober 22, 2023
Distance103.2 km (64.13 mi)
Winning time2h 29' 24"
Results
Jersey blue.svg WinnerFlag of Austria.svg  Lukas Pöstlberger  (AUT) (Team Jayco–AlUla)
  SecondFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Kane Richards  (AUS) (ARA Skip Capital)
  ThirdFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Zdeněk Štybar  (CZE) (Team Jayco–AlUla)

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]

Contents

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]

WorldTeams

ProTeams

Continental teams

National teams

  • Hong Kong

Results

General classification

RiderTeamTime
1 Flag of Austria.svg Lukas Pöstlberger Jersey blue.svg Team Jayco–AlUla 2h 29' 24"
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kane Richards ARA Skip Capital + 1' 18"
3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zdeněk Štybar Team Jayco–AlUla + 1' 18"
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Blake Quick Team Jayco–AlUla + 1' 42"
5 Flag of Greece.svg Polychronis Tzortzakis Roojai Online Insurance + 1' 42"
6 Flag of Grenada.svg Red Walters X-Speed United + 1' 42"
7 Flag of Indonesia.svg Aiman Cahyadi Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team + 1' 42"
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rudy Porter Team Jayco–AlUla + 1' 43"
9 Flag of Mongolia.svg Batsaikhany Tegshbayar Roojai Online Insurance + 1' 43"
10 Flag of Italy.svg Nicolas Dalla Valle Team Corratec–Selle Italia + 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 Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team was unable to attend, there were 76 riders in reemaining 14 teams took part in the race [4]

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References

  1. "Sun Hung Kai Properties Hong Kong Cyclothon".
  2. 2023 Sun Hung Kai Properties Hong Kong Challenge at procyclingstats.com
  3. "2023 Sun Hung Kai Properties Hong Kong Challenge - Startlist". FirstCycling. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  4. "Sun Hung Kai Properties Hong Kong Challenge 2023 | Startlist | Startlist".