Asian Games 2023: Hong Kong’s Vincent Lau wins bronze in men’s road cycling time trial, Leung just short in women’s event
- Lau’s time of 50:17.76 seconds is briefly good enough to put him top of standings, before Kazakhstan’s Alexey Lutsenko storms to gold
- Leung Wing-yee falls 14 seconds short of third in a women’s race won by Russia-turned-Uzbekistan cyclist Olga Zabelinskaya
Hong Kong cyclist Vincent Lau Wan-yau won bronze in the men’s individual road time trial at the Asian Games on Tuesday afternoon.
The 27-year-old’s time of 50 minutes and 17.76 seconds was briefly good enough to put him top of the standings, with only a few more riders to go in Hangzhou.
But Kazakhstan’s Alexey Lutsenko (48:05.75) stormed into the lead, with China’s Xue Ming (50:05.83) pushing Lau down into the bronze medal position.
In the women’s event, Hong Kong’s Chloe Leung Wing-yee was only 14 seconds shy of a podium place, but Lau’s bronze nonetheless took Hong Kong to 45 medals in total – just one short of their best Games haul, in Jakarta five years ago.
“I guess I did well with my time,” said Lau, who finished 12th place the Asian Championships four months ago.