2023 Hong Kong Challenge

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]

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
Winner  Lukas Pöstlberger (AUT) (Team Jayco–AlUla)
  Second  Kane Richards (AUS) (ARA Skip Capital)
  Third  Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) (Team Jayco–AlUla)

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

Teams

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

WorldTeams

ProTeams

Continental teams

National teams

  • Hong Kong

Results

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General classification

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Rider Team Time
1   Lukas Pöstlberger   Team Jayco–AlUla 2h 29' 24"
2   Kane Richards ARA Skip Capital + 1' 18"
3   Zdeněk Štybar Team Jayco–AlUla + 1' 18"
4   Blake Quick Team Jayco–AlUla + 1' 42"
5   Polychronis Tzortzakis Roojai Online Insurance + 1' 42"
6   Red Walters X-Speed United + 1' 42"
7   Aiman Cahyadi Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team + 1' 42"
8   Rudy Porter Team Jayco–AlUla + 1' 43"
9   Batsaikhany Tegshbayar Roojai Online Insurance + 1' 43"
10   Nicolas Dalla Valle Team Corratec–Selle Italia + 1' 43"

List of teams and riders

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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 the Chinese continental team Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team was unable to attend, there were 76 riders in the remaining 14 teams taking part in the race.[4]

References

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  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".
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