Japan wins int'l cycling tourney in Vietnam

HO CHI MINH CITY, March 16 (Xinhua) -- A Japanese team finished first at an international women cycling tournament which wrapped up on Saturday in Vietnam's southern Binh Duong province.

A South Korean team and a Vietnamese team ranked the second and the third, respectively, at the tournament which kicked off on March 8.

Eighty Vietnamese cyclists and their foreign opponents from Australia, the Philippines, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea and Thailand covered a total distance of over 850 km in the seven Vietnamese provinces of Binh Duong, Dong Nai, Lam Dong, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan and Ba Ria Vung Tau.