The project "Cycling at Home, Preventing Covid-19" goes ahead for a second time. Thai national
team athletes make a showdown with the talent riders as Thai PBS televises live
for a full 2-hour and “Gen. Decha” prepares to make a new route
Thai Cycling Association (TCA), under the Royal Patronage of
His Majesty the King, moves forward nonstop to carry out “Home Cycling,
Protecting Covid-19” for a second time on Sunday April 19, 2020 by means of
inviting Thai national riders to make a showdown with the talent ones in
Thailand and this event will be broadcasted for two full hours by "Thai
PBS Television" from 14.00-16.00 hrs.
General Deja Hemkrasri, President of the TCA, revealed that
after the Association has organized a project
“Home Cycling, Protecting Covid-19” to campaign for the general public to turn out
to ride their own bike in their houses to prevent the infection of the Covid-19
through the application
"Zwift" which The first time on “Maha Songkran Day” on April 13, 2020
appeared to have received overwhelming attention from the public. There are
nearly 1,000 participating people and more than 38,000 people are interested in
watching live via the Thaicycling Association Facebook Page within 1 hour.
General Decha Hemkasri said that the Association, with the
cooperate of the Office of Thai Health
Promotion Foundation (THPF) and Thai PBS Television station, goes ahead to carry out to create the second project
of “Home Cycling, Protecting Covid-19” which
will take place on Sunday April 19.
However, this time will be different from the first activity. For the first
time, the Association has invited interested people to join the national team athletes
who have led the group. Each group of no
more than 50 persons,
but the 2nd activity
will be the format of the competition. In this regard, I and the technical
department of the Association on April 14, had a meeting with Mr. Anupong
Chaiyarit, Deputy Director of Operations Public Broadcasting Organization of
Thailand (TPA) and the working groups of Thai PBS Television to discuss the
implementation of the said project.
While Mr. Wisut Kasiyapat, Thai national coach and one of
the Association's working groups, said
that the second project of "Home Cycling, Protecting Covid-19" is a
format of the competition. The Association will bring the national team
athletes to compete with the famous riders that will be divided into two groups
of male and female riders as follows:
5 female national team riders will
be consisting of "Beeze" Lieutenant Jutatip Maneephan,
"Prae" Corporal Phetdarin Somrat, "Angun" Kuracha Chairin, Natalie Panyawan, " Ploy" Warinthorn
Phetpraphan to fight with 9 angels cyclists, namely "Naming" Nattha
Klongklaew (ENKKU), "Fahsai" Naphatsorn Chaikitphaiboonsri (Sky
Rider), "Song" Ravirat Srisopa
(Venn Cycling), "Chertaem” Sabaithip Pintapluk (Kitchen Queen)," Yui
"Wadi Sricharupruek (KOM KOM), " Wan Wan "Arunnapha Panitcharoon
(TCP), " Gift " Kulphon Charoensuk (Thai Airways) , "Mim"
Panchanit Pongsathaporn (BG), "Dew" Ariya Charnphiphatkun (Venn
Cycling).
Coach
Wisut said that the two Thai national cyclists, namely "TJ" Jai Angsuthasawit and "Bank" Police
Lieutenant Setthawut Yodsuwan will enter
the professional team " Thailand Continental