TCA looks ahead and prepares to shape young riders to fight the 31st SEA Games in Vietnam.

TCA looks ahead  and prepares to shape young riders to fight the 31st SEA Games in Vietnam. "Seth Muek" points to make plans early and this is also the creation of rising stars to replace senior ones who are beginning to wane, by assigning  coaches of all disciplines to select riders. While the "Home Cycling, Combating Covid-19” project on Sunday April 26 is guaranteed fun after "Koh Shun Huat" is considered to be the godfather of Zwift in Singapore. Thai PBS Television will broadcast live  from  14.00-16.00 pm.

General Decha Hemkasri, President of Thai Cyclig Association (TCA), under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King, Thursday reveals that from the situation of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) spreading across the world and impacting sports in a broad way, especially for the Olympic Games, Tokyo 2020 in Japan. It is originally scheduled to compete between July 24 - August 9, 2020, instead, had to be postponed to July 23 – August 8, 2021, this new schedule is close to the 31st SEA Games hosted by Vietnam between November 21-December 2, 2021. Many sports may have duplicate athletes.

General Decha says that for the Association, even if it has only one rider, namey  " Beaze” Lieutenant Jutathip Maneephan to qualify for the Olympic Games  "Tokyo 2020” in the women's road category, but the Association also prepares young riders for the 31st SEA Games to push new blood riders to replace the senior ones that are beginning to wane over time. Moreover, it also prepares a long-term plan for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China during September 10-25, 2022.

President of the Association goes on to say that he has assigned, most recently,  coaches of each discipline to prepare riders early, because cycling sports must be prepared continuously for a period of years.  If waiting for the competition to come, then prepare to practice together. If it is waiting for the competition to come near, then practicing together, it is afraid that it will not be in time. In this regard, coaches of  each discipline have already selected some of them. The road discipline is under the supervision of  "Coach Tum", Wisut Kasiyaphat,  "Coach Pu", Suphat Srisawai will take care of the the mountain  bike, and Mr. Ath Chaimayo will coach BMX riders. In the meantime, Vietnam does not host track competitions due to no Vellodrome.

"Coach Tum" Wisut Kasiyaphat reveals that young athletes are rising stars. There are many options of young and rising stars. But I will mainly look at their past works  such as the results from the Asian Championships or the Thailand Championships.  As for the male young riders,  they are Mr.Tulathorn Sosalam and Mr.Tuk kaewnoi, while the young females are Ms. Kamolrada Khaoplod, who has performed exceptionally well in the Thailand Championship, Round 2, in Chanthaburi province, in  February, by winning both Individual Road Race and Individual Time Trial, and Ms. Natthanan Nontakaew.  In addition, there is a 23-year old male led by "Frame" Thanakarn Chaiyasombat, who grabbed the gold medal in Team Road Race and silver medal in men’s Individual Time Trial in the 30th SEA Games in the Philippines.  For the female under 23 years, they are Ms. Piyathida Thidchan and Ms. Waraporn Wayupap.

"Coach Tum" Wisut Kasiyaphat reveals that young athletes are rising stars. There are many options of young and rising stars. But I will mainly look at their past works  such as the results from the Asian Championships or the Thailand Championships.  As for the male young riders,  they are Mr.Tulathorn Sosalam and Mr.Tuk kaewnoi, while the young females are Ms. Kamolrada Khaoplod, who has performed exceptionally well in the Thailand Championship, Round 2, in Chanthaburi province, in  February, by winning both Individual Road Race and Individual Time Trial, and Ms. Natthanan Nontakaew.  In addition, there is a 23-year old male led by "Frame" Thanakarn Chaiyasombat, who grabbed the gold medal in Team Road Race and silver medal in men’s Individual Time Trial in the 30th SEA Games in the Philippines.  For the female under 23 years, they are Ms. Piyathida Thidchan and Ms. Waraporn Wayupap.

 "Coach Bos"  Ath Chaimayo of BMX discipline says that the male riders will be the same team from the 30th SEA Games, namely, "A" Mr. Kometh Sukprasert, owner of 2 gold medals from BMX racing and Time Trial and Mr  Somkid Haratawan, a bronze medalist in BMX racing. Female athletes are  "Fah" Ms. Chutikan Kitwanitsathian and Ms. Waranya Saetae.

In addition, General  Decha also adds that the Association, in association with the Thai Health   Promotion Foundation(THPF) and Thai PBS TV Continues to organize the next project of  "Home Cycling, Combating Covid-19” on Sunday April 26. The race will be a same format of the competition for male riders with female ones.  But a format of female riders will be slightly adjusted, by inviting  famous riders with a large number of follow-up fans.  Two riders per team compete the national team riders led by "Beaze" Lieutenant Jutatip Maneeraphan,  "Plae"  Phetdarin Somrat, "Chan"  Chanpeng Nontasin, "Ploy" Ms. Warinthorn Phetpraphan. The route is in Yorkshire City That simulates the route of  world Road Championship route 2019 for a distance of 14.8 km, but the national team will give two minutes of the time for the famous riders so that it is quite close, not far apart.

President of the TCA says the male riders will be the same riders that competed on April 19, led by 2 Thai national cyclists, namely  "TJ" Jai Angsuthasawit and "Bank" Police Lieutenant Setthawut Yodsuwan to compete the professional team "Thailand Continental Cycling Team", Training Camp Peter (TCP) and Team Roojai.  Moreover, Goh Shun Huat, a rider of Singapore national team who is considered as the godfather of the Zwift , will compete on the Watopia Figure 8, for a 29.8-km distance.  Thai PBS will broadcasted live from 14.00-16.00 pm on both main television channels (press number 2), including Thai PBS fan page and Thaicycling Association Facebook page.  A special mission is to present a plaque of honor to 1-3 winners for both male and female riders via video conferencing system from Thai PBS station as riders will remain at each other's home.

For the general public interested in the "Home Cycling, Combating Covid-19” project, they can find details on the website of the Bicycle Sports Association. www.thaicycling.or.th and on the Thaicycling Association Facebook page or if you have any questions, you can send questions to "Inbox" in Facebook, the administrator  answer all clear-cut questions.