From December 22nd to 23rd, the "China Construction Cup" 2023 China Nujiang Grand Canyon International Bicycle Speed Bit Challenge was held in Lushui City, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, with 17 professional teams and 102 professional athletes from all over the world (including 7 national teams, 9 continental teams, and 1 local team) in the beautiful road of the Nujiang Grand Canyon.
There are two stages in the race: the first stage on December 22 is Lushui Liuku - Fugong Zhiziluo, with a race distance of 116 kilometersOn December 23rd, the second stage was the Lushui Circle Race, with a race distance of 120 kilometers. After two days of fierce competition, the first stage championship was won by Xue Ming, the No. 54 team member from the Nujiang Speed Bit Racing Team, and the second stage championship was won by the No. 46 team member Niu Yikui from the Li Ning Star Intercontinental Team. The host Nujiang Speed Bit Team also managed to win the first place in the overall team results.
I love the Nu River, the natural beauty of the Nu River, which you can't see anywhere. The negative oxygen ions in the canyon made me feel refreshed like never before, and cycling is a challenging sport, and it is even more enjoyable to race in the beautiful and spectacular canyon," said Sayuti, from the Philippine national team.
Shi Zhongdong, deputy director of the Nujiang Prefecture Culture and Tourism Bureau, said that in the future, Nujiang will continue to build a world-class mountain and valley tourist resort, focusing on the product positioning of "niche, boutique, characteristic and high-end", with the main purpose of improving the level of industrialization, and holding various events at a high level as the main line, closely following infrastructure construction, product innovation, tourism content research and development, and quality improvement of tourism elements. Focusing on improving service quality, we will continue to enrich outdoor adventure tourism formats such as hiking, cycling, camping, rafting, rock climbing, self-driving, mountain cross-country, and ropeway experience, vigorously develop the outdoor sports industry, promote the in-depth integration and development of outdoor sports and tourism, continuously expand the influence of outdoor sports on the Nujiang River, and launch the "Outdoor Paradise" brand of the Nujiang River.
The competition is co-sponsored by the China Cycling Association, Yunnan Provincial Sports Bureau, and the people of Nujiang Prefecture, and undertaken by the Nujiang Prefecture Culture and Tourism Bureau, the Nujiang Prefecture Education and Sports Bureau, the people of Lushui City, and the people of Fugong County.
China's **Yunnan Reporter Station Reporter Li Yingqing).
*: China**Net.