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Paul McNamara

Daniel Yip Hon-man, who scorched to Asian Road Cycling Championships gold this week, is spearheading a new Hong Kong generation who do not want to settle for second-best, according to coach Herve Dagorne.
The 17-year-old Yip thrillingly streaked clear at the end of the 118km (73-mile) men’s junior road race in Thailand on Thursday to become the first Hongkonger to capture the title since Wong Kam-po in 1991. Ceci Lee Sze-wing added to Hong Kong’s medal haul with bronze in Saturday’s women’s road race.
Yip, a product of the SHKP Supernova Cycling Team, has spent most of the past 12 months training and racing in Europe.
“His pathway is what I want for every Hong Kong athlete,” Dagorne said. “What he learned in Europe helped him with his choices during the race. He attacked at good times.

“We want our riders to have good knowledge of tactics and strategy, and he has developed this profile earlier than the others.”
Dagorne has been working furiously to get his senior athletes’ strategic prowess up to speed since he was appointed in March last year. The old formula of prolonged camps in mainland China, with minimal competition, has been replaced with intense training and regular races in cycling hotbeds such as France and Australia.
The Frenchman noted that Yip had been schooled “outside the Hong Kong Sports Institute pathway”. In Spain, the teenager joined the Giant Grassroots programme for promising riders. He was subsequently taken on by Equipo Finisher, the feeder team for professional road cycling outfit Equipo Kern Pharma.
“He is physically talented, but he is also hungry to win and knows what to do,” Dagorne said. “Hong Kong riders have been missing that one part [belief they can win]. He’s had it from a young age.
“Hong Kong used to have medals, but didn’t win so much … there’s always been someone stronger, or tactically and technically better. I hope [Yip’s gold] can open the way for others.”
In the men’s under-23 road race, Wu Chun-yin, who is 19 and in his debut year in the age category, finished 12th.
“These kids have no fear … I can feel they like the game [of competing tactically],” Dagorne said. “They have passion and think about winning. It’s really encouraging.”
Dagorne said the performances of Hong Kong’s young riders pointed to potential Olympic success.
“It could be one of these kids, or maybe someone we’ve not detected yet,” he said. “LA [in 2028] is probably too close, but in Brisbane [in 2032] we should be winning medals.”
Wu suffered in the blistering Thai heat, after similar issues for Vincent Lau Wan-yau when he finished eighth in the men’s individual time-trial. Dagorne was “trying to find answers” for Paris Olympian Lau’s problems, after the Hong Kong squad prepared with a six-week camp in boiling heat in Australia. “He had so much pain and after the race couldn’t walk,” Dagorne said.
Chloe Leung Wing-yee was fifth in the women’s individual time-trial on a flat course that did not suit her slender frame.
“At [last September’s] World Championships, she was the best Asian rider, but there was a 4km climb that suited her body weight,” Dagorne said.

The 58-year-old Dagorne gave the Asian Cycling Confederation (ACC) both barrels, after their eleventh-hour decision to allow teams five riders in this weekend’s women’s and men’s road races. Hong Kong travelled with only four riders for each, per the original allocation.
They planned their Australian training for Lee to win gold as leader of a four-strong team. She had to settle for third in a race won by home rider Jutatip Maneephan.
“They told us on the registration day, but this is the unprofessional side of the ACC,” Dagorne said. “They’re always like this … it’s very disappointing.”


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