Hello and welcome to the National Championships for South Korea, Mongolia and Thailand! 15 riders on the startline, with many riders from each nationality ready to do battle on the flat route.



Two riders formed the day's break, both representing the Shimano-Siam Cement team, but more importantly being from two different nations. Kritsada Changpad was present for Thailand and Gyung Gu Jang was there for South Korea.

As with all but one of the NCs so far this season, the day's break ultimately gave you the National Champions from those countries, so we just needed something from a Mongolian rider and the titles are sorted.



Luckily we would have that sorted, as Sonomtseren Delgerbayar (FNZ) followed an attack from Peerapol Chawchiangkuang (IDS) to head up the road with just under 15km to go. Chawchiangkuang's attack was bizarre, as he had over 5 minutes to make up in less than 15km. Ah well, it was enough to give us a Mongolian attacker so happy days!



A late attack from Changpad gave him the victory on the day and confirmed his Thai NC title!



A small distance behind him would come Jang to seal the Korean crown...



And after burying himself for 15km, Delgerbayar would just hold off a small group behind for the Mongolian title.

All the other riders would finish inside the time limit, so no DNFs here.

Stage Result

1	Kritsada Changpad	Shimano - Siam Cement	1h25'49
2	Gyung Gu Jang	Shimano - Siam Cement 2	+ 29
3	Peerapol Chawchiangkuang	Indosat - ANZ	+ 2'45
4	Sonomtseren Delgerbayar	Fox Sports - BikeNZ Cycling	s.t.
5	Sung Baek Park	Compal - Merida	+ 3'38
6	Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn	Shimano - Siam Cement	+ 4'01
7	Chan Jae Jang	Compal - Merida	+ 5'05
8	Phucong Sai-Udomsin	Shimano - Siam Cement	s.t.
9	Erdenebayar Daspuntsag	Fox Sports - BikeNZ Cycling	s.t.
10	Sarawut Sirironnachai	Shimano - Siam Cement	s.t.
11	Tuguldur Tuulhangai	Fox Sports - BikeNZ Cycling	s.t.
12	Ok Cheol Kim	Xero Racing p/b Octagon	s.t.
13	Maani Altanzul	Fox Sports - BikeNZ Cycling	s.t.
14	Thanawut Sanikwathi	World Cycling Centre	s.t.
15	Narankhuu Baterdene	Fox Sports - BikeNZ Cycling	s.t.
16	Juan Pablo Wilches	Control Team	+ 8'02

Onto the time trial and this should be an easy thing to sort out. We had one strong TT rider from each naton, so they are the winners, right? Right?



Gyung Gu Jang (SSC) was comfortable in his charge to be the Korean double Nation Champion. A gap of just over 40" was enough to give him the victory.



Phucong Sai-Udomsin (SSC) was the defending Thai champion, and he would hold onto the National TT jersey for another season. 1'10! was his gap to a team-mate in the battle for the Thai crown.



Now the Mongolian title was the more complicated one and was the one that could put my theory into doubt. Sonomtseren Delgerbayar (FNZ) was the big favourite, but a slow start to the race would thrown everything up in the air.



Maani Altanzul (FNZ) was his challenger to the crown, and at the first check, he was 5" up on Delgerbayar, and at the second check, he has just 2" advantage... Could he hold on?

Sadly for Altanzul, the race favourite would continue to eat into the gap and crossing the line at the finish, Delgerbayar would take the Mongolian TT title by just 3" over his teammate!

Stage Result

1	Sonomtseren Delgerbayar	Fox Sports - BikeNZ Cycling	1h21'29
2	Maani Altanzul	Fox Sports - BikeNZ Cycling	+ 3
3	Phucong Sai-Udomsin	Shimano - Siam Cement	+ 46
4	Erdenebayar Daspuntsag	Fox Sports - BikeNZ Cycling	+ 1'40
5	Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn	Shimano - Siam Cement	+ 1'56
6	Thanawut Sanikwathi	World Cycling Centre	+ 2'46
7	Peerapol Chawchiangkuang	Indosat - ANZ	+ 3'03
8	Gyung Gu Jang	Shimano - Siam Cement 2	+ 3'23
9	Sarawut Sirironnachai	Shimano - Siam Cement	+ 3'47
10	Sung Baek Park	Compal - Merida	+ 4'00
11	Ok Cheol Kim	Xero Racing p/b Octagon	s.t.
12	Narankhuu Baterdene	Fox Sports - BikeNZ Cycling	+ 4'04
13	Kritsada Changpad	Shimano - Siam Cement	+ 4'22
14	Tuguldur Tuulhangai	Fox Sports - BikeNZ Cycling	+ 4'25
15	Chan Jae Jang	Compal - Merida	+ 4'58
16	Juan Pablo Wilches	Control Team	+ 22'11