Hong Kong shares its profile with the Chinese Championship, the same mountain to be climbed. Here, Choi is the favorite.
The five participating professionals already gap all but one amateur on the first climb, showing the difficulty of this race.
The amateur couldn't hold on, and Leung and Cheung also drop off. Only Fung and Ho keeping up with Choi's pace.
Choi attacks these two with twenty kilometer to go. Still a long way with three climb to go.
Despite his quality he only wants a 30 seconds lead and maintains it until the foot of the final climb.
And the gaps stay the same there. Ki Ho Choi dominates the race, no one else was allowed to lead. Ho road away from Fung on the final climb to finish second, Cheung and Leung at more than ten minutes.
All professionals are decent time trialists, but Kwok is a slight step above everyone else. As his Air France-KLM flight was delayed, he couldn't make it to the start.
Fung is the first to set a time on the leaderboard: 1h06'29.
Ho beats Fung's time by 26 seconds.
Choi beats Ho's time by 1 minute and 11 seconds.
Cheung beats Choi's time by 46 seconds.
Leung beats Cheung's time by 23 seconds.
The final result is the reverse starting order, meaning Chun Wing Leung is the winner!