LAHORE – The city district government at Abbottabad held a reception in honour of thecyclists participating in the 16th Tour De Pakistan International Cycle Race that concluded on Sunday evening.
The cyclists after covering a distance of 1660 kilometres reached Abbottabad in eleven stages. Mohammad Sabir Hussain of WAPDA was the overall leader and won the 16th edition of the race. Sabir completed the journey from Karachi to Abbottabad in 44 hours, 35 minutes and 45 seconds.
Mohammad Rafique of Army won the eleventh stage from Rawalpindi to Abbottabad. He took 3 hours 39 minutes and 23 seconds to cover the 120 kilometre distance. Ibrahim of WAPDA (3:39:33) and Haroon-ur-Rasheed of WAPDA (3:39:43) finished second and third, respectively. In the overall list of winners, Sabir was followed by Mohammad Ibrahim of WAPDA (44:38:25) and Sultan Aftab of SSGC (44.38:54). Overall, WAPDA won the championship trophy followed by SSGC, Army, Afghanistan, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA.
Tour de Pak cyclists honoured as Sabir clinches top slot
