Asif of Sindh wins 4th stage in Tour de Pakistan

SUKKUR: Asif Ali of Sindh won the fourth stage of the Tour de Pakistan cycle race on Friday when the participants of the race traveled from Sukkur to Rahimyar Khan.

Asif secured the first position covering a distance of 178 km in five hours, ten minutes, 42 seconds.

Mohammad Rafiq of Pakistan Army came second with a difference of ten seconds while Mohammad Zahid also from Army finished on third.

Meanwhile, the race was interrupted for 23 minutes due to strike in Sindh on an appeal from the People’s Party.

The participants of the race after taking rest for a day will proceed from Rahimyar Khan to Bahawalpur to cross a distance of 200 km. This will be the longest phase of the tour de Pakistan race.