Hong Kong cycling star Chloe Leung ready for race of truth in bid for Asian Games gold

City rider expects to shrug off finger injury and go for glory in Japan, while Vincent Lau prepares for potentially his last Games road race

After all the meticulous preparation, the talking and the injury frights, Chloe Leung Wing-yee is ready for the clock to start ticking on her race of truth in the remote hills of Shinshiro City on Sunday.

The little finger on her right hand that Leung broke following a racing crash in Italy in July has been a nuisance, but she has reconciled with the fact that it is just one more challenge, besides the slopes and corners that characterise a deeply technical course, to overcome in her pursuit of Asian Games individual time trial (ITT) gold.

Still taped to its neighbouring digit, the offending finger is likely to be more of a pain, both literally and metaphorically, when Leung competes on the track in the Madison, where riders use their hand to sling their teammate back into the race.