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| Ronald Oranza in the left, El Joshua Carino in the middle, Jan Paul Morales on the right |
The trio of defending champion Jan Paul Morales, current leader Ronald Oranza, and El Joshua Carino finished the stage together, with Morales and Oranza allowing Carino to take the victory after his contributions during the stage.
The 24-year-old spearheaded the early breakaway, then initiated the final action in the last six kilometers, ensuring both Oranza and Morales to get ahead. The duo then let Carino catch up and claim the win at 4:6:58.
Their performance keeps both Oranza and Morales at 1-2 in the overall classification, with the former still leading at 17:40:13 and the defending champion just under five minutes behind at 17:45:12.
This is Carino's fourth-ever stage victory in Ronda Pilipinas, and the first this year. The mountain climbing expert now makes it four times a Navy-Standard Insurance cyclist has claimed the stage win, with Oranza winning the first two stages and Morales winning Stage Four. Cris Joven is the only non-Navy cyclist to have won a stage, claiming Stage Three.
Oranza did not mind taking on a domestique role for most of this particular stage, acknowledging that his teammates will also do the same if the situation needs it.
The rest of the top ten in the overall classification are as follows:
3rd. Jay Lampawog (Go for Gold Developmental): 17:48:56
4th. Cris Joven (Army-Bicycology): 17:51:16
5th. Ronald Lomotos (Navy-Standard Insurance): 17:51:35
6th. Irish Valenzueal (CCN Superteam): 17:52:34
7th. Ronnel Hualda (Go for Gold Developmental) 17:52:34
8th. Jhon Mark Camingao (Navy-Standard Insurance) 17:54:26
9th. Rudy Roque (Navy-Standard Insurance) 17:55:04
10th. Leonel Dimaano (Team Franzia) 17:55:10
The all-Navy podium also solidifies their dominance in the team classification, extending their lead over Go for Gold Developmental to almost thirty minutes, 70:54:59 to 71:24:25. Army-Bicycology remains in third with an overall time of 71:41:45.
The 2018 edition of Ronda Pilipinas is presented by LBC and supported by MVP Sports Foundation, Filinvest, CCN, Petron, Versa.ph, 3Q Sports Event Management, Inc., Boy Kanin, Franzia, Standard Insurance, Bike Xtreme, SH+, Guerciotti, Prolite, Green Planet, Maynilad, NLEX Sports, Lightwater, LBC Foundation and PhilCycling.
The tour resumes tomorrow morning with Stage Six, a 111.8km race from the City Hall of San Jose in Nueva Ecija to the Provincial Capitol of Tarlac.
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