 |
| Mark Julius Bordeos wearing the symbolic red jersey as the overall leader. |
The 24-year-old Army-Bicycology cyclist edged out Jerry Aquino, Jr. (Scratch It), Rustom Lim (7Eleven Cliqq-Air21 by Roadbike Philippines), and George Oconer (Navy-Standard Insurance) in a mad dash towards the finish line.
The quartet clocked in at three hours, six minutes, and seven seconds, as they navigated in and out of the city.
On how he claimed the victory, Bordeos says, "I just stayed behind them and pulled away in the last 500 meters, I knew I can do it because I’m in top shape."
2012 champion Mark Galedo led an early breakaway of riders but faded in the end to finish fifth, three seconds behind the leaders. He did managed to secure mountain classification points in the process during that stretch.
He shared afterwards, "It would have been nice race if they had given their share but I was disheartened that no one did so I just decided to just slow down a bit."
A few seconds behind Galedo is a group led by Navy-Standard Insurance's Jan Paul Morales at 3:06:19, while the duo of Daniel Ven Carino and Jonel Carcueva of Go for Gold settled for twelfth with a time of 3:07:01.
Title favorite Ronald Oranza is in 16th place alongside Nichol Pareja at 3:07:28, while 2014 champion Reimon Lapaza cracked the top twenty clocking in at 3:07:32.
Navy-Standard Insurance seized the team classification lead with an aggregate time of 12:24:55, with 7Eleven and Celeste Cycles not that far behind with 12:27:26 and 12:27:35, respectively.
The tenth edition of Ronda Pilipinas is presented by LBC and is supported by the Manny V. Pangilinan Sports Foundation. Also backing the race are Versa, 8A Performance, Print2Go, Petron, Green Planet, Bike Xtreme, Standard Insurance, Spyder, CCN, Lightwater, Prolite, Guerciotti, Black Mamba, Boy Kanin, Vitamin Boost, NLEX-SCTEX, Maynilad, 3Q Sports Event Management Inc., LBC Foundation and PhilCycling
Stage Two is 150.6-km race from Sorsogon to Legazpi City.
No comments:
Post a Comment