MORE than a month after making a name in local cycling, Ronald Oranza, a revelation in the Ronda Pilipinas bikathon, rides on for national glory along with Rustom Lim in the Asian Cycling championships set in New Delhi starting this Thursday.
After seizing the red jersey in the Visayas, Irish Valenzuela of LPGMA-American Vinyl expressed confidence of holding on to the overall lead of the Ronda Pilipinas until the bikathon hits the toughest climbs ahead.
Focused solely on team championsips before, LPGMA-American Vinyl is attempting to bring a more valuable piece of hardware in the Ronda Pilipinas this time around.
Track specialist Jan Paul Morales used his speed to dominate a mass sprint finish in Stage 4 even as Baler Ravina easily retained the overall lead of the LBC Ronda Pilipinas bikathon.
Tomas Martinez fought off dehydration and a bum stomach in the last 10 kilometers to complete a solo trip to victory in the opening stage of the 2012 LBC Ronda Pilipinas yesterday.
Humble and unassuming, Santy Barnachea has been carrying himself this way before every start of a multistage race.
SANTY Barnachea shone in last year’s inaugural on sheer wit and stamina. This time, he will have to add speed to his talents on the road.
Expecting nothing spectacular in the stage, Le Tour de Filipinas presented by Air21 turned to Arnel Quirimit for a dramatic finish in a race deprived of thrill and challenge.
Out to conquer a chain of unfamiliar roads ahead, a seasoned cast of local and foreign riders begins its four-day grind today in the 2012 Le Tour de Filipinas presented by Air21.
THE 2012 LE TOUR de Filipinas international bikathon will pass through a treacherous route never before tackled in the local tour’s rich history.
WITH A record prize pot of P7 million, the LBC Ronda Pilipinas looms as the country’s biggest and most challenging bikathon ever. The cycling tour fires off in September and will cover 12 stages spread over 20 days across the archipelago. Ronda Pilipinas, the richest since the 1998 Marlboro Tour, stakes P1 million each for [...]
