Lomotos cops 2nd in Stage 2 of Sabah race | Inquirer Sports

Lomotos cops 2nd in Stage 2 of Sabah race

By: - Reporter / @junavINQ
/ 09:21 PM August 20, 2013

SPRINTER Ronald Lomotos surged with a burst of speed in the final kilometer to finish second in Stage 2 of the Tour de Borneo 2013 in Sabah, Malaysia.

The hard-nosed rider from LBC-MVP Sports Foundation Cycling Pilipinas clocked four hours, 43 minutes and 17 seconds over the 189.2-kilometer distance from Tanjung Aru to Papar won by Iranian Mehdi Sohrabi (4:43:13) of Tabriz Petrochemical Team.

Lomotos, an Asian Championship campaigner last year, climbed to third overall, just eight seconds behind overall leader Hossein Nateghi (7:23:48) and four ticks slower than Stage 1 winner Australian Paul Van Der Ploeg of TCO Cycling.

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Mountain specialist Mark Galedo of

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7-Eleven-Roadbike Philippines slipped from fifth to seventh overall in the 94-rider field, 10 seconds back, after checking in with a large group close behind Sohrabi.

Galedo, the two-time cycling Tour champion and 2012 Ronda Pilipinas winner, however, placed second in the last of three intermediate sprints to gain points in the sprint category.

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Ronald Oranza, who also rides for LBC-MVPSF, dropped to eighth overall, 11 seconds behind Nateghi. The third placer of this year’s Ronda Pilipinas started the day in fourth spot.

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Junrey Navarra, Rustom Lim and Mark Bonzo of LBC-MVPSF stayed within striking distance, 14 seconds back, in the company of fellow Filipino riders Mark Julius Bordeos, Baler Ravina, Marcelo Felipe and Ryan Boots Cayubit of 7-Eleven-Roadbike Philippines.

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Navarra, a climb specialist from Davao, will keep the red jersey, the Tour’s King of the Mountain leader, for another day.

He ruled a Category 4 climb in the 87.5 km stretch in Tenghilan the day before. It was the second and steeper of two KOM ascents in Stage 1.

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