Lim ties for 5th in Asian cycling road race

RUSTOM Lim of Team LBC Cycling Pilipinas finished joint fifth with a huge wave of riders while Ronald Oranza couldn’t sustain a late breakaway and ended up 26th in the men’s road race of the Asian Cycling Championship in New Delhi over the weekend.  A sprint specialist from Guimba, Nueva Ecija, Lim came home with the 20-man group that timed 3 hours, 5 minutes and 17 seconds in the 142-kilometer race, less than a minute behind gold medalist Ali Khademi of Iran (3:04:18). June Navarro