JERMYN PRADO, Jonel Carcueva and Kim Bonilla shared top honors in the PhilCycling National Championships for Road recently in Tagaytay City.
Prado won the women’s individual time trial and road race to remain queen of Philippine cycling.
The 28-year-old Prado won the 15-km individual time trial (ITT) in 34 minutes and 43.80 seconds.
She clocked three hours, 22 minutes and four seconds in topping the 104-km road race from Agoncillo to Tagaytay City.
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Carcueva was as unrelenting in the 127-km men’s road event punctuated by the same climb where majority of the riders had to dismount and push their bikes up tough climbs ranging from five percent gradient to a nerve-sapping 28.
He clocked 3:05:20 to lead a 1-2-3 finish by the Go For Gold team in the 190-cyclist race.
Rustom Lim submitted the best time of 36:21:50 in the 20-km Men Elite ITT, ending the reign of Mark John Lexer Galedo, who was 13 seconds slower at fifth place. Excellent Noodles’s Ryan Tugawin dominated the Men Elite criterium to also share the spotlight.
Maura de los Reyes won the women’s criterium.
Bonilla, 17, from Natividad in Nueva Ecija, raced like a veteran and pedaled away with the Women Junior criterium and ITT gold medals.
She also placed second behind Weniza Claire Vinoya (3:11:35.32) in the 86-km road race.
Mathilda Krogg won the Under 23 criterium while Angelica Mae Alta Marino (Junior) and Maria Louisse Crisselle Alejado (Youth) in women’s criterium; Farin Guill Aisaiah Abigania (Youth), Pepito Khalil (Junior) and Steven Nicolas Shane Tablizo (Under 23) in men’s criterium, Maria Louisse Crisselle Alejado (Youth) and Phoebe Salazar (Under 23) in women’s criterium; Darius John Villasenor (Youth), Andrei Domingo (Junior) and Joshua Pascual (Under 23) in men’s ITT; and John Arwin Velasco (Junior) and Joshua Pascual (Under 23) in men’s road race were the other winners in the event presented by Standard Insurance and MVP Sports Foundation and supported by the POC, Philippine Sports Commission, supported by Chooks-to-Go and Excellent Noodles and backed by 7-Eleven and CCN.
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