The Philippine Navy Standard Insurance finally made their presence felt after reigning Ronda champion George Oconer arrived in the nick of time and pulled out a win in the second-longest LBC Ronda Pilipinas stage.
Go For Gold (G4G) youngster Aidan James Mendoza overpowered veteran and rookie riders after an impressive sprint to the finish.
The newcomer EXN devastatingly outsprinted the PNSI with a clocking of 1 hour, 15 minutes, and 33 seconds at the second stage. The defending champion PNSI fell behind by 1 minute and 21 seconds, putting them on the third spot behind Go for Gold continental team, which is also second in stage result.
A Team Nueva Ecija rider collided head-on with a jeepney amidst the LBC Ronda Pilipinas Team Time Trial competition 2022
EXN Jan Paul Morales tops the LBC Ronda Pilipinas prologue staged in Sorsogon Province. Thus, the Excellent Noodles second man and the former Navy team skipper leads the general classification.
Former Navy skipper, Jan Paul Morales, will tussle for the first time with his former teammates since joining LBC Ronda Pilipinas in 2012
LBC Ronda Pilipinas' two-time overall titlist, Santy 'El Capitan 4T" Barnachea, will stir his new cycling team, Excellent Noodles, into getting desired results this coming LBC Ronda Pilipinas ninth edition.
Ryan Tugawin, a native of Solano, Nueva Vizcaya, started his career in professional cycling at the age of 23 in 2013.
Joshua Pascual, a native of Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya, is one of the two Vizcayanos in the 8-man Excellent Noodles cycling team.
Sixty-two riders including four professional superteams such as Philippine Navy Standard Insurance, Go For Gold, 7-Eleven and Excellent Noodles, accepted the highly anticipated Excellent Noodles sponsored-cycling challenge, mustered in Baywalk Lingayen on 19 December 2021.
all words by Mike Franchetti
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