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Valenzuela City Hosts Local Ronda Pilipinas Leg
2014-02-09 
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RONDA PILIPINAS STAGE 7
From the last point, Lucena City, the Valenzuela City Hall stood as the venue of the kickoff of the 7th stage of Ronda Pilipinas International held last February 8, 2014. More than 200 Valenzuelano riders get to join the race under the local criterium that ended at Balagtas, Bulacan while the 82 official bikers will continue the sprint up to Tarlac City. |
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RONDA PILIPINAS STAGE 7
From the last point, Lucena City, Valenzuela City Hall hosted the kickoff of the 7th stage of Ronda Pilipinas International held last Saturday, February 8, 2014. Of more than 300 bikers, 82 are official race contenders and the rest are local Valenzuelano riders, under the local criterium. The local criterium race ended at Balagtas, Bulacan while the 82 official bikers will continue the sprint up to Tarlac City. |
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RONDA PILIPINAS STAGE 7
From the last point, Lucena City, Valenzuela City Hall hosted the kickoff of the 7th stage of Ronda Pilipinas International held last Saturday, February 8, 2014. Of more than 300 bikers, 82 are official race contenders and the rest are local Valenzuelano riders, under the local criterium. The local criterium race ended at Balagtas, Bulacan while the 82 official bikers will continue the sprint up to Tarlac City. |
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RONDA PILIPINAS STAGE 7
From the last point, Lucena City, Valenzuela City Hall hosted the kickoff of the 7th stage of Ronda Pilipinas International held last Saturday, February 8, 2014. Of more than 300 bikers, 82 are official race contenders and the rest are local Valenzuelano riders, under the local criterium. The local criterium race ended at Balagtas, Bulacan while the 82 official bikers will continue the sprint up to Tarlac City. |
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RONDA PILIPINAS STAGE 7
From the last point, Lucena City, Valenzuela City Hall hosted the kickoff of the 7th stage of Ronda Pilipinas International held last Saturday, February 8, 2014. Of more than 300 bikers, 82 are official race contenders and the rest are local Valenzuelano riders, under the local criterium. The local criterium race ended at Balagtas, Bulacan while the 82 official bikers will continue the sprint up to Tarlac City. |
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RONDA PILIPINAS STAGE 7
From the last point, Lucena City, Valenzuela City Hall hosted the kickoff of the 7th stage of Ronda Pilipinas International held last Saturday, February 8, 2014. Of more than 300 bikers, 82 are official race contenders and the rest are local Valenzuelano riders, under the local criterium. The local criterium race ended at Balagtas, Bulacan while the 82 official bikers will continue the sprint up to Tarlac City. |
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RONDA PILIPINAS STAGE 7
From the last point, Lucena City, Valenzuela City Hall hosted the kickoff of the 7th stage of Ronda Pilipinas International held last Saturday, February 8, 2014. Of more than 300 bikers, 82 are official race contenders and the rest are local Valenzuelano riders, under the local criterium. The local criterium race ended at Balagtas, Bulacan while the 82 official bikers will continue the sprint up to Tarlac City. |
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RONDA PILIPINAS STAGE 7
From the last point, Lucena City, Valenzuela City Hall hosted the kickoff of the 7th stage of Ronda Pilipinas International held last Saturday, February 8, 2014. Of more than 300 bikers, 82 are official race contenders and the rest are local Valenzuelano riders, under the local criterium. The local criterium race ended at Balagtas, Bulacan while the 82 official bikers will continue the sprint up to Tarlac City. |
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RONDA PILIPINAS STAGE 7
From the last point, Lucena City, Valenzuela City Hall hosted the kickoff of the 7th stage of Ronda Pilipinas International held last Saturday, February 8, 2014. Of more than 300 bikers, 82 are official race contenders and the rest are local Valenzuelano riders, under the local criterium. The local criterium race ended at Balagtas, Bulacan while the 82 official bikers will continue the sprint up to Tarlac City. |
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RONDA PILIPINAS STAGE 7
From the last point, Lucena City, Valenzuela City Hall hosted the kickoff of the 7th stage of Ronda Pilipinas International held last Saturday, February 8, 2014. Of more than 300 bikers, 82 are official race contenders and the rest are local Valenzuelano riders, under the local criterium. The local criterium race ended at Balagtas, Bulacan while the 82 official bikers will continue the sprint up to Tarlac City. |
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144 riders competed in the local leg of the international biking tournament Ronda Pilipinas on Saturday, February 8.
The riders raced around a 17 km overall course that started in the Valenzuela City Government Complex at 8 a.m. and completed 20 laps.
Biker Ysmael Gendrano finished first against the 58 riders for the All-Valenzuelano category, which was exclusively held for Valenzuela City residents; while Armil de Jesus bested 86 other riders in the Amateur/Ex Pro/Executive category which was open for neighboring cities.
City Mayor REX Gatchalian thanked organizers for including Valenzuela City as one of the race itineraries. “It is our pleasure to be part of this big event,” Mayor REX said.
The 82 competitors of the Ronda Pilipinas also kicked off the seventh stage of the race’s international leg at the city hall grounds at 10 am. Local riders accompanied the riders in the neutral ride to Bulacan. The official race began after 16.75 kilometers mark, in Balagtas, Bulacan. The stage ended in Tarlac.
Ronda Pilipinas Race Administration Director Joaquin Yabut said the seventh stage has the longest distance of 172 kilometers.
Korean rider Im Jae Yeon of the Ibyajeon team finished first in a time of four hours and 52 minutes for the stage individual sprint category while two-time Ronda Pilipinas individual champion Mike Galedo of 7-Eleven maintained the lead in the overall individual classification category.
The four-year-old international biking tournament started this year in February 2 and will end on February 16 in Marikina City to complete the 14 stages.
ALL VALENZUELANO CATEGORY:
1st: Ysmael Gendrano
2nd: Alfredo Velilla
3rd: Victor Viray
AMATEUR/EX PRO/EXECUTIVE CATEGORY:
1st: Armil De Jesus
2nd: Jhun Quintana
3rd: Leonil Dimaano
4th: Archie Cardana
5th: RJ Peralta
6th: Rudy Malangsa
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