THE Pitaki Boyz of Jazy Sports/Beacon Philippines again made their home crowd proud by fashioning a 1-2-3-4 finish in the 2nd Gen. Bataoil-Jesus Garcia, Jr. Cup held December 14.

Binalonan pride Merculio Ramos Jr., fresh from his 12-day stint at the Tour de Indonesia where he placed 13th in the individual overall classification, outsprinted his break-away partner and teammate Renier Clauna in the last 280 meters to pocket the P10,000 top prize with a huge trophy to boot.

Clauna, 25, from Bugallon bagged P7,000. The duo clocked the 158 kilometers trek with an identical time of four hours, 12 minutes and 48 seconds.

Sual’s promising cyclist Mark Julius Bonzo, son of the late 1983 Marlboro Tour champ Romeo Bonzo, came in third, out pedaling the second group of eight riders to earn P5,000.

Arnel Quirimit of Pozorrubio, 2003 Tour Pilipinas titlist, and 20-year old Ryan Cantor from San Manuel landed fourth and fifth to earn P3,000 and P2,000, respectively.

Rounding up the top 10 were: Jefferson Valdez of Asingan, 6th; Oscar Espiritu of San Manuel, 7th; Alfredo Asuncion of Guimba, Nueva Ecija, 8th; Rene Esteban of San Fabian, 9th; Edmundo Nicolas of San Manuel 10th.

There were 65 starters and 48 survived the bikefest, sponsored by NCRPO chief Gen. Leopoldo N. Bataoil and friends of former Marlboro Tour king Jesus A. Garcia, Jr.

The race was aired over DZRD Sonshine Radio 981 Khz AM.—JAGJr.

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