Reminiscing my cycling days after 1977 By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER winning the 1977 Marlboro Tour of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao staged in the month of June, I took a respite for five days and resumed pushing the pedals of my bike again to avoid getting complacent and rusty….

Returning to normal? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WHEN our national government relaxed our province’s status from ECQ (Enhanced Community Quarantine) to GCQ (General Community Quarantine) last May 16 to fight the dreaded COVID-19, Pangasinenses felt ebullient, like a prisoners who unexpectedly received presidential pardons. Suddenly, motorists wearing face masks…

Bike lanes nationwide soon in PH? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FOR more than a decade now, some of our lawmakers and many cycling groups in the country are clamoring for the establishment of bicycle lanes nationwide. Yes, there are some bike lanes now in the cities of Marikina, Pasig,…

Pangasinan’s national Tour champs By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS swamped with queries from our avid cycling fans here and abroad (including millennials and non-Pangasinenses) regarding my article weeks ago. I was asked to name the 21 Pangasinan cyclists that had already won a Philippine national cycling Tour (multi-stage)…

Pacquiao vs Marquez fifth fight in the offing? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. RUMORS are circulating in boxing world that a fifth fight between our world boxing icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and his conqueror Mexican ring-great Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez is possible. This is what world boxing pundits say after…

Four Filipino world boxing champs By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. SINCE there are no national and local sports activities during these troubled times because of the COVID-19 pandemic, allow me to cite some trivia that many of you guys may not be aware of, like the fact that this Juan…

COVID-19 upsets world’s three grand Tours calendar By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WHEN France President Emmanuel Macron officially announced last week that France’s lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic will continue till May 11 at the earliest (and could be extended up to mid-July as the safest period), Tour de…

Pangasinan’s unsurpassed PH cycling records, heroes (Second of two series) By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. DUE to space limitations in my last week’s column, and as requested by some of our cycling avid enthusiasts, especially my friends in Houston, Texas led by San Carlos City-born Blann Caguioa of the Siklista…

Pangasinan’s unsurpassed PH cycling records, heroes (First of two series) By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. SINCE COVID-19 contagion continues, no sports activities could be staged anywhere and at anytime. So, I’ll take this opportunity to  give into the request of  my two cycling friends both from San Carlos City, Blann…

COVID-19 delays Tokyo Olympics 2020 By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. LUZON has been on lockdown and no daily national newspapers arrive in the province. I just read some of the latest sports news through the Internet and TV, and the most talked about is the plan to postpone the 2020…