He came, he saw, he conquered By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE touted annual national summer bikathon this year, “Le Tour de Filipinas”, just concluded last Tuesday. The four-day (April 17-20) road battle, participated in by seven foreign teams plus ten local squads, was successful. But surprisingly, amazingly and stunningly,…

Le Tour and the Noynoy bikefest By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. BY the time you read this piece, the annual summer bicycle marathon called this year as “Le Tour de Filipinas” would already be in progress. Formerly called Padyak Pinoy that was run for eight days in previous years, it…

Boxing champ Julaton, a Pangasinense By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I HAD my Easter break last week so I was unable to write a piece. I’m back and this week I’m writing about the woman boxer Julaton. I believe sports aficionados, especially our kabaleyans, have heard about her being a…

Subic-Dagupan race, the toughest so far By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE Subic -Dagupan City race held last March 23 was the toughest so far that cyclists had experienced over the last two years of competitions.  The “OO na, Noynoy na” bikefest was also the toughest road event that I…

Dull and boring fight By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE boxing aficionados saw the fight. We were all expecting a good battle. But it did not turn out that way. It was a dull and boring match. World pundits in boxing say it should not have been happened. Yes, nobody…

Deceit and exploitation By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS stunned and saddened on learning that the organizers of the recently concluded nine-day Tour of Luzon bikathon did not award cash prizes to the individual and team winners. This was reported to me first by former Tour titlist Arnel Quirimit…

Jazy, Alex save Mangaldan race By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE annual Mangaldan bikefest would have been cancelled due were it not for two persons who responded in time to salvage it. The annual event, dubbed for the last 17 years as ‘Werweran ed Mangaldan’ (featuring two categories: class A…

My duo event By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. LAST week I was so busy directing and supervising two events in San Marcelino, Zambales. Cycling in the morning and boxing in the evening. The two sports events were organized and sponsored by former DPWH Secretary Hermogenes E. Ebdane, Jr. in conjunction…

Taunted By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS teased again during the world title fights of our five Filipino boxers against the Latinos last February 14. Understandably so as the brawl dubbed as ‘Pinoy Power 3“ featured Filipinos versus Mexicans and Puerto Ricans. It was convincing victories for the three…

Zambales sojourn By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FOR three days, I was in Zambales to iron out final details of the forthcoming cycling and boxing tournaments, both to be held on February 21 at San Marcelino town. The two sports events are the first salvo for the celebration of the…