The dreaded pro-am Pangasinan cycling squad called ‘Pitaki Boyz’ racked up triple victories last month, with international-rider Sherwin Carrera at the helm scoring double consecutive wins.

Proving that their twin conquests at Clark Field, Pampanga on January 14 and San Fabian on January 20 were not flukes, they did it again at the Mayor’s Tour of Binmaley last January 28 in a convincing 1-2-3 finish.

The 2005 Tour of Indonesia veteran Carrera who conquered the San Fabian bikefest in an unmolested fashion, displayed his wares anew but this time with stiff resistance, edging his two breakaway partners and teammates Emil Pablo and Baler Ravina in the last 250 meters to win by a bike-length to pocket the P7,000 top prize and a trophy. He also won P1,000 for finishing first place at the ‘summit’ lines in Urbiztondo and Binmaley.

Umingan’s Pablo came in a close second to earn P5,000 plus P600 for placing second twice at the summit.

Asingan son and pride Ravina landed third to net P4,000 and another P900 for topping the Mangatarem summit and finishing third at Urbiztondo and Binmaley.

The trio negotiated the 111 kilometers trek, that started and ended in Binmaley via the second district municipalities of Pangasinan and Binmaley’s key barangays, in two hours, 42 minutes and 37 seconds.

Mangaldanon Ariel Flores checked in fourth, three minutes and 48 seconds adrift, good for P3,000 plus medal. Youthful Bugallon native Renier Clauna crossed the line áfifth, four minutes 10 seconds off the pace worth P2,000.

Randy Castanares of Mangaldan, Loreto dela Carsel of Sta. Barbara, Ardie Bucao of San Fabian, Rainier Austria of Manaoag and Crisanto Lopez of Asingan finished sixth to tenth and were awarded P1,000 each, respectively.

The 57 starters and allsurvivors received P200 apiece.

The bikefest was in conjunction with the celebration of Binmaley town fiesta and was sponsored by the friends of Mayor Simplicio L. Rosario, led by the boyish looking-sports buff   Edgar delos Angeles, a balikbayan and the president of the Binmaley Association of Northern California.

The summit prizes were donated by Urbiztondo veem Modesto Operana, Zebedee Pharmacy of Mangatarem and the hardworking hizzoner Rosario.

Mayor Rosario and delos Angeles pledged to hold another similar occasion comes next year’s town fiesta.

The two-wheeled event was aired live from start to finish over RGMA DZSD Super Radyo.

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