San Manuel riders score 1-2-3 finish in Zambales race
THREE youthful San Manuel pedal-pushers stunned the huge crowd at the finish by scoring an astonishing 1-2-3 win in the 2nd Jun Ebdane Cup Tour of Zambales held on December 30.
Led by 18 year-old Melchor Ferrer who pocketed the P15,000 top prize, 20 year-old Juancho Callorina came in ten-bike lengths away to land second for P10,000, while Edmund Nicolas, Jr. finished third and earned P7,000.
The three of the original four riders who broke away 20 kilometers after the start sustained the scorching heat and winding roads of Zambales.
After 130 kilometers of changing pace with each other, with only 18 kilometers left to the finish, Manila cyclist John Gerald Mendoza fell back due to cramps but still landed fourth and brought home P5,000.
The duo of Ferrer and Callorina clocked the 154.8 kilometers well-asphalted trek in four hours, 12 minutes and 18 seconds while Nicolas and Mendoza were three minutes ten seconds and five minutes 23 seconds behind.
Seventy-six contestants were flagged off by the former PNP chief and former DND and DPWH secretary Hermogenes Ebdane, Jr. and Subic town chief executive Jeffrey Khonghun at the Subic municipal town. There were 48 survivors at the finish line in Candelaria town.
Rounding-up top ten were: Alex Tembreza, 5th; Ruby Roque, 6th; Rustom Lim, 7th; Bernard Biasura, 8th; Robinson Esteves, 9th and Joshua Carino, 10th.
The event was aired live over DZRD Sonshine Radio, 981 Khz AM.—JAGJr.
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