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Oranza, Morales, 8 other national team cyclists vying in Tour of Luzon

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MANILA — Southeast Asian Games medalists Ronald Oranza and Jan Paul Morales are two of 10 members of the PhilCycling men’s national team who are seeing action in different squads in the Tour of Luzon: Great Revival.

Oranza, double bronze medalist at the Cambodia 2023 SEA Games, and Morales lead the International Cycling Union (UCI) continental team along with the veteran Junrey Navarra in the eight-stage race that starts on Thursday, April 24, in Ilocos Norte.

Reigning national road champions Marcelo Felipe and Nichol Pareja, meanwhile, are racing for another continental team, Victoria Sports Pro Cycling Team, as well as Ruzzel Agapito for 7-Eleven Click Roadbike Philippines.

Steven Tablizo and Andrei Deudor spearheaded the Philippines Under-23 Tom N Toms squad, with Joshua Pascual and Julius Tudtud donning the jerseys of Excellent Noodles and DReyna Orion Cement squads.

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The Tour of Luzon kicks off with the opening ceremony at the quadrangle in front of the world heritage site San Agustin (Paoay) Church, where 119 athletes from the 17 teams are expected to join.

The individual overall winner will bring home P500,000 and the overall team champion will bank P1 million in the Tour that also includes the Go For Gold Philippines, Dandex T-Prime Cycling Team, Exodus Army, MPT Drive Hub Cycling Team, 1 Team Visayas, One Cycling Mindanao and Team Pangasinan.

The CCN Factory HK from Hong Kong was the first team to arrive on Monday via the Clark International Airport, with the Malaysia Pro Cycling, Bryton Racing Team from Taiwan, and Gapyeong Cycling Team from South Korea—which will land in Laoag—are expected Tuesday.

The 1,074.90-kilometer Tour of Luzon that starts Thursday (April 24) with the 190.70-km Paoay-Paoay Stage 1, 68.39-km Paoay-Vigan team time trial Stage 2, 130.33-km Vigan-San Juan Stage 3, and 162.97-km Agoo-Clark Stage 4.

What follows are the 166.65 Clark-Clark (via New Clark City) Stage 5, 168.19 Clark-Lingayen Stage 6, 15.14-km individual time trial Labrador-Lingayen Stage 7 and finally, the queen Stage 8 which is a 172.53-km from Lingayen to the Scout Hill finish inside Camp John Hay in Baguio City.

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