Surprising Army man Bordeos rules Ronda opening stage

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Surprising Army man Bordeos rules Ronda opening stage
Army's Mark Julius Bordeos takes Stage 1 of Ronda Pilipinas in Sorsogon

 

SORSOGON, Philippines – Mark Julius Bordeos of Bicycology-Army made his presence felt and came out of nowhere to rule the opening stage of the LBC Ronda Pilipinas 10th anniversary race that started and ended in this Bicolandia city on Sunday, February 23.

Bordeos, 24, stuck with the big guns, made his move late and edged Jerry Aquino Jr of Scratch It, Rustom Lim of 7Eleven Cliqq-Air21 by Roadbike Philippines and George Oconer of Standard Insurance-Navy in a mad dash to the finish to claim the 129.5-kilometer Stage 1.

All 4 clocked 3 hours, 6 minutes and 7 seconds in this annual race staking P1 million to the individual champion.

“I just stayed behind them and pulled away in the last 500 meters, I knew I can do it because I’m in top shape,” said Bordeos, an army man from Laoac, Pangasinan, in Filipino.

Mark Galedo of 7Eleven, the 2012 champion who is back after a four-year absence, struck early by towing a big group of breakaway riders but slowed in the end and settled for fifth in 3:06:10.

“It would have been a nice race if they had given their share but I was disheartened that no one did so I just decided to just slow down a bit,” said the 34-year-old Galedo, who took the mountains classifications lap.

Jan Paul Morales of Standard, who is seeking to become the first three-time winner here, ended up not too far behind and checked in alongside Aiden James Mendoza, Marcelo Felipe and Mervin Corpuz and Celeste Cycling Team’s Alvin Benosa with identical times of 3:06:19.

Go for Gold’s Daniel Ven Carino, Jonel Carcueva likewise got into the mixed and ended up at 12th in 3:07:01.

Standard’s Ronald Oranza, the last Filipino winner here two years ago, was with 7Eleven’s Nichol Pareja at 16th in 3:07:28 while Reimon Lapaza of Celeste, the 2014 titlist of who is also making a comeback, cracked the Top 20 by clocking 3:07:32.

In the team race, Standard seized command by amassing a total time of 12:24:55 followed by 7Eleven (12:27:26) and Celeste Cycles (12:27:35) in the race presented by LBC and supported by the Manny V. Pangilinan Foundation.

The 10-stage race supported by Versa, 8A Performance, Print2Go, Petron, Green Planet, Bike Xtreme, Standard Insurance, Spyder, CCN, Lightwater, Prolite, Guerciotti, Black Mamba, Boy Kanin, Vitamin Boost, NLEX-SCTEX, Maynilad, 3Q Sports Event Management Inc., LBC Foundation and PhilCycling resumes Monday with a 150.6km Sorsogon-Legazpi lap. – Rappler.com

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