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The national road cycling team— coaches Virgilio Espiritu and Ronald Gorantes and athletes Junrey Navarra, Jude Gabriel Francisco, Joshua Pascual, Ronald Oranza, Jan Paul Morales, Marcelo Felipe and coach Mark John Lexer Galedo—are in transit at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on their flight to Langkawi on Thursday.
Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino, also head of the PhilCycling, stressed on the significance of the Tour de Langkawi as one of the most prestigious and difficult multi-stage International Cycling Union races in Asia. The Philippines debuted in the Tour de Langkawi in its third edition in 1998 with the team of Victor Espiritu, Arnel Quirimit, Carlo Jazul, Enrique Domingo, Warren Davadilla and Gerardo Amar emerging as the best-placed among five Asian teams and 10th overall in the 21-team race.
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