The Philippines returns to the Le Tour de Langkawi after more than two decades of absence with six of the country’s grizzled road cyclists seeing action in the eight-stage Hors category event that starts Sunday, Sept. 29, on Langkawi Island in Malaysia.
Ronald Oranza, Marcelo Felipe, Jan Paul Morales, Junrey Navarra, Joshua Pascual and Jude Gabriel Francisco make up the Philippine National Road Team coached by Ronald Gorantes, Virgilio Espiritu and Mark John Lexer Galedo with Ric Rodriguez as team manager and Roderick Calla as mechanic.
The national road team which flew is fully supported by the Philippine Sports Commission chaired by Richard Bachmann and commissioner-in-charge for cycling Walter Torres with the support of UCI continental teams Standard Insurance, 7-Eleven Road Bike Philippines and Victoria Sports Pro Cycling Team to which all six riders are members.
But it was in 2003 when the Philippines raced as a national team last with Victor Espiritu, Quirimit and Domingo again donning the country’s colors alongside Lloyd Reynante and Merculio Ramos.
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