Ean Cajucom of Victoria Sports activities celebrates after crossing the end. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
CLARK, Pampanga—Ean Cajucom turned the primary double-lap winner of the MPTC Tour of Luzon on Sunday, and the 22-year-old from Marikina Metropolis is concentrating on a 3rd straight stage win simply to make a dent on the general lead being held by South Korean ace Joo Dae-yeong.
“My purpose isn’t just to hitch these races, however to win them as nicely,” mentioned Cajucom in Filipino after topping Stage 4 in three hours, 32 minutes and 45 seconds from Agoo in La Union to right here, as Joo floated with the principle peloton all through the 168.76-kilometer lap to remain firmly in command.
Cajucom once more arrived with an enormous bunch of riders on the end, beating Mervin Corpuz of MPT Drive Hub and Go For Gold’s Aidan James Mendoza to the road to perform what his crew got down to do initially of the day.
“It was actually a part of the crew’s plan to get [to] this stage. I wouldn’t have the ability to win this with out the assistance of my teammates,” mentioned Cajucom, who will go together with the whole Victoria Sports activities Biking Group to Europe after this eight-stage summer season basic to participate in a number of races.
Whereas Cajucom basked within the limelight for the second consecutive stage, Joo gamely fought to maintain the yellow jersey for the third straight day.
The general chief from Gapyeong Biking Group, Joo saved a four-minute and 30-second lead forward of second-placer Ronald Oranza of Customary Insurance coverage Philippines, whereas Mendoza is 4:36 behind at third and Dominic Perez of MPT Drivehub stands at fourth, 4:43 again.
Comfortably in pack
Rounding out the highest 10 within the particular person basic classification race are Corpuz at fifth (4:44), George Oconer (4:46), Rustom Lim (4:54), Jan Paul Morales (5:21), Malaysian Mohammad Faiz Fakhri Omar (5:27) and Junreck Carcueva (5:28).
The eight-man breakaway that includes Camingao, Carino, Jonel Carcueva and Morales, who recovered from a crash close to the end in Stage 1 in Paoay, was eaten up by the principle group within the ultimate 3 km, the place the yellow-jersey holder sat comfortably and hardly mounted an assault. INQ
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