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By: gary advincula roadbike philippines honors in the 134.5-kilometer third leg of the Binh Duong TV Cup Tour of Vietnam last Thursday. After two waterlogged days of racing due to a typhoon that struck Vietnam and bogged down the cyclists, the Filipino bets finally made their presence felt in the nine-stage cycling classic organized by Vietnam 's biggest television network. Starting at seaport city of Danang , Ramos, an Army Corporal, staged a daring breakaway in the first intermediate sprint, 40 kilometers into the stage, building an eight-minute lead over eight pursuers. He struck again at the 90-km. mark before finally pulling away in the last 10 kilometers to take the stage in a time of 2 hours, 54 minutes and 17 seconds, nosing out Vietnam's Nguyen Nam Quc and Dutchman Wim Spijkerboer, who placed second and third, respectively. Thanks to Ramos's heroics, the RP-711 squad , likewise composed of Lloyd Lucien Reynante, Mark Guevarra, Rhome Antonio and Nikko Cortez, also ruled the team classification (8:44.21), followed by BTV Saigon (8:44.21) and ADC .THVL (8:44.24). On the other hand, Reynante remained the best-placed Filipino in the international bikefest at 24th overall with an aggregate time of 6:22.42.01, Guevarra, the 2009 Tour of Luzon champion, was two rungs lower at 26th while Antonio was at 37th place. Ramos, who dedicated his stage win to outgoing Armed Force chief, Gen. Victor Ibrado, was also in the hunt in the points classification standing with 26 points after three stops, 11 points behind Vietnamese frontrunner Do Tuan Ah of team DDT. Yesterday's fourth stage was a 179-km. taking off from Qung Ngai province to Quinhon City further south of Ho Chi Minh City, which was formerly known as Saigon. # # # A Cycling Group base in the Philippines with an advocacy in promoting the Physical Benefits of Cycling and engage in Anti-Pollution Drive for Clean Air with its Concerns to Humanity End
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