The Philippine Star
February 25, 2025 | 12:00am
Riders aged 16 years old and younger raced over a 2.1-km circuit covering the perimeter of the Tagaytay City Atrium.
PhilCycling
MANILA, Philippines — Two young riders from Iloilo and one each from Narvacan and Pangasinan dominated the Criterium races in Day 1 of the PhilCycling National Championships for Road presented by the MVP Sports Foundation and Standard Insurance yesterday in Tagaytay City.
Allaeza Mae Gulmatico and Maria Louisse Crisselle Alejado won the gold medals in women’s Youth 1 and 2 categories to give Iloilo a head start in the five-day championships organized by the PhilCycling headed by Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino.
Joanna Mae Armendez bagged silver behind Gulmatico as Jems Lucas could only salvage bronze in Youth 1. Maritanya Krogg wound up with the silver medal and Yvaine Osias captured the bronze in the women’s Youth 2 class of the competitions that gathered more than 700 cyclists vying in various races.
Jazmine Kaye Vinoya, on the other hand, made Pangasinan proud by winning the women’s Junior gold medal, beating Yvonne Alejado and Eloiza Pajarito, while Narvacan’s CJ Cabreros beat llocos Sur province mate from Banayoyo, Joelian Abdul Hamid, in the men’s Youth 1 class.
Raven Vidaz, Jerick Cabael and Silmar Khen Silao finished 1-2-3 in men’s Youth 1.