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Post by verblkint on May 17, 2018 16:00:48 GMT 8
Will post updates here, going forward, on races and how our athletes performed.
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Post by verblkint on May 17, 2018 16:23:53 GMT 8
On the last Asian Mountain Bike Series leg in Japan (it's a C1 level UCI event), Ariana won first in the Women Elite category (despite racing as an U23 rider in the ACC Asian Mountain Bike Championships in Danao). Ariana's lead was over 5 minutes over the 2nd placed rider from Chinese Taipei. The scary part here is that the Women Junior riders from Japan: Urara Kawaguchi and Akari Kobayashi (18 and 17 yrs old, respectively) had a faster pace. They were on different strategies though, as they were doing 1 lap less. (Honestly, I see Urara as the future archrival of Ariana, she's nearly 6ft tall and has the same build. She's also willing to adopt new concepts as she uses a dropper post and hardly uses a hardtail on her races. Ariana is a bit more conventional but is probably stronger pound-for-pound. A lot of us thought it would be Natalie Panyawan (THA) who would challenge Ariana but she's been way behind these two lately.) Niño Surban placed 23rd in a strong field composed of former World Cup competitors and former winners of past AMS (Asia Mountainbike Series) events. Kohei Yamamoto was 1st (the guy who made the viral bike transport video and is 9-time Asian champion), followed by Kiril Kazantev (KAZ) at 2nd, with World Cup regular Lysander Kiesel (GER) at 3rd. Track had good flow and has 2 technical sections composed or arm- and leg-sized roots. Most riders took the B-lines as it rained heavily that day. Track temperature was at about 18°C at noon (Women categories), which dropped to 14°C on the last lap of Men Elite (final event). Startline photos by Ryuta Iwasaki, roots photo is mine.
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Post by verblkint on May 22, 2018 23:05:38 GMT 8
As expected, Nino Surban (Men Elite XCO), Jerich Farr (Men Elite DHI), and Lea Belgira (Women Elite DHI) stamped their class at the Philippine National Games in Danao City, Cebu. On the same tracks that were used for the ACC Asian Mountain Bike Championships.
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Post by verblkint on May 28, 2018 16:00:21 GMT 8
Yesterday was the Philippine National Mountain Bike Championships for XCO (Cross-country Olympic) at Timberland Heights. The categories raced were Youth and Masters (30-39, 40-49, 50-up) This is the first of, hopefully, many PhilCycling and UCI sanctioned events at Timberland Heights in San Mateo, Rizal. As it stands, many Pinoy riders are not used to UCI rules and regulations (e.g. 80% pullouts, proper conduct at feed and technical zones, race bib guidelines, jersey control, age categories, etc.) which actually hampers many of our riders when competing at international events. We need to do more of these races if we want to raise the profile of Philippine mountain biking. All the athletes who podiumed are on the photo below. See if you can identify some of them.
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Post by spyghost on May 29, 2018 5:56:25 GMT 8
Yesterday was the Philippine National Mountain Bike Championships for XCO (Cross-country Olympic) at Timberland Heights. The categories raced were Youth and Masters (30-39, 40-49, 50-up) This is the first of, hopefully, many PhilCycling and UCI sanctioned events at Timberland Heights in San Mateo, Rizal. As it stands, many Pinoy riders are not used to UCI rules and regulations (e.g. 80% pullouts, proper conduct at feed and technical zones, race bib guidelines, jersey control, age categories, etc.) which actually hampers many of our riders when competing at international events. We need to do more of these races if we want to raise the profile of Philippine mountain biking. All the athletes who podiumed are on the photo below. See if you can identify some of them. very true... i must say that even on non-uci (ie local) events, guidelines aren't enforced strictly.
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Post by bz06 on May 29, 2018 9:29:30 GMT 8
On the last Asian Mountain Bike Series leg in Japan (it's a C1 level UCI event), Ariana won first in the Women Elite category (despite racing as an U23 rider in the ACC Asian Mountain Bike Championships in Danao). Ariana's lead was over 5 minutes over the 2nd placed rider from Chinese Taipei. The scary part here is that the Women Junior riders from Japan: Urara Kawaguchi and Akari Kobayashi (18 and 17 yrs old, respectively) had a faster pace. They were on different strategies though, as they were doing 1 lap less. (Honestly, I see Urara as the future archrival of Ariana, she's nearly 6ft tall and has the same build. She's also willing to adopt new concepts as she uses a dropper post and hardly uses a hardtail on her races. Ariana is a bit more conventional but is probably stronger pound-for-pound. A lot of us thought it would be Natalie Panyawan (THA) who would challenge Ariana but she's been way behind these two lately.) Niño Surban placed 23rd in a strong field composed of former World Cup competitors and former winners of past AMS (Asia Mountainbike Series) events. Kohei Yamamoto was 1st (the guy who made the viral bike transport video and is 9-time Asian champion), followed by Kiril Kazantev (KAZ) at 2nd, with World Cup regular Lysander Kiesel (GER) at 3rd. Track had good flow and has 2 technical sections composed or arm- and leg-sized roots. Most riders took the B-lines as it rained heavily that day. Track temperature was at about 18°C at noon (Women categories), which dropped to 14°C on the last lap of Men Elite (final event). Startline photos by Ryuta Iwasaki, roots photo is mine. Speaking of Ariana, since her primary sponsor, Dan's has split with Specialized bikes, Dan's has given Ariana 2 new xc race bikes by Trek. A Top Fuel FS and Procaliber Project One HT. In her recent FB post, it could be seen that Ariana is trying out a dropper post for the Top Fuel.
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Post by spyghost on May 29, 2018 13:48:19 GMT 8
it's high team xc riders use droppers, unless you got a crazy high perfect hinge like xco elites who do not use droppers
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Post by verblkint on May 30, 2018 15:05:35 GMT 8
For the benefit of JR Barba and Binoy Salazar as they recuperate from horrific injuries.
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Post by verblkint on Jul 30, 2018 10:19:41 GMT 8
Team Philippines did well in the recently concluded Keningau, Malaysia leg of the Asia Mountain Bike Series. Every single rider of the delegation got on the podium. • Ariana Dormitorio, Champion Women Elite (XCO) • Frederick "Eboy" Farr, Champion Men Masters (DHI) • JR Barba, 4th place Men Elite (DHI) • Jerich Farr, 5th place Men Elite (DHI) • Lea Belgira, 5th place Women Elite (DHI) Ariana, Coach Eboy, and JR maintain their leaders' jerseys for their respective categories in the AMS 2018.
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Post by verblkint on Aug 2, 2018 17:03:16 GMT 8
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Post by verblkint on Aug 20, 2018 16:32:18 GMT 8
Jerich's bike arrived the night before the race. Way to go, PAL, screwing up for PH athletes again. 🙄
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Post by verblkint on Aug 21, 2018 12:20:26 GMT 8
Ariana DNF today. She was looking strong, too.
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Post by spyghost on Aug 21, 2018 16:03:11 GMT 8
Ariana DNF today. She was looking strong, too. yep, sayang, OTB
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Post by anthrax76 on Aug 22, 2018 0:05:40 GMT 8
OTB? as in endo?
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Post by spyghost on Aug 22, 2018 5:33:15 GMT 8
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Post by anthrax76 on Aug 22, 2018 8:50:29 GMT 8
ouch...hope she's okay. teka, saan kayo nakakapanood nung event? tsaka anong oras?
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Post by spyghost on Aug 22, 2018 11:59:55 GMT 8
ouch...hope she's okay. teka, saan kayo nakakapanood nung event? tsaka anong oras? kahapon yung xco. wala akong napanood na live, ang live lang bali is yung feed sa website ng official website. yung mga video bali share share lang sa fb
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Post by xmayor on Aug 25, 2018 10:10:45 GMT 8
ouch...hope she's okay. teka, saan kayo nakakapanood nung event? tsaka anong oras? abs-cbn s+a channel... late night, pero walang sched kung anong event ang ipalalabas. Sayang yung kay ariana... last lap na! after the downhill kung san sya nasemplang final stretch na to the finish line. Kayang-kaya nya yung chinese na nag-place 1 & 2 sa sprint.
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Post by verblkint on Sept 17, 2018 6:18:35 GMT 8
The Philippine MTB team will be in attendance at the Asia MTB Series' 4th leg in Clark, Pampanga.
This will be on Sept. 28-30.
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Post by verblkint on Oct 8, 2018 18:04:58 GMT 8
In the recent Clark leg of the Asia Mountainbike Series, our riders got beaten by the Thais on Men and Women Elite in both XCO (cross crountry olympic) and DHI (downhill - individual). This is the same Thai team who competed in the recent World Championships in Lenzerheide and the Asian Games in Jakarta. They are the most professional SEA team and are well funded and supported by the government. It's just sad that Ariana Dormitorio, Jerich Farr, JR Barba (lost by a fraction of a second), Lea Belgira, EJ Flores, Cesar Lapaza (no longer part of the PH Team but still one of our top riders), and many more were not able to win it at home. Nino Surban (XCO men elite) was in Cebu and had other commitments.
The winning Thai Women Elite riders won by big margins (both in DH and XC). The most surprising of which was Warinthorn Phetpraphan (who is now competing again after 2 years of not racing due to college) beating Ariana by nearly 2 minutes on a 9-minute track. Ariana wasn't able to recover from a crash on the penultimate lap as Warintorn sped away. Lea is still not 100% yet from her wrist injury so getting 3rd was a good result in DHI (14.9 sec behind the winner). Vipavee Deekaballes won the gold while Siriphatson Chatkamnoed was a close 0.281 seconds behind. The Thai ladies have been consistent all year.
The Men Elite stories were slightly different. EJ lost by the slimmest of margins as his chain broke during the sprint finish vs the winner, Thai Pariwat Tanlek, on Men Elite XCO, 10 meters from the checkered flag. Butuan City pride Cesar Lapaza was mere seconds behind, his braking mistake at the single track costing him time. In the DH, JR lost by a blink of an eye 0.429 seconds to Suebsakun Sukchanya, probably gained on the jumps and drops as JR chose to ride his enduro bike instead of his Taokas Dumun DH. JR was actually faster by more than a second than Suebsakun during his seeding run. Jerich won the bronze just 2 seconds behind on currently the only 29er DH bike in competition in Asia, a Trek Factory Team edition of the Trek Session.
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Post by verblkint on Nov 6, 2018 21:55:00 GMT 8
We finally have a Pinoy (este, Pinay) who'll be racing in the UCI World Cup!! I hope she gets more sponsors and more opportunities. She'll have her hands full juggling all the traveling and competing against other U23 Women from the top teams.
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Post by verblkint on Nov 25, 2019 14:32:28 GMT 8
Bringing this thread back up in time for the SEA Games here in the Philippines. The cycling events will be in Tagaytay City. XCO (Cross-Country Olympic) Men Elite:
- EJ Flores (National Champion)
- Jericho Rivera
- Nino Surban
XCO (Cross-Country Olympic) Women Elite:
- Ariana Dormitorio (National Champion)
- Melissa Jaroda
- Avegail Rombaon
DHI (Downhill Individual) Men Elite:
- Eleazar "JR" Barba, Jr.
- Nino Martin Eday (National Champion)
- Jerich Farr
DHI (Downhill Individual) Women Elite:
- Lea Denise Belgira (National Champion)
- Nammi Gardoce
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Post by verblkint on Nov 25, 2019 14:37:28 GMT 8
Official SEA Games sched from PhilCycling:
Dec.1 MTB RACES at 9 am Women MTB Victory Ceremonies 11:40 MTB MEN XCO 1PM MTB VICTORY 3PM Dec. 2 DHI SEEDING WOMEN 9AM DHI SEEDING MEN 9:30 DHI WOMEN FINALS 1PM DHI MEN FINALS 1:40PM VICTORY CEREMONY 2:25PM
Dec. 4 WOMEN ITT FINALS 9AM START AGA,NASUGBU, END AT PRAYING HANDS WOMEN VICTORY CEREMONY 10:50 PRAYING HANDS MEN ITT FINALS 1PM start at LUNTAL , TUY end at PRAYING HANDS VICTORY CEREMONY 3:20 at PRAYING HANDS Dec 6 MEN TEAM TIME TRIAL 9AM TUY, Municipal Hall VICTORY CEREMONY 11:50 Praying Hands
Dec 7 MEN ROAD MASS START and INDIV MASS START 9am Praying Hands to People’s Park VICTORY CEREMONIES 12:20 People’s Park
Dec 9 MEN BMX QUALIFYING TIME TRIAL 9am BMX FINALS 10:30 VICTORY CEREMONY 10:30 Dec 10 BMX RACING QUALIFYING 9AM BMX FINALS 10:30 VICTORY CEREMONY 10:30 BMX FREESTYLE FLATLAND 3PM AT SIGTUNA HALL, TAGAYTAY BMX FREESTYLE VICTORY CEREM 4PM
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Post by anthrax76 on Nov 26, 2019 19:08:19 GMT 8
I saw the pic of the athletes, looks like we have a solid team. I hope they finish strong and injury free.
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Post by verblkint on Nov 28, 2019 11:59:11 GMT 8
Thailand and Indonesia have strong DH riders and are higher UCI rankings than Filipinos, pero definitely kaya natin maka ginto. Sa Women Elite I don't think we can beat Thailand.
Sa XC naman malakas tayo, and they haven't seen what EJ and Jericho are capable of (they do know Nino Surban, who's been competing for a decade). Ariana is the favorite in Women Elite but Thai girls Warinthorn Petraphan and Natalie Panyawan trained for over 2 months in the Swiss Alps, so they should be strong coming into the SEA Games. Indonesia has strong XCO riders in Men Elite but it is not clear how the politics within their federation will influence their roster (yes, may palakasan sa kanila).
In my humble opinion, outside of Women Elite DH, I think all the three other MTB races will be absolutely too close to call.
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