Riders:
Rustom Lim
Junrey Navarra
Jemico Brioso
Ronald Oranza
El Joshua Carino
Ronald Lomotos
Julius Mark Bonzo
LBC-MVP Cycling Team Sport Director:
Christopher Allison
Team Staff/Assistant:
Mark Rhome Antonio
After those tournaments, the LBC-MVPSF Pilipinas, which skipped the four-day, UCI-sanctioned Le Tour de Filipinas to race in Europe, will proceed to Malaysia for the Jelajah stage race from May 13 to 18 and Indonesia for the Tour de Singkarak from June 3 to 12.
“This international schedule is part of our build up to the Asian Games in Korea later this year. With the support of LBC and the MVP Sports Foundation, we are doing our part to develop the best cyclists possible for representing the country internationally in events like the SEA and Asian Games,” said Allison.
“We appreciate the notice of the Philippine Cycling Federation, the PSC, and the POC in recognizing the efforts we are making to drive the sport of Philippine cycling forward,” he added.
The team was similar to basketball’s Gilas Pilipinas “Road to Spain” program since it has been working on its own “Road to France” project since 2011 starting from the initial running of the largest cycling race in the country, the LBC Ronda Pilipinas, hoping to gather the best under-23 riders and train and mold them to become one of the first Filipinos in history to make it to the Tour de France.
Aside from its major partners LBC and MVP Sports Foundation, the squad is being supported by Nike Park Phl, Rudy Project, First Endurance, PLDT, Primo Cycles and Beyond Yoga Alabang.
