Sports | Prado and Morales Defended Their 2018 Titles at the PRURide PH 2019 Criterium
Last year’s
PRURide PH champions Jan Paul Morales
and Jermyn Prado once again dominated and defended their crown in PRURide
PH 2019 Criterium held last April 7, Sunday at Filinvest, Alabang. Hundreds of
cyclists participated in the action-packed races categorized by bicycle types
such as fixed gear, mountain bike, and road bike
After the
adrenaline-pumping course where participants raced in a number of 1-2km laps,
43 cyclists won grand prizes up to PhP 50,000.
Morales and Prado snagged gold
medals in this year’s Criterium Road Bike (RB) Open Male and Female categories.
Prado topped returning athletes Avegail Rombaon and Marella Salamat of
Corratec who came in second and third in RB Open Female, while Morales easily outperformed his teammates
Ronald Oranza and George Oconer.
Returning athlete Ismael Grospe of Go for Gold ruled the first wave of RB -25 and below followed by
Daniel Ven of Navy-Standard Insurance and Jonel Carcueva of Go for Gold.
PRURide PH 2019 ambassadors Gretchen Ho,
Kim Atienza, and Zoren Legaspi also took the
challenge of the Criterium races. Legaspi tested his speed at the road bike age
group category together with Atienza, a triathlon enthusiast but a first-timer
in competitive Criterium. Ho, on the other hand, joined the road bike open
female category, also her first-ever bike racing experience.
“We are proud of the success of our first run
this year. This leg sets the tone of the whole festival and shows what cyclists
from across Asia can experience in PRURide PH 2019,” said Pru Life UK Senior
Vice President and Chief Customer Marketing Officer Allan Tumbaga.
Criterium is just the first of PRURide PH
2019’s two legs and will be followed by the PRUride UCI 2.2 Stage Race at the Subic Freeport Zone from May 24
to 26. Here, 20 continental teams from across the globe—including Uzbekistan,
Brunei, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand,
Ethiopia, and of course the Philippines—can collect UCI points and earn their
tickets to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan.
Meanwhile, aspiring racers can also join
the PRURide Masters Race to
experience the thrill professionals go through. Enthusiasts can cycle with the
ambassadors in the non-competitive PRURide
Gran Fondo in 30-, 60-, and 100-kilometer options. Both events will be held
on May 26.
The Virtual Ride is also set to reach the
finals in Subic, wherein 10 qualifiers with the best time in the preliminaries
will compete for a carbon fiber road bike worth
P150,000. Hopefuls can still join the remaining preliminary rounds at Harbor
Point in Subic on April 26-28 and May 17-19.
The whole family and barkada can likewise
enjoy fun activities for free, such as Zumba sessions, an inflatable
playground, massage and health check stations, face paint booths, and special
performances from Callalily with Gracenote as front act.
Join the fun and register at pruride.ph!
About Pru Life UK
Established in 1996, Pru Life UK is the
country's pioneer of insuravest or investment-linked life insurance products,
and is one of the first life insurance companies approved to market US
dollar-denominated investment-linked life insurance policies in the country.
Since its establishment, Pru Life UK has expanded its reach to over 130
branches in the Philippines, with the biggest life agency force of more than
20,000 licensed agents, and has emerged as one of the top five life insurers.
Pru Life UK holds headquarters in Uptown Bonifacio, Taguig City.
Pru Life UK is a subsidiary of British
financial services giant Prudential plc. Headquartered in the United Kingdom,
Prudential plc has an extensive network of life insurance and mutual funds
operations around the world covering Europe, the United States (US), Africa,
and 14 markets in Asia. Its regional office, Prudential Corporation Asia, is
based in Hong Kong. Prudential plc has over 26 million customers worldwide and
manages £657 billion of assets as of 31 December 2018.
Pru Life UK and Prudential plc are not
affiliated with Prudential Financial, Inc. (a US-registered company),
Philippine Prudential Life Insurance Company, Prudentialife Plans, Inc. or
Prudential Guarantee and Assurance, Inc. (all Philippine-registered companies).
Pru Life UK is a life insurance company and is not engaged in the business of
selling pre-need plans.
For more
information: www.prulifeuk.com.
PRURide PH 2019 Criterium Winners
Rank
|
Road Bike Open Male
|
Rank
|
Road Bike Open Female
|
1
|
Jan Paul Morales
|
1
|
Jermyn Prado
|
2
|
Ronald Oranza
|
2
|
Avegail Rombaon
|
3
|
George Oconer
|
3
|
Marella Salamat
|
Rank
|
Road Bike 25 Below – Heat 1
|
Rank
|
Road Bike 25 Below – Heat 2
|
1
|
Ismael Grospe
|
1
|
Marc Ryan Lago
|
2
|
Daniel Ven Carino
|
2
|
Ean Cajucom
|
3
|
Jonel Carcueva
|
3
|
Kim Kenneth
Krog
|
Rank
|
Road Bike 26-34 Age Category
|
Rank
|
Road Bike 35 and Above
|
1
|
Robert Delos Reyes
|
1
|
Custer Sadornas
|
2
|
Brian Derpo
|
2
|
Roderic Calla
|
3
|
Ciprianie John Topia
|
3
|
Romeo Camingao
|
Rank
|
Road Bike 25 Below Champion
|
Rank
|
Fixed Gear Champion
|
1
|
Efren Reyes
|
1
|
Wareen Pare
|
2
|
Jonel Carcueva
|
2
|
Rex Luis Krog
|
3
|
Marc Ryan Lago
|
3
|
Ronnel Hualda
|
Rank
|
Mountain Bike Female Open
|
Rank
|
Mountain Bike Male Open
|
1
|
Ariana Dormitorio
|
1
|
Leonel Dimaano
|
2
|
Avegail Rombaon
|
2
|
Ej Flores
|
3
|
Mellisa Jane Jaroda
|
3
|
Archie Duran
|
Rank
|
Mountain Bike 25 & Below
|
1
|
John Paulo Casbadillo
|
2
|
Ken Bare
|
3
|
Glendel Dave Cuento
|
