SINABAAN(Umingan) PRIDE 29-YEAR OLD FORMER RONDA PILIPINAS PODIUM WINNER –EMIL PABLO—FINISHED SECOND TO A PORTUGUESE EX-EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL RIDER, POCKETED ALMOST A MILLION PESO PURSE IN THE RAMADAN CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN DUBAI , UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. IT IS VERY IRONIC….THAT THE UMINGAN-PANGASINAN RIDER POSTED HIS HIGHEST FINISH IN A FOREIGN LAND, PLACING RUNNER-UP TO FORMER LA-MASS PORTUGAL CONTINENTAL CYCLIST VITOR CARVALHO IN THE ONE DAY 70-KILOMETER RAMADAN CHAMPIONSHIP TWO DAYS AGO IN DUBAI. PABLO, WHO HAD A HANDFUL OF 3RD PLACE HONORS IN THE 2012 AND 2013 RONDA , CROSSED THE LINE 10 SECONDS BEHIND CARVALHO ,EDGING MICHAEL SAGERMANN OF CANADA AND 700 OTHER PARTICIPANTS MOSTLY EUROPEANS AND SOME FELLOW-FILIPINOS. PABLO TOLD SPORTS RADIOS CYCLE LANE PROGRAM.... THAT HIS 6-HOUR DAILY TRAINING ON THE RACE’S COURSE, WHICH HE SQUEEZED IN BETWEEN HIS MECHANIC WORK ATTHE DUBAI DESSERT EXTREME RIDEBIKE SHOP, PAID OFF…AS HE POCKETED THE 80-THOUSAND DIRHAM OR 900-THOUSAND AND 243 PESOS---ALMOST THE SAME PRIZE FOR THE OVERALL CHAMPION OF THE MULTI-STAGE RONDA PILIPINAS. MORE IMPORTANTLY , PABLO EARNED FOR HIMSELF AND THE REST OF FILIPINO OVERSEASWORKERS IN DUBAI THE ADMIRATION AND RESPECT OF THEIR EMPLOYERS AND OTHER FOREIGNERS THERE ESPECIALLY THE EUROPEANS. PABLO, WHO HAS A CLEFT PALATE CONDITION, MAY AWAIT REWARDS FROM HIS EMPLOYER…INCLUDING A SLOT IN THE COMPANY’S CYCLING CLUB WHICH COMPETES OUTSIDE UAE AND A NE W BIKE, UNLIKE THE ALUMINUM HE RODE DURING THE RECENT RACE. OTHER FILIPINOS WHO SUBMITTED RESPECTABLE FINISH INCLUDE… VIRGILIO MUENA IN 8TH, NEIL DUHAY-KUNGSOD IN 12TH, ARTURO LADA IN 18TH, EX-PAGCOR CASINO FILIPINO TRADE MEMBERS ALBERT PRIMERO AND RYAN TANGUILIG, THE 2004 TOUR PILIPINAS CHAMPION , IN 20TH AND 21st SPOTS.
Posted on: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 08:00:28 +0000
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