Around eighty local and international cyclists kicked off Stage One of the 2012 Le Tour de Filipinas in the coastal town of Sta. Ana in Cagayan last Saturday, April 14, 2012.
The first of four stages started in Sta. Ana to the finish line in front of the Tuguegarao City Hall still in the Province of Cagayan.
The race began with Cagayan Rep. Jack Enrile who fired the starting gun alongside cycling godfather Bert Lina and wife Sylvia, who represented Le Tour sponsor Air21, and race organizer Gary Cayton of Dynamic Outsource Solutions, Inc.
Stage Two started last Sunday, April 15, 2012 from Tuguegarao City to Cauayan City in Isabela. The third stage is 104 kms between Cauayan and Bayombong City in Nueva Vizcaya.
The final stage will be an exhausting ride over the Cordilleras and will feature two KOM summits as the riders depart for the iconic summer capital Baguio City, the final destination of the Le Tour.
The 2012 Le Tour consists of 11 foreign teams and five local ones as the riders duke it out for the top stage and overall prizes. Continental teams CCN Cycling Tean (Netherlands), OCBC Singapore, Aisan Racing Team from Japan, Uzbekistan Suren of Uzbekistan, Terengganu Cycling Team from Malaysia and Action Cycling Team from Chinese Taipei will take the stage beside club teams Plan B Racing Team from Australia, PureBlack Racing (New Zealand), Dutch Global Team (Netherlands) and Colossi Miche of Indonesia. The Indonesian National Team is also participating in the race under the Yogyakarta banner.
The local teams are SMART-PhilCycling National Team, LPGMA-American Vinyl, Go21, Mail & More and KIA, which is represented by members of the Philippine Navy.
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