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Bike riders join climate activists travel from Quezon City to Marikina City as part of coordinated cycling events across 11 countries in Asia on Sunday, urging governments and corporations to save the planet from climate catastrophe.

Bike riders join climate activists travel from Quezon City to Marikina City as part of coordinated cycling events across 11 countries in Asia on Sunday, urging governments and corporations to save the planet from climate catastrophe. The campaigners called for a rapid, just, and equitable phaseout of fossil fuels before 2050 and transition to clean energy, as a further increase in temperature would possibly cause extreme weather events like flooding, drought, and heat waves, among others. 

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<p>MANILA, Philippines – The Tour of Luzon was intended to resurrect multi-stage road racing in the country but its lure went into overdrive, resulting in four foreign teams competing against 12 continental and domestic club teams in the eight-stage competition dubbed the “Great Revival.”</p><p>News about the Tour of Luzon spread in Thailand in February during the 2025 Asian Cycling Confederation Road Championships and, as they say, the rest was history.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2025/4/14/117-riders-17-teams-set-for-course-as-tour-of-luzon-returns-1402"><strong>READ: 117 riders, 17 teams set for course as Tour of Luzon returns<br/></strong></a></div><p>“We’re not even on the international calendar of the UCI [International Cycling Union] yet, but enthusiasm and interest about the Tour of Luzon are as feverish as they are here at home,” said Patrick Gregorio, president of DuckWorld PH, organizer of the sporting event.</p><p>Joining the fray in the Tour of Luzon that flags off on Thursday (April 24) in Paoay, Ilocos Norte, are the CCN Factory HK from Hong Kong, Malaysia Pro Cycling, Bryton Racing Team from Taiwan and Gapyeong Cycling Team from South Korea.</p><p>“They are just four of several foreign teams which asked to be invited to the Tour,” Perez said. “For the Tour to be just revived, its proof that the label, the race itself, indeed makes it a national treasure.”</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2025/3/7/iconic-multi-stage-cycling-event-tour-of-luzon-returns-this-april-1731"><strong>READ: Iconic multi-stage cycling event Tour of Luzon returns this April<br/></strong></a></div><p>All four foreign squads will be up against their fellow Philippine UCI continental teams 7-Eleven Cliqq Roadbike Philippines, Standard Insurance Philippines, Go For Gold Philippines and Victoria Sports Pro Cycling Team in the race sanctioned by PhilCycling.</p><p>But tough challenges are also expected from Philippines National Under-23-Tom N Toms Coffee and active club teams Excellent Noodles, DReyna Orion Cement, Dandez T-Prime Cycling Team, Exodus Army, MPT Drive Hub Cycling Team, 1 Team Visayas, One Cycling Mindanao and Team Pangasinan.</p><p>The Philippines was in the UCI calendar for 10 years through the Le Tour de Filipinas, a legacy of the late Air21 founder and chairman Alberto “Bert” Lina, the country’s cycling godfather.</p><p>After the kick off Paoay-Paoay Stage 1, Stage 2 will be a Paoay-Vigan team time trial race, followed by the Vigan-San Juan Stage 3, Agoo-Clark Stage 4, Clark-Clark (via New Clark City) Stage 5, Clark-Lingayen Stage 6, Labrador-Lingayen individual time trial Stage 7 and finally the queen Stage 8 from Lingayen to the Scout Hill finish inside Camp John Hay in Baguio City.</p><p>A cool P1 million awaits the champion team while the individual champion gets P500,000.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2eMITkZ664A??si=y44WWdqrn-waRvhL&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Joining the fray in the Tour of Luzon are the CCN Factory HK from Hong Kong, Malaysia Pro Cycling, Bryton Racing Team from Taiwan and Gapyeong Cycling Team from South Korea.</p>

Joining the fray in the Tour of Luzon are the CCN Factory HK from Hong Kong, Malaysia Pro Cycling, Bryton Racing Team from Taiwan and Gapyeong Cycling Team from South Korea.

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Tour of Luzon draws excitement from 4 foreign countries, set to pose challenge to PH teams

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Published April 19, 2025 07:00 AM PHT

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