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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1746522599077MPTC Tour of Luzon 2025 Awarding-Team Champion01 (1).jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="At the Tour of Luzon 2025 awarding ceremony. Handout"/>At the Tour of Luzon 2025 awarding ceremony. Handout</div>MANILA, Philippines – Joo Dae Yeung and Standard Insurance Philippines (SIP) are the biggest cash winners of the eight-stage Tour of Luzon.The captain of the Korean cycling team Gapyeong captured more than P1-million as the individual classification champion while SIP banked the most in the team category with P1.63 million from the ToL&#x27;s total cash pot made juicier by sports patron Manuel V. Pangilinan, who upped the bar to more than P7 million.Joo brought home with him to South Korea a total of P1,022,000 counting the cash he collected in Stage 1 where he clinched the Yellow, and Most Combative and Sprint jerseys.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2025/4/16/four-foreign-teams-to-pose-challenge-to-ph-squads-in-tour-of-luzon-1550">READ: Tour of Luzon draws excitement from 4 foreign countries, set to pose challenge to PH teams </a></div>MPT DriveHub (MPTD) hoisted the ToL Perpetual Trophy with a P1 million prize but it was SIP of team principal Ernesto “Judes” Echauz which had the biggest stash underscored by the P500,000 that Jan Paul Morales earned after finishing a mere six seconds behind Joo in the race for individual honors.“Saying that they smiled their way to the bank isn’t the right phrase for the cyclists in this Great Revival,” said DuckWorld PH chairman and the ToL’s top organizer, Patrick “Pató” Gregorio. “The cyclists and the teams didn’t have to wait long to receive their cash prizes.”Indeed, all 119 riders who started for the 17 teams in Stage 1 in Paoay last April 2024 were all smiles on the night of Labor Day, May 1, as the Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. and DuckWorld PH disbursed all P7,031,500 in prizes in cold cash right after the closing ceremony at the Camp John Hay Convention Center.“A big night for everyone after the sacrifices and hard work they poured in each of the eight stages of the Tour of Luzon,” said Arrey Perez, ToL’s executive director and also the MPTC’s Chief Regulatory Officer.It was one night to remember for each of the 400-strong ToL entourage—from a memorable opening night on the holy grounds of the world heritage site Paoay (San Agustin) Church to the celebratory closing ceremony made festive by an electrifying performance by Ben&amp;Ben.The teams and their earnings were SIP (P1,628,500),  MPTD (P1,557,000), Gapyeong Cycling Team (GPCT, P1,062,500), Go for Gold (G4G, P850,000), Victoria Sports Pro Cycling Team (VSPCT, P589,500), 7-Eleven Cliqq Roadbike Philippines (7RP, P399,500), Excellent Noodles Cycling Team (ENCT, P257,500), DReyna Orion Cement-Tatag Na Hindi Natitinag (P135,500), Philippines Under-23 Tom ‘N Toms Coffee (TNTC, P119,000), Malaysia Pro Cycling (P93,000), Dandex T-Prime Cycling Team (P70,000), Exodus Army Cycling Team (P63,000), Bryton Racing Tean Taiwan (P55,000), Crest Forwarder 1Team Visayas (P51,500), Team Pangasinan (P33,500), CCN Factory Racing Hong Kong (P33,000) and One Cycling Mindanao (P32,500).The top 10 cash earners in the individual general classification were GPCT’s Joo (P1,022,000), SIP’s Morales (P581,000), MPTD’s Jonel Carcueva (P401,000), VSPC’s Nichol Pareja (P239,000), Best Young Rider G4G’s James Paul Ryan Escumbien (P201,000), SIP’s Jeremy Lizardo (P131,000), Eagle of the Mountain ENCT’s Joshua Pascual (P114,000), 7RP’s Rench Michael Bondoc (P113,500), SIP’s Ronald Oranza (P91,500), and G4G’s Jerico Jay Lucero (P82,500).No entry or registration fee was collected from the teams for the ToL, which implemented doping tests in Stages 5 and 8 through the Philippine National Anti-Doping Organization.

Joo Dae Yeung and Standard Insurance Philippines (SIP) are the biggest cash winners of the eight-stage Tour of Luzon.

Joo Dae Yeung and Standard Insurance Philippines (SIP) are the biggest cash winners of the eight-stage Tour of Luzon.

Joo Dae Yeung, Standard Insurance Philippines take lion's share of Tour of Luzon cash pot

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Joo Dae Yeung, Standard Insurance Philippines take lion's share of Tour of Luzon cash pot

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Published May 06, 2025 05:25 PM PHT

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