Photo: MPTC Tour of Luzon
By Nate Castillo
PAOAY, Ilocos Norte --- Filipino rider Ryan Tugawin stormed to a Stage 8 victory as action in the Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC) Tour of Luzon 2026 resumed Thursday.
The Excellent Noodles Cycling Team ace sprinted his way to the top podium finish in the 148.4-kilometer race that started in front of the Pagudpud Town Hall and concluded at the historic San Agustin Church here.
The 36-year-old Tugawin became only the second local rider to claim a stage win after Dave Montemayor ruled Stage 3 that rolled out of New Clark City in Tarlac to Palayan City in Nueva Ecija.
National Team Malaysia’s Ariff Danial Noor Roseidi took second while Go for Gold’s Marvin Mandac landed third as they finished with the same time as Tugawin.
LCW UAE Cycling Team’s Nikita Shulchenko maintained his hold of the yellow jersey with a total time of 22:48:34.
Despite a 49th place finish in the stage and 16 seconds behind Tugawin, the Russian ace stayed a minute and 38 seconds ahead of teammate Yousef Ibrahiem Alrefai and four minutes and 15 seconds from 7-Eleven Cliqq Roadbike Philippine’s Mervin Corpuz.
Go for Gold built a one-minute, 17-second gap from second-running Standard Insurance Philippines with a total time of 90:22:18.
7-Eleven remained in far third, three minutes and four seconds back.
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