Min Kyeong Ho rules Tour of Luzon Stage 6; Pinoy cyclist Ronald Oranza finishes third

Korean Min Kyeong Ho of Seoul Cycling Team emerged on top of Stage 6 of the MPTC Tour of Luzon on Monday.

The 29-year-old track and road cyclist clocked five hours, 13 minutes, and 12 seconds to rule the 228.8-kilometer race from Tuguegarao City to Pagudpud in Ilocos Norte.

Russian rider Ivan Anisimov fell short of his third straight first place outing after settling for second this time around while Filipino bet Ronald Oranza finished third to deliver a podium finish for the stage for the host country.

Anisimov, who banners LCW UAECycle’s, previously reigned supreme in both Stage 4 and Stage 5.

Another LCW UAECycle’s representative in Nikita Shulchenko continues to lead the individual general classification race with a current time of 19:01:14 while his teammate Yousef Ibrahiem Alrefai and Filipino Emmanuel Montemayor are currently running second and third in the overall rank.

Stage 7 will be an individual time trial along a 22.9 km route that starts and ends at the Pagudpud Town Hall in Ilocos Norte.

—Bea Micaller/JMB, GMA News