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Go for Gold Race Series 2 stages in Cebu

Published Jun 25, 2024 07:44 am

At A Glance

  • Home of the notable Cebuano riders in the likes of Jose and Manolito Moring, Rolando Pagnanawon, Renato Mier and many more, Go for Gold offers 10 categories and P200,000 total prize pot for the podium finishers.

Go For Gold goes to Cebu City for Series 2 of its criterium race on Sunday, June 30.

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Go for Gold founder Jeremy Go, left, and race commissaire Sunshine Vallejos

Home of the notable Cebuano riders in the likes of Jose and Manolito Moring, Rolando Pagnanawon, Renato Mier and many more, Go for Gold offers 10 categories and P200,000 total prize pot for the podium finishers.

“Cebu is a proven hotbed of cycling talent, there’s a lot of talented riders there. That’s why I really made it a point na ang first stop namin in Visayas will be in Cebu,” said Go For Gold founder Jeremy Go in Tuesday’s PSA Forum presented by San Miguel Corporation, Philippine Sports Commission, Philippine Olympic Committee, MILO, Smart/PLDT and the 24/7 sports app in the country, ArenaPlus.

The Cebu leg, to be held at City di Mare, has attracted elite and amateur riders from neighboring provinces in Palawan, Negros Oriental, IloIlo and Aklan. Organizers are expecting 300 to 400 cyclists from the said areas.

Go and race commissaire Sunshine Vallejos stressed that one of the objectives of the tournament is to give opportunity for young cyclists to develop their skills.

“We want them to experience high-quality races, that’s why we work with PhilCycling. We want to be able to elevate,” Go continued.

“Kumbaga, lalong-lalo na sa grassroots, bata palang sila natuturuan sila at napapakilala na natin sila sa professional racing,” Vallejos added.

Aside from it, Go is eyeing to send some of the best cyclists to international stages where they can maximize their potential.

“We just continually need to give exposure to these young kids, like si Andre (Aguja)“ said Go.

“That’s our plan for the next few years. Para makita nila kung anong level nila, because we don’t just want to send an Olympian, diba? We want to be able to send somebody that hopefully can compete and we can be proud of,” he added.

Cebu leg will have men’s and women’s elite, youth, junior, U23 and age-group categories and will be sanctioned by PhilCycling. 

The Go for Gold Series 1 was held last March in Clark, Pampanga where more than 600 bikers participated.

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