THE PhilCycling National Championships for Road flags off Tuesday (June 27) in Tagaytay City with more than 700 riders seeing action in the criterium, individual time trial, and road race.

Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino, also head of the PhilCycling, will flag off the first criterium race at 8 a.m Tuesday at the start/finish arch fronting the Praying Hands monument along Isaac Tolentino Avenue in Tagaytay City.

The annual four-day championships—co-presented by Standard Insurance and the MVP Sports Foundation and supported by Chooks-to-Go and Excellent Noodles—are one of the criteria for the evaluation and selection of members of the national men’s and women’s road teams.

Also backed by the POC, Philippine Sports Commission, 7-Eleven, and CCN, the championships are also being staged in cooperation with Tagaytay City, Eighth District of Cavite, First District of Batangas, City of Calaca, and the Municipalities of Nasugbu, Tuy, Balayan, Agoncillo, Laurel and Lian, as well as the Philippine National Police and Batangas Red Cross.

Calendared by the International Cycling Union and sanctioned by the Asian Cycling Confederation, the ITT races follow on Wednesday, then the individual road race for the women’s categories on Thursday, and the men’s division road race on Friday.

Races will be in the men and women Youth (under 16), Juniors (17-18), under 23, and Elite categories.