Saturday

Quirimit wins easy Marikina-Cabanatuan lap

It was supposed to be an easy stage, but Arnel Quirimit from Pangasinan made miserable for his younger, more aggressive foes.

Knowing this lap could be a virtual warm-up for the crucial, kill-or-be-killed Baguio climbs, the seasoned Quirimit now looms to be a serious threat to early leaders as he won Stage Four of the Liquigaz-LPGMA Tour of Luzon in heart-stopping fashion that ends in sun drenched Cabanatuan City.

Quirimit, stuck in the second group, gave chase and caught up with the lead pack in San Miguel, Bulacan, 30 kilometers to the finish line in Cabanatuan City.

Quirimit and Mark Julius Bonzo dominated this 4th leg Tour of Luzon but Lloyd Lucien Reynante held on to his six-second overall lead as the race geared up for the crucial Baguio leg Saturday.