Here’s the link of the video in 24 Oras featuring our champ Victor Espiritu reported by Mr. Chino Trinidad.

http://www.gmanews.tv/largevideo/sports/16833/Pinoy-cyclist-Victor-Espiritu-might-compete-in-Beijing-Olympics

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January 16, Wednesday. I will be leaving for LA tonight. All expenses paid by my long time benefactor, Mr. Rolando Hiso. It is a relief that I can finally confirm it. I was restraining myself to answer emails and questions about my participation in the world cup because I was not sure if I can make it on time. Unnecessary delays, I dont know if it’s deliberate or purely coincidence, undelivered emails, super duper ultra electro magnetic decaying entry. Todo todo na late na entry kaya late lahat, invitation at appointments. Pati na rin ang post ko. hehehe.  I already gave up and even told the organizers that I can not bear the red tape anymore, este make it on time pala hehehe. (more…)

Congratulations to Team Philippines for winning the team championship in both the international and ASEAN category. 17 teams consisting of 5 cyclists each team participated in the 6-day tour all over Thailand. Initially there are 21 teams but 4 teams did not join. Victor Espiritu placed 8th in the ASEAN category and 16th in the general classification. The team will arrive tomorrow evening.

September 9, Sunday. A day after the punishing itt. I had a 40km recovery ride. I was atill tired and wasted so I slept all afternoon to recover for the massed start event the following day. (more…)

• 42-km individual time trial completed in 57 minutes 55 seconds
• Average speed - 43.8 kph
• Maximum heart rate - 203 bpm
• Average heart rate - 193 bpm
• placed 7th out of 17 participants from all over Asia
• Route - 1 round in a windy and  hi-way like the SEAG itt route in Vietnam 

Just a few days before going to ACC in Thailand, I made the decision to use Sixto, a Cannondale Six13. I decided to bring Sixto based on the results of the two performance trials the team had in Trece Martires, Cavite. On the first trial (second this year), I used an itt bike a coach asked me to use. I have been using it for only a few days before the trial. I admit I am hesitant in using the bike because I have really bad experiences with my own bike of the same brand and color. But, I gave it a chance. I challenged myself to prove that my bad experiences on that particular brand are just a big coincidence. So I rode it in the itt performance trial. My speedometer read 51′37″ after completing the 34.5 km uphill route. It was a lot slower than my previous itt using Sixto where I registered the best time of just a little over 51 minutes. So I stopped using the itt bike and started using Sixto again. After a week, I completed the same route at 51′28. My results on a standard Cannondale six 13 was a lot better than a full carbon itt bike. I decided to use Sixto in both itt and massed start event. I then asked the team mechanic to set it up as an itt bike. Saka ko na lang ituloy ang challenge ko with the itt bike. Not in this race. (more…)