Le Tour rescheduled

The organizer of the Le Tour de Filipinas (LTdF) has sought for the rescheduling of the race’s 10th edition in its effort to actively join preparations for the country’s hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and to allow adequate time for the rehabilitation of calamity-stricken provinces in the Bicol Region.

UBE Media Inc. President Donna Lina said the LTdF was originally scheduled for February 17 to 21 — this time as a five-stage race from the previous four stages to level up in its first decade.

But because of the country’s hosting of the SEA Games from November 30 to December 11 also this year, Lina stressed the LTdF’s role in helping prepare the country’s top riders for the biennial multi-sport regional competitions that the country is hosting only for the fourth time after 1981, 1991 and 2005.

UBE Media has written the International Cycling Union or UCI, the world governing body for cycling, through the Asian Cycling Confederation and PhilCycling under President Rep. Abraham Tolentino and Chairman Bert Lina to move the race to June 14 to 18.

“The Le Tour organization wanted to help harness our cyclists to their best possible condition in time for the SEA Games,” Lina said. “And because of the recent calamity that struck Camarines Sur, Albay, Sorsogon and the rest of the Bicol Region, it has become more imperative that we postpone the race.”

Albay, Camarines Sur and Sorsogon were declared under a state of calamity because of tropical depression Usman, which caused landslides and massive flooding in areas where the LTdF’s 10th editon would specifically pass through, particularly in the town of Sagnay which was badly hit. tournament calendar as well as the officers’ (NCR and regional) contribution to the sports’ activities.

Makati representative and PTA secretarygeneral Monsour del Rosario said the general assembly will highlight the association’s accomplishments in 2018 and discuss the national and international competitions such as the World Taekwondo Championships, Asian Cadet and Junior Taekwondo Championships, World Cadet Championships, ASEAN Taekwondo Championships (to be hosted by PTA), the Southeast Asian Games in Manila this year, the Philippine Taekwondo League and other important events.

Registration for the general assembly starts at 9 a.m. It will be followed by a refresher course on the new World Taekwondo Federation official rules and the updated techniques for poomsae (forms) and kyorugi (free sparring).