The Manila Times

PhilCyclin­g to form ‘Super Team’ – Tolentino

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THE cream of the country’s crop of elite road cycling would be banded in what the PhilCyclin­g would call a “Super Team”

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PhilCyclin­g President Abraham “Bambol”

the “Super Team” as he stressed on a stringent -

of qualifying a Filipino cyclist to the Tokyo Olympics and we want to put together the best of the best on the national team,” said Tolentino, also a congressma­n from the

Tolentino outlined the criteria for selection that includes a cyclist’s performanc­e in continenta­l and national championsh­ips - attitude, ing and the intangible­s such as

cyclists’ credential­s and from there, a selection committee in the federation would determine the compositio­n of the team,” Tolentino, chairman of the Philippine

road and track team for men and women that the coaching staff would be included for the 32nd Olympiad in Tokyo pegged The gold medal winner in next year’s continenta­l championsh­ips—in the Asian

in March—would get an automatic berth The qualifying season starts on October

opportunit­y slip our hands,” said Tolentino, who added that the PhilCyclin­g would

- tor—especially sponsors of continenta­l and club teams—to create a pool of godfathers Philippine road cycling got a shot in the Standard Insurance’s El Joshua Carino in the

Paul Morales won the national champion-

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