THE PhilCycling National Championships for Road 2024 will be staged at an earlier schedule from Feb. 5 to 9 with Tagaytay City as the main hub anew.
This was announced yesterday by PhilCycling and Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino, who added qualifiers for the Nationals will be based on major domestic and sanctioned races in 2023.
“The early schedule is to provide our national coaches more window to prepare for the 2025 Southeast Asian Games and the 2026 Asian Games which, for the first time, will be setting up qualifying events not only for cycling but all sports,” Tolentino said.
Tolentino stressed the PhilCycling will strengthen the national track team for men and women as the federation looks forward to an indoor 250-meter velodrome that would soon rise in Tagaytay City.
The results of the Philippine National Games and Batang Pinoy next month in Tagaytay City are part of the criteria for qualification for the National Championships.
Competitions will again be in Criterium, Individual Time Trial and Individual Road Race for Men and Women in Youth (under 16), Juniors (17-18), Under 23 and Elite categories.
The top 10 finishers in each of the events in the 2023 Nationals are seeded for next year’s Road championships as well as the top 25 in December’s PNG-Batang Pinoy races.
