CEBU - Cebuana Marites Bitbit stayed as the top female mountainbiker in the country to beat as she topped the 2009 Puerto Princesa Mountainbike Cross-Country Challenge recently in Palawan.
Bitbit won the ladies open crown by edging out Anelia Lucman.
In the men’s elite open action, Marc McQuinn Aleonar beat Eusebio Quinones for the top spot, while Frederick Feliciano landed third.
Cebuano top rider Nino Surban backed out of the race due to financial constraints. – Caecent No-ot Magsumbol (THE FREEMAN)