Cebuano wins ASEAN Mountain Bike Title
Posted on April 13th, 2009 under Uncategorized
Niño Surban won the 1st ASEAN Mountain Bike Championship 2009 held at the Berakas Forest Recreational Park in Brunei Darussalam.
The 22-year-old Cebuano was the only Filipino cyclist to join the competition.
The 48-kilometer cross-country competition was participated in by cyclists from Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Brunei Darussalam.
Niño was quoted in the Borneo Bulletin saying “I was very happy to have won the first ever ASEAN Mountain Bike Championship’s men elite category of the cross country. The course was very tough and the heat was overwhelming. However, I managed to overcome the obstacle to come in first,” Surban was quoted as saying in an interview with the Borneo Bulletin.
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Lots and lots of talented Pinoys riders!