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Is it easy to organize cycling events?

by Jose Vicente ‘JV’ Araneta - November 18, 2024 - 12:00am

I used to be an amateur bicycle race organizer.

Compete at any Age

by Dr. Jose Vicente Araneta - October 28, 2024 - 12:00am

It makes me chuckle now when I m at this point of my life and I am just training my butt off trying to win a bicycle criterium or a road race.

The Tour of Spain is on!

by JV Araneta - August 27, 2024 - 12:00am

It’s pity sometimes that the most exciting events are not as popular as the traditional professional cycling events

Taking a Second Look at basketball

by Dr. Jose Vicente Araneta - August 19, 2024 - 12:00am

There is no sport I don t like. Any sporting competition, I am all for it, be it mental or physical. Even today, I don t hate basketball, I just don t watch it like I used to back in the late 70 s and then during...

Bagsakan

by Jose Vicente "JV" Araneta - June 10, 2024 - 12:00am

Three years after the Mandaue City government, through Mayor Jonas Cortes, gave us the green light to use a portion (actually 2.2km) of the Mandaue Reclamation Area exclusively for cyclists every Sundays from 5AM-9AM,...

Dominance in pro cycling: Is it good or bad?

by Jose Vicente ‘JV’ Araneta - May 13, 2024 - 12:00am

Every time he laces up his shoes, I would sigh to myself and tell myself that the race is over. Because he wins almost all of the races he pins a number on, I think that Tadej Pogacar is making professional cycling...

Superstitious

by Jose Vicente ‘JV’ Araneta - April 15, 2024 - 12:00am

Like many sports, cycling has its own share of superstitions beliefs.

Illegal Advantage

by Jose Vicente ‘JV’ Araneta - January 8, 2024 - 12:00am

In business, sandbagging is a strategy of lowering the expectations of a company or an individual’s strength and core competencies in order to produce relatively greater-than-anticipated results.

2023 Tour of Matabungkay: the hardest edition that I joined

by Jose Vicente ‘JV’ Araneta - November 20, 2023 - 12:00am

I haven’t written anything the past 2-3 weeks because I’ve been to a lot of places to race my bike.

Will a Filipino ever race in the Tour de France?

by Jose Vicente ‘JV’ Araneta - August 21, 2023 - 12:00am

It is a long and steep road for a Filipino to ride in the Tour de France, the international stage for cycling talent. But how about our neighboring Asian countries? Are there races there that we can join where we...

Watching Bike racing: From VHS to GCN+

by Jose Vicente ‘JV’ Araneta - June 19, 2023 - 12:00am

When I started to enjoy bike racing, I also followed the professional side of the sport. However, in the late 80’s it was very difficult to get hold of a good copy of the Tour de France.

The Manngagahan Bike Fest Stage 2

by Jose Vicente ‘JV’ Araneta - May 15, 2023 - 12:00am

The Manggahan Bike Fest in Guimaras a week ago was a 2-day, 2-stage race.

Racing in Mangoland

by Jose Vicente ‘JV’ Araneta - May 8, 2023 - 12:00am

For the past two days, I’ve been here in the Land of the Mangos’, aka Guimaras, for a 2-day, 2-stage road race titled the “Manggahanike Fest”. Cycling is just one of the many activities that...

The Easiest Race, but the Most Difficult to Win

by Jose Vicente ‘JV’ Araneta - March 20, 2023 - 12:00am

One of the knocks of road racing is that its boring. Professional cyclists ride side by side for 200 kilometers, then in the last 40kms, when the race is shown on “live” TV, that’s when the real...

Who’s getting older?

by Jose Vicente ‘JV’ Araneta - March 13, 2023 - 12:00am

Last Wednesday, I was out for my usual midweek training ride.

Getting a new bicycle

by Jose Vicente ‘JV’ Araneta - February 13, 2023 - 12:00am

Ten months ago, I decided to get a Canyon bicycle.

Preparing for a Bicycle Race

by Jose Vicente ‘JV’ Araneta - January 16, 2023 - 12:00am

I’d like to start this column by saying that this years’ Feast of the Sto. Niño was clearly different from the previous iterations.

What is a Crit?

by JV Araneta - November 14, 2022 - 12:00am

According to the Union Cycliste International (UCI), the international governing body of the cycling, Chapter VII, 2.7.002, a crit is, “… is a road race run on a circuit closed to traffic and that...

My 2022 Tour of Matabungkay Experience

by JV Araneta - October 31, 2022 - 12:00am

A little over two weeks ago, I was in Lian, Batangas to join a bicycle race, the Tour of Matabungkay (ToM).

The Tour ni Frank is back!!!

by JV Araneta - September 19, 2022 - 12:00am

Bicycle road racing some twenty years ago was simpler. I mean racing for the weekend warriors.

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