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MANILA, Philippines -- Grizzled veteran Merculio Ramos Jr. bagged runner-up honors, but the bid of Roadbike Philippines-711 to break into the Top 5 fizzled after the 8th and penultimate leg of the Binh Duong TV Cup Tour of Vietnam last Wednesday.

Ramos checked in second to Dutch lap winner Timo Scholz, who covered the 150-kilometer distance from the beach resort city of Na Thrang to Phan Rang in a time of 3 hours, 11 minutes and 50 seconds.

The Filipino rider was at the helm of a 15-man lead pack that clocked identical times of 3:12.06, 16 behind the winning Dutchman, while Mark Guevarra and Lloyd Lucien Reynante checked in a tie with two others for 36th to 39th spot with similar 3:14.18 clockings.

The RP-711 squad struggled in 8th place (9:40.22) and remained 6th overall (65:15.50), 8:50 behind new team frontrunner BTV Saigon (65:07.10).

Ramos moved past Reynante as the best Filipino bet in the individual standings at 15th spot (21:45.09), 3:09 off Mongolian yellow jersey wearer Tuguldur Tuulkhangai (21:42).

Reynante fell to No. 19 at 21:46.03 while rooke Rhome Antonio
was still at No. 27 with a time of 21:46.57.

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