The last day of the IDF WQS Karera sa Lumban was a great success. 40 riders raced and the weather conditions were optimal.
The day started with a Repechage Race or Bracket B of 28 riders in a 32 man race heat for the top 6 positions, 4 finalist plus the top 2 from the Repechage Consi Finals. These 6 riders joined a 16 man Opens Race. The competition was really tight and every rider pulled their best strategy to reach the Opens Finals.
IDF 2016 Asian Continental Master Champions Ben Hay (Australia) took his 4th win of the season followed by locals Caloy Sambrano and Bryan Batisan.
Photo by Owen Licop
Young Philippine rider Sebastian Chanco won the Juniors Final followed by Enrique Chino Padin, Mario Nathaniel Umali and young female rider Lorraine Ramirez.
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Abdil Mahdzan (Malaysia) finished first in Luge follow by good friend and pupil Zen Rasta (Australia).
Photo by Owen Licop
The 5 ladies racing went through semi finals followed by a really tight finals race, they all finished micro seconds from each other in their previous races but it was Elissah Mah (New Zealand) who took the win in the Women's Finals race followed by 16 year old local Lorraine Ramirez , Abigail Viloria and Beatrice Macalino.
Elissah Mah was the only rider who did every IDF race of the Asian Leg Series and also became the 2016 IDF Asian Region Female Champion.
Photo by Owen Licop
The Consi Finals winner was the fastest Philippino in the Qualifying : Jaime de Lange followed by local Ronald Sarinas, Yu-Ching Chang aka Lada (Taiwan) and Jerson Flores who had a crash during the race.
Photo by Owen Licop
The Finals Opens Race had 4 riders who proofed to be fast, consistent and thirsty to win to this event: Max Ballesteros (Brazil), Max Vickers (USA) , Ben Hay (Australia) and 17 year old Tomas Romualdez (Philippines).
Max V was the first one from the start push but then it became a constant battle of drafting and passing during most parts of the track. Max B, who was leading the pack a few corners before the finish line, crashed out leaving a free pass to the 3 remaining riders. Ben Hay took first Place followed by Tomas Romualdez and Max Vickers. These three riders finished micro seconds from each other which is why we had confirmed with all our finish line cameras.
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