Philippine cycling has a national federation, a new indoor velodrome and a national tour back on the road. This guide gives the main facts, each with its year.
PhilCycling, the national federation
The Integrated Cycling Federation of the Philippines is known as PhilCycling. It was founded in 2003 and replaced an earlier body known as PACA. Its headquarters are in Tagaytay.
PhilCycling is the national governing body for cycling. It is affiliated to the UCI, and it is recognized by the Philippine Olympic Committee and the Philippine Sports Commission.
Alberto Lina was its president from 2003 to 2009. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino has been recognized by the UCI since 2009 and has led the federation without dispute since July 3, 2012. He was re-elected in December 2020.
A leadership dispute from 2008 to 2012 kept Filipino cyclists out of the 2009 SEA Games. More recently, PhilCycling sanctioned the 2025 revival of the Tour of Luzon.
The Tagaytay City Velodrome
The Tagaytay City Velodrome opened on June 23, 2025. It is the first indoor velodrome in the Philippines built to UCI standard, and it holds Category A homologation.
The track is 250 meters around, and the hall seats about 3,000 people. It was funded with UCI support and built by Junek. In 2026 it hosted the Asian Track Cycling Championships.
The country’s older velodrome is at the Amoranto complex in Quezon City.
Medals at the Games
The best-known result belongs to BMX rider Daniel Caluag. On October 1, 2014 he won gold at the Asian Games in Incheon. It was the only gold medal the Philippines won at those Games.
Caluag was born in Los Angeles in 1987 and rode the London 2012 Olympics. He also won SEA Games gold in 2013, Asian Games bronze in 2018 and SEA Games silver in 2019.
On the road, Mark Galedo won the individual time trial at the 2013 SEA Games. At the 2019 SEA Games, Jermyn Prado won the women’s individual time trial, and John Derick Farr and Lea Denise Belgira won gold in mountain bike downhill.
At the 2025 SEA Games, bronze medals went to Patrick Bren Coo, John Derick Farr and the men’s team time trial squad.
The Olympic link goes back further. Cornelio Padilla, the Tour of Luzon champion of 1966 and 1967, rode the 1964 Olympics.
The races today
The Tour of Luzon is the national tour once more. It returned in 2025 and was held again in 2026, over 14 stages. Nash Lim was the top Filipino in 2026, fourth overall.
Ronda Pilipinas, the other national stage race of the 2010s, has not been held since 2022. Our short history of the Philippine tours has the champions of both races.
Riders to know
These Filipino riders stand out in the results from 1996 to 2026.
- Mark Galedo: won Ronda Pilipinas in 2012 and Le Tour de Filipinas in 2014, with SEA Games time trial gold in 2013.
- Santi Barnachea: won the national tour in 2002 and 2006, and Ronda Pilipinas in 2011 and 2015.
- Jan Paul Morales: won Ronda Pilipinas in 2017 and two of its three legs in 2016. Second in the 2025 Tour of Luzon, 6 seconds behind the winner.
- Ronald Oranza: won Ronda Pilipinas in 2018 and one leg in 2016.
- George Oconer: won Ronda Pilipinas in 2020.
- Ronald Lomotos: won Ronda Pilipinas in 2022.
- El Joshua Cariño: won Le Tour de Filipinas in 2018, the last Filipino overall winner in the Tour of Luzon line of races.
- Baler Ravina: won Le Tour de Filipinas in 2012.
- Nash Lim: top Filipino, fourth overall, in the 2026 Tour of Luzon.
- Jermyn Prado: SEA Games gold in the women’s individual time trial, 2019.
- Daniel Caluag: Asian Games gold in BMX, 2014.
- Warren Davadilla: won the Marlboro Centennial Tour in 1998 and the Golden Tour 50@05 in 2005.
- Victor Espiritu: won the Marlboro Tour in 1996 and Padyak Pinoy in 2007.
The riders who came before them are remembered in our legends section.