The event poster lists Antonio Lim among its Tour of Luzon legends. The race itself remembers him the same way.
On April 28, 2025, during the Tour’s first revival race, the Tour of Luzon’s own Facebook page posted an interview with him. It gave the post this heading: “Exclusive Interview with 1970-1973 Tour of Luzon Legend, Antonio Lim”.
We quote that heading as it was posted. The list of champions we follow shows no Tour of Luzon from 1970 to 1972, with the race back in 1973, so we do not try to name the exact years he rode. A Tour of Luzon rider of the early 1970s is the description we can stand behind.
Still riding in Dau
On October 27, 2026 the local news page Balacat News wrote about Mang Tony Lim of Barangay Dau, aged 76, and called him “ang dating Tour of Luzon cyclist”, the former Tour of Luzon cyclist. The report was about a padyakan, a ride, in which he was not left behind.
The name and the career match, so this profile treats Mang Tony of Dau and the poster’s Antonio Lim as the same man. Dau is a barangay of Mabalacat, next to Angeles City.
His placings and any stage wins are not on the public record we have found. Our short history of the Philippine tours sets out what the Tour of Luzon was in his time.
If you rode with Antonio Lim, or have photos or clippings from his Tours, please get in touch. Please also tell us if we have any detail here wrong.