The Philippine Navy Cycling Team, also known as Philippine Navy–Standard Insurance due to sponsorship reasons, is a cycling team based in the Philippines.
Managed by the
Philippine Navy
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, the team is unable to turn to a
UCI Continental
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since the Armed Forces of the Philippines General Headquarters does not allow military personnel to have frequent overseas trips.
[ The team is also sponsored by Standard Insurance Group headed by chairman Ernesto Echauz who is also a sports patron who supports sailing.] Consequentially, the team also have employees from Standard among its ranks.
The team is a frequent competitor in the Le Tour de Filipinas and the Ronda Pilipinas.[ Many of the Philippine Navy's members has also become part of the Philippine national team.][
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Team roster
Major wins
;2017
:Overall, Ronda Pilipinas, Jan Paul Morales
::Sprint and King of the Mountain, Jan Paul Morales[
;2018
:Overall, Ronda Pilipinas, Ronald Oranza
:Overall, ]Tour de Filipinas
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, El Joshua Cariño
;2020
:Overall, Ronda Pilipinas, George Oconer
;2022
:Overall, Ronda Pilipinas, Ronald Lomotos
External links
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References
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Cycling teams based in the Philippines
Military sports clubs and teams in the Philippines
cycling team
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