1st Anda Enduro 2023

Leyte enduro biker shreds

Anda trails at 58 km/hour

ANDA, Bohol, April 23, (PIA) – How do you cover 15.85 kilometers in 15.30 minutes in a mountain bike?

Rip the trails like they’re paved. Enduro style.

And it would take Jundel Butal of Team Bolok/Daja Boys of Leyte, a total of 15:30 seconds to wrap up the 15.85 kilometers comprising the three stages of the First Anda Enduro Race 2023; averaging 58.67 kilometers per hour to be the burst through the finish first for the dangerous hard-tail category shredding the Anda enduro trails fit for full suspension bikes.

Meanwhile, after three stages, Calape’s Christian Salomon (ArcBikeCare Racing Factory) in a heavier full suspension bike ripped the same trail in 15:57 seconds to be hailed champion in the Full Suspension category of the race from Barangay Katipunan to Casica, April 23.

In the 40 and up category, EC Cruza Jr., of Bohol Enduro United barged at the finish for their category at 18:04, while Leyte’s Mayan Duyon (Team Bolok) logged her time in the trails at 21:16 to dominate the women’s category

Anda’s homegrown Karl Vincent Jandayan (Team Bunal) first completed the three stages in a collective time of 16:18 to occupy the top podium in the 29 below category.

In the electronic bike category, Jagna’s Oh Mhel (D’ Angkols) finished the three stages in 17:35.

In the hard-tail category, Tagbilaran City’s Ruel Orcullo of ArcFactory Racing and Tribu Tarug Utok (TTU) bagged the second place in the podium with a 16:36 finish, a minute and 6 seconds after Butal.

Also, Tagbilaran City’s Niño Ray Salas of team D’ Angkols, settled for the third podium finish with an aggregate time of 17:23, or nearly a minute after Orcullo’s blistering time in one of the most challenging ‘ride-able’ enduro trails here.

Riding with the fourth best time is Aljhun Asur (ArcFactory Bike Care) with 17:25, after recovering from a flat tire less than a kilometer from the stage 2 starting line, while fifth place is Roy Geanga (Tribu de Amigas S Candijay) in 18:03.

In the full suspension category, rampaging down the twisting trails next to Solomon is Calape’s Vance Gubot Sr., (Trail Seekers/TTU) in 16:12 followed by Cortesanon Loic Barong (Manuthoay Brothers) on the third podium place.

Another Cortesanon, Archt. Niño Rey Angelo Cag-ong of Team TLK at streaked the trails at 17:08 followed by Boho Enduro United’s Jay Jamila at 17:22.

In the 40 and above category, after Cruza came Tagbilaran City’s Arcel Asiñero (ArcBikeCare/TTU) at 18:15 for the second highest podium perch and then came Anda’s Shrie Visaya (Lo Anas) 18:45 for the last podium place.

On fourth is Ariel Metran (D’Angkols) breaking the finish line after stage 3 at 19:43 and Jagna’s Sethniel Siaboc (ArcBikeCare Racing Factory/TTU) at 20:03.

In the 29 and below, Leyteño Panfilo Gabisay Sulad Jr., (D’Angkols) barged through stage three in 17:12, with Tagbilaran city’s Altaire Arcay (Anda Enduro) at 17:30 to complete the podium place.

Fourth is Ezboi Kyn (ArcBike care/TTU) finishing in 17:33 and Jay Clyde Cadiz (Anda Enduro Bikers) at 19:04.

In the women category, another Leyteña Gerevel Riños (Pedal HQ/ BEU/Lo Anas) came out second with a compiled time of 21:33.

In the eBike category, after Jagna’s Oh Mhel came Jagna’s Moyet Alvarez (D’Angkols) at 18:42 after three stages.

Over-all, the entire race attracted some 89 hardcore enduro mountain-bike riders, doing everything to find that speed and pace to win over the down hills with technical sections that are comparable to the Asian Enduro trails in the nearby mountains of Sampoangon, Calape.

Anda Mayor Angelina SImacio, who has picked on mountainbiking as another Anda tourism magnet, promised to support next year’s endure race, even as she challenged organizers and local enduro community to bring out the numbers that could pin extreme mountain biking in her town, from the mountains to the beach. (PIA-7/Bohol)

FOCUS. With riders let-off after every two minutes, one has to be that fast to catch-up and overtake a rider ahead in single trails, but that details the heat of the enduro race that took Andahanons to the race trail to see how fast really is fast in enduro races. (PIABohol)