Three-time champion Santy Barnachea came home fourth, three seconds off Oranza, while Valenzuela, Ronda’s back-to-back KOM crown holder, was another second back and kept the red jersey for the third straight stage.

Oranza climbed from third to second overall, 1 minute 36 seconds behind Valenzuela, after PLDT’s El Joshua Carino suffered a blowout early and dropped to sixth, 8:41 back.

Valenzuela fell into a ditch on the same rough patch where Carino took a flat, 50 km from the start in San Fernando City, Pampanga.

Joven, last year’s Sprint King, jumped from fifth to third (4:30 off Valenzuela), Gorantes rose two places to fourth (4:43) and Barnachea improved a notch to fifth (5:15) followed by Joel Calderon at seventh (10:34), Marvin Tapic (14:16), defending champion Mark Galedo and Tarlac’s Tomas Martinez (16:34).




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