Korean Joo Dae Yeung netted more than P1 million as the individual classification champion while Standard Insurance Philippines (SIP) banked the most in the team category with P1.63 million from the Tour of Luzon 2025’s total cash pot that sports patron Manuel V. Pangilinan (MVP) made juicier by raising the bar to more than P7 million.
Joo brought home with him to South Korea a total of P1,022,00 counting the cash he collected in Stage 1 where he clinched the Yellow, Most Combative and Sprint jerseys in the eight-stage ToL presented by the Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. and organized by DuckWorld PH.
MPT DriveHub (MPTD) hoisted the ToL Perpetual Trophy with a P1 million prize but it was SIP of team principal Ernesto “Judes” Echauz which had the biggest stash underscored by the P500,000 that Jan Paul Morales earned after finishing a mere six seconds behind Joo in the race for individual honors.
Indeed, all 119 riders who started for the 17 teams in Stage 1 in Paoay last April 2024 were all smiles on the night of Labor Day, May 1, as the MPTC and DuckWorld PH disbursed all P7,031,500 in prizes in cold cash right after the Closing Ceremony at the Camp John Hay Convention Center.
The teams and their earnings were SIP (P1,628,500), MPTD (P1,557,000), Gapyeong Cycling Team (GPCT, P1,062,500), Go for Gold (G4G, P850,000), Victoria Sports Pro Cycling Team (VSPCT, P589,500), 7-Eleven Cliqq Roadbike Philippines (7RP, P399,500), Excellent Noodles Cycling Team (ENCT, P257,500), DReyna Orion Cement-Tatag Na Hindi Natitinag (P135,500), Philippines Under-23 Tom ‘N Toms Coffee (TNTC, P119,000), Malaysia Pro Cycling (P93,000), Dandex T-Prime Cycling Team (P70,000), Exodus Army Cycling Team (P63,000), Bryton Racing Tean Taiwan (P55,000), Crest Forwarder 1Team Visayas (P51,500), Team Pangasinan (P33,500), CCN Factory Racing Hong Kong (P33,000) and One Cycling Mindanao (P32,500).
The top 10 cash earners in the individual general classification were GPCT’s Joo (P1,022,000), SIP’s Morales (P581,000), MPTD’s Jonel Carcueva (P401,000), VSPC’s Nichol Pareja (P239,000), Best Young Rider G4G’s James Paul Ryan Escumbien (P201,000), SIP’s Jeremy Lizardo (P131,000), Eagle of the Mountain ENCT’s Joshua Pascual (P114,000), 7RP’s Rench Michael Bondoc (P113,500), SIP’s Ronald Oranza (P91,500) and G4G’s Jerico Jay Lucero (P82,500).
