PALAYAN CITY, NUEVA ECIJA: Unfavorable road conditions brought by water pipe repairs and heavy traffic congestion in Bulacan and Pampanga forced Le Tour de Filipinas organizers to call off Sunday’s opening stage.

What was expected to be a relatively flat 157.15-km cruise from Liwasang Aurora at the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City encountered several restarts due to pipe repairs in Valenzuela and Marilao in Bulacan before it came to a shuddering halt near the halfway mark at the Plazang Luma in Arayat, Pampanga, because of an unexpected gridlock.

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