May 3, 2013

On May 1st 2013, Lynette Ngo stands on the podium of the Tour of Friendship Stage Race, Bangkok, Thailand.  This race featured 5 grueling hilly stages from April 27th to May 1st.  This was Lynette's very first stage race so she was a little apprehensive whether or not she would even be able to finish the long stages, after the 7km Prologue on the first day, the race crams the rest of the  461km into the remaining 4 days (making for good long days of racing!).    Lynette was very pleased with her results.   In her race comments to her Peaks Coach, Karen Mackin, she said, "This is the first time I've been so close to the front and could see when the attacks were happening, so I was prepared and could go with the surges!".  The remaining stages were a bit more challenging where the hills really shattered the field.   Lynette stayed strong and was able to hold off most of the field to land on the Podium in the end.    Quite an impressive 5 days of racing!


On another note, Lynette’s husband, Siong Hing (also coached by Karen Mackin) raced the Elite Field at the same race and was happy to survive his domestique duties for his team Lapierre Asia Cycling who's lead rider (Lee Rodgers) took home the Overall GC title.


PCG Coach: Karen Mackin