Williams sprints to third stage victory

Action during yesterday’s third leg of this year’s sixth annual five-stage road race. (Orlando Charles photo)

NSC five stage road race

– As Guyanese occupy four of top six places in third stage

By Emmerson Campbell

After being dominated in the first two stages on Thursday of the on going sixth annual five-stage road race by the Miami, Florida-based riders, Team Coco, a national cyclist wearing Guyana’s colours finally crossed the finish line in the first position.

The 2009 overall winner of the event, Geron Williams, sprinted to victory to claim yesterday’s 35-mile third stage which commenced at 9am in front of Wales Police Station and ended at Parika in 59 minutes and 54 seconds.

Williams led compatriot Eric Sankar, Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships gold medalist Paul DeNobrega, Surinamese Moses Ricketts, DeNobrega’s Coco’s teammate Darren Mathews and another national cyclist,