Five stage cycle road race registration closes on Monday

Registration for the upcoming Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS) annual five stage road race will close on Monday.

According to a press release from the MCYS, registration can be made with National Cycling Coach, Hassan Mohamed at his Middle Street office during normal working hours.

This year’s event is set to take place from October 11-14 with transportation for the cyclists and officials departing the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Main Street office at 12:30pm on October 10.

Hassan Mohamed

One of this country’s major cycling event, the race over a distance of approximately 266 miles (430km), will start next Thursday in Berbice from 07:30hrs.

The first stage will see the riders starting outside the Corriverton Police station and proceeding to Main and Alexander Streets, New Amsterdam a distance of approximately 46.6s miles (75km).

The riders will then have some hours to rest and service their bikes before the second stage commences at 2pm Rosignol and proceeds to  Carifesta Avenue in Georgetown  for the finish, a distance of approximately 60.4s miles (96km).

Stage three will commence on October 12 from Wales Police Station at9.30 hours and proceed to Bushy Park on the East Bank of Essequibo, some 35 miles (56km).

Stage four will see the riders riding from Supenaam to Charity on October 13, from 07:30hrs for the longest leg of the event which is approximated at 67 miles (107.05km).

The event will then culminate on October 14 with the riders making their way from Kara Kara, Linden to Homestretch Avenue in Georgetown, approximately 64.6 miles (103.3km).

The country’s top cyclists are all expected to participate in the event.