Raul Leal steals show with feature event win

Winners and runners-up of the inaugural Assuria Insurance Company cycle programme pose with their spoils upon completion of yesterday’s event.

With his more celebrated Coco’s Cycling club mates, Raynauth Jeffrey and Junior Sportsman of the year Paul DeNobrega out of contention because of mechanical problems suffered during the course of the race, junior star rider Raul Leal stole the show and sprinted to his first victory of the cycling season.

Yesterday when the Assuria Insurance Company and Hassan Mohamed teamed up to pedal off their inaugural 11-race youth cycling programme at the National Park,16-year-old Leal rode away with the trophy