Persaud wins third stage but Eastman is overall winner

All Smiles! Team Heat Wave’s Barbadian, Jamol Eastmond accepts his overall champion’s trophy from Minister of Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony. (Orlando Charles photo)

National star cyclist, Robin Persaud brought the curtain down on the 31st annual Independence three-stage road race with a victory yesterday but it was Barbadian teenager, Jamol Eastmond who took the overall honours.

After two days, three stages and 170 miles of intense cycle racing from the Ancient County to the Mining Town of Linden, Eastmond, from the Trinidad and Tobago-based club, Heat Wave, was declared this year’s three-stage road race winner.

By virtue of back-to-back victories in the first two stages and finishing with the