Robin Persaud prevailed over 37 other skilled wheelsmen to win yesterday’s third stage edging Team Coco’s Darren Matthews in a thrilling two-man sprint finish.
Persaud’s heroics however, were not enough to unseat Team Coco’s Raynauth Jeffrey (first stage winner) and his Barbados-born club mate Matthews (second stage winner) who are still the race leaders heading into today’s penultimate stage in Essequibo.
Matthews and another Team Coco’s standout, Jaime Ramirez (last year’s five-stage winner) attacked Persaud in the
