Team Coco’s Matthews in the lead

Thumbs Up! Team Coco’s Darren Matthews celebrates after winning yesterday’s first stage. (Orlando Charles photo)

-Three-Stage cycle road race

Team Coco’s Darren Matthews will roll into the hills of Linden this morning for the final leg of the Independence Three-Stage road race with the yellow jersey and a two-second lead on Geron Williams.

The 23-year-old Barbadian out pedaled 84 other wheelsmen to win the initial stage from Corriverton to New Amsterdam yesterday morning and followed it up with a second place finish to Team Heat Wave’s Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams to preserve his overall lead (4hr:07:11s).

Williams placed fifth in the first stage but now occupies the third overall position (4h: 07:15s).

Continental’s Geron Williams biked in second and third in the respective stages to maintain his second place