Hinds rides off with Hand-in-Hand feature event

Orville Hinds warmed up nicely for next week’s signature ‘Ride For Life’ five-stage road race by winning his fourth circuit event of the season yesterday at the National Park.

The 2012 National road race champion out pedaled a field of rival wheelsmen and carted off the spoils of the feature 35-lap event of the 10th annual Hand in Hand 11-race cycle programme.

Hinds rode a tactical but attacking race and emerged winner in a brisk one hour, 16 minutes and 35 seconds while pocketing two sprint prizes.

He led Team United’s Mario King and Guyana’s premier junior cyclist, Michael Anthony onto the podium.

Top veteran, Robin Persaud, Team Coco’s Stephano Husbands and Paul DeNobrega rounded out the top six rewarding positions.

Anthony and DeNobrega also took home two sprint prizes each, while one apiece went to Persaud and Albert Philander.

The prize winners of yesterday’s event pose with their spoils. (Orlando Charles photo)
The prize winners of yesterday’s event pose with their spoils. (Orlando Charles photo)

Before the feature event, there were 10 other events.

Here is a summary of them:

 

Juveniles 

Stephano Husbands

Jamal John

Alonzo Ambrose

 

BMX 6-9

Jeremiah Harrison, Alex Leung, Chris Goring

 

BMX Boys 9-12 years 

Sherwin Sampson, Jeremiah Harrison, Jonathan Jagdeo

 

Orville Hinds crossing the finish line all alone. 
Orville Hinds crossing the finish line all alone. 

BMX Boys 12-14 years 

Sherwin Sampson, Thuran Garbarran, Jonathan Jagdeo

BMX 12-14 Boys and

Girls

Rakeem Blair, Bryton John, Davenand Kapelnauth

 

Veterans Under 50

Junior Niles

Jaikarran Sukhai

Kennard Lovell

 

Veterans Over 50

Linden Blackman

Jonathan Crevallo

Kevin Jeffrey

 

Veterans Over 60

Monty Paris

 

BMX Open

Damien Sukdeo, Adrian Sharma

 

Mountain Bike 

Damien Sukdeo, Adrian Sharma

 

Notes: The riders will now take their talents to the open road to compete in the third Ounce of Gold race this morning. DeNobrega is the defending champion. (Emmerson Campbell)