Team Coco’s ace rider Hamzah Eastman prevailed in a four-man tussle to the finish line to seal victory in the 27th edition of the 35-lap school boys and invitational race in the R&R International 11-stage cycling race yesterday.
Not only did Eastman battle 18 of the best riders in the country, the 21-year-old had to face persistent showers at the inner circuit of the National Park in a split-second win, stopping the clock at one hour, 17 minutes and 13 seconds (01:17:13).
Coming into the penultimate turn before the homestretch, Trojans’s Romello Crawford was the first to jump as determined cycling fanatics, who also battled the weather, started to encourage the riders. Eastman’s club mate, Jamaul John soon followed with Eastman on the outside, wheel-to-wheel.
