Jamaul John did it again!
The Team Coco’s wheelsman kicked off the month of October in fine style, winning his third consecutive race yesterday, underlining his sublime late season form.
On the heels of sprinting away with the spoils of the Victor Macedo Memorial Road Race title outside the National Park two weeks ago and the feature 35-lap event of the Laparkan Holdings multi race programme last week inside the Park, John returned to the venue yesterday and picked up right where he left off.
This time it was the feature 35-lap event of the Hand-In-Hand Insurance Company multi-race programme which was staged in perfect conditions for racing.
John stopped the clock in a brisk one hour, 15 minutes and 48 seconds in a thrilling five-man sprint to complete back-to-back-to-back victories on the local circuit.
He earned four of the six sprint prizes en route to leading breakaway mates, Paul DeNobrega and Briton John onto the podium.
Christopher Griffith and Curtis Dey finished closely behind in fourth and fifth while Michael Anthony who missed the break, out sprinted the remnants of the 36-man peloton to round out the top six.
The top five, arguably the best riders in Guyana established a lead in the fourth lap and the strong unit rode together until about 200m from the finish line, lapping most of the starters in their path.
At close to 200m for the finish, Briton rose from his saddle and attacked. Jamaul and the others changed gear to counter Briton’s heroics, but only Jamaul had enough left in the tank to surge ahead of his fellow national rider.
Other winners of the 15th edition of the event included: Junior Niles (Under-50), Ian Jackson (O-50), Sherwin Sampson (Juveniles), Nigel London (Mountain Bikes), Darius Ramsammy (Novices) and Lennox Jackman (BMX 6-9).
Following yesterday’s fixture, representatives of the company, Shannon Yan and Shafeena Juman presented the cyclists with refreshments, hats and other prizes.
Three BMX cycles and helmets were also gifted to three young riders, William Green, Aditya Deokarran and Jackman.
John will be looking to continue his fine form next Sunday when the eight edition of the Kadir Mohamed Memorial Ounce of Gold road race is staged from Homestretch Avenue to Linden and back.
