A dominating race from We Stand United’s Briton John saw him storming to victory yesterday in the inaugural featured 35-lap school boys and invitational Triskit Biscuit Midwest cookies tea biscuit race.
The Banks DIH-sponsored race, organized by Hassan Mohamed in the inner circuit of the National Park culminated with John stopping the clock at a time of one hour, 19 minutes and eight seconds in a solo victory. John had established an early jump, leading the pack by almost 500 meters as soon as the fourth lap but was pulled back by Team Evolution’s Christopher Griffith and team mate, Deeraj Garbaran who maintained that lead throughout the race.
In the final two laps, John opted to press on for a solo victory, leaving Griffith and Garbaran in the dust to settle for second and third respectively almost 300 meters behind. Garbaran secured five primes while John collected three.
Meanwhile, the second pack of nine riders from a start of 30 saw Alex Mendes finishing in fourth and trailed by Adealie Hodge and Curtis Dey in that order. Earlier in the day, Jason Ryan Primo won the BMX 9-12 years category in the two-lap race while Jose Rodriguez won the 6-9 years division ahead of second placed Lennox Jackman and William Greene in third.
In the Juveniles 10-lap race, Sherwin Sampson defeated Mark Lewis in a time of 16 minutes and 39 seconds.
Meanwhile in the older categories, the veterans over 50 five lap race was won by Ian Jackson as Andrew Spencer and Kennard Lovell rounded off the podium in second and third respectively.
Also, the veterans’ under-50 race was won by Junior Niles who competed the five laps in a time of 11 minutes and 59 seconds. Lear Nunes had to settle for second while Kwame Ridley managed third place.
Executive of the Guyana Cycling Federation, Enzo Matthews extended gratitude to the sponsors and encouraged the riders to continue to strive for greater success in the sport while Mohammed was happy for an incident free event.
