Beginning today, the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) will host its flagship National Road Race Championships.
The road races for juniors, females and juveniles will take centre stage from 09:00hrs at the National Park while the road race for the Masters will be held tomorrow from CARIFESTA Avenue to Half Way tree and back (61.5 miles).
That race is scheduled to pedal off at 07:00hrs. Next Saturday, the Time-Trials for all categories will commence from 08:00hrs at the KK Gas Station, Mahaica Circuit. A day later, the road race for the Elite men will ride off to a blistering start from 07:30hrs in the hills of Linden.
There is optimism that two of Guyana’s elite wheelsmen currently campaigning with distinction on the US circuit, Jamual and Briton John (no relation) will return home for the championships. The pair will be riders to watch in the peloton while Alex Leung (junior), Sidwell Sandy (juvenile), Clavecia Spencer (female) and Robin Persaud (Masters) will be among the favorites for their respective categories.
While the championships were not held last year, Romello Crawford was declared the 2021 National Road Race champion (elite) after a controversial finish with Briton and Paul DeNogrega which led to the intervention of the sport’s world governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). (Emmerson Campbell)
