Crawford records maiden victory in Diamond Mineral Water 35-lap race
In this Delano Williams photo, prize winners of the various categories in yesterday’s Diamond Mineral Water 11-race cycle programme strike a pose with DDL’s assistant Marketing Manager, Devica Jagdeo (Centre), race organiser Hassan Mohamed (second right) and race Commissar Joseph Britton (extreme left).
In this Delano Williams photo, prize winners of the various categories in yesterday’s Diamond Mineral Water 11-race cycle programme strike a pose with DDL’s assistant Marketing Manager, Devica Jagdeo (Centre), race organiser Hassan Mohamed (second right) and race Commissar Joseph Britton (extreme left).

BERBICIAN Jeban Crawford, yesterday, broke his maiden by winning the feature 35-lap event of the 10th Annual Diamond Mineral Water sponsored 11-race cycle programme in the National Park.Crawford who hails from Fyrish, Corentyne, Berbice stopped the clock at one hour 17 minutes 10 seconds to claim top honours. This was his first victory among senior company since his cycling career started a few years ago and he also won one of the eight prime prizes that were up for grabs.
Horace Burrowes placed second, while Paul DeNobrega finished third.
The fourth, fifth and sixth place finishers were Akeem Wilkinson, Christopher Griffith and Paul Cho-Wee-Nam respectively.
Cho-Wee-Nam won two prime prizes, while Metro Long and Orville Hinds won one each and Burrowes took three.
Crawford, Burrowes, DeNobrega, Wilkinson, Griffith and Cho-Wee-Nam were among a group of 12 riders that broke from the starting of the fourth lap and were never caught again.
As the race progressed, the12 leaders interchanged the lead while a five-man chasing pack was struggling some distance away.
With four laps remaining, Burrowes and Crawford broke from the main pack and opened a sizeable lead as the others started to get strung out.
With two laps remaining, DeNobrega attacked the chasing pack and started to close in on the two front riders, but his effort was in vain, as Burrowes and Crawford stuck together until 300 metres from the finish line when it was evident that Burrowes, the more experienced and stronger of the duo, allowed Crawford to go ahead and win comfortably.
After the race, Burrowes said Crawford rode well so “I allowed him to win, he’s young and deserves to win”.
In other results from the day’s programme, Brighton John won the three-lap race for boys and girls 12-14 years old, while Marica Dick placed second and Daniel Perreira third.
Junior Niles won the five-lap event for veterans under 50 years of age. Second was Wilbert Benjamin and third was Turhan Harris.
Linden Blackman was the winner of the veterans’ over 50 years of age five-lap race.
The juveniles’ 10-lap race was won by Jamal John in a time of 23 minutes 08.05 seconds. Second was Andrew Hicks and third was Christopher Griffith.
Seon Budhan won the five-lap race for mountain bikers.
The BMX Boys 6-9 years old two-lap event was won by Alexander Leung. Second was Esau Jai Singh while Che-Sue-Hang placed third.
Sherwin Sampson won the BMX Boys 9-12 as well as the BMX Boys 12-14 three-lap races. Second in the 9-12 age group was Jonathan Jagdeo, while Adelia Hodge was second to Sampson in the 12-14 category and Jagdeo third.
The presentation of prizes to the respective winners was done by Demerara Distillers Limited’s Assistant Marketing Manager Devica Jagdeo.

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