TEAM Evolution’s Orville Hinds won the feature 35-lap event of the Malts Supreme 12-race cycle programme, which was staged in the National Park yesterday and organised by national cycle coach Hassan Mohamed.Riding in the Banks DIH sponsored feature event which was opened for school boys , novices and invitational riders, Hinds returned a time of one hour, 19 minutes 49.90 seconds to win the event which was won last year by his team Evolution team mate Akeem Wilkinson in one hour, 17 minutes 24.94 seconds.
Second yesterday was Alonzo Ambrose and placing third was Stephano Husbands.
Wilkinson, Robin Persaud and Jamal John placed fourth, fifth and sixth respectively.
Hinds, John and Wilkinson won two prizes each while Ambrose and Persaud won one a piece.
Hinds and Ambrose got the bell signalling the final lap together but as they journeyed around the circuit Hinds jumped Ambrose from around the final 300-metre mark and was never challenged and crossed the finish line alone.
Ambrose who shared the lead for quite some time with Hinds crossed the finish line some 35 seconds later.
Husbands who was with the main chasing pack for most of the race and who ended third made his move for one of the top spots with two laps remaining and was never challenged as the main chasing pack refused to respond to his attack at that time.
In the race for the other top three positions, Wilkinson attacked the pack with 250 metres remaining, Persaud responded coming round the penultimate turn but Wilkinson held on and crossed the finish line ahead of the veteran (Persaud).
In other results from the day’s activity, Daniel Perreira won the three-lap event for BMX boys and girls 12-14 years old ahead of Casy Abrams and Marica Dick respectively.
Ralph Williams was the winner of the veterans’ under 50 years of age five-lap race. Second was Jaikarran Sukhai and third place went to last year’s winner Shameer Baksh.
The veterans’ over-50 five-lap race was won by Kennard Lovell. Second was Linden Blackman.
Jamal John won the 10-lap race for juveniles ahead of Andrew Hicks and Christopher Griffith respectively, while Seon Budhan won the five-lap race for Mountain Bikers ahead of Oziah McAulley and Nicholas Alphonso respectively.
The two-lap BMX race for riders six to nine years old was won by Alexander Leung. Second was Jesica Mohabir and third was Shay Sue-Hang.
Jonathan Jagdeo won the three-lap event for BMX boys 9-12 years old. Second was Jerimah Harrison.
The presentation of prizes to the respective winners was done by Banks DIH’s merchandiser Tony Ramcharran.