RORAIMA Bikers’ Christopher Holder opened his account of the 2015 cycling season by winning the National Sports Commission’s (NSC) annual 40-mile cycle road race yesterday on the West Demerara.The event which was organised by national cycle coach Hassan Mohamed attracted 51 starters including, seniors, juniors, ladies and mountain bikers.

Soon after the start near the Demerara Harbour Bridge, Alanzo Greaves, in company with Hamzah Eastman and Jamal John, established a sizeable lead but they were sucked in by the chasing group which included Holder, Marlon `Fishy’ Williams, Mark Harris, Paul DeNobrega, Michael Anthony and Akeem Wilson.
In the end, Holder outlasted the others to claim the top prize ahead of Anthony, Wilkinson, Geaves, DeNobrega and Harris.
Holder returned a winning time of one hour 44 minutes 06 seconds for the event which got under way at 08:05hrs from the Demerara Harbour Bridge and concluded at the place of origin.
The veterans and the only lady, Toshwana Doris turned back at Uitvlugt.
Doris, by being the sole lady in the event was judged the winner of the Ladies category.
Williams and Eastman each won two of the eight prime prizes that were on offer, while Anthony, John, Holder and Wilkinson won one each.
Jamal John won the Juniors category ahead of Raphael Leung and Jaheel Jackson respectively, while Junior Niles won the Veterans category ahead of Talim Shaw and Andrew Spencer respectively.
The mountain bike category was won by Teraj Garbarran. Second was Seon Budhan and third was Garfield Lorimer.