Three-stage Independence cycle road race set for May 14 and 15

 

THE 34th edition of the annual Independence Three-Stage cycle road race, the brainchild of national cycle coach Hassan Mohamed, is set for May 14 and 15 and will be coordinated by him.
The defending champion is Team Evolution’s Orville Hinds who covered the overall distance (171.4 miles) in a time of six hours 52 minutes 26 seconds.Hinds finished ahead of his Team Evolution teammates Michael Anthony and Raul Leal.
Continental Cycle Club’s lone entrant Geron Williams placed fourth while Alonzo Ambrose and Marlon `Fishy’ Williams ended fifth and sixth respectively.
The route for this year’s grand event will remain the same with the first stage wheeling off from outside the Corriverton Police Station at 07:30hrs. The cyclists will journey to New Amsterdam for the finish.
From 14:00hrs the same day, they will be sent on their way for the second stage from the Rosignol Ferry Stelling and will journey to Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown for the finish.
The following day, the third stage will start at 08:00hrs from Kara Kara, Linden Highway and proceed to Homestretch Avenue for the finish.
Guyana’s top cyclists, as well as the budding ones, are all expected to be a part of the event which is being held especially to honour Guyana’s Golden Jubilee.
At the moment, some of the country’s premier riders are training and competing on the United States of America circuit, but they are all expected to be part of the spectacular event.
Among those in the USA at the moment are Scott Savory, Geron Williams, Jamal John and Hamza Eastman.
At the moment, Team Evolution are expected to dominate the event as their riders have been dominating the local scene for the past few months, with Hinds being the most dominant of them.
In last year’s event, Hinds placed fourth in the first stage, second in the second stage and third in the final stage which ended on Carifesta Avenue for the first time in the race’s history, as floods last year caused the Homestretch Avenue to be impassable.
Cyclists interested in being part of this year’s event are asked to register with Mohamed at his Ministry of Sport office, Homestretch Avenue.

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