Registration for `Ride for Life’ five-stage cycle road race closes today
… Strong field of foreigners expected

A STRONG field of foreign cyclists is expected to be a part of this year’s Ministry of Health/National Sports Commission/National AIDS Secretariat/Guyana Cycling Federation’s `Ride for Life’ five-stage cycling road race which gets under way on Thursday.Registration for the event, which is being coordinated by national cycle coach Hassan Mohamed, closes today and teams from Heat Wave of Trinidad and Tobago, Team Coco of Miami USA and a team from neighbouring Suriname have already confirmed their participation.
According to Mohamed, this year’s event for which Team Coco’s Raynauth Jeffrey is the defending champion will see the largest number of participants ever and promises to be very competitive.
Mohamed told Chronicle Sport that he is expecting another United States-based team to be a part of the five-stage event which gets under way at 07:30hrs on Thursday from outside the Corriverton Police Station, Berbice.
From there, the cyclists will journey to New Amsterdam for the finish of the first stage.
On the same day, beginning at 14:00hrs, the cyclists will race off from the Rosignol Ferry Stelling and battle all the way down to Carifesta Avenue for the completion of the stage two.
Stage three begins at 08:30hrs from outside the Wales Police Station, West Bank Demerara and concludes at Bushy Park, East Bank Essequibo.
The fourth stage will be held the following day and will commence at 08:00hrs from Supenaam, in Essequibo from where the cyclists will journey to Charity and return to Suddie for the finish.
The fifth and final stage begins at 08:30hrs from Kara Kara, Soesdyke/Linden Highway on Sunday and concludes on Homestretch Avenue after which, the presentation of prizes to the respective winners will be done at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Mohamed said transportation for the officials and cyclists will be provided and will leave at 11:30hrs tomorrow from the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport office on Main Street.

(By Michael DaSilva)