THE Banks DIH 4th Annual Power Ade Cycle Road Race will be staged on Sunday in the West Demerara area beginning at 08:00hrs outside the Wales Police Station, West Bank Demerara.

The event, which is being coordinated by national cycle coach Hassan Mohamed, will see the senior and junior riders journey to Bushy Park, East Bank Essequibo and return to the Demerara Harbour Bridge for the finish, while the veterans, females and mountain bikers turn back at Uitvlugt and finish at the Demerara Harbour Bridge also.
The first six finishers will receive cash prizes and trophies as well as the top three juniors, the first three veterans, the first three mountain bikers and the top three females.
The defending champion in the senior category is Raynauth Jeffrey who clocked one hour 51 minutes 02.60 seconds last year.
Michael Anthony is the defending champion of the junior category while Talim Shaw, Julio Melville and Taswana Doris are the defending champions of the veterans, mountain bike and female categories, respectively.
Last year, the Over-60 category was won by Montgomery Parris who will be absent since he has returned to Canada on official business.
This now paves the way for Maurice Fagundes to dominate this age group.
The open category is wide open as most of the country’s top cyclists are all in good nick with the outstanding one for the year being Marlon `Fishy’ Williams who has won most of the races staged in the National Park and on the road.
Others to watch are defending champion Jeffrey, national road race champion Geron Williams, Paul DeNobrega, Mario King, Alanzo Greaves and Orville Hinds.