United States based Guyanese cyclists Geron Williams, Hamzah Eastman, Alonzo Greaves and Scott Savory are all expected to face the starter on Saturday, when the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) stages its annual National Championships.According to reports, Williams arrived back home on Wednesday last, while Greaves was expected over the weekend. Eastman and Savory should be arriving some time early this week.
Williams is the defending men’s road race champion, having won the 100-mile event last year in a time of four hours, 25 minutes .02 seconds.
The defending champions for the other categories in the road race event are: Andrew Hicks (juniors) who clocked one hour, 45 minutes 58 seconds; Stephano Husbands (juveniles) who returned two hours, 31 minutes 23 seconds; Raymond Newton (veterans) who stopped the clock at one hour, 56 minutes .06 seconds and Clair Fraser-Green (ladies) with a time of two hours, 00 minutes .13 seconds.
Raynauth Jeffrey won last year’s 20-mile individual time trial which was staged on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway in a time of 38 minutes 32 seconds.
The juvenile category was won by Romelo Crawford in 20 minutes .02.32 seconds.
Raymond Newton was the winner of the veterans’ category with a time of 24 minutes, 53.73 seconds, while Fraser-Green won the ladies’ category in a time of 28 minutes, 34.31 seconds.