SHAQUILLE Agard toppled the field to win the 6th annual Dr. Chase/Massy Distribution Inc. sponsored 50-mile cycle road race yesterday in the West Bank Demerara area.Agard who did not win any of the eight prime prizes that were up for grabs during the event clocked one hour 53 minutes 57.2 seconds in winning the event from a star studded field that included veterans Paul Cho-Wee-Nam and Robin Persaud, along with United States based Guyanese Geron Williams as well as Paul DeNobrega, Alonzo Ambrose, Michael Anthony, Marlon `Fishy’ Williams and Christopher Holder, among others.
After being sent on their way from outside the Wales Police Station at Wales, West Bank Demerara, Orville Hinds, Agard and Andrew Hicks established a lead at Leonora on the upward journey to Bushy Park, East Bank Essequibo, but after turning back to the finish line at the Demerara Harbor Bridge, Hicks was dropped and sucked in by the main chasing pack which included Persaud, the two Williams’, Anthony, Cho-Wee-Nam, Ambrose and Holder.
Approaching New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, Hinds and Agard dropped Hicks and the duo battled to the finish line and Agard prevailed to clinch a clinical victory over the more experienced Hinds.
The other top four positions were occupied by Persaud, Christopher Holder, Ambrose and Raul Leal respectively.
Marica Dick won the ladies category which started at Wales and turned back at Uitvlugt to finish at the Demerara Harbor Bridge.
The veterans’ category was won by Junior Niles who also won one of the eight prime prizes. Second in this category was Eon `Dumb Boy’ Jackson and third was Jude Bentley.
Seon Budhan won the Mountain Bike category ahead of Michael Holder and Nicholas Alphanso respectively.
Hicks was the winner of the junior category ahead of Raphael Leung and Christopher Griffith respectively.
Before making the presentation of prizes to the respective winners, race organiser and national cycling coach Hassan Mohamed thanked the sponsors for making the event possible as well as the participants for their participation in the event which could not have been possible without Dr. Chase’s sponsorship for a sixth year.
He noted that all the participants were winners yesterday as without them, there would not have been a race.
Karen Connell, Pharmaceutical Manager, Massy Distribution Inc expressed the same sentiments as Mohamed and noted that the participants of yesterday’s activity are all very fit and healthy and urged them to use Dr. Chase’s products for a healthier life.
Claude Dhanraj, the Product Representative of Dr. Chase’s products of Stella Pharmaceuticals, Canada Inc expressed the same sentiments as Mohamed and noted that the participants of yesterday’s activity are all very fit and healthy and urged them to use Dr. Chase’s products for a healthier life.
Claude Dhanraj, the Product Representative of Dr. Chase’s products of Stella Pharmaceuticals, Canada, extended his congratulations to the winners and losers and promised that the annual event will get bigger and better as the years go by.