TROJAN Cycle Club’s Romello Crawford recorded one hour 40 minutes 14.5 seconds in winning the Flying Ace Cycle Club’s (FACC) organised first cycle race for the 2016 season last Sunday on the Corentyne Coast, Berbice.The event, a 40-mile one, was held by the FACC in honour of Guyana’s Golden Jubilee which will be celebrated on May 26 this year.
Crawford finished ahead of Team Gillette Evolution’s Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams and Alonzo Ambrose respectively.
Juban Crawford, Junior Niles and Andrew Hicks occupied the other top three places respectively.
The event pedalled off from outside of Lewisons’ Auto Parts, Cycle and General Store at Rose Hall Town and proceeded to Number 51 Police Station before returning to the point of origin for the finish.
The Crawford cousins; Juban and Romello, along with Alanzo Greaves, Clement Doris and Niles were out to the front as soon as Director of Regional Health Services Jevaughn Stephens downed the flag.
The five, however, only enjoyed a four-mile lead as the peloton which included several national riders were with them thereafter.
On the return to the finish line, Crawford tried on numerous occasions to get away but Williams and Greaves did not allow him. In the end, when he made his final move Williams took him on but the junior rider used his sprinting ability to ensure that the national rider kept looking at his back wheel.
Ambrose took three of the eight sprint-point prizes while Niles and Hicks had two each with the eventual race winner, claiming only one.
By virtue of winning the overall race, Romello was named junior champion also. Second in this category was Andrew Hicks and Denraj Giabaran respectively.
The first FACC rider to cross the finish line was Curtis Dey, ahead of Clement Doris and Syborne Fernandez.
In the U-16 category, Zamal Khan was the winner with Chureshwar Dhamic second and Devantie Anthony third.
The event was organised by coach of the FACC, Randolph Roberts, and was sponsored by Mark and Neil Lewis of Lewisons’ Auto Parts, Cycle and General Store of Rose Hall Town, Peter Lewis of Peter Lewis Construction, overseas-based Guyanese Kenrick Taylor of Canada and Sherwin Photo Works among other corporate sponsors.