… Kwesi Browne will be representing T&T at the World Championship

THE Guyana Cycle Federation (GCF) has been invited to send a representative team to compete in the Trinidad and Tobago Cycling Federation’s Easter Grand Prix next month. This is according to a release from the Trinidad and Tobago Cycling Federation.
Over the years, dating back to 1978, Guyanese cyclists have made an impression at this annual event with several locals making a name for themselves.

The list includes the Fiedtkou brothers Noel and Marcus, the James siblings – Bertram and Byron, Hector Edwards, Godfrey Pollydore, Linden Dowridge, Dwayne Gibbs, Geron Williams and more recently, Raynauth Jeffrey, Andrew Hicks, Raul Leal and Paul DeNobrega. These cyclists’ success has happened despite Guyana not having even a bank track, or velodrome with a 5 degree banking.

One is left to wonder what would have happened if Guyana had such a facility.
Meanwhile, Trinidad and Tobago’s Kwesi Browne will be representing his country at the upcoming World Championship in Hong Kong next month.
Browne secured a spot at the World Championship following impressive back-to-back performances at the Cycling World Cups in Colombia and Los Angeles in the United States recently.

On Sunday, he finished a distant 11th in the Keirin event in Los Angeles after he was involved in a crash nearing the end of the race. However his combined performances – he was among the finalists in Colombia two weeks ago and his finish at this latest event – have placed him in the 10th position in the world, according to the UCI.
On Monday, racing secretary at the T&T Cycling Federation Gary Acosta said due to his position in the world at the weekend which completed the amount of cycling World Cups for 2016, he has earned the right to compete at World Championship in Hong Kong in April.
“We are now awaiting official correspondence from the UCI to confirm his place at the World Championship,” Acosta said on Monday.

Browne is the only T&T rider to have taken part at the World Cups to date but Olympic cyclist Njisane Phillips is expected to spring into action at the next World Cup which will take place after the World Championships.
This year’s grand prix will take place in two separate categories, according to events and venue. Class one will be held at the cycling centre on April 17, due largely to the state-of-the art facility and the events which will be similar to the types of events staged internationally, while class two will be at the velodrome on April 14 and 15.