TEAM Evolution’s Paul DeNobrega was yesterday declared winner of the Forbes Burnham memorial 10th Annual Three-Stage Cycle Road Race.
The race was sponsored by the Forbes Burnham Foundation and coordinated by the Flying Stars Cycle Club.

Despite not winning any of the three stages, DeNobrega clocked an overall time of five hours 23 minutes 48 seconds for the event which got underway in Berbice on February 18 with the first stage from Corriverton to New Amsterdam.
Despite not winning that stage, he placed second and secured a bunch time like winner and teammate, Michael Anthony.

For the second stage which wheeled off from Linden, Region 10 and concluded on Homestretch Avenue in Georgetown, DeNobrega was involved in a bunch finish and received the bunch time, placing among the top three finishers overall.

Going into the final stage yesterday which began on Homestretch Avenue, proceeded to Belfield, East Coast Demerara and returned to the place of origin for the finish, DeNobrega finished fifth, but received the bunch time, making him the overall winner.
The winner of the first stage was Anthony. Stage two was won by Trojan’s Romello Crawford, while Curtis Dey, also of Berbice, placed second and Hamza Eastman placed third.

In the final stage, Crawford dominated again, winning by almost 600 metres from the bunch, which included DeNobrega.

The junior category was won by Adelie Hodge who clocked six hours, 10 minutes 26 seconds. Second was Briton John and finishing third was Ajay Gopilall.
Paul Cho-Wee-Nam won the veterans’ category ahead of Junior Niles and jaikarran Sukhai, respectively.

Berbice’s Andrew Hicks placed sixth overall in the open category. Fifth place went to Cho-Wee-Nam, while Walter Grant-Stuart placed fourth, Jeumel Yearwood third and John second.

Overall, there were 18 prime prizes up for grabs during the three stages and Andrew Green, Crawford, DeNobrega and Enzo Matthews all won one each. Sukhai won two, Hodge, Jamal John and Briton John won three each and Deoraj Garbarran took four.