NATIONAL cycling coach Hassan Mohamed will run off the second leg of the 21st annual Cheddi Jagan Memorial cycling road race on the West Bank of Demerara today, as the country’s top cyclists battle for top honours.

The race, which will pedal off at 08:30hrs from the Demerara Harbour Bridge (West Bank), will proceed to Bushy Park, East Bank Essequibo, before finishing at the point of origin. Top quality riding from a number of cyclists is expected but in the spotlight will be GDF’s Alonzo Ambrose.

Ambrose took the first leg in Berbice on Sunday. He held off tough competition from Team Coco’s Jamual John who had to settle for second place on that occasion, John is still looking for his first win of the year despite consistently placing among the top bracket at respective meets.

The other top six places went to Andre ‘Padlock’ Greene (third), Paul DeNobrega (fourth), Andrew Hicks (fifth) and Christopher ‘Chicken Legs’ Griffith in sixth.
At last year’s edition, Curtis Dey was the victorious junior rider on the ‘West side’ but he is now competing as a senior cyclist, so the junior title is up for grabs.