CYCLISTS will return to action on the weekend of August 4-5 as first they head to the inner circuit of the National Park on Saturday (August 4) for the 15th Seven Seas 11-Race cycling programme then to the roadways of West Demerara for the 14th Annual Reagan Rodrigues Memorial 46-mile road race.

The 15th Seven Seas 11-stage cycling programme is being sponsored by Massy and will be organised by National cycling coach Hassan Mohammed.

Raul Leal was the winner of last year’s feature event, the Schoolboys and Invitational 35-lap, clocking a time of one hour 17 minutes 56.94 seconds. However, this year will see a new winner being crowned as Leal is out of the country.

The winner of the Junior/Juveniles 10-lap race was Nigel Duguid with a time of 23 minutes 11 seconds while Ian Jackson took the Veterans U-50 5-lap race in 11 minutes seven seconds.

Over in the Mountain Bike 5-lap event, Nigel Jacobs was the winner.

The presentation of trophies and prizes will be done by Nirvana Thakur who is the Products Specialist attached to Massy Distribution.

On Sunday (August 5), the cyclists will head over to West Demerara for the 14th Reagan Rodrigues Memorial 46-mile road race, which is being sponsored by Ricks and Sari Agro Industries.

The race will begin at the Demerara Harbour Bridge on the West Bank of Demerara before heading to Bushy Park, East Bank Essequibo and back to finish at the point of origin.

Jamual John was the winner in the Seniors category last year with a time of one hour 56 minutes 48.59 seconds while Briton John (Juniors), Ian Jackson (Veterans) and Talim Shaw (Mountain Bike) were the other category winners.

The Rodrigues family will be there to distribute prizes and trophies. The late Reagan Rodrigues was a former Champion motor racer and cyclist, as well as a former president of the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF).