PAUL DeNobrega surged to victory yesterday at the 27th edition of the R&R International 40-miler on the roadways of West Demerara in brilliant sunshine to continue his good form in 2019.

DeNobrega, along with Geron Williams, Briton John and Andre ‘Padlock’ Greene led the 24 cyclist-pack for the majority of the race; however, it was DeNobrega who finished impressively to cop top honours in a time of one hour, 37 minutes and 48.60 seconds to notch up his first win of 2019.

Meanwhile, Williams, who is quietly working his way back into form, settled for second while John was third. Fourth and fifth places went to Greene, Deeraj Garbarran and Kemuel Moses in that order.

Meanwhile, in the Veterans category, Alexis Mendes rolled back the years to grab top spot with Lyn Murray and Lear Nunes coming in second and third respectively.

Sherwin Sampson was the first Junior cyclist across the finish line while Hector Edwards III won the Mountain Bike segment. Kennard Lovell was the oldest cyclist to cross the finish line.

The race was started by R&R’s Jacob Rambarran while the presentation of prizes was done by Nicholas D’Andrade.