JAMAUL John rode away with the top prize in the feature clash of the 15th annual Hand-in-Hand Mutual Fire and Life Insurance Companies cycling competition, which was held yesterday in the National Park.

John, who has been in dominant form of recent, stayed with a pack of four other cyclists from the sixth of the 35 laps in the School Boys and Invitational. The riders battled well in the last lap to assert dominance and the distance that separated them was not great, but as has become the norm over the last few weeks, the 22-year-old was the first across the line in 1:15:48secs.

Paul De Nobrega finished second ahead Briton John, while Christopher Griffith placed fourth and Curtis Dey fifth.  Some 21 riders started the feature event.

John later said that he was elated with the win and thanked his sponsors from Team Coco’s for their continuous support.

Along with the feature clash, cyclists battled in four other events.

Junior Niles won the Veterans Under-50 five-lap race after finishing in a time of 13:05.45. He was followed by Kwame Ridley and Jaikarran Sukhai.  In the Veterans Over-50, Ian Jackson got the better of Andy Spencer and Kennard Lovell over five laps while in the Juveniles 10-lap, Sherwin Sampson defeated Aaron Newton after clocking 21:56.14.

The Mountain Bikes five-lap Novice battle was won by Darius Ramsammy with Nigel London in second and Lennox Jackman third.

In the other event, BMX Boys 6-9 two-lap race, Lennox Jackman Jr emerged ahead of Aditya Deokarran and William Green respectively.

All three youngsters were presented with new bikes compliments of the sponsors.

Meanwhile, Business Development Personnel Shannon Yan pledged Hand-in-Hand’s continued support of the cycling event.