NATIONAL Road Race Champion, Jamual John, powered his way to first place, but he had to outpace his namesake when Team Alanis held a 60-mile road race from Georgetown to Mahaicony and back yesterday morning. Forty cyclists started the race, which was sanctioned by the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) and granted permission by the National COVID-19 Task Force, but in the end, it came down to the battle of the Johns (Jamual vs Briton). The two had separated themselves from the pack, which had thinned out from its original count.
Briton had suffered some mechanical issues, but was able to recover and was neck-and-neck with Jamual, who returned from the USA recently and is in prime form.
Down the stretch, they exchanged the lead. At the Movie Town Mall, Jamual pulled away, but Briton closed the distance and, nearing Sophia, was back in the mix. Jamual pulled away again at Bel Air and kept the lead until Kitty Public

Road where both riders looked like they were playing cat-and- mouse until Jamual made a dash for the home stretch about 400 metres from the finish line. He won in a time of 2:23:55.
After the pair, it took well over a minute for third and fourth place finishers, Christopher Griffith and Alex Mendes, to cross the line. Then, a short while after, fifth-place finisher, Andrew Hicks emerged. Deeraj Gharbarran placed sixth. Mendes was the first Masters’ rider to cross the line, followed by Paul Cho-Wee-Nam and Jaikarran Sookhai.
Meanwhile, David Hicks finished ahead of Mario Washington and Shurwyn Sampson in the Junior Division. Overall, Jamual and Briton won two prime prizes, while Marcus Keiler and Andrew Hicks won one each. Jamual won $20,000, Briton $18,000 and Griffith $15,000. Fourth to sixth place finishers also won cash prizes, along with the top three juniors and masters riders.
Damian Persaud and Malcolm Sonaram provided live coverage for a large portion of the race.