.., aiming for National Championships

BRITON John is aiming to win another title this weekend, when he competes in the National Cycling Championships, pedals off on Saturday.
The 21-year-old, who won the Three-Stage Independence Meet last weekend, collected his trophies (stage one winner and overall champion) this week.
In an invited comment, he said that he intends to carry his discipline and tactical approach to the premier upcoming event.
“The aim now is to win the National Championships.”
The We Stand United cyclist pointed out that prior to the Independence meet, he did additional road work with his coach Horace Burrowes.
He said that the extra training enhanced his conditioning, which he is looking to further improve for this weekend.
The National Championships is scheduled to pedal off on May 22 (Saturday morning) with a 10-mile time trial in all categories on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway.
On Sunday, cyclists will battle in a 100-mile road race from the Linden/Soesdyke Highway to Georgetown.
On May 30, the event will conclude with a road race, dubbed the Mahaica Loop for juniors, females and veterans.

Dominant position on points classification
Meanwhile, with John’s latest victory, he has surged to a huge lead in the Guyana Cycling News Points Classification.
He is currently on 83 points, 30 points ahead of his namesake Jamual John (53 points). Christopher Griffith is on 43 points, Paul DeNobrega on 35 points with Raynauth Jeffrey, who arrived in the country last week from the U.S. for the two events, on 31 points.
Alex Mendes is sixth in the senior division on 30 points with Marcus Keiler 17 points and Adealie Hodge seven points.
Andrew Hicks and Curtis Dey with six points each round off the top 10.
Mendes is first in the Masters division with 35 points, with Paul Cho-wee-nam second on 15 points and Stephen Fernandes third on 14 points. Walter Grant-Stuart is fourth on six points and Jaikarran Sukhai fifth with five.
In the Junior division, David Hicks (18 points) is just ahead of rival Mario Washington (16 points), with Aaron Newton third on 14 points. Alexander Leung and Sherwin Sampson are tied on seven points each.
In the Ladies’ division, Independence champion Suzanne Hamilton is first on 10 points, with Shenika Teixeira second, eight points, and Aneisha Crandon third on six points.