WE STAND UNITITED cycling club national racing cyclist, Briton John, disposed of his rivals in commanding fashion to easily cart off top honours when the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) staged its 97 miles Elite Road Race in a winning time of 5hrs 1min 29secs in the mining town of Linden on Sunday, last.
The Elite Road Race began in brilliant sunshine but was interrupted by a downpour of rain that failed to put a damper on the event.

Briton John broke away early, in the second lap, to pace himself well to brilliantly win the race that began outside the KDJ Supermarket in Amelia’s Ward.
Nineteen cyclists faced the starter’s whistle for the daunting 97 mile route which was a virtual five lap event as John changed gears to pull away going into the third lap on the hilly race course.
A very pleased president of the Guyana Cycling Federation, Horace Burrowes commenting before the presentation of trophies and medals said, “The rain tried to put a damper on things. It was good to see so many participants and you were uniformed which is a good thing for the sport.”

Last Saturday Curtis Dey of Team Evolution rode beautifully to capture the Elite Men’s Time Trial covering a two round circuit of a distance of 7.2 miles in 32 minutes 15 seconds which was held in Mahaica. He won ahead of Christopher Griffith and third was Arjune Sukhai.
Veteran Team Evolution’s Denise Jeffrey rode brilliantly to win her race in 21 minutes 17 seconds.

In the Masters’ Time Trial the Champion was Kwame Ridley of Kaieteur Attack, winning his race in a time of 33 minutes 59 seconds from Team Evolution’s Seagun Hubbard.
The Junior Time Trial champion was Aaron Newton of We Stand United, who won in 16 minutes 53 seconds, while Alexander Leung also of We Stand United won the Juvenile Time Trial. (Joe Chapman)