THE second Annual B.R. Investment and Dookie Construction Limited 11-race cycling meet is set for tomorrow and will be held around the outer circuit of the National Park beginning at 098:00hrs.The country’s top riders are expected to be in full attendance as they will be using this programme as a warm-up for Sunday’s Flying Ace Cycle Club-organised, COURTS Guyana-sponsored 50-mile road race.
Tomorrow’s programme, which is being organised by national cycle coach Hassan Mohamed, is the second one that B.R. Investment and Dookie Construction Limited will be sponsoring on Mohamed’s annual cycle programmes.
The last time the two companies sponsored an 11-race programme was in 2013 when Robin Persaud won the feature 35-lpap event in a time of one hour 18 minutes 32 seconds.
This year, however, Persaud will have to be wary of in-form cyclists such as Marlon `Fishy’ Williams, Raul Leal, Orville Hinds and Michael Anthony of Team Evolution as well as Team Alanis’ Paul DeNobrega and veteran Paul Cho-Wee-Nam.
Then there is Flying Ace’s Romelo Crawford and Team Trojan’s Andrew Hicks.
All these cyclists are all in good nick at the moment so tomorrow’s feature race promises much excitement and keen rivalry.
Mario King is the defending champion of the juveniles 10-lap race which he won in 2013 in a time of 22 minutes 44 seconds, but he too will have to come up against Romello Crawford and his (Romello) cousin Jabon as well as Andrew Hicks and Durag Garbarran among others.
Junior Niles who has been dominating the veterans’ category for some time now had clocked 11 minutes 51.02 seconds in winning the five-lap event in 2013 and will beout to make a successful defence of that title tomorrow, but is expected to be keenly challenged by Warren McKay and Kennard Lovell among others.
There will also be races for BMX boys and girls six to nine years old, BMX boys and girls nine to 12 years old and BMX boys and girls 12-14 years old.
A five-lap race for boys and girls 12-14 years old is also on the cards and this event was won by Romelo Crawford in 2013. That year, Crawford registered a winning time of 11 minutes 51.58 seconds.
Lennox Dick who won the five-lap race mountain bikers in 2013 will be out to defend his title but will have to contend with competition from Nicholas Alphonso, Sean Budhan and Keon Thomas among others.
Representatives of the sponsors are expected to be on hand to witness the day’s activity and assist with the presentation of prizes to the respective winners.