GUYANA’S top cyclists will be in action this weekend as national cycle coach Hassan Mohamed runs off the National Sports Commission’s Annual Mashramani cycle races.

Tomorrow, the pedal-pushers will be in action in a 11-race programme in the National Park, while on Sunday, they will be involved in a 40-mile road race in the West Demerara area.
The feature event tomorrow will be a 35-lap race around the inner circuit of the National Park and this event is open to schoolboys and novices.
The defending champion of this event is Alanzo Greaves who returned a time of one hour 28 minutes 15 seconds in winning.
This time around, however, Greaves would have to be wary of a number of rivals including Raynauth Jeffrey and Raul Leal who has fully recovered from injuries he sustained last year.
There are also the likes of Warren McKay, Raymond Newton and Junior Niles among others.
Another exciting race would be the 10-lap event for juveniles and Leal is the defending champion having clocked a time of 23 minutes 07 seconds last year.
There will also be five-lap races for veterans under and over 50 as well as for BMX bikers.
BMX boys, six to nine years old, will contest three-lap races as will girls, six to 12 years old.
A five-lap race for mountain bikers is also on the cards.
The defending veterans Over-50 champion is Suriname’s Kenneth Meije but it is not clear if he will be here to defend that title. He had clocked 13 minutes 09 seconds last year.
Stephen Husband is the defending champion for the veterans’ Under-50.
Sunday’s 40-miler will wheel off at 08:00hrs from the Demerara Harbour Bridge entrance on the West Bank of Demerara and proceed to Bushy Park, East Bank Essequibo before returning to the place of origin for the finish.
The overall defending champion is Warren McKay who stopped the clock last year at one hour 40 minutes 36 seconds.
Junior Niles is the defending veteran champion, while Naiomi Singh is the female defending champion.
The first six finishers overall as well as the two juniors, veterans and female will receive prizes.
The first mountain biker to complete the course will also be rewarded.
Six prime prizes will be up for the taking.