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Jul 28, 2014 Sports
Up and coming cyclists, Mario King of the United Cycle Club, upstaged his more seasoned counterparts on Saturday as he outsprinted three other cyclists in a blistering finish to the line to capture the inaugural Grenville Felix memorial 60-mile cycle event. King’s winning time was two hours, twenty two minutes and fifty six seconds (2:22:56).
The race pedal off from in front of the late Guysuco Engineer’s residence and proceeded to the No43 Bridge on the Corentyne before turning back to finish at the place of origin. In the sprint home, King won from Paul DeNobrega, Hamza Eastman and Robin Persaud in a tight finish. Seasoned campaigner Paul Choo Wee Nam rode home fifth with Christopher Holder sixth, Jamal John seventh and Alanzo Ambrose riding home eight.
The race started around 14:45 in the afternoon with some Fifty-two cyclists taking to the road in their quest to be the first to have their name etched on the Grenville Felix lien trophy.
As the riders were sent on their way by members of the Felix family, they were soon into their stride with Eastman, Persaud and DeNobrega going out early. However they were soon caught by a group of four that include Godfrey Pollydore, Junior Niles, Kurt La Rose and Raymond Newton.
The race continued like that for most of the upward journey with Eastman and Persaud breaking periodically and doing most of the front riding. However, they were roped in as the cyclists turned around for home.
They were going at a blistering pace for most of the downward journey as the front bunch kept looking for the advantage. However, some of the riders in the back bunch, including King, were making steady progress and eventually caught up with the front riders with about eight miles to go. The cyclists continued to battle as they neared the Canje turn for home. It was then that King, DeNobrega, Eastman and Persaud became separated from the rest in the sprint home.
Eastman took four of the eight sprint point prizes with two each going to Persaud and DeNobrega.
Jamal John was the first junior to cross the finish line as he won from Alanzo Ambrose in second and Akeem Arthur third.
The first four cyclist of the Flying Ace Club that crossed the line were also awarded with Ray Millington, Syborne Fernandez, Elijah Brijadar and Wasim Hassnu being the riders to benefit.
The female race was not held due to time constraints.
Speaking at the presentation ceremony immediately after the race, son of the late Grenville Felix, Russell, said, his father was a sport and community activist. He and the rest of his siblings decided to do something to showcase his life on his birthday. The event which was known as the Grenville Felix Cycle Race which is staged in collaboration with the Flying Ace Cycle Club was first held in 2012 and then in 2013. However, after Felix died in late 2013 it was decided to hold the race this year as a memorial event.
Felix, who was one of the first local engineers trained by GuySuCo, passed away in January. He would have celebrated his 97th birthday on July 16th.
Russell and his other siblings took time out to praise the work of the FACC and Coach Randolph Roberts, who they named as a pace setter for cycling in Berbice.
Overseas based cyclist, Franco Crawford, who participated in the event, also spoke and praised the work of the FACC and Roberts, he also pledged to continue assisting the club. (Samuel Whyte)
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