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Nov 04, 2012 Sports
By Franklin Wilson
Guyana’s junior riders kept a clean slate as they swept all the top prizes in the cycling segment of the 2012 Inter Guiana Games held yesterday at the Inner Circuit of the National Park and on the West Demerara.
Team Guyana male, comprising the Junior and Juvenile Caribbean champions Paul DeNobrega and Michael Anthony along with Raynauth Jeffrey and Raul Leal totally dominated their Surinamese counterparts in both aspects of the contest.
The female team of Marica Dick and Toshawanna Doris emulated their male counterparts by shutting out their rivals from Suriname.
Yesterday afternoon on the West Demerara, pedaling off from the Nismes Gas Station, Guyana stormed to the top three positions in the 60km / 36 Mile male Road Race; Raul Leal and Raynauth Jeffrey pedaling to the line together way ahead of the opposition and teammate Paul DeNobrega.
The winning time recorded was One Hour 37 Minutes 19 Seconds, DeNobrega stopping the clock at One Hour 59 Minutes 08 seconds.
On the distaff side, Marica Dick was in devastating form pedaling to victory all alone in One Hour 19 Minutes 39.29 Seconds in the 40km / 24 Mile contest. Teammate Toshawnna Doris placed a distant second with Suriname’s Leanza Oosthuizan managing 3rd, the only female from the neighbouring country to finish the race.
Michael Anthony did not complete the Road race due to mechanical challenges with his cycle. Both segments of the race started at the Nismes Gas Station with the Males proceeding to Vergenoegen and back to the starting line, while the females proceeded to Leonora and back.
Yesterday morning, the Time Trials were held at the National Park and Suriname had to have taken a queue form the Guyanese performance which was devastating. The young Guyanese males put on a wonderful lesson of team riding which their senior counterparts need to take note of.
DeNobrega, Leal, Jeffrey and Anthony proved way too strong for the Suriname team of Melvin Geigevlict, Leroy Yzer, Isah Hardenbol and Orson Awanna.
Guyana’s leading junior riders covered the 10km / 6 mile distance in 12 Minutes 17.20 Seconds, more than two minutes (2: 25.73) ahead of the Suriname side which completed theirs in 14 Minutes 42.93 Seconds.
The female team covered their 5km / 3 mile course in 8 Minutes 04.81 Seconds; Suriname completing theirs in 9 Minutes 31.96 Seconds; Guyana finishing 1 Minute 27.15 Seconds ahead of their rivals.
Captain of the Guyana team Paul DeNobrega said that he was very elated with the performance of his teammates in ensuring that Guyana successfully defended the cycling titles.
“We felt very confident going into these races that we were going to do our country proud and we delivered. We had everything set up and it worked out to plan except for Anthony who was not able to finish the road race. We had planned to get 1st to 4th.”
DeNobrega also shared that next year will be his last at this level and Team Guyana will be going all out to win again.
Manager Coach of the Team, the indefatigable Hassan Mohamed MS, was naturally pleased with the exploits of his team. Mohamed disclosed that the achievement of Guyana was very pleasing and complimented all the members for their hard work.
“These cyclists have been working very hard and riding consistent. So it is no surprise that they have once again done Guyana proud by winning all the top positions in the Time Trials and Road Races.”
Director of Sport Neil Kumar and his counterpart from Suriname were on hand to witness the conclusion of the road races.
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