Trojan Cycle Club’s Curtis Dey has claimed the spoils for his stand-alone win in the 16th staging of the Victor Macedo Memorial Cycling Road Race which took place on Sunday last.
Curtis Dey
Trailing the 19-year-old in second was Alonzo Ambrose, while Paul De Nobrega finished in third spot.
The race commenced in Peter Rose Street, Queenstown and proceeded to Long Creek on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway, before returning to the city to conclude on Homestretch Avenue, where Dey was the first competitor to cross the line. He completed this 73-mile event in a time of 3 hours, 16 minutes, 47 seconds (3h: 16m :47s).
Andrew Hicks, Ajay Gopilall, Deeraj Garbarran, Andre Green and Balram Narine rounded out the top eight spots in that order. Gopilall finished as the top junior, while Adelie Hodge was second and Donovan Fraser copped third.
In the Veteran’s category, Junior Niles reigned supreme, while Mark Spencer and Leer Nunes were second and third respectively.
Jude Bentley was the top mountain biker, with Julio Melville coming in second and Quincy Punch third.
At conclusion of the event, prizes were given to the top finishers by members of the Macedo family. The organisers have also mentioned that plans are in place to make next year’s staging a bigger and better event by inviting overseas cyclists to compete.
