Diamond Mineral Water Road Race to close cycling season

The curtains will come down on the 2016 cycling season with the 17th Annual Diamond Mineral Water Cycle Road Race.
The race will pedal off at 7:30h on Sunday November 20, from the Ocean View Hotel, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, rather than in Region three (Wales-Parika) as was the case last year.
It is expected that the cyclists will head east with the veterans, mountain bikers and ladies turning back at the Mahaica Bridge, while the open and junior riders will go to the Half Way Tree, Mahaicony and turn back to complete the 55-mile distance at the point of origin.
With a lot of the leading riders calling it quits on the season prior to this race, there will still be grueling competition in each category, including the rivalry of Team Gillette Evolution and Team Cocos.
Last year, National cyclist and Team Gillette Evolution’s , Orville Hinds capped a dominant year on the saddle by winning the race in a brisk one hour, 59 minutes and 24 seconds.
Hinds is currently ranked as the top rider in the Open Category with a total of 196 points. He is trailed by Michael Anthony and Raul Leal.
Hinds leads the 20 cyclists including Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams also of Team Gillette Evolution and Chris Griffith (Team Alanis) unto the podium while his other club mate, Akeem Wilkinson and Team Alanis’ Paul Choo-Wee-Nam and Paul DeNobrega filled out the top six.
In the Juniors’ division, Chris Griffith, Andrew Hicks and Nigel Duguid Jr. finished first to third respectively while in the Veterans class Talim Shaw stole the show with Jaikarran Sukhai coming in second and Shameer Baksh third. In the Mountain Bike category Sherwin Forde dominated as Wayne Nurse copped second and Michael Holder completed the top three.