Following Roraima cyclist, Alanzo Greaves wining the opening race for the new season, he has set himself a personal challenge to better his previous best of wins in a season.
Alanzo Greaves
Greaves is off to a flying start, though in quiet unusual the circumstances, he won the 24th annual Ricks and Sari 35-lap school boys and invitational race after crossing the finishing line with a punctured tyre in a time of one hour, 18 minutes and 10 seconds, fending off the setbacks of two punctures during the race.
In an exclusive interview with Guyana Times Sport Greaves indicated that his 2016 season was a dark one, having been serving a one year ban but returned to win a few races at the end of the season and is banking on making 2017 memorable.
The most feared cyclist, who now adorns the ‘Core 8’ cycling team out of the United States uniform, mentioned that his personal best season was the 2014 season where he won the most races, is aiming to better that come this season.
“Well my aim for 2017 is to beat my stride of wins, currently it is 23 wins in 2014 so this year I want to get like 30 wins.” Greaves anticipated.
He acknowledged that it would not be an easy task to achieve, saying that “it is going to be very hard to complete but I just have to keep focus and dedicate to my cycling and I think I can do it.”
Though immediately following Saturday’s race would have been the off season, a lot of riders were resting, and Greaves did not stop training, adjudging his win to that.
“You know it was off season, now the guys preparing to get their fitness up back but last year I did not come off my bike, I kept on training and training so right now I could say I got the advantage because I was training through the off season.” Greaves stated. He pointed out that it was remarkable to win the race having face two punctures but attributed it to his high fitness level and thanked Walter Grant-Stuart, whose bike he rode after his first puncture.
Prior to the opening race of the 2017 season, the Roraima rider returned to competitive cycling in November, just in time to compete in the National Three-Stage, immediately making an impact upon arrival.
Greaves snatched the 20-lap race from team Cocos Hamza Eastman and came second behind Continental rider Geron Williams in stage one eventually finishing fourth overall in the Three-Stage event in a time of four hour 40 minutes and 30 seconds.
