The highly anticipated Embellisha & Touche Cosmetics cycle race in Linden has been cancelled.
The highly anticipated Embellisha & Touche Cosmetics cycle race has been cancelled
According to the Linden Bauxite Flyers Cycling Club, the second Endurance circuit race, which was billed for August 28 and in which prizes valued at $1,440,000 were up for grabs, has been cancelled because the Guyana Cycling Federation’s Vice-President believes the event is not in keeping with the UCI’s Rules and Regulations.
A release from the Bauxite Flyers Cycling Club has said the following: “Despite all necessary protocols being covered in our race application, the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) Vice President (in charge of Racing Committee) believes our event is not in keeping with the UCI’s rules and regulations. The rule allegedly breached was that we decided to have races by categories (for example Veterans O50, Veterans U50, Seniors, Juniors, Juveniles, Ladies (BMX) without having an Open race. He then went on to suggest that our ‘Seniors Race’ should be open to all cyclists despite the same value of prizes being available for each category, with the exception of the BMX.
“This was shocking to us, since neither our Racing Secretary nor our Assistant Secretary, who happens to be one of the three commissaries of cycling in the country, (was aware) of such a rule.
“We reached out to an executive of the Caribbean Cycling Federation, who mentioned that the National Federation does not have the right to demand changes to categories of our races. With this information, we re-engaged the Vice President.
“Despite our efforts to negotiate with him, the talks failed, which frustrated both the Cycling Club and the sponsors. We deeply apologise to all cyclists who had great anticipation for this event.
“PS: Cyclists who paid their registration fees can visit the representative that collected the same for their refund.”
