Marlon “Fishy” Williams wins P&P Insurance Cycling

By Rene Stoby

In the absence of team Coco riders, team Evolution once more dominated proceedings as Marlon “Fishy” Williams crossed the line unchallenged in 1 hour 17 minutes and 54 seconds to win the 35 laps feature race of the 16th edition of the P&P Insurance Brokers and Consultants Limited cycling programme.

The 11 race programme got under way under brilliant sunshine and conditions ideal for cycling at the inner circuit of the National Park.
In the feature race, team Evolution’s Orville Hinds wasted little time, making a solo move in the 5th lap and was joined by his teammate Marlon Williams and the young We Stand United (WSU) rider Raphael Leung in the 6th. The trio rode together for a number of laps but it was inevitable that the resistance of Leung would break under the persistent pressure of the more seasoned Evolution riders. The duo of Hinds and Williams would catch on to and lap the main pack with 10 laps remaining and with their assistance would go on to eventually reel in and lap Leung who rode a great race to that point. With first and second already determined, Raul Leal outsprinted the bunch to claim third, ahead of Akeem Wilkinson to complete an Evolution top four finish.
Defending champion Paul DeNobrega and his Alanis teammate Christopher Griffith finished fifth and sixth respectively.
Nigel Duguid won the Juveniles 10 laps ahead of Raphael Leung and Christopher Cornelius while Jaikarran Sukhai won the veterans under-50 five laps with Ian Jackson placing second and Bochel Samaroo third. In the veterans over 50, first place went to Andrew Spencer followed by Kennard Lovell and Linden Blackman. The Mountain Bike category was won by Nicholas Alphonso with Seon Budhan and Jason Herbert coming in second and third respectively.
Adelae Hodge won the boys 12 – 14 years three (3) laps while Zab James won the 9-12 years three (3) laps and John Niles won the 6-9 years two laps.
The event was organized by National Cycling Coach Hassan Mohammed and sponsored by P&P Insurance Brokers and Consultants Limited who through a statement stated that the company recognizes its corporate and social responsibility and consistently discharge those responsibilities with sponsorship of this nature.
Jaya Panday was on hand to assist with the presentation of prizes.