Punctured Greaves takes Ricks and Sari 35-lap race

By Romario Samaroo

On Saturday at the inner circuit of the National Park, Alanzo Greaves had a wonderful start to the 2017 cycling season, taking the feature race in the 24th annual Ricks and Sari 11-race programme despite facing difficulties with his machine throughout the race.

In optimum racing conditions, Greaves who suffered two punctures during the race, crossed the finishing line in a time of one Hour 18 minutes and 10 seconds (1:18:10), a head of the other 22 riders.
Speaking with Guyana Times Sport at the conclusion of the race, the jubilated rider expressed his pleasure in managing to pull off this feat while recapping on the progression of the race.
“Into the 10th lap, eight guys broke away, myself, Marlon Williams, Silvio [Innis], Shaquel [Agard] and a few others, we kept on riding and Jamaul John kept attacking every time a prime came up, so we kept rotating the pace all the time but in about the 7th lap I got a puncture and had to borrow “One hand” bike… I jumped on the bike back and had to chase the guys back. Me an Alanzo Ambrose broke away again and going into the last lap of the race I got a puncture again so I just up my bike and kept on going from Alanzo and when I got into 300 meter into the turn my bike start lose control so I had to actually stop and take my time to come into the line,” Greaves stated.
Greaves finished in front of Alanzo Ambrose in second, Marlon “Fishy” Williams in third, Jamaul John in fourth and Shaquel Agard in fifth. John won four primes while Christopher Griffith won two and Greaves and Innis won one a piece.
The Roarima rider informed this publication that while off season saw a lot of the riders not riding, he never stopped training which gave him the advantage over the other riders.
Meanwhile in the other races, the BMX Boys 6-9 year class was won by Jerrad Barrington while John Niles returned in second in the two lap race. Tushan Garbaran won the 12-14 years category ahead of Alexander Leung in the three-lap race as Job James copped third. Jomar Holigar also won the same even in the opposite gender.
Alexander Leung returned to win the 9-12 year division ahead of Job James and Jermaiah John in second and third respectively.
Shane broune won the Mountain bike race in a time of 13:53 seconds for the 5 lap affair as Romello Crawford copped the Juvenile race ahead of Christopher Cornelius and Nigel Dugid.
Warren McKay won the Veterans under 50 race in a time of 11m44s as he was trailed by Sybourne Fernandes and Leer Nunes while Andrew Spencer won the over 50 division.