Cycling enthusiasts and fans will gather in their numbers today at the sixth annual Payless Variety Cycling in the National Park to watch defending champion Jamaul John defend his title.
Jamaul John has a packed weekend of cycling
John will be looking for retribution after losing out at the Digicel Cancer Awareness cycling meet last weekend. He will again have to face competition from Geron Williams, Raul Leal, Shaquell Agard, Alanzo Ambrose and Kemuel Moses in the feature 35-lap invitational event.
Despite being joint winners last year, John and Leal will face an uphill task to repeat that feat. The 11-race card will pedal off at 09:30h. The other races include the Veteran’s U-50 race, Mountain Bike race, Juveniles and Juniors as well as the Boys and Girls event.
Nigel Duguid Jr. is the defending Juvenile champion while Julio Melville is the reigning mountain bike racer. Last year’s veteran champion rider was Jaikarran Sukhai while Fazia Sahadeo carted off the Boys and Girls title.
The event is being sponsored by Star Party Rentals in partnership with Payless Variety Store; Nand Kumar who is a former junior champion rider will be on hand to present trophies and prizes.
Following that meet, cyclists will head over to West Demerara to compete in the seventh annual Powerade 50-mile road race.
Last year’s winner was Junior Niles who took the event in two hours and 16 minutes; the Junior champion was Andrew Hicks.
Manager of the Powerade brand, Errol Nelson as well as Banks DIH outdoor manager Mortimer Stuart will be present to hand over prizes.
The top three finishers in the Junior, Veteran and Juvenile categories will be rewarded while the top six riders in the open category will collect prizes.
The race will begin at the Wales police station on the West Bank of Demerara head to Bushy Park, East Bank Demerara before returning to Schoonord, WBD for the finish.
