The Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham Memorial 3-stage cycling race ended with Linden Bauxite Flyer’s Shaquel Agard riding solo to win the final leg of the race on Sunday afternoon at Homestretch Avenue.
But despite the victory for Agard and Team Coco’s Hamzah Eastman winning the second leg, his club mate Stephano “Sunny” Husbands was crowned the new
Stephano “Sunny” Husbands wins the overall title of Burnham Memorial 3-stage champion
overall champion in the event.
Husbands recorded an overall time of five hours, 19 minutes and two seconds (05:19:02), just three seconds better than Agard (05:19:05) who took the second overall spot while Eastman (05:19:33) secured the third position. United We Stand rider, Andrew Hicks (05:20:19), Team Evolution’s Orville Hinds (05:20:41) and Team Alanis’ Alanzo Ambrose (05:20:58) rounded off the top six in that order.
Meanwhile Christopher Cornelius (05:32:50), Adealie Hodge (05:22:55) and Marcus Keiler (06:04:20) were the respective 1st-3rd winners in the Juniors division.
Alson, Coco’s Junior Niles in a time of 05:23:32 won the veterans division, ahead of Ian Jackson (05:22:55) in second and Sybourne Fernandes (05:33:19) in third.
In Stage two it was Eastman who notched up the victory, his third consecutive win. Eastman sprinted to the finishing line for the race which began in Linden and ended on Homestretch Avenue ahead of Agard while Husbands closed in on the title with third. Hinds copped fourth as Evolution’s Michael Anthony and Hicks came in 5th and 6th respectively.
In the final leg, Agrad rode to the finish line with both hands in the air and not another rider within striking distance to comfortably seal his first win of the year.
The race was a journey that saw the wheelsmen ride from the Homestretch Avenue to Belfield and returning to the point of origin. Agard led the pack that saw Hinds in second, Ambrose in 3rd, Hicks (4th), Husbands (5th) and Paul DeNobrega (6th)
Recapping to stage one, Hicks won that race that pedaled off in New Amsterdam to Rosehall and back ahead of Husbands and Eastman in second and third respectively.
