Warren “Forty” McKay claimed first prize in the feature School Boys and Invitational 35-Lap race at the annual Banks DIH Powerade 11-Race National Park Cycle Meet on Saturday.
McKay won in a time of one hour, 21 minutes, 45 seconds (1h:41m,45s), while Paul DeNobrega came in second, with Jamal John a close third, Christopher Griffith fourth, Alanzo Ambrose fifth and Mario King sixth, rounding out the top finishers.
Cyclists and organisers at the Powerade Schoolboys and Invitational Cycling Meet
The race of the day was dominated for the most part by John, DeNobrega and Griffith. The trio separated themselves from the pack at the get-go, but the experienced McKay capitalised on some poor judgment by the leaders to take top spot after the final lap.
DeNobrega, John and Griffith led the field until the final lap with 400 meters to go, and McKay who was breathing down their necks from Lap 17 finally made his move after the trio decided to play “cat and mouse” in the final stretch heading to the finish line.
John won five of the eight sprint prizes on offer, while DeNobrega took two and Griffith the remaining one.
The juvenile 10-lap race was won by Nigel Duiguid in 23 minutes 29 seconds, with Briton John and Marcus Keiler closing out the top three.
Junior Niles continued his fine form by taking the veterans Under-45 category over archrival Lear Nunes and Ian Jackson, while Kennard Lovell took the Over-50 category with Linden Blackman coming second.
In the Mountain Bike event, the top spot went to Sean Budhan, while second and third went to Ryan Canterbury and Wayne Nurse respectively.
David Hinds won the 12-14 boys and girls race, with Jonathan Ramsuchit and Brandon De Nobrega in second and third respectively; the Boys 6-9 BMX race went to John Niles, while Zab James won the BMX 9-12 three-lap race and John Christian was the winner in the 12-14 category.
