`Fishy’ Williams rides clinical race to win feature 30-lap event
MARLON `Fishy’ Williams rode clinically to win the feature 30-lap event of the NAMILCO-sponsored race when the Roraima Bikers Club staged its annual Wheat-Up cycle programme around the Seawall Bandstand yesterday.Williams, who was among the peleton up to the last nine laps, made his move the very next lap and connected to Michael Anthony who held the lead for about 19 laps of the 30-lap event.
On connecting, Williams was joined by Robin Persaud and four other riders and started to drop off the pace slightly but continued to journey with those who drew him in.
When the bell sounded signalling the final lap, Williams `upped’ and was followed by Persaud, Anthony and Paul DeNobrega. ante
Coming to the line, Williams upped his speed with approximately 125 metres remaining and staved off his rivals to win ahead of Persaud, Anthony, DeNobrega, Akeem Wilkinson and Alonzo Ambrose in that order
Earlier in the race, Enzo Matthews and Jaikarran Sukhai made an early move and led by approximately 20 metres after the completion of the first lap. They extended the lead to approximately 50 metres after the completion of the fourth lap, but were `balled’ in after that lap by a bunch of riders, including Williams and Anthony.
During the very next lap, Anthony made a break and established a healthy distance, which he maintained for the next 19 laps, before being pulled in by Williams and the others with two laps remaining.
Coming for the finish, Williams, one of the Guyana Cycling Federation’s selectees for the Glasgow, Scotland, 2014 Commonwealth Games, surged ahead and won comfortably from the others.
Anthony won 11 of the 15 prime prizes that were up for grabs while Matthews, Sukhai, Wilkinson and Williams won one prime prize each.
In other results from the day’s programme which started more than 90 minutes late, Romello Crawford won the Juveniles 12-14 years race ahead of Raphael Leung and Daniel Vassey respectively, Anthony won the Category Four junior race ahead of Mark Harris and Mario King respectively. Warren McKay was the winner of the Category 1-3 race. Second was Williams and third was DeNobrega.
Ralph Williams won the Veterans Under-50 race ahead of Ian Jackson and Turhan Harris respectively, while Linden Blackman finished ahead of Virgil Jones and Monthy :Parris in the Veterans race.
In the open points race, Williams was first, Anthony second and DeNobrega third.
The six-lap Win and Out event was won by Robin Persaud while Crawford placed second and Williams third.
Ozia McAully won the five-lap race for Mountain bikers ahead of Emmanuel Gay Ral and Julio Melville respectively.
(By Michael DaSilva)