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Mc Kay (Senior), Leal (Junior) & Niles (Veteran) record back to back wins
NSC Mashramani 40-Miler
Warren ‘Forty’ Mc Kay (Roraima Bikers Club) has sounded an ominous warning to all when he successfully defended the National Sports Commission sponsored Mashramani 40-miler on the West Demerara yesterday morning.
We did it again! Warren ‘Forty’ Mc Kay and Raul Leal with hands raised nears the finish line in yesterday’s NSC Mash 40-miler on the West Demerara. (Franklin Wilson photo)
Mc Kay was not alone when it came to his success as defending junior and veteran champs, the ever improving Raul Leal (Team Coco’s) and Junior Niles (Flying Star Cycle Club) also crossed the finish line ahead of their challengers in their respective categories.
Mc Kay was pursued to the line by six other riders but his explosive and dismissive finishing stood out as he rallied to cross the line in One Hour 40 Minutes 36 Seconds for a solid win and in the process lowered last year’s time of One Hour 44 Minutes 15 Seconds.
Leal rode like a seasoned campaigner and was tactically sound in placing second overall he was also in winning mode on Saturday in the junior 10-lap race the day before in the NSC’s National Park 11-Race Meet.
National Road Race champion Orville Hinds of Linden was the next rider to cross the line and he did so ahead of fellow Lindener Rastaff O’Selmo, Akeem Arthur copped the 5th spot and second among the juniors with the number six spot occupied by Paul DeNobrega.
Alonzo Ambrose placed third among the juniors, while Junior Niles was again unstoppable among the veterans; Stephen Fernandes followed him to the line. Niles also won his category on Saturday in the National Park. Naiomi Singh received a special trophy as the lone female to finish.
The race, which pedaled off from the Demerara Harbour Bridge just after 09:00hrs, attracted a whopping sixty (60) starters. From early in the piece it was almost a foregone conclusion who would have been the contenders for the top spots.
Mc Kay, Leal, Hinds, O’Selmo, DeNobrega, Arthur, Ambrose and Niles broke away from the main pack and by the turn at Vreed-en-Hoop they had established a 30-second lead on the second pack.
The determination and resilience of the leading pack got better as the race matured which made it difficult for the chasing pack to connect. Niles however, went low on gas and was dropped at Crane on the downward journey with the second pack connecting. (Franklin Wilson)
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