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Patience and Tactics delivered the prize – Geron Williams

Jul 03, 2014 Sports

By Franklin Wilson
New National Raod Race King, Geron Williams, now riding professionally in the USA as a member of Champion System Stan’s Notubes is elated that he has been finally able to lift the crown as the best rider in the Land of Many Waters.
Williams achieved the feat on Sunday last when the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) held the 2014 edition of the National Championships which takes the form of a Time Trials and Road Race.
This year, the GCF increased the miles quite handsomely from 80 last year to 100 this year which made the event a grueling one that brought out the best in all the competitors. When all was settled, it was the Continental Cycle Club member Geron Williams who staved off a valiant final ditch effort from Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams and last year’s winner Raynauth Jeffrey to emerge winner.
The top three riders are also part of Guyana’s team to the Commonwealth Games later this year in Glasgow, England.
Speaking after the race, Williams was quick to point out that it was a tough contest and it was by no means easy going at any point coming up against the local based riders.
“They all rode excellent and made it hard but I’m just happy to be able to win this race. It’s good that for the first time I have the national road race title, it’s something that I had wanted for a while. It evaded me once in 2012 but this year I was able to fight through and battle all the obstacles that were placed in front of me.”
Williams, who won the contest in Four Hours 25 Minutes 02 Seconds, noted that his exposure in the USA would have complimented his existing knowledge of the terrain in Guyana.
He shared that the types of races they do in the USA are a shortened version called criterium racing and that he recently transferred from Team Foundation to Champion System Stan’s Notubes which is the first UCI team from New York City.
He would be riding professionally with his latest team until December with the provision for his contract being renewed in 2015.
“The experience I got in those races most of all is to be patient. Even though they are shorter than the road race, you have to be patient if you are going to win, they are short but extremely hard, fast and technical.”
That experience, Williams said, was transferred into the race on Sunday. “I had to be patient because it was a long race. For the first 50 miles I had to allow the break to go because I couldn’t ride at 100% for 100 miles and expect to be able to win at the end. I had to be smart and just be patient and wait until the right moment.”
Williams stated that after he realized that Paul De Nobrega, Jeffrey and Marlon Williams were all riding good he had to be even more patient and manage his efforts as best as he could.
“But it’s great, I am happy to have won this race because I actually left a series I was racing in the USA to come home for this race. I am happy that my team gave me the time off to come home for this event, they know the importance of a championship, so a lot of thanks to them.”
Looking ahead to the Commonwealth Games, Williams said that he does not get the opportunity to race such distances regularly but his racing in the USA is his training since he does so regularly.
“We probably race four times a week; I call it maintenance training in between we only do like two hours a day to be able to rest, to be able to be fresh for the other races.”
Williams is expected to return to the USA, today.

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