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Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships 2016 – Individual Time Trials
Hicks and Cornelius place 16th and 17th among juniors; Khan is 24th for juveniles
By Franklin Wilson in St. Lucia compliments of
Fazia’s Collection, Fitness Express and Germans Restaurant
The placings of the young but brave Guyanese riders at the 2016 
edition of the Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships (JCCC) here in St. Lucia confirms that there is a lot of work to be done to bring the riders up to speed with what’s required to excel at this level.
The fact that Time Trials in Guyana are very few and far was evident in the performances of the three riders that participated in yesterday’s JCCC Individual Time Trials.
The best finisher was Andrew Hicks who crossed the line in the 16th position in a time of 35’49″12 in the Junior with countryman and national champion Christopher Cornelius finishing after Hicks in 17th place in 36’11″30.
This category was won by Trinidad and Tobago’s Tyler Cole who was 2015 Juvenile champion in 32’26″07 with French St Martin’s Alban Clerc 2nd (32’33″90) and Phaeton Collins of Guadeloupe 3rd in 32’34″22. A total of 22 riders competed in this category.
Cornelius who started ahead of both the 1st and 2nd placed finishers had some issues with his chain which worked against him ending with a better time that could have challenged the top two.
He told Kaieteur Sport that he was able to climb the hilly part of the course with much more ease than Cole but his chain affected him.
One rider did not complete the 20KM course, St Lucian Calixte Williams, while Jair De Santiago Picado of Aruba failed to start.
The lone competitor in the juvenile category, Zaman Khan, in only his second Time Trial event having also rode the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) National Championships this year, did not have a good baptism on debut at the Caribbean levelas he finished 23rd of 24 competitors in 20’27″74 ahead of Grenada’s Karega.
Bermuda’s Kaden Hopkins topped this division by winning the 10KM contest in 15’28″71. Jeffrey Diaz-Rivera of Puerto Rico came 2nd (15’44″48) with Trinidad and Tobago’s Jabari Whiteman 3rd in 15’44″75.
Bermuda started off the championships on a winning note when they carted off the Girls 10KM Time Trial through Akyssa Rowse who touched the line in 17’13″66.
It was all Puerto Rico for the silver and bronze medals thanks to Charliette Golderos-Truillio (19’13″22) and Jougna Baez-Jimenez (19’23″07).
Only six girls competed.
Manager of Team Guyana Marc Somoram in an invited comment following yesterday’s time trials said that the events presented a good learning experience for the riders since this particular event is not done back home on a regular basis.
”I think it was good exposure for the guys but our strong area would be the road race today. There is a large turnout of countries which would make this race even more competitive with the likes of Trinidad, Barbados, Guadeloupe and Martinique all in contention but I am backing my boys to give a good account of themselves.”
Yesterday, only two riders maximum were allowed to contest the Time Trials and not three.
However, today’s Road Race will see all four riders competing which means that Cornelius and Hicks would be joined by Jornel Yearwood and Raphael Leung as they seek to win a medal for Guyana.
Zaman Khan would be the lone juvenile seeking to make a mark in this race for Guyana.The race is slated for Vieux Fort and commences at 09:30hrs on the Vieux Fort Laborie Highway / Vieux Fort La Resource Circuit which goes around the airport with a distance of just under 12.5KM for each lap.
The girls will do 50KM (4 laps), juveniles 62KM (5 laps) and juniors 100km (8 laps).
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