2016 Elite Caribbean Road Cycling Championships

2016 Elite Caribbean Road Cycling Championships –

Oct 19, 2016 Sports

High air fare, other costs puncture Guyana’s male team representation
Guyana will not be under starters’ orders in the male segment of this year’s Elite Caribbean Road Cycling Championships scheduled for this weekend (October 22-23) in Guadeloupe.
Kaieteur Sports has been able to confirm that due to continued administrative shortcomings among the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) executive, the male team, comprising of reigning Road Race champion Geron Williams (Team Foundation/Continental Cycle Club), Team Coco’s Raynauth ‘Obeah Man’ Jeffrey, Hamza Eastman, Stephano Husbands and Team Evolution’s Michael Anthony will not be represented.
Anthony had opted out mere days after being selected as a result of the high costs of travel to Guadeloupe.
The late naming of the team and the continued challenge to raise funds along with the additional costs for travel, accommodation and meals to Suriname to obtain French entry visas to Guadeloupe put paid to this nation’s chance of sending a team.
The lone representative this weekend would be United Kingdom based Claire Fraser-Green who is the reigning Time Trial and Road Race queen who would be under the guidance of Manager/Coach, Shaun Green.
Kaieteur was informed that it would have required as many as 3-days for the cyclists to be in Suriname in order to get the visas.
Cyclists have over the years been faced with raising their own passage for the most part in order to attend regional championships.
In the case of a few clubs, they would undertake expenses to ensure high level training for their riders.
Team Coco’s recently invested in sending a team to Colombia for an extended period of training.

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