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GCF National Championships 2018… Bragging rights and national pride at stake come June 23, 24 & July 1
Cyclists at the starting line before the start of the 2017 Senior Road Race. (Franklin Wilson photo)
The marquee event on the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) calendar, the national championships is set for later this month when cyclists battle for top honours in the various categories that lasts for one year.
Senior men, masters, juniors, juveniles and ladies will be facing starter’s orders for the Individual Time Trials that will be contested on the Linden Soesdyke Highway on June 23.
The following day, June 24, attention will turn to the Road Race for the juveniles, juniors, masters and ladies, while the following Sunday, July 1, the senior men’s Road Race would be contested.
The Time Trails for the senior men, juniors and masters would be for a distance of 12.43 miles or 20km, while the ladies would do a distance of 6.21 miles or 10km. The starting and finishing point would be the Yarrowkabra Police Outpost from 09:00hrs.
The Road Race route Sunday, for the masters, juniors, juveniles and ladies will commence at Homestretch Avenue from 07:30hrs in front of the National Sports Commission, proceed East along Homestretch Avenue, right into Mandela Avenue, left at DSL into the East Bank Carriageway, South along Houston Public Road all the way to Timehri where cyclists will turn around at the end of the double road.
Return to the Linden Soesdyke Junction, make a right onto the Linden Soesdyke Highway and turn around at Long Creek before returning to the starting line at Homestretch Avenue for the finish.
After turning at Timehri, juveniles and ladies will not make the right turn onto the Linden Soesdyke Highway, they will continue on the downward journey to Homestretch Avenue for the finish. The masters and juniors will cover a distance of 80 miles (128.75km) while the juveniles and ladies will battle over 52 miles (83.69km).
The GCF has stated that junior and juvenile cyclists will not be allowed to compete at these championships without junior gears. The federation has indicated that this is UCI rule that would be enforced, noting that clubs would have been encouraged to follow this rule for three years now.
The route for the senior men’s Road Race on July 1 which starts at 07:30hrs: start at Homestretch Avenue and follow the same route as the juniors and masters. The seniors however, will proceed to Mobilissa on the Linden Soesdyke Highway before returning to the starting line at Homestretch Avenue for the finish, a distance of 110 miles (177.03km).
The respective defending champions are Raynauth Jeffrey (Senior RR and ITT), Clair Fraser-Green (Ladies RR and ITT), Briton John (Junior RR), Curtis Dey (Junior ITT), David Hicks (Juvenile RR), Warren Mc Kay (Masters U-45 RR), Lear Nunes (Masters ITT), Gordon Spencer (O-45 RR).
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