Guyana’s Alexander Leung and Alex Newton finished within 13 seconds of each other to secure consecutive top-seven positions in Saturday’s Individual Time Trial at the Caribbean Junior Road Cycling Championship in Belize.
Competing along Boom Hattieville Road, Leung was the quicker of the Guyanese riders and placed sixth in 28:50.68. Newton crossed the line in 29:03.17 to take seventh, just 12.49 seconds behind his teammate.
The official results had Leung averaging 41.602 kilometres per hour, while Newton maintained an average speed of 41.304 kilometres per hour.
Leung was also 31.42 seconds behind Belize’s Keith Enwright Jr., who occupied fifth place in 28:19.26. Newton finished 1:57.90 outside the bronze-medal time.
The Cayman Islands’ Ryan Thompson dominated the event, winning gold in 26:03.44 at an average speed of 46.052 kilometres per hour.
Jacob Wright of Bermuda took the silver medal in 26:44.95, while Barbadian Jonah Kelly completed the podium in 27:05.27.
Jamaal Tablada and Enwright, both representing host nation Belize, placed fourth and fifth, respectively. Leung and Newton followed in sixth and seventh ahead of riders from Trinidad and Tobago, Bermuda and The Bahamas.
No Guyanese cyclists appeared on the other two uploaded time-trial result sheets.
Attention now turns to Sunday’s road race, which will begin at 8:00 a.m. near Mirab on the Philip Goldson Highway. The championship opened on Friday evening with the team presentation at the Belize Biltmore Plaza.
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