Tandica Noel and Tyrone Hamilton secured victories on consecutive days as Flying Stars Cycle Club’s annual Trifecta event continued with its second stage at Mahaicony on Saturday, October 31, and third stage at Linden on Sunday, November 1.
The Kaieteur Attack pair won the female and Category Four races at both venues, while club mates Alex Mendes and Ajani Cutting shared the weekend’s elite honours.
Noel finished ahead of teammate Alicia Benjamin on both days. She won at Mahaicony in 16 minutes, 40.25 seconds, with Benjamin recording 17:37.38. At Linden, Noel clocked 13:21.21, followed by Benjamin in 14:32.29.
Hamilton also maintained his winning form across the two stages. At Mahaicony, he completed the Category Four race in 58:15.67, ahead of teammate Kevin Edwards in 58:16.20 and Andel Yearwood in 58:16.50.
Akeem Wilkinson finished fourth, followed by Arjune Sookhai, Keyon Budhan, Cleon Melville and Tyrone Conway. Simba Williams and Kevin Seaton did not finish.
Yearwood improved to second at Linden, but Hamilton again took the victory, clocking 30:51.31 against Yearwood’s 30:51.69. Collis Williams secured third in 30:51.88.
Joshua Waldron placed fourth, followed by Conway, Jamal Cappell, Andrew Forester and Kevin Stephens.
The junior category produced the weekend’s closest winning margin when Evolution’s Alex Newton edged Continental’s Alexander Leung by one-hundredth of a second at Linden.
Newton recorded 28:45.23, with Leung finishing in 28:45.24. Velocity’s Kevon Stephens was third in 28:45.57, followed by Triston Jaichand in 28:46.99. Keion Giles did not finish.
That result reversed the leading positions from Mahaicony, where Leung had won in 58:31.99. Newton finished second in 1:00:02.72, while Jaichand took third in 1:00:04.29.
Sunday’s elite race also ended with little separating the leading riders. Cutting won in 56:03.89, just one-tenth of a second ahead of Paul DeNobrega, who clocked 56:03.99. Aaron Newton finished third in 56:04.01.
Mark Lewis Jr was fourth in 56:04.75, with Adealie Hodge fifth in 56:11.57.
Cutting had placed third at Mahaicony, where Mendes won in 1:05:51.37. Christopher Griffith finished second in 1:07:26.71, ahead of Cutting’s 1:07:38.19.
Aaron Newton took fourth in 1:07:38.76, followed by Geordan Devi, DeNobrega, Sidwell Sandy, Hodge and Marcus Keiler. Davenand Bissoon did not finish.
Four different riders won across the two masters categories, with Robin Persaud and James Joseph successful at Mahaicony before Segun Hubbard and Junior Niles claimed victories at Linden.
Carlton Wheelers’ Persaud won Saturday’s Masters 35-plus race in 1:05:49.39. Roy Mangru finished second in 1:07:32.96, Paul Choo-Wee-Nam third in 1:08:03.83 and Walter Grant-Stuart fourth in 1:11:58.55. Jai Sookhai and Sean Alves did not finish.
Hubbard secured Sunday’s title for Evolution in 53:07.22. Choo-Wee-Nam moved up to second in 55:06.00, ahead of Sookhai in 55:06.60 and Grant-Stuart in 56:55.68. Alves did not finish.
In Masters 50-plus, We Stand United’s Joseph won at Mahaicony in 46:49.50. Leon David took second in 46:50.21, just one-hundredth of a second ahead of Ray Harlequin.
Bruce Camacho finished fourth, followed by Nigel London, Niles, Kennard Lovell, Cecil Bernard, Amrit Sankar, Kevin Jeffrey and Ian Gibbons.
Niles improved from sixth at Mahaicony to lead a Flying Star one-two at Linden. He won in 23:23.13, ahead of Eon Jackson in 23:23.91, while London finished third in 23:24.24.
Joseph placed fourth, followed by Harlequin, Camacho, Garfield Lorrimer and Sankar. Lovell did not finish.
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