National coach, Hassan Mohamed, will resume his cycling calendar on Saturday at the National Park with the staging of the 13th annual Degree 11-race programme.
The event, which is sponsored by DeSinco Trading Limited, distributor of the Degree Brand,
will pedal off at 9:00hrs and is expected to attract the nation’s top riders.
Saturday’s main race will see the top juniors and seniors like defending champion, Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams, Robin Persaud, Hamzah Eastman, Albert Philander and others going wheel-to-wheel in the Invitational 35-lap event.
Other categories scheduled to be contested are the 12 to 14 years boys and girls (3 laps), veterans under-50 years (5 laps), veterans over-50 years (5 laps), veterans over-60 years (5 laps), juveniles (10 laps), upright cyclists (5 laps), BMX boys open (3 laps), BMX boys 12 to 14 years (3 laps), BMX boys 9 to 12 years (3 laps) and BMX boys 6 to 9 years (3 laps).
Williams took the top honours last year in one hour, 14 minutes and 59 seconds.
Other category winners for 2012 were: Akeem Wilkinson (Juveniles), Junior Niles (Veteran) and Alfie Soonaram (12-14 Boys and Girls).
