Briton John’s purple patch on the saddle continues.
One week after soloing to victory in the Beacon Cafe 35-lap ‘crit’ inside the National Park, John took his talents onto the open roads yesterday and dominated the Forbes Burnham Memorial event.
The United We Stand biker, led breakaway mates, Romello Crawford and Aaron Newton onto the podium for the annual fixture which was staged from CARIFESTA Avenue to Belfield and back.
John won in 1h:12m.38s for the 30-mile race in which 27 riders faced the starter in brilliant sunshine.
Robin Persaud outsprinted the remnants of the peloton to finish fourth with Alex Mendes and Curtis Dey closely behind his saddle.
Newton earned the top junior award ahead of Alex Leung while the resurgent Persaud was the first place finisher among the veteran U-50 riders.
Ian Jackson rode home with the trophy for the top veteran Over-50. He was followed by arch rival, Talim Shaw.
Burnham served as Premier of British Guiana from 1964 to 1966, Prime Minister from 1964 to 1980 and then as the first Executive President of Guyana (2nd President overall) from 1980 until his death in 1985.
Burnham was born on February 20, 1923, today he would have celebrated his 100th birth anniversary.
