Romello Crawford and Philip Clarke triumphed in the first two legs but Curtis Dey’s consistency will enable him to roll into the hills of Linden this morning with a slim lead in the NSC Independence Three-Stage road race.
After 100 miles of racing yesterday, Dey of the KFC Evolution team is the virtual leader ahead of today’s finale.
Dey, finished a close second to Crawford in the initial leg from Corriverton to New Amsterdam (40 miles) and then mirrored that achievement to Clarke in the second leg from the Berbice Bridge to CARIFESTA Avenue (60 miles).
The top six finishers in the first leg were Crawford (1:48.27), Dey, Antigua based, Emmanuel Gayral, Clarke of Trinidad, top junior, Alex Leung and Christopher Griffith.
Clarke won the second stage in a blistering 2:20.45. He led Dey, Jordan Simpson, Crawford, and top veterans, Robin Persaud and Paul Choowenam into the top six.
The overall top six heading into Linden today are Dey (30 points), Clarke (29), Crawford (29), Simpson (14), Gayral (11) and Persaud (six points).
It will be interesting to see who climbs the top podium step when the 65-mile final stage is completed on Homestretch Avenue this morning. Today’s final leg of the 40th edition of the event is scheduled to commence in Kara, Kara from 08:00hrs.
