Over 40 of Guyana’s best cyclists across all age groups will pedal off from Corriverton today as the National Sports Commission’s (NSC) Independence 3-Stage cycling road race gets underway.
Known as the premier event on the cycling calendar in Guyana, this year the event has attracted cyclists from neighbouring Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
While there was an initial controversy surrounding the first leg of the event here in Berbice, in which the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) had plans of changing the opening stage which usually rides off from Corriverton to New Amsterdam, it was sorted out following a meeting between the GCF President, Horace Burrowes and Director of Sport, Steve Ninvalle.