NSC Independence 3-Stage Road Race
By Michelangelo Jacobus
In what many former cyclists and officials in cycling contend is an unprecedented feat, United We Stand’s Briton John turned in another masterful performance yesterday to clinch the third and final stage of the NSC Independence 3-Stage Cycling Road Race, in the process making a clean sweep of the event.
After turning in record-breaking (unofficial) times in the first two stages, John once again crossed the finish line at Homestretch Avenue in Georgetown unchallenged, stopping the clock at two hours, 47 minutes, and 46 seconds to win outright and crowing a clinical two days of superb riding across the roadways of Berbice and Demerara. While the race moved off from Linden, the cyclists stuck together as a pack for the first half of the route, but in a calculated move, John attacked to lead a three-man breakaway with Trinidadian Enrique De Comarmond and Barbadian Phillip Clarke in tow. However, they could not keep up with John’s superior stamina and endurance as he distanced himself from the two foreigners. De Comarmond managed to retain his second position, following John to the line. Clarke, on the other hand, was roped in by KFC Evolution’s Cortis Dey, the latter clinching third place to cap a decent all-round weekend.