Veteran Guyanese cyclist, James Joseph captured a Silver Medal yesterday at the ongoing Union Cycliste International (UCI) World Masters Championships in France.
Competing in the Over-50 category 5000 kilometer Scratch Race, Joseph finished the quota of laps second to claim the silver. Finishing ahead of Joseph was Luc Nouwen of Belgium while Great Britain’s Graham Barclay took the bronze medal.
A scratch race is a track cycling race in which all riders start together and the objective is simply to be first over the finish line after a certain number of laps.
The World Masters Championships began on October 5 and is slated to wrap up on October 12.
