Team Beacon rider Jason Costelloe made it a hat-trick of titles yesterday morning when he comfortably won the T&T Cycling Federation's (TTCF) Mountain Bike Championships at Bamboo Cathedral, Chaguaramas.
Costelloe won the five-lap elite men's category in one hour, 33 minutes and 19 seconds finishing more than three minutes ahead of second placed Ryan Mendes (1:36:25). Grabbing bronze in the three-mile course was Rishi Ramlalack of Mike's Bikes in 1:42:54.
In the elite ladies category, Heatwave's Christine Salazar took the two-lap race in 50:32. Rainbow Warriors duo Maria Gooding (53:27) and Kiyomi Rankine (1:02:30) was second and third respectively.
Peter Sellier of Mike's Bikes continued his top form this year capturing the two-lap juvenile category in 38:43.
Sellier won the elite one category at the recently concluded four-race TTCF Mountain Bike League.
RESULTS
Elite Men–5 Laps
1 Jason Costelloe � Team Beacon � 1:33:19
2 Ryan Mendes � Unattached � 1:36:25
3 Rishi Ramlalack � Mike's Bikes � 1:42:20
4 Nikholai Ho � The Braves � 1:42:54
5 Ryan Chin � Northern Rangers � 1:44:22
6 Christopher Govia � Northern Rangers � 1:48:12
7 Kirk Hearn � Slipstream � 1:50:39
8 Michael Phillips � Mike's Bikes � 1:51:29
9 Brent Hurdle � Unattached � 1:52:45
10 Darrel Ramesar � Slipstream � 1:55:25
Elite Ladies–2 Laps
1 Christine Salazer � Heatwave � 50:32
2 Maria Gooding � Rainbow Warriors � 53:27
3 Kiyomi Rankine � Rainbow Warriors � 1:02:30
4 Heidi Lue Chin � Slipstream � 1:04:22
5 Crystal Prabhydial � Unattached � 1:10:44
Juveniles–2 Laps
1 Peter Sellier � Mike's Bikes � 38:43
2 Lorenzo Orosco � Slipstream � 50:01
Juniors–3 Laps
1 Zachary Orr � Bike Smith � 2:03:19
Junior Ladies � 1 Lap
1 Shemay Soo Chan � Unattached � 1:05:44
Tinymites–1 Lap
1 Dimitri Payne � Unattached � 20:32
2 Matthew Lazari � Northern Rangers � 29:49
3 Javed Mohammed � Unattached � 38:29
Masters 40-49 � 3 Laps
1 Sergio Marques-Pita � Northern Rangers � 1:07:27
2 Kerry Pirali � Unattached � 1:18:50
3 Andrew Lazzari � Northern Rangers � 1:27:02
Masters 50-59 � 3 Laps
1 David Hackshaw � Slipstream � 1:01:01
Youth Developers–Under-11 Male � 4 Laps
1 Charles Bell � Unattached � 12:02
2 David Archer � Unattached 12:59
Youth Developers � Under-11 Female � 4 Laps
1 Kaya Rankine-Beadle � Rainbow Warriors � 14:38
Youth Developers–Under-9 Male � 4 Laps
1 Scott Michael Shaw � Northern Rangers � 11:25
2 Alec Mendes � Unattached � 11:40
Youth Developers � Under-7 Male � 1 Lap
1 Stuart Bell � Unattached � 4:43?