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Thursday, July 17, 2025

Alexander cops first road race

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Na­tion­al and Team Foun­da­tion en­durance cy­clist Adam Alexan­der got past the con­sis­tent Phillip Clarke to win the first leg of the 2016 Road Se­ries, yes­ter­day.

The race, which took rid­ers from the Mu­cu­rapo Fore­shore to Cou­va and re­turn, saw many of the re­gion's top rid­ers bat­tling for the top prize but it was T&T's Alexan­der who came out the win­ner.

Bar­ba­di­an Clarke, who has been one of the most con­sis­tent rid­ers on the lo­cal cir­cuit re­cent­ly was sec­ond, while Rus­sel El­cock (Team DPS) was third.

Na­tion­al ju­nior cy­clist Jabari White­man (South­claine) was fourth ahead of Stephen Alexan­der (Team Foun­da­tion), while for­mer na­tion­al cy­clist and cur­rent Sport Com­pa­ny of T&T chair­man Michael Phillips (Mike's Bikes) round­ed off the top six.

Team DPS won the prime for hav­ing the most num­ber of cy­clists in the top ten as El­cock, Justin Roberts and Tyler Cole all ac­com­plished the feat.Cole won the ju­niors cat­e­go­ry af­ter plac­ing ninth over­all, while White­man grabbed the top spot in the ju­ve­niles cat­e­go­ry with his fourth place over­all.

Alexan­der was out in front ear­ly and was close­ly fol­lowed by Clarke, El­cock, T&T duo James Hadeed (Heat­wave) and Jov­ian Gomez (PSL) and An­tiguan Jymes Bridges (Team DPS).

Clarke won the first $500 prime spon­sored by Team DPS in mem­o­ry of the late Ronald Dick­ie at the En­deav­our Fly­over, while El­cock won the sec­ond prime al­so spon­sored by Team DPS in mem­o­ry of Dick­ie. How­ev­er, Alexan­der would out sprint the pair to claim the first road race of the year.

RE­SULTS

1 Adam Alexan­der

� Team Foun­da­tion

2 Phillip Clarke

� Bar­ba­dos

3 Rus­sel El­cock

� Team DPS

4 Jabari White­man

� South­claine

5 Stephen Alexan­der

� Team Foun­da­tion

6 Michael Phillips

� Mike's Bikes


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