Veteran Adam Alexander showed he still had it when action in the T&T Cycling Federation's Road Race League pedalled off on Sunday from Couva to Mt Hope and back.
Facing a challenging field of some 42 riders, the veteran rider who represented the Raiders Cycling Team, returned home first in a time of two hours and 37 minutes with hands lifted high to salute his triumph.
Only the day before, Alexander warmed up in the cycling federation's Second Keep Fit track event at the National Cycling Centre in Couva by sprinting to the victory in the Elite 6-Lap race as well as in the feature 80-Lap event. And on Sunday he only had to execute, which he did.
Alexander, a former national cyclist, finished ahead of Sidney Joseph (Team Heatwave), in second and third Nathan Alexander (Team Evolution), both of whom are under-23 riders. Tyler Cole, another u-23 cyclist who was captain of the T&T Under-15 team at the Elite Junior Pan American Championships in 2015, was fifth behind rising talent Dennis Ramirez of Team Raiders.
Meanwhile, Alexi Costa was the first woman to cross the finish line with the second female unrecorded after 20 finishers, while Jarel Mohammed and Tariq Woods also featured on the day in their respective divisions.
Among the Juveniles, Mohammed, the Southclaine rider, got the better of Benjamin Mouttet of Tea Breakaway, and Woods of Team Evolution held off Roumauld Osmia Alexander of PSL among the juniors. Woods also finished 15th overall.
Meanwhile, in the second keep fit event on Saturday, Raul Garcia, Syndel Samaroo, Kyra Williams, Tariq Woods, Pheobe Sandy and Aaron Matas featured prominently courtesy some excellent performances.
RESULTS
Elite Open
1st Adam Alexander – Raiders Cycle Team – 2hrs 37 mins
2nd Sidney Joseph – Heatwave U23/
3rd Nathan Alexander – Evolution U23/
4th Dennis Ramirez – Raiders
5th Tyler Cole – Team DPS U23/
6th Alexi Costa – Heatwave (1st Women)
7th Maurice Burnette – Team DPS U23/
8th Kirston George – Heatwave
9th Joshua Alexander – Raiders
10th Mark Hosein – Heatwave
11th Guy Costa - Heatwave
12th Rodell Woods – PSL
13th Sheldon Ramjit – Hummingbird
14th Dillion Pierre - Heatwave
15th Tariq Woods – Evolution 1st Junior
16th Jabari Whiteman – PSL
17th Adam Francis - Braves
Juveniles
1st Jarel Mohammed – Southclaine
2nd Benjamin Moutett – Breakaway
Juniors
1st Tariq Woods – Evolution
2nd- Roumauld Osmia Alexander – PSL
Masters 40+
1st- Joseph Aaron Dowridge – Southclaine
Masters 50+
1st- Dirk Tidd - Raiders
2nd Wayne Singh - Hammertime
Master 60+
1st Clyde Pollonais – Southclaine
2nd Cyril Fook -PSL
3rd Ronald Crooks – Raiders
4th Michael Browne – Christian Wheelers
Masters 70+
1st Godfrey Clyne