Tariq Woods of Evo­lu­tion Cy­cling Acad­e­my pulled off a stun­ning win in the Elite Men’s 118km ride when the T&T Cy­cling Fed­er­a­tion Road Chal­lenge Se­ries No 2 from the Ato Boldon Sta­di­um in Cou­va to Point Fortin on Sun­day.

For the Elite and Ju­niors, the course cov­ered a dis­tance of 118km while for the Ju­ve­niles and Mas­ters, it was 28km less (90km).

The 22-year-old Woods won ahead of Heat­wave duo Josias Ve­lasquez and Phillip Clarke, with fel­low na­tion­al cy­clist and Pan Amer­i­can Games Scratch Race bronze medal win­ner Ak­il Camp­bell in a dis­ap­point­ing fifth.

The race start­ed with a rolling start from the Ato Boldon Sta­di­um main gate and then moved east to­wards the Cou­va fly­over, then head­ed south to­wards Ghan­di Vil­lage round­about, Debe.

From there, the rid­ers took the round­about to head back north and came off left, to head to Gol­con­da, then to­wards Dun­can Vil­lage, bear­ing right to ex­it on the South­ern Main Road head­ing to Gulf City, La Ro­main, Oropouche to the new high­way (the Archibald de Leon High­way) and head­ed to Point Fortin to the first round­about.

The cy­clist then came around the round­about, head­ed back east to Vance Riv­er, to the new high­way (the Archibald de Leon High­way) to Oropouche, and to Gulf City, where the Ju­ve­niles and Mas­ters fin­ished.

The Ju­niors and Elite con­tin­ued to Gol­con­da and ex­it­ed left on the high­way be­fore they head­ed north to Cou­va, turn­ing off to the left be­fore the Cou­va fly­over.

The race then took a right turn on the round­about on­to Rivulet Road, the sec­ond ex­it (by the gas sta­tion), to fin­ish on the straight close to the bus shed.

T&T Cy­cling Fed­er­a­tion (T&TCF) Road Chal­lenge Se­ries re­sults:

Elite Women:

1. Cheyenne Awai (Heat­wave)

Ju­ve­nille Women:

1. Shame­ka Hoyte (Va­por­wake Mul­ti­sport)

Elite Men:

1. Tariq Woods (Evo­lu­tion Cy­cling Acad­e­my)

2. Josias Ve­lasquez (Heat­wave)

3. Phillip Clarke (Heat­wave)

4. Ak­il Camp­bell (PSL)

5. En­rique De Com­mar­mond (Heat­wave)

6. Liam Trepte (Raiders Cy­cle & Mul­ti­sport)

7. Kirt­son George (Heat­wave)

8. Mau­rice Bur­nette (Valkyries)

9. Ben­jamin Mout­tett (Break­away)

10. Marc Ogiste (Heat­wave)

Ju­nior Men:

1. Ja­di­an Neaves (Raiders Cy­cle & Mul­ti­sport)

2. Chad Dixon (Rigtech Son­ics)

3. Ti­tus Bharat (PSL)

Ju­ve­niles Men:

1. Tr­ish­ton Jaichan (PSL)

2. Cris­t­ian Nel­son (Va­por­wake)

3. Mau­rice Lopez (un­at­tached)

4. Eli­jah James (Hum­ming­bird In­ter­na­tion­al)

5. Stephan Man­groo (PSL)

Mas­ters 40-49::

1. Shel­don Ramjit (Hum­ming­bird In­ter­na­tion­al)

2. Nicholas Thomas (Raiders Cy­cle & Mul­ti­sport)

Mas­ters 50-59:

1. Dirk Tidd (Raiders Cy­cle & Mul­ti­sport)

2. Ed­ward Soong (Valkyries)

3. Ed­mund Moy (Raiders Cy­cle & Mul­ti­sport)

4. Alain Smartt (Heat­wave)

5. Adam Montserin (Raiders Cy­cle & Mul­ti­sport)

Mas­ters 60-69:

1. Cyril Fook (Valkyries)

2. Fitzger­ald Orosco (South­claine)

3. Ronald Crooks (Raiders Cy­cle & Mul­ti­sport)

4. Wal­ter Paul (Rigtech Son­ics)