By Neto Baptiste
Abbiel Flemming of Team Pillars Cycling, emerged overall winner and winner of the Emile Men’s category in Sunday’s Avalanche Road Race held on Friar’s Hill Road.
Flemming clocked 1:55.34 (one hour, 55 minutes and 34 seconds) to claim the 10-lap event. Emmanuel Gayral of Team Terminix was second in a time of 1:55.50, while Newell Mack of Team Pillars Cycling finished third in a time of 2:10.27.
Two other cyclists in Conroy Thomas and Telesha Choy did not finish the race.
Meanwhile, Tahje Browne dominated the Junior Men’s category, clocking a time of 1:55.31 to beat his Wadadli Cycling Academy teammate Jahiem Telemaque across the finish line. Telemaque clocked 2:10.27 to finished second. Only two cyclists competed in that category.
Patrick Peters was best on show in the Masters category. Riding as an independent, Peters registered a time of 1:43.56 to finish ahead of Edward Henry (1:47.40) of the Andre Simon Cycling Club and Michelle Morselli who was third in a time of 1:48.41. Vaughn Gomes of Andre Simon Cycling Academy was fourth in a time of 1:50.21. Richard Lam did not finish the race.
Meanwhile, Marcos Ozuna of Little Rascals dominated the Sports Class, taking top honours in a time of 1:15.39, finishing ahead of teammate Joel Griffith who clocked 1:26.49 in second place.
Independent rider, Jeff Hadeed finished third with a time of 1:30.29 while Tiziano Rosignoli finished fourth in 1:32.48.