Kluivert Mitchel of Mon Repos rode to victory in the 43km Easter Monday Road Race staged by the St Lucia Cycling Association , as part of last weekend’s Eastertide holiday activities.
Mitchel covered five laps from the Castries Waterfront to Union Roundabout to complete the race course.
Jermain Rodel Charles was the first to attack, but was quickly reeled in by the main bunch of riders. A group of seven riders were poised in the lead, after the completion of the first lap consisting of Mitchel, Winston Williams, Thompson William, Eltus Joseph, Charles, Fidel Esnard and Jason Tameh.
Mitchel won the 1st Sprint Prize ahead of Williams (there were four Sprint prizes for the rider who crossed the line first on the first four laps).
By the 3rd lap Thomson Williams and Tameh were eliminated off the lead bunch; leaving five riders at the lead of the race.
During the 4th lap two riders went down in a crash as Altus Joseph, a fist year senior clipped Esnard’s rear wheel bringing both riders down. Elltus Joseph was unable to continue.
Esnard rectified the issue with his bike and was able to bridge across to Tameh and Thompson Williams. However it was not enough to catch up to the three leaders Mitchel, Charles and Winston Williams.
Mitchel displayed his sprinting prowess by winning all four sprint Prizes and easily rode to victory on the 5th and final lap in 1 hour 8mins 15.08 seconds at an average speed of 37.8km/hr.
Mathew Louis was the first Junior rider to finish, Denver Alphonse 1st Cadet rider and Seraphina William the lone female rider finished 12th place in 1 hr. 30 mins 52.37 secs.
Summary of results with the top finishers are as follows:
Kluivert Mitchel – M – Senior 44 KCS/Mon Repos 1.08.15.08
Winston William -M – Master 50+ 148 Excellers 1.08.18.65 2.57sec
Jermin Rodel Charles – M – U-23 100 Dennery Valley 1.08.20.37 5.29sec
Fidel Esnard -M – Senior 147 Los Animales 1.09.33.75 1min 18.67sec
Thompson William – M – Senior 67 Los Animales 1.11.45.69 2mins 30.61se
Masters50+ –
Winston William M Master 50+ 148 Excellers 1.08.18.65
John Mangal M Master 50+ 143 Unattahced 1.19.24.72 11mins 9.07secs
Juniors 17/18
Mathew Louis –M- Junior 99 Dennery Valley 1.15.18.12
Raheem Sylvester – M – Junior 98 Mon Repos 1.23.46.22 7mins 28.10secs
DNF Nhyme Ferdinand -M – Junior 135 Mon Repos DNF
Cadet 15/16 –
Denver Alphonse M Cadet 30 Dennery Valley 1.25.59.44
DNF Omari Victor M Cadet 91 Mon Repos DNF
Minime 13/14
Seraphina William – F- Minime 123 Au Picon Vieux Fort 1.30.52.37
DNF Dellan Peter –M- Minime 112 Mon Repos DNF.
