Scott Mc Gill of the United States and Team Heatwave Cycle Club won the final stage of the Tobago Cycling Classic on Sunday, but the overall winner of the event went to Venezuela's Clever Martinez.
Martinez accumulated a massive 125 points in total after the five stages, which included 46 points for his second-place finish in the final stage.
Mc Gill, however, finished one point behind Martinez in the second position with 124 points overall, following a series of outstanding performances in each stage of the competition, while Bryan Gomes, the winner of the opening Milford Road 5-kilometre circuit, was third overall, representing Team Raiders and his country Colombia.
The Colombian also finished Sunday's stage in the same third position to receive 42 points to make up his tally of 123 points.
Meanwhile, Hasani Hennis, the talented Anguillan rider secured fourth overall with 109 points, after he crossed the finish line in Sunday's event in fifth position (34 points).
T&T's top finisher at sixth went to veteran Emile Abraham who accumulated 60 points from the five stages. The veteran T&T cyclist who represented T&T and Team Pharmaco, returned to road racing in T&T recently, by taking the National Championship Criterium on Republic Day (September 24) at Nelson Mandela Park, Port-of-Spain.
2019 OVERALL WINNERS
1- Clever Martinez (Team Raiders/Venezuela)- 125 pts
2- Scott Mc Gill (Heatwave/USA)- 124 pts
3- Bryan Gomes (Colombia)- 123 pts
4- Hasani Hennis (Anguilla)- 109 pts
5- Cyrus Pearo (USA)- 90 pts
6- Emile Abraham (Team Pharmaco/T&T)- 60 pts
7- Joel Yates (New Zealand)- 52 pts