Un­at­tached cy­clists, Mar­cus Car­val­ho stole the spot­light on the open­ing day of the Na­tion­al Cy­cling Cham­pi­onships Road Events when he ped­alled to vic­to­ry in the 40km In­di­vid­ual Time Tri­al yes­ter­day. The rid­ers be­gan at the half-way stage of the Milk Road, Waller­field be­fore ven­tur­ing on­to the East­ern Main Road, then to De­mer­ara Road be­fore turn­ing back at the Churchill Roo­sevelt High­way for three laps.Car­val­ho com­plet­ed the course in 54 min­utes, just ahead two-time na­tion­al cham­pi­on, Col­in Wil­son of Team Trek and Hum­ming­bird's Shel­don Ramjit.

Among the ju­niors, na­tion­al Ju­nior Pan Amer­i­can cy­clists, 19-year-old Varun Ma­haraj of Madon­na Wheel­ers won his Two-Lap ride ahead of 15-year-old Son­ic's ped­al­lists' Rudy Ash­ton and Park­side's Chris­t­ian Fair­ley to be­gin de­fence of his crown. To­day, the ac­tion shifts to the King George V Park, St Clair for the cri­teri­um from 2pm while the third and fi­nal leg comes off next Sun­day (Sep­tem­ber 5) with a Road Race start­ing at La Ro­maine at 7am.

Yes­ter­day's RE­SULTS

In­di­vid­ual Time Tri­al (40km)

Three-Laps Se­niors

1. Mar­cus Car­val­ho (Un­at­tached)–54:00.42 secs

2. Col­in Wil­son (Team Trek)–54:45.38

3. Shel­don Ramjit (Hum­ming­bird)–54:58.73

4. King Et­ti­enne (Team Foun­da­tion)–55:23.57

5. Dariel Per­reira (South­claine)–55:44.57

6. Daniel Wallen (Team Trek)–55:56.24

7. Kevin Tin­to (Madon­na)–56:08.90

8. Alexan­der Gib­bon (Raf­mon)–56:20.11

9. Jef­frey La Fond (Park­side)–57:20.15

10. Bar­ry Luces (Son­ics)–52:00.00

Two-Laps Ju­niors

1. Varun Ma­hara­jh (Madon­na)

2. Rudy Ash­ton (Son­ics)

3. Chris­t­ian Fair­ley (Park­side)

4. Orareve Chair­man (Un­at­tached)

5. Adri­an Lewis (South­claine)

6. Dex­ter Lam­bert (South­claine)

7. Akeel Mil­let (Park­side)

Two-Laps Vets 40+

1. Ken Gokool (Son­ics)

2. Roger Smart (Madon­na)

3. Ker­ry Williams (Raf­mon)

4. Ivan Charles (Corkie's)

4. Rocky Hosien (Hum­ming­bird)

4. Chris­t­ian Grant (Park­side)

4. Earl Clif­ford (Park­side)

One-Lap Ju­ve­niles

1. Justin Roberts (Park­side)

2. Akieel Glas­gow (Son­ics)

3. Jim­mone Roberts (Park­side)

4. Dim­itri Har­vey (Son­ics)

4. Christo­pher Git­tens (South­claine)

One-Lap Vets 50+

1. Or­lan­do Fron­tin (Son­ics)

2. Kelvin Cae­sar (South­claine)

3. Em­manuel Mc Ken­zie (Team Trek)

4. Patrick Brown (Corkie's)

4. Gary Delzin (Team SR)

4. John Charles (Corkie's)

One-Lap Vets 60+

1. Ronald Pe­ters (Madon­na's)

2. Pe­ter Her­nan­dez (Team Foun­da­tion).

3. Stephen Joseph (Son­ics)

4. Bar­ry Edghill (Madon­na's)

4. Fos­ter Fran­cois (Hum­ming­bird)

One-Lap Se­nior Ladies

1. Au­re­lia Con­stan­tine (Madon­na's)

2. Tai­ja Fron­tin (Son­ics)

One-Lap Tinymites

1. Kaz­im Charles-Wal­cott (Madon­na's)

2. Ak­il Camp­bell (Son­ics)

3. Kristoff Fron­tin (Son­ics)