Nigel Si­mon

Jov­ian Gomez im­proved his chances of be­com­ing the new Road King of T&T when he ped­alled to vic­to­ry in the Na­tion­al Cy­cling Cham­pi­onships Se­niors' 25-Laps Road cir­cuit ride around King George V Park on Sun­day. Af­ter fail­ing to se­cure a top 15 fin­ish in Sat­ur­day's 40km In­di­vid­ual Time Tri­al at Waller­field, Gomez of Madon­na Wheel­er's won ahead of Team Trek's Gevan Samuel and the Son­ics duo of Bar­ry Luces and Marc Co­dring­ton.

The over­all (Track and Road) ti­tle has been won for the last two years by Col­in Wil­son. With on­ly Sun­day's event left, the trio of vet­er­an Gene Samuel, Christo­pher Sel­l­i­er and Adam Alexan­der were atop the leader board. Among the ju­niors, 15-year-old Son­ic's ped­al­lists' Rudy Ash­ton turned the ta­bles on his main ri­val and reign­ing age-group cham­pi­on, 19-year-old Varun Ma­haraj of Madon­na Wheel­ers to se­cure vic­to­ry in their 20-Laps event.

Third was Ke­iron Bram­ble of Son­ics while Jonathan Paul of Raf­man Mecal­fab, was fourth. The oth­er win­ners on Sun­day in­clud­ed Justin Roberts (ju­ve­niles), Au­re­lia Con­stan­tine (women), Ak­il Camp­bell (tinymites), Roger Smart (vet­er­ans 40+), Stephen Aboud (vet­er­ans 50+) and Pe­ter Her­nan­dez (vet­er­ans 60+). The third and fi­nal leg comes off next Sun­day (Sep­tem­ber 5) with a Road Race start­ing at La Ro­maine at 7am.

Re­sults

Cri­teri­um

Se­niors 25-Laps

1. Jov­ian Gomez (Madon­na)

2. Gevan Samuels (Team Trek)

3. Bar­ry Luces (Son­ics)

4. Marc Co­dring­ton (Son­ics)

Ju­niors 20-Laps

1. Rudy Ash­ton (Son­ics)

2. Varun Ma­hara­jh (Madon­na)

3. Ke­iron Bram­ble (Son­ics)

4. Jonathan Paul (Raf­mon Mecal­fab)

Ju­ve­niles 13-Laps

1. Justin Roberts (Park­side)

2. Jim­mone Roberts (Park­side)

3. Akiel Glas­gow (Son­ics)

4. Christo­pher Git­tens (South­claine)

Women Ten-Laps

1. Au­re­lia Con­stan­tine (Madon­na)

2. Taisha Fron­tin (Son­ics)

Tinymites One-Lap

1. Ak­il Camp­bell (Son­ics)

2. Kasim Charles-Wal­cott (Madon­na)

3. Kristoff Fron­tin (Son­ics)

4. Justin Mitchell (Madon­na).

Vets 40+ 20-Laps

1. Roger Smart (Madon­na)

2. Ker­ry Williams (Raf­man Mecal­fab)

3. Rocky Ho­sein (Hum­ming­bird)

4. Ken Gokool (Son­ics).

Vets 50+ 15-Laps

1. Stephen Aboud (Raf­mon Mecal­fab)

2. Kelvin Cae­sar (South­claine)

3. Robert Camps (Corkie's Ca­su­als)

4. Ever­ard Carter (Team Foun­da­tion)

Vets 60+ 13-Laps

1. Pe­ter Her­nan­dez (Team Foun­da­tion)

2. Ronald Pe­ters (Madon­na's)

3. Bar­ry Edghill (Madon­na's)

4. God­frey Clyne (South­claine)