The Braves' Gevan Samuel suc­cess­ful­ly de­throned Emile Abra­ham yes­ter­day, as Elite Men's Na­tion­al Road Time Tri­al when the T&T Cy­cling Fed­er­a­tion (TTCF) Na­tion­al Road Cham­pi­onships con­tin­ued at Waller­field.

Samuel, son of for­mer T&T Olympian Gene Samuel, closed the 37.5km race with a com­fort­able 31-sec­ond gap ahead of James Hadeed of Heat­wave. Troy Nel­son took third in 53:55.03. Gavyn Nero (The Braves), who was crowned the Men's Na­tion­al Elite Cri­teri­um Cham­pi­on on Sat­ur­day, placed sixth yes­ter­day in 57:24.14.

Abra­ham won the same event last year in 51:33.52, al­so at Waller­field. Win­ning by an even more com­fort­able mar­gin in his di­vi­sion yes­ter­day was Ak­il Camp­bell of Son­ics, who con­tin­ued a tremen­dous sea­son with the Ju­nior Men (25km) ti­tle in 35:34.25.

Camp­bell fin­ished well ahead of Kasim Charles-Wal­cott (37:48.32) of Madon­na and Jeron Loubon (38:57.56) of Southamp­ton.

He won the Ju­nior Men's 20-lap a day pri­or at the Na­tion­al Cri­teri­um Cy­cling Cham­pi­onship held at Nel­son Man­dela Park, St Clair.

Re­sults

Elite Men–37.5km

1. Gevan Samuel–The Braves–52:04.15

2. James Hadeed–Heat­wave–52:35.75

3. Troy Nel­son–Bike Smith–53:55.03

Ju­nior Men–25km

1. Ak­il Camp­bell–Son­ics–35:34.25

2. Kasim Charles-Wal­cott–Madon­na–37:48.32

3. Jeron Loubon–Southamp­ton–38:57.56

Elite Women–25km

1. Chris­tiane Farah–Un­at­tached–40:41.93

2. An­na-lise Young Lai–Slip­stream–42:59.93

3. Shali­ni Rose-Camp­bell–Slip­stream–43:14.82

Ju­ve­nile Men–12.5km

1. Tyler Cole–Son­ics–16:57.86

2. Nicholas Paul–17:53.97

3. Ra­mon Bel­montes–17:54.50

Tinymite Men–12.5km

1. Jabari White­man–South­claine–18:45.22

2. Aaron Al­leyne–Son­ics–19:54.50

3. Dar­ius Beck­les–Park­side–21:11.53

Ju­nior Ladies–12.5km

1. Keiana Lester–Bike Smith–19:53.15

2. Tineil Camp­bell–Son­ics–20:49.50

3. Cheyenne Awai–AW­CC–22:07.00

Tinymite Ladies–12.5km

1. Ch­enelle Wal­cott–Bike Smith–23:48.72

Mas­ters 40-44–25km

1. David Tardieu–Slip­stream–38:41.36

2. Roger Mal­co–Team Foun­da­tion–39:42.79

3. Robindranath Bal­go­b­in - Hum­ming­bird–39:51.22

Mas­ters 45-49–25km

1. Der­rick Si­mon–Slip­stream–40:07.97

2. An­cil Roberts–Son­ics–40:37.65

3. Ge­of­frey Harp­er–Son­ics–42:08.75

Mas­ters 50-54–12.5km

1. Dereck De Gannes–The Braves–16:22.25

2. David Hack­shaw–Slip­stream–18:28.68

3. Hol­lis Bap­tiste–Bike Smith–21:11.40

Mas­ters 55-59–12.5km

1. Stephen Aboud–Un­at­tached–18:15.40

2. Mark An­to­nio–Un­at­tached–18:58.50

3. Michael Brown–PSL–19:02.32

Mas­ters 60-64–12.5km

1. Stephen Joseph–Son­ics–19:58.19

2. Nichol­son Phillip–PSL–20:42.15

3. Roy Daniel–Son­ics–23:23.61

Mas­ters 65-69–12.5km

1. Pe­ter Her­nan­dez–Hum­ming­bird–18:54.68

2. Earl Mcleod–Heat­wave–19:02.53

3. Pat Nel­son–The Braves–20:34.28

Mas­ters 70+ - 12.5km

1. Ronald Pe­ters–Madon­na–19:21.32

2. Joey Nunes–Hum­ming­bird–22:39.25

3. Lennox Par­ris–Southamp­ton–23:39.90?