Chin pedals to Subway River Raid win

The 33-year-old cyclist from the Breakaway Cycling Club completed the 24 km course in one hour, five minutes and 45 seconds. He was followed closely by Adam Farfan of Survival OS, in a time of 1:06:20. In third place with a time of 1:08:03 was 15-year-old Dimitri Commissiong-Payne of Breakaway.

Rounding off the top five were Quincy Arneaud of Mike’s Bikes and Adande Piggott of MTB Kings, who finished in 1:08:19 and 1:08:41 respectively.

Wendy-Ann Thomas of MTB Kings (1:44:23) and Kiyomi Rankine of Slipstream (1:47:41) took charge among the women in the open/elite category, being the only two women competitors in this event.

In the Sport MTB category, veteran David Hackshaw of Slipstream won a frenetic finish as he and Brian Marsan of Survival OS dashed across the finish line. They both finished their two-lap race in 47:41, separated by hundredths of a second. Only 19 seconds later, Vishal Bachoon snatched third spot away from Greg Downes, sprinting across the line, with a photo finish in a time of 48 minutes.

The last event - the trail run - was a 5km run along the same winding, bamboo canopied single track, mountain bike course.

Collin Pereira blazed through the course in a time of 19:04 to win this event for the second time in a row. Closely trailing were Shirvan Baboolal (19:23) and Avinash Anamalay (19:54) in second and third place. In the women’s race, Lindsay Mies, won in a time of 22:18, also placing eighth overall. Placing second among the women was Sjaelan Evans in 23:48 and April Francis secured bronze in a time of 25:29.

The next event on the Rainbow Warriors Triathlon Club’s calendar will be the Massy Rainbow Cup (triathlon and 5km run/walk) on June 10 in Tobago. For more information persons can visit www.

rainbowcuptobago.com