Cuban pedals away to Tobago victory

JOSE MARINO continued his fine form in the Beacon Insurance Cycling Series when he won the one-kilometre long race along Market Square, Scarborough, Tobago yesterday.

The large crowd were treated to a fine display of riding between the West Indies and the The World pedallists, with the Cuban Marino crossing the finishing line in 55 minutes 48 seconds, ahead of Trinidad and Tobago’s road race king Emile Abraham and Belgian Nico Ruyloft. Races were held in Barbados over the Easter weekend with home-town hero Barry Forde erasing his previous mark in the match sprint with a time of 10.545, the fastest ever time recorded over that distance in the Caribbean.

West Indies teammate Julio Herrera followed in 10.701 and Michael Pedrosa third. But the The World contingent got their lone victory of the series thus far on Saturday last, when Petr Klimes of the Czech Republic defeated Marino and Tyrone Hamilton to claim the 15-kilometre event on the road. The 2003 series ends this weekend at the Arima Velodrome, with 25 events scheduled each day from tomorrow to Sunday, with tomorrow’s events beginning at 7 pm.