Chin tops Victory Heights MTB Challenge

Fitness played a huge factor in this event since each lap of the 2.4 mile course had 322 feet of climbing.

Despite the challenging circuit, cyclists rose to the occasion with stellar performances on the day. Ryan Chin from Team Breakaway convincingly won the Open 1 Division in a time of 1:02:30.

Coming in second and third were Christopher Govia from Team Breakaway, in a time of 1:04:49, and Adam Farfan from Team Survival OS, in a time of 1:06:19, respectively.

The Open 2 Division was a much closer contest. Andrew Darwent from Team Survival OS won the division in a time of 43:16, closely followed by Vishal Bachoon from Team Slipstream in a time of 43:20 for second place.

Matthew Lazzari from Team Survival OS came third with a 44:08 clocking.

Shelly Ann Augustine from team Jumbies Multisport won the Women’s Open 2 Division with Wendy Ann Thomas from Team MTB Kings coming in second.

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