Cycling: Team Madison Sweep Top Three Places
Brian Drea of Team Madison extended his lead in the Bermuda Bicycle Association’s points series competition by leading home a Madison sweep of the top three places in Sunday’s [Sept.4] race at Southside.
Bermuda’s Junior Caribbean Cycling Champion Dominic Mayho was second and Adam Harbutt third. The 40.6-mile race started with a loop that extended down to Knapton Hill in Smith’s before returning to Southside for the remaining seven laps and if the course wasn’t enough of a challenge the heat added an extra dose of suffering.
Pictured below – Brian Drea Wins ahead of Dominic Mayho:
From the start riders wanted to be either at the front or off the front going into Knapton Hill so riders charged full speed right from the gun charging 45 km/hr down Kindley Field Road. There were some brief attempts at breaks, but nobody wanted to give the advantage to anyone else and it all came together at the base of the climb.
Madison’s Dominic Mayho shot up the hill first followed by Adam Harbutt and Brian Drea as well as former hill climb champion Mark Hatherly from Winner’s Edge with Winner’s Edge teammate Darren “Shakee” Glasford only a couple of seconds back.
The five riders established a 10 – 15 second lead over the top and worked well together from then all the way back to Southside to stretch the lead to a minute.
With five laps/16 miles to go Madison’s Brian Drea accelerated off the front and half a lap later teammate Mayho bridged across the gap and the two of them stayed away. At the line Drea rode to take the win extending his lead in the points series. Harbutt rounded out the top three ahead of Hatherly and Glasford of Winner’s Edge.
Pictured below: Winner Brian Drea flanked by Dominic Mayho [left] and Adam Harbut [right]:
After seven races of the season-long 10-race points series Team Madison’s Brian Drea has tallied 119 points ahead of Mark Hatherly of Winner’s Edge with 106 points in second and Darren Glasford with 101 points in third.
Like the A race the 30.7-mile B race was decided on Knapton Hill. Anthony Bartley rode home to victory ahead of Kevin Tucker and Winner’s Edge Junior Justin Ferreira. The Adult C race saw Crime Stopper Michael Thomas finish ahead of Jason DeCouto and Dnarte Lima over a 19.8-mile course.
In the Junior A race Rico Smith lead Fast Forward Bicycle Works rider Daniel Oatley and Winner’s Edge rider and Junior Caribbean Championships bronze medalist Gabriella Arnold in third.Victoria Davis of Team Winner’s Edge lead home Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works Christian Oatley and Team Focus’s Zion Dowling to win the Junior B race. Crime stopper Malik Joell lead home teammate Jayden Ming and Fast Forward Bicycle Works rider Julianne Oatley in the Junior C race.
In the team competition Winner’s Edge have extended their lead to 605 points over Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works who have 551 points and Team Madison who have 412. Team Focus lead team Tokio 143 to 138 points.
The final race of the IBC Criterium series will take place this Sunday at 8:30 am around Victoria Park. For more information about rides and races visit bermudabicycle.org.
Full results below, click ‘Fullscreen’ for greater clarity:
