Claiming victory in the Sinclair Packwood Memorial Cycling race might not be high on Dominique Mayho’s list of priorities this season.However, the 18-year-old insists he will be doing all he can to improve on last year’s second place finish and win the annual race for the first time in his fledgling career.Mayho, who was recently crowned Bermuda’s Junior Male Athlete of the Year, believes tactics will be key to getting the better of defending champion Darren Glasford, who he finished 0.31 seconds behind 12 months ago.“I’m ready as I am going to be for the race. I want to win it but it’s not one of my goals this year,” said Mayho.“I’m capable of winning the race but I need to make sure I’m at the right place and the right time.”The race, a fast and furious sprint from Somerset to Cedar Avenue, will be Mayho’s fourth appearance.Having won all three stages of the recent Butterfield Bank Grand Prix and all of the races he has competed in this year, including the National Mountain Bike Senior Male series, Mayho should be bristling with confidence.Mayho triumphed in the St George’s time trial, the Grand Prix circuit at Southside and the criterium race in Hamilton, finishing in a total time of two hours, 37 minutes, 43 seconds to claim top honours.Perhaps markedly, he bested both his perceived Sinclair Packwood rivals, Mark Hatherley (2:37:48) and Darren Glasford (2:37:51), who rounded out the top three in the Male ‘A’ category.“Again, Darren Glasford and Mark Hatherley will be my main rivals. It’s not a long race but everyone wants to win it,” Mayho said.Mayho has trained five times a week in preparation for Thursday’s race, although he doesn’t expect to peak until October when he debuts at the Senior Caribbean Championships in Antigua.It promises to be step up in class for the youngster who grabbed gold in last year’s Junior Caribbean Championships in Puerto Rico.“My main goal is the Senior Caribbean Championships. It will my first time competing and I want to be as fit as possible and see where I can end up,” added Mayho, who represented Bermuda at the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Isle of Man last year.This year will be the 25th edition of the Sinclair Packwood Memorial race. The first event was won by Buddy Ford in 1987.The Heritage Day race was renamed in honour of the late Sinclair Packwood in 1998.