Conyers, Dill & Pearman Grand Prix overall title yesterday.

The Team Shaklee rider seized the initiatve and the lead in Friday's time trial and finished yesterday's third and final stage still top of the rankings.

Wohlberg coasted home in 13th place in the 90-minute criterium on the streets of Hamilton, two minutes and 29 seconds behind the winner, his team-mate John Lieswyn.

Lieswyn shaded out Saturn rider Seth Pelusi and US Postal's Christain Van de Velde into second and third respectively, though all three were clocked at the same time, one hour, 31 minutes and 17 seconds.

Finishing with Wohlberg was another team-mate, New Zealander Graeme Miller, who took 10th place in the same time as Wohlberg and second place in the overall rankings, making it a highly successful outing for Shaklee.

Bermuda's Elliott Hubbard proved to home fans that he has made progress, placing ninth overall, a three-place improvement on last year and against a stronger field.

Saturday's 75-mile road race at Southside, St. David's, had left Wohlberg with a lead of more than a minute over Miller.

And the only non-Shaklee riders starting starting yesterday's race within two minutes of him were Saturn's Chris Wherry, Linda McCartney veteran Sean Yates and Navigators' Chris Wherry.

But Wohlberg and Miller teamed up and kept the trio in their sights, sticking with them so effectively that they finished within one second of all three.

Wohlberg, a gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games last year, considered the event a team success for Shaklee. "We won all three stages and you can't do better than that,'' he said.

"We knew Walters, Wherry and Yates could all be a threat and so Graeme and I just marked them right through and everything went perfectly.'' Trent Klasna, the spectacular winner of Thursday night's CD&P Classic criterium in Hamilton, who was second after Friday's time trial, had been among the favourites to take the title.

But Klasna's challenge fell apart during Saturday's second stage, which he failed to finish and yesterday, once again, he started the race but did not complete it.

With Klasna's demise, Hubbard's Navigators team failed to make a serious challenge for honours and their least experienced rider, 23-year-old Mark Walters turned out to be their most successful, finishing fifth overall, one minute and 15 seconds behind Wohlberg.

"We were expecting Navigators to put more pressure on us. Trent Klasna had a great race on Thursday and a fast time trial on Friday and we were worried about him, but for whatever reason he didn't finish the second stage,'' said Wohlberg.

The Grand Prix provided locals with a rare opportunity to compete against world class riders and they rose to the challenge.

Most impressive of the Island's amateurs was former Olympic swimmer Geri Mewett, who placed 18th overall, 17 minutes, 28 seconds behind Wohlberg.

Five minutes further back was Kris Hedges in 27th, just one place ahead of Steve Millington.