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Teenager Mayho takes cycling crown

Teenage cyclist Dominique Mayho reaffirmed his reputation as the Island's top rider with his first triumph in the annual Sinclair Packwood Memorial Race.The Team Madison rider, who has been beaten just once this year, continued his superb season by holding off veteran cyclist Mark Hatherely of Winner's Edge in second.In third position, finishing someway behind the front two, was Team Tokio's Richard O'Connell.Despite only taking up competitive cycling six weeks ago, Joanna Shillington of Team Madison was the fastest overall female, finishing 1/2,000th of a second ahead of Winner's Edge's Nicole Richardson.Mayho, who came second in last year's race, said it was a special feeling to win the most popular cycling competition of the season.“For the spectators, it's the biggest race of the season, so it feels pretty good to win today,” said Bermuda's Male Athlete of the Year.“I knew I was the favourite but I had to back it up. I'm used to being favourite now and I just treated it like any other race in my mind.”Mayho praised his Team Madison team-mates for executing their race strategy, which enabled him to attack the course from Burnt House Hill onwards.“At the start my team-mates really drove the race and made it really hard so I could attack on Burnt House Hill and no one could really go with me,” he said.“From Burnt House Hill, Mark and I led the race but I got him towards the line. Mark has pushed me hard all season and we kept each other going.”Although the 13-mile race is a shorter course than Mayho's preferred distance, he admitted he felt the strain slightly at Bamboo Gate in Paget.“My heart rate was really high at Bamboo Gate so I just tried to calm down a bit. I got back down and then it was perfect.”For more pictures of the race click here.