Canadian professional Gina Grain conquered her rivals and the cobblestones in the old town of St.George's last night to clinch victory in the XL Capital Super Sprint in a blistering time of one minute and four seconds.

On yet another entertaining night of fast and furious racing, Grain, a member of team Victory Brewing/XL Capital, relied on her awesome sprinting prowess to take overall honours.

Hungarian rider Andrea Hannos (1.05) placed second while American Laura Van Gilder - who momentarily held the fastest time last night and pocketed $2,200 in earnings after capturing three primes (one-off sprints for cash) on the opening night of the CD&P Bermuda Grand Prix - placed third in a time of 1.06.

Former world champion and Thursday night's Hamilton Criterium winner Karen Brems finished seventh last night to keep the coveted yellow jersey which she will wear when road racing resumes this morning on day three of the four-day event at Clearwater Beach.

However, last night it was Grain's turn to bask in glory.

“I loved the course,” said the charismatic athlete following her victory. “It provided something for everybody with a little uphill on it. I didn't know what time I would get because the race is just so fast.

“It's a minute to minute effort and so I just went into as hard as I possibly could and I was able to practise the corners at speed during a break. And then I did some mental preparations in which I could see the corners in my head. And then I just went as hard as I could. I never thought about anybody else . . . it was just me and the course.”

Also delighted with the night's final outcome was third place finisher Van Gilder who wasted little time putting some of the cash won the previous night by feasting heavily on sushi with her Genesis/CD&P team-mates.

“If they (race organisers) had put an extra $1,000 on the line then I think I could have gone faster,” she smiled afterwards.

“However, I'm pleased with my performance overall . . . though it would have been wonderful to have recorded the fastest time here tonight.”

Also pleased by her personal performance was Bermuda's sole entry Lynn Patchett who placed 38th out of an impressive field boasting some 53 riders.

“I'm not a sprinter by any means. But I think I fared pretty well and better than last night,” said a relaxed Patchett.

“It was a very tactical course but I think the butterflies are gone now and I'm looking forward to the road race and having some more fun.”

The night's event, however, did no go without incident as American rider Melissa Sandborn quickly discovered how misleading the 750 metre race course along Water Street could be.

Sandborn had a spill on the very first turn heading down Penno's Alley but bravely re-gathered her nerve and completed the course in a respectable time of 1.07 to take 11th place overall.

“Some people said I could take that first turn pretty hard and so I kind of gave it my all going down the stretch (Water Street),” she explained.

“But as I was going around the turn I went into curb and spilled it. But they (race organisers) wanted me to restart and although I was hesitant at first I still went out there again.”

But for 1994 world champion Brems “everything happened so fast”.

“Everything was over before I even realised what was happening,” she said. “But it was fun . . . though the cobblestones bounced you around a bit.”