Glasford is Island’s road race champion
Darren Glasford has been crowned Bermuda’s road race king after winning the RMS Construction Road Race Championship.The Winner’s Edge rider outsprinted Chris Faria of Bicycle Works to claim the win by less than a second.Damian Sharp, also of Bicycle Works was third, while Winner’s Edge riders Karen Bordage, Tre-shun Correia and Gabriella Arnold completed a clean sweep for the team winning the women’s, junior male and junior female categories.In the male race, which started and finished at Clearwater Beach, Neil Lupsic, of Team Madison, attacked midway through the race to lead for about 10 miles. His lead never grew to more than 30 seconds and was gradually eroded by the work of Team Bicycle Works and Winner’s Edge who closed the gap going into the last lap.Team Madison countered by pushing the pace hard on the last run into St. David’s to force a selection of the best riders. That selection was ultimately made when Damian Sharp attacked on the way up to St. David’s lighthouse drilling a pace in excess of 25 miles per hour.Six riders remained, Bicycle Works’ riders Sharp and Faria, Adam Harbutt and Brian Drea, of Madison, and Mark Hatherly and Darren Glasford of Winner’s Edge. Glasford came out tops in the sprint.In the women’s race last week’s time trial champion Karen Bordage repeated her success winning the 22-mile women’s race.Bordage left her mark on the race with an attack over Blue Hold Hill. Stacy Babb, of Crime Stoppers, finished second and Earlena Ingham, of Team Focus, finished third.Babb, the first female Bermudian in the race, took the national champion title.The 33-mile junior boy’s race saw a three-way competition between Dominique Mayho, of Team Madison, and Tre-shun Correia and Mark Godfrey of Team Winner’s Edge.Mayho’s attempts to break away were unsuccessful and the race came down to a sprint finish. Correia took the win ahead Mayo and Godfrey.Winner’s Edge rider Gabriella Arnold won the junior girl’s race. Kamryn Minors, of Team Tokio, was second and Annabella Doyle was third.