MacInnis Looby turned in another display of aggressive, powerful riding at Southside in St. David's on Sunday morning on what is considered the toughest course of the cycling season for the Island's riders.

Even after Looby suffered a crash with two laps remaining in the one hour plus one lap race for the top cyclists, nobody could catch him.

He rode off the front of the race after just 10 minutes and soloed to the hill-top finish, having lapped the field.

"It was a moment's lack of concentration. I had just passed Karl (Outerbridge) and saw Steve (Millington) up the road and got tunnel vision," said Looby of the crash.

"I hit the corner too hard instead of taking it the way I had done for the rest of the race and went down."

After a fast start that saw the riders complete the first lap in just over a minute, cash prime was offered by the organisers on the second lap, which would set the stage for the rest of the race.

On a course that saw the riders starting and finishing on a steep climb, Looby blasted off the front of the lead pack to take the prime, and only Millington and Outerbridge were able to respond.

The three riders, who took the top three spots in the recent Front Street race, rode away from the rest of the field.

Outerbridge made an early attack off the front, which Looby quickly countered with Millington, nursing a back injury, content to maintain his own tempo.

Lap after lap, Looby extended his lead eventually passing everyone including Outerbridge and Millington.

Almost at the same time as Looby, but on different corners, Outerbridge who was working hard to stay in front of Millington, crashed and by the time he remounted found himself in third place.

Sporting road rash on his right side, Looby took honours uncontested, having completed 49 laps. Millington cruised into second place and Outerbridge, bleeding from his mouth, was third in a race that many would look back on wishing they had been at an easter egg hunt instead.

Brian Steinhoff won the Category Three race over the same distance, completing 46 laps with Canadian Garth Thompson second on the same lap, with Dwyer Williams third on 42 laps.

In the 30-minute event, 15-year-old Adam Petty was as impressive as Looby as he lapped the field to not only take honours in his category but overall victory, completing 22 laps with Khamari Greaves second in the category after a strong ride over 21 laps.

Vic Ball returned to winning ways in the veterans' category also on 21 laps. Michael Dyer won the novices men's category, Sue Edney the female veterans and Melissa DeSilva the female novices.

In the first race of the day over 10 minutes, Tyree Armstrong won the boys' under-10 division and Sophie Adams the girls' under-10. Aaron Fenn took honours in the boys' 13-14 and Ricky Sousa the boys' 11-12 in their 20-minute event.