May 2, 2011

Kids Race this Saturday at Altoona Lagoon  and road race on Sunday.

April 8, 2011


URGENT!!!! RACE LOCATION CHANGE--April 17, 2011

A cruise ship is preventing the VICF from holding the April 17th race in Frederiksted.
*New Location:  Airport Loop*
The race will be 3, 6 and 8 loops, each loop about 6 miles.







April 4, 2011
Pro Cycling & Local cycling seanson in full force.   Gario wins 3rd consecutive National Guard road race.




March 22, 2011

Race reminder National Guard Loop Race This Sunday. Who has what it takes to win?

March 6, 2011

Very active cycling weekend comes to a end  with Mark Defour grabing his  first win of the season for Team High Defenition at the South Shore Challenge. Details & results coming soon!







March 1, 2011

Kids race on Saturday March 5th at Altoona Lagoon.




SouthShore Challenge Road Race this Sunday. This race will start at Half Penny heading west.
 
 


August 29, 2010

Cumber Greaux takes the win at the East End loop and secures a chance to compete in the winners time Trials later this season.

It was important for me to capture a win here today said Greaux. The experience gained off island and some new hardware gave me great confidence, this win is just an indication of that. Greaux, Mark Defour, Narian Gentius and Juancito Gario, travelled to Nevis one week ago to participate in a two day three race event that gave the team a second place overall finish. 


August 22, 2010

Robert Marsh of Antigua takes the 3rd annual Angel Encarnacion.




August 8, 2010

With near perfect conditions for a time trial, twenty enthusiastic cyclist took part in the south shore time trial #2. The 9 mile course with its challenges being over a few rolling hills and one or two not so rolling, started at the entrance to Ha Penny beach and came to an end at the DIVI hotel and casino. In the Elite group specialist Gario took 1st place 24:16, with Glenn Massiah + 1:04 for second place.
 Congratulations to Judy Gario, she too took first place like her better half in her first ever time trial and official race. Judy won in the women's category with a time of 37:57. See full results.

While at home, the Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships was taking place in Aruba. The VICF president was there with our sole representative Mark Defour.

On Saturday Mark took part in the 10 mile time trials and finished in the top 10 for 8th place with a time of 27:54:08. 
On Sunday he continued on his quest having a good start and keeping up with the lead group for most of the 50 mile race.

With four laps left in the race Mark suffered some mechanical troubles with a broken chain thus having to abandon the race. See Marks results.


July 25, 2010

El Ocho, started and finished at the former Cafe Kaleidoscope on the South Shore Rd.  In the Elite field on the first lap of the two figure-eight course Mark Defour, Cumber Greaux and Paul Trivino finished the top loop of the 8 almost two minutes ahead of Sue Brown, who was the next rider to come through. See full results

July 11, 2010

It was hot and windy, perfect conditions for the Gladfelter Classic road race.  Thirty-five brave warriors took on the elements and the undulating terrain for a wonderful day of racing.

In the Sport Category it was a day for all business and no play for the trio of young Apolinar Acevedo (Team Twin City), Joseph Thomas (Team Joint Forces) & Tyler Jowaisis (Cruzan Confusion). Not only did they managed to drop their competition and leave them wanting, they also caught, passed and gained time on the Expert category. Acevedo and Jowaisis took off on a break in the second lap that broke up the trio between them and Thomas. It was a sprint for the finish line with Acevedo edging out Jowaisis and Thomas rounding out the third spot in their 23 mile race.

The Expert Category saw another trio working together to keep the chase group at bay. Donald Christian (Team High Definition), Brad Chaffee (Team Miko2Max) & Troy Holloway (Independent) maintained a fair gap between them and the rest of the pack from the start of the 34.5 mile race. The trio worked together until the finish was in sight, then with a massive sprint to the finish line, Christian snatched the win away from Chaffee.  Holloway, who had a few troubles of his own, rounded out the third spot.



In the Elite Category, they started with a blistering pace, reminiscent of the name sake of the race, and stayed grupo compacto for two laps. On the third lap the true contenders made their break. By the time it was realised, it was too late. Six of the thirteen Elite combatants were unaccounted for, this being due to flat tires or simply tapping out due to the high pace in the 46 mile race.  Apolinar Acevedo (Team Twin City) jettisoned his compatriots Mark Defour (Team High Definition), Morgan Locke (Cruzan Confusion), and Jonathan Cruz (Team Twin City) with a well-timed attack on the run up to the final set of climbs.  Acevedo rode in alone across the line, followed by Mark Defour +0.36 in second and Jonathan Cruz +0.38 in third.  

The Masters Category was won by Peter Duthie (Team Miko2Max) and the Women’s Category was won by Melissa Banuelos (STX-340).
See the full results.

June 27,2010 

A new road race champion has been declared...Glenn Massiah!! 



Keeping rather consistent lap times, Glenn rode a smart race and finished almost four minutes ahead of second place finisher Apolinar Acevedo.  Cumber Greaux was the third finisher in the 60-mile race in 2:50:55.  The airport loop course, which was used in yesterday's time trial race as well, is a familiar one to most, but can be quite challenging depending on the wind and sun factors.  Although a bit hot, today's weather was near perfect.   Twenty-five cyclists took on the longer-than-usual race distance but only nine riders completed the full ten laps.  Expert rider Ferdi Abraham hung on for most of the race, as well as his cousin and Sport rider Yves Abraham, who completed eight of the ten laps.  Also to be commended is young Apol Acevedo, who finished the entire race, in 2:58:03.  Well done!!  

June 26,2010

What a great day for a race!  The weather cleared up, the wind calmed down and cyclists geared up for the VI National Championship Time Trials.  All male cyclists rode four laps of the airport loop (6 miles/lap) while the women rode only two.
Time Trial specialist Juancito Gario had a fast first lap in 14:24.  He held off second place finisher Glenn Massiah, by just 8 seconds overall and finished in 1:00:51. See full results