{"id":34210,"date":"2023-08-23T16:14:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T16:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/?p=34210"},"modified":"2023-08-23T14:17:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T14:17:01","slug":"cycling-national-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/all-news\/cycling-national-championship","title":{"rendered":"Cycling: National Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Seychelles. <\/strong><\/span><b>Ahmad Arissol of the Ve\u0301lo Club de l\u2019Ouest and Jean-Yves Souyave representing the North Coast Riders registered one victory apiece during the two weekend races, which counted as this year\u2019s national championship.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Arissol, who just returned from a three-month training camp in South Africa, clinched the 26.8km individual time trial, while Souyave emerged victorious in the 130km road race.<\/p>\n<p>In the individual time trial, Arissol clocked 36 minutes 10.35 seconds (36:10.35) to finish first, while Souyave completed the road race in 3 hours 37 minutes 05 seconds (3h37:05).<\/p>\n<p>A total of 16 riders were on the starting line for the 26.8km individual time trial where Mario Ernesta of the North Coast Riders (NCR) finished second in 36:51.67, ahead of teammate Souyave who was third in 37:04.34.<\/p>\n<p>Jayden Sinon of the Ve\u0301lo Club de l\u2019Ouest (VCDL) finished fourth overall in 37:12.57, crossing the finishing line ahead of Jahdel Gabriel who also rides for the VCDL (37:18.79).<\/p>\n<p>Bertrand Lesperance, who rides for the Option Max Cycling Club (OMCC), was fifth overall in 37:32.43, finishing ahead of Dominic Arrisol of the One Shot Pain Cycling Club (OSPCC) who was sixth overall in 37:41.36.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Belle of the VCDL was the seventh cyclist to cross the finishing line in 38:01.57, ahead of Johan Monthy of the OMCC who finished eighth overall in 39:08.69.<\/p>\n<p>Julian Pool of the NCR finished ninth overall in 39:25.22, ahead of 10th-placed Jeff Esparon of the OMCC.<\/p>\n<p>In the ranking, Gabriel finished first in the junior category, ahead of Lauren Jacques of the VCDL Academy who was second in 41:49.52 (13th overall), while Chris Uzice, also of the VCDL Academy was third in 43:03.97 (15th overall).<\/p>\n<p>In the cadet category, Trevor Malvina of the VCDL Academy finished first overall in 43:10.29 (16th overall).<\/p>\n<p>For the 125km road race, only 10 cyclists managed to finish the course, with Arissol finishing second with the same time \u2013<\/p>\n<p>3h37:05 \u2013 as winner Souyave, following a sprint finish. Belle was third in 3h42:27, a time shared by Ernesta and Sinon who finished fourth and fifth respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel finished sixth overall in 3h42:28, ahead of Pool who was seventh in 3h52:26, the same time registered by Esparon who finished eighth overall.<\/p>\n<p>Lesperance clocked 4h01:02 to finish ninth in the group, ahead of Uzice who was 10th overall in 4h07:43.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\">Seychelles<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Seychelles. Ahmad Arissol of the Ve\u0301lo Club de l\u2019Ouest and Jean-Yves Souyave representing the North Coast Riders registered one victory apiece during the two weekend races, which counted as this year\u2019s national championship. 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