Winner’s Edge rider Darren Glasford out-sprinted Team Fast Forward’s Damian Sharp to win the opening race of the IBC Criterium Series in Southside, St. David’s, over the weekend.A strong field of 29 riders, from six teams, took part in Sunday’s Adult A race which did not end without incident.With half a lap remaining, a crash between 17-year-old Dominic Mayho of Team Madison, one of last season’s most dominant riders, and Mark Lombardi of Team Tokio saw Mayho forced out of the race. He sustained slight bruising and was taken to hospital for precautionary x-rays.Glasford led the pack into the final 90 degree turn before a 300 metre sprint to the finish line, using his advantage and a tail wind to hold off Sharp and Mark Hatherly to take the win.Youngster Alex Godfrey of Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works emerged the winner of a bunch sprint to win the Adult B race, beating Aurthur Glasford of Team Winner’s Edge and Arther Pitcher of Team Fast Fowad Bicycle Works. Winner’s Edge’ Nicole Mitchell was the top female.Daniel Oatley and Martin Bolton, both of Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works, rode away with the honours in the combined Junior A and Adult C race respectively.Nigel Godfrey of Team Tokio was second to Bolton in the Adult C followed by Earlena Ingham of Team Focus. Gabriella Arnold of Team Winner’s Edge battled shoulder to shoulder with the Adult C riders to finish as the top female in the race and second to Oatley in the Junior A contest. Nakeno Creighton finished third.Christian Oatley of Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works managed to finish ahead of team-mate Alex Pilgrim and Zion Dowling of Team Focus to win the Junior B race. Nicholas Pilgrim of Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works took Junior C honours ahead of team-mate Julianne Oatley and Tokio rider Nicholas Narraway.Sunday’s racing marked the introduction of a team points competition. The aim of the event is to maximise competition across the season across multiple categories and event types road races, criteriums and time trials.Mass start races score ten deep in the Adult A and B categories and five deep in the C categories. Time trials score 20 deep. After the first race of the 16-race regular season, Team Winner’s Edge are leading with 61 points ahead of Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works with 53 and Team Focus with 26 points.Despite a dominant Butterfield Grand Prix, Team Madison managed only 14 points. Team Crime Stoppers scored seven and Team Tokio four.The five-race IBC Criterium Series will run all season long, leading up to the IBC Criterium Championships in October. The next IBC race will be on June 26 in Hamilton. The next race on the Bermuda Bicycle Association calendar is the Team Tokio Road Race on May 8.For more information visit www.bermudabicycle.orgResults:Race OneAdult A1 Darren Glasford Team Winners Edge2 Damian Sharp Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works3 Mark Hatherly Team Winners Edge4 Phil Trussell Team Madison5 Randy Burgess Team Winners Edge6 Daren Dowling Team Focus7 Shannon Lawrence Team Focus8 Dennis Joell Team Crime Stoppers9 Clifford Roberts Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works10 Treshun Correia Team Winners Edge11 Andrew Steel Team Madison12 Dwyer Williams Team Focus13 Wayne Scott Team Winners Edge14 Chris Faria Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works15 Chris Harkness Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works16 Traci Wright17 Mark Godfrey Team Winners Edge18 Grant Goudge Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works19 Ian Port Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works20 Neil Lupsic Team Madison21 Greg Hopkins Team Winners Edge22 Elliot Hubbard Team Winners Edge23 Mark Lombardi Team Tokio24 Greg Reid Team Madison25 Dominique Mayho Team Madison26 Steve Donnelly27 Vashon Cann Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works28 Neil De ste Croix Team Fast Forward Bicycle WorksDNF Earl GodfreyAdult B1 Alex Godfrey Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works2 Aurthur Glasford Team Winners Edge3 Arthur Pitcher Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works4 Mtume Hart5 Peter Dunne6 Donald Musson Team Focus7 Stephen Tomlinson Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works8 Jeff Amaral Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works9 Nicole Mitchell Team Winners Edge10 Rickai Lightbourne Team Crime Stoppers11 Glenn Franklin Team Winners Edge12 Scott Mello Team Tokio13 Raphael Simons14 Duncan Simons Team Winners Edge15 Jim McCoig Team Crime Stoppers16 Vincent Chaves17 Anthony Bartley Team Crime Stoppers18 Nico Barclay Team Madison19 Thomas Godfrey Team Winners Edge20 Chequan Richardson Team Winners Edge21 Deshi Smith Team Tokio22 Marcelino Ferreira Team Winners Edge23 Richard Bruton24 Andrew Tomlinson25 Norbert Meyer Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works26 Mannard Packwood Team Tokio27 Ricky Smith (Sr.) Team Winners Edge28 John Arthur29 Mark Booth Team Tokio30 Justin Ferreira Team Winners Edge31 Alex Davis32 Daryl Alexander33 Daelan Richardson Team Tokio34 Steven McKeon35 Roan Jones36 James DavisDNF Sarah Bonnett Team MadisonDNF Donald DavisAdult C1 Martin Bolton Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works2 Nigel Godfrey Team Tokio3 Earlena Ingham Team Focus4 Dnarte Lima5 Wenda Roberts Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works6 Stacy Babb Team Crime Stoppers7 Andrea Proctor Team Focus8 Pandora Glasford9 John Narraway Team Tokio10 Everton Dawes11 Michael Thomas Team Crime Stoppers12 Lorna Hussey Team Focus13 Lorraine Silvia Team Focus14 Kendra Dowling15 Antionette Gibson Team Crime StoppersJunior A1 Daniel Oatley Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works2 Gabriella Arnold Team Winners Edge3 Nakeno Creighton4 Kamryn Minors Team TokioJunior B1 Christian Oatley Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works2 Alex Pilgrim Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works3 Zion Dowling Team Focus4 Jessica Godfrey Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works5 Victoria Davis Team Winners Edge6 Tristan Narraway Team Tokio7 Cameron De ste Croix Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works8 Kion Richardson Team Winners Edge9 Max De ste Croix Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works10 Laura Hope11 Tyler Trott12 Rebecca Harrison13 Alyssa RowseJunior C1 Nicholas Pilgrim Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works2 Julianne Oatley Team Fast Forward Bicycle Works3 Nicholas Narraway Team Tokio