Dominique Mayho prevailed in the first Criterium race of the season in St George’s on Sunday.

Hosted by the Bermuda Rouleurs Cycle Club, the combined Men’s A and B Category was closely fought with Mayho crossing the line in 38min 19.368sec, less than ten seconds ahead of VT Construction team-mate Jamie Cousins (38:28.635).

VT Construction riders completed a clean sweep of the podium places with Cameron Morris finishing third in 39:23.096.

There was also a close battle for victory in the Women’s race with Annabelle Miller claiming the win in 27:26.092 with less than four seconds to spare over Panzy Olander, who clocked 27:29.583. Finishing a lap down was Jennifer Lightbourne, in 27:37.387, to finish third.

Despite those tight tussles, the closest finish of the day was reserved for the Men’s C Category between Anthony Smith and Will Drea. Less than a second separated the pair with Smith (30:37.097) crossing the line just seven tenths of a second ahead of Drea (30:37.167).

Andrew Thomas was also in the hunt also finishing less than a second behind the (30:37.590), with Jacob Wright finishing fourth (30:38.222).

There was also delight for Dominic Wright, who clinched victory in the Youth A category in a time of 16:32.043, ahead of Romy Drea (16:48.37) and Jonah MacGuiness (16:48.63).

In the corresponding B category race, Gordon Smith prevailed, crossing the line in a time of 20:43.55, slightly less than six seconds clear of Makao Butterfield, who clocked 20:49.28, with Jens Drea completing the podium places a further second adrift in 21:45.82.