Bermuda’s cyclists are delighted to be heading home with excess baggage after picking up four medals at the Caribbean Championships in Belize.

Nicholas Narraway won his first gold medal at elite level in the time-trial, beating team-mate Conor White into second, while Gabriella Arnold won silver in the road race and bronze in the time-trial in the elite women’s division.

For Narraway, it was the culmination of a fantastic year of improvement, which also featured him becoming a national time-trial champion for the first time.

“I’m very pleased with my progression in the time-trial,” he said. “I put a lot of work into it this year.

“Winning both the national championships and Caribbean Championships caps a great year for myself in the discipline; it is a great feeling for the hard work to pay off.”

Narraway won the time-trial by nearly a minute, the extent of his domination taking the 23-year-old by surprise.

“I am beyond happy with the result and it just makes me hungry for more,” he said.

“I had good expectations going in, but to win by almost a minute was more than I had anticipated, so it was a great feeling.”

Arnold gave it her all in both events and was pleased to have finished with medals in both events.

“I’m super happy with how I rode,” she said.

“I went in with a plan, committed to it and the results showed. Going into the road race, I knew that I wanted to make a break happen. I stayed conservative for the first lap and took the initiative about 30 miles in and attacked.

“Some other key riders bridged up to me and were motivated to make the break happen. Eventually, it dwindled down to myself and the favourite Teniel [Campbell, of Trinidad & Tobago]. She attacked late and I just didn’t have the legs to go with her.

“I’m not a time-trial specialist and this was my only time-trial of the year. It’s definitely an art that I’m learning a lot about in the past few years and there is a lot of room for growth.”

Bermuda Bicycle Association president Peter Dunne, a member of the support staff in Belize, is thrilled with the success his riders continue to have.

“It’s always a fantastic experience at this event and it’s amazing how far we’ve come,” he said.

“Our riders are now targets for marking in men’s and women’s racing. Nic Narraway was being watched in the road race by Corey Williams, who is from Belize but is very well known internationally and races professionally in the US. He was the defending champion and he was following Nic’s wheel. Our guys are well so respected, and that is an amazing tribute to what our athletes have achieved.”

Dunne was almost as delighted by his team securing the spots up for grabs at the 2026 Central American Games in the Dominican Republic as he was with the four medals won on the road in Belize.

“Now it’s over, I am happy to say four medals was in line with our expectations,” Dunne said.

“We also had potential CAC qualification spots on the line and we maxed out on what we could get, achieving two men’s spots and two women’s spots for each road event at the CAC Games in Santo Domingo.

“It’s fantastic for our riders and testament to them. We have a fantastic group and something that Bermuda should be proud of. What this group is achieving is momentous.”