PANAJI
Ninety-six cyclists have completed the Audax Centenary 200kms Brevets Randonneur Mondiaux (BRM) endurance cycle ride organised by Tri Goa. Significantly, the finishers include 16 women cyclists.
Rajesh Malhotra, founder, Tri Goa, said that 103 cyclists from Goa, Belagavi and Bengaluru started the ride at 6 am from Probyk, Panaji and rode the Dharbandora-Mollem-Uguem-Netravali-Quepem-Loutolim route to finish at the starting point within the stipulated time of 13 hours 30 minutes. The cyclists will get special centenary medals from the Audax Club Parisien (ACP) in France, Malhotra said in a press release.
The Audax centenary ride on Sunday was flagged off by Venuvardhan Reddy, Goa’s most accomplished endurance cyclist, who has completed the Paris-Brest-Paris, Goa to Kanyakumari and six, Super Randonneur series cycle rides in one calendar year.
Tri Goa also organised a 100km, ‘Amigos Century Ride’ on the same day. Nineteen cyclists cycled from Panaji to Amigos Hotel, Dharbandora and back to Panaji to complete the 100km ride and will be presented with a special medal by Tri Goa.
The media release stated that both the 100km and 200km rides were unsupported and participants had to be self-sufficient along the route. “While these rides were not races, participants had to reach control points within specific time limits to qualify,” Malhotra said.
Tri Goa will organise a 300km BRM ride on Saturday, October 2. On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, a 150km ‘Pedal for peace’ and a 5km and 10km run will also be organised on the same day in association with Club Probyk, the media release stated.
