Jan. 15, 2007 — The start of the Anything Goes No. 1 race looks like a bursting piñata. Colorful objects fly off in every direction, followed by controlled chaos. At La Vallee on St. Croix’s North Shore, the 2007 cycling season got underway with a race that has only one rule: See you at the finish.
The 27 riders each chose the course and their equipment, and the best riders are the ones who match their skills to the varied terrain. For the second year in a row, the race was won by a mountain biker, who opted to take the shorter — but much hillier — Scenic Road, which runs over the island’s mountainous spine. John Riggs reached the finish line north of Frederiksted in a course record time of 43:07. In second place was top road rider Chavis Lunceford, who climbed the Beast at the start, and raced solo down Centerline Road into the finish, in a time of 46:01.
The next race is the East End Time Trial slated for next Sunday. The 13-mile individual event will start at 7 a.m. at Chicken Charlie’s Roadhouse in Estate Solitude.
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La Valle to Clover Crest Anything Goes No. 1
1. John Riggs (mtb) 43:07
2. Chavis Lunceford 46:01
3. Sue Brown 47:21
4. Paul Trivino 47:24
5. Juancito Gario 47:25
6. Danney Fontenelle 49:16
7. Glenn Massiah 49:17
8. Tom Guthrie (mtb) 49:37
9. Dale Scope 52:10
10. Roger Hatfield* 52:11
11. Nelson Rojas 52:13
12. Donald Christian 52:23
13. John Harper (mtb) 53:05
14. Ferdi Abraham 53:36
15. Stanley Ferguson 53:47
16. Ernst Schuster 54:26
17. Mathias Sampson 54:28
18. Khidhr Tariq 58:49
19. Jon Mahony 1:03:34
20. Gary Jett* (mtb) 1:12:17
21. Bruce Daugherty* 1:12:47
22. James Meyers 1:17:40 (flat tire)
23. Denise Blanchette 1:34:12
24. Erica Sweitzer 1:34:14
25. Peter Brown (mtb) 1:43:00
26. Charlotte Bodurow (mtb) 1:43:00
27. John Jaber 1:44.52
* = cyclist over 50 years old
