Belizean cyclists to race in Panama next week

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: Henry Li and brothers, Wasani and Jafari Castro, will be traveling to Panama for a four-day stage race next week.

They are participating in the Clásica RPC Radio Panama stage race which runs from Thursday March 25 to Sunday, March 28.

The first stage is the Amador Grand Prix which is an 11 km individual time trial on a 3 km course on opening day.

The second stage is the 21. Km Amador Labyrinth on Friday.

On Saturday, the riders will compete in the Metro Park – Twilight – 45 km criterium, 25 laps on a 1.8 km course.

The final stage will be on Sunday, the Metro Park – Pope Francis Grad Prix consisting of 82.5 km, 25 laps on a 3.3 km circuit.

The Clásica RPC Radio Panamá four-stage race is for individuals or teams in both men’s and women’s categories.

Teams allowed should have a minimum of four and maximum of six, so they will not participate in the team competition unless they team up with other riders.

The trio is flying to Panama on Monday, March 22, and returning on Tuesday, March 30.

Just last week the trio along with Dwayne Wade and teenager Dion O’Brien competed in a three-stage race near Merida, Mexico.

Hao Cheng Lee, brother of Henry Li, who normally helps the cyclists, said that they are trying to form a new team and that they are preparing to ride races in the United States.

“The guys are riding together so they can prepare themselves to race in the US in criteriums in June and July,” Lee said. “We won’t be getting great results at the moment, but by summer we’ll see some better results.”

“Our main goal is to build a new team, the three of them, maybe one more. Get some more sponsors and try to get these guys to race in the US a lot more,” Lee said.

“Next week or so, we’re going to be designing the new team kit, the new team-name, so that these guys can ride together in the same team jersey because they haven’t been able to do that recently,” Lee said in reference to the Mexico race where they rode in different jerseys.

Lee said that due to the pandemic and the poor economy, getting sponsors is a tough proposition.

“Our goal is to promote them as much as we can to help them out, because at the end of the day no one is making money and all they are doing is representing Belize, right?” Lee said. “To be honest it’s really tough right now to get help from anyone. But we’re still trying our best to see what we can do for them.”

Stage 1 – Amador Grand Prix

Thursday, March 25 – 3 km

11km

Stage 2 – Amador The Labyrinth

Friday, March 26 – 2.1 km

2.1 km

Stage 3 – Metro Park – Twilight (The Knife)

Saturday, March 27 – 1.8 km

25 laps = 45 km

4 sprints

Sunday, Stage 4 – Metro Park – Grand Prix (Pope Francis)

March 28 – 3.3 km

25 laps = 82.5 km

4 sprints

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