Ayuso supremacy continues

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Botswana's freshest cycling sensation Bernando Ayuso continued his reign of supremacy in the local cycling scene by clinching the Tsela Riders Otse-Kanye 120 kilometres race yesterday morning.

It was the 19-year old's fourth consecutive win in as many races he has done on home soil this year. Just the previous weekend he won two races under the banner of the Botswana Cycling Association (BCA). He won the BCA 14 kilometres time trial held in Rasesa before winning another 60km rally in Kopong.

Ayuso, who is a professional cyclist having trained intensively Spain won yesterday race with a time of 3:22:41 averaging a speed of 29.60km/hr. His two closest competitors Victor Potgietor and Christopher Moloi arrived almost two minutes after him with times of 3:24:40 and 3:24:43 respectively. The cyclists have kept riding in a group on the initial ride to Kanye with no one taking any significant lead riding against a heavy side wind. They maintained their pack for the first 30km of the return journey but Ayuso, Potgietor and Moloi slowly pulled out of the pack with about 20km to go just after Lekgolobotlo turn off.

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