They may be pushing 50 years and above - but they can still ride a bike at half that number, 25 miles per hour. That's the story for four Belizean master's riders who went to the Dominican Republic over the weekend for a series of races known as the "Triple Cien" - 3 days of 100 kilometer road races.
Roque Matus came home with a third place trophy and bragging rights for 5th overall. He told us about the ride at the airport today:
Roque Matus, Masters Cyclist, 3rd Triple Cien
"It's three 100 kilometer race over three days. Each day you can, you know, there's general classification and you can win the individual stage. So I was third in one stage and I was fifth overall, right, out of about 78 riders."
"To be honest with you, it's a very fit set of people, riders, they come from all over the place. And there's no big difference between the average speed between the 30 plus, the 40 plus, the 50 plus, you know."
"I mean, they're very fit people. And we had trained hard, it was myself, Liam Stewart, and Warren Coye that went and we represented the country very well, as well as Dwight Lopez. I think that they were a bit shocked to see how fast these guys ride, as well as, you know, how much they jostled for position, you know, and the fact that the roads are more technical than Belize, right, these roads are kind of easier."
"So it was a good learning experience for them."
Matus says they hope to go again next year.
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