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CYCLING – A field of nearly 200 riders are set to compete today in the fifth edition of the Abdul Hakim Al Shammari Group Holding Cycling Race, to be held in Zallaq.
The hugely popular event is being organised by Abdul Hakim Al Shammari Group Holding in co-operation with the Bahrain Cycling Association (BCA).
It is the first-ever competition organised along the all-new 50-kilometre Nasser Bin Hamad Cycling Track, which was inaugurated last month by His Majesty King Hamad’s representative for humanitarian work and youth affairs and Supreme Council for Youth and Sport (SCYS) chairman Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa.
Today’s race is taking place under the patronage of SCYS first deputy chairman, General Sports Authority chairman, and Bahrain Olympic Committee president Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa.
There are nine different categories of competition. These include a pro class, a Bahraini category, a ladies’ race, a race for people of determination, and five classes for youth, both boys and girls, aged six and seven, eight and nine, 10 and 11, 12 and 13, and 14 to 16.
From the full field of riders, nearly 90 are in the professional category, around 30 are amateurs with close to 20 women, and nearly 60 are in the youth classes.
Action is scheduled to begin today at 7am, with the last category amongst the youth getting their race underway at 9.20am.
Bahrain national team rider Sayed Ahmed Khalil was crowned champion last year.
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