A team of 11 residents of the city — three riders and eight crew members — won the first place in the recently concluded Goa — Ballupet (Karnataka )— Goa Ultra Spice 1,000 km bicycle race.

The team from Mangalore Bicycle Club finished the non-stop relay race in 43.59 hours as against the target of 48 hours. The race was flagged off from Bogmalo, Goa, at 7.21 a.m. on January 27 and the team traversed through Honnavar, Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru, Ballupet, Chikkamagaluru, Shivamogga and Honnavar before finishing the race at 3.19 a.m. on Monday.

MBC team comprised riders Srikantharaja, Masood Teekay and B. Hariprasad B and crew members Ganesh Nayak, Hariprasad Shevire, S.M. Madhukar, K.S. Venu Vinod, Joel Fernandes, Sunil Mendes, Pritam Sharma and Chinmaya Delampady.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Mangaluru / by Special Correspondent / Mangauru – January 31st, 2018