Masud Garba and Patricia Nunachi have emerged winners of the 2023 Cycling Lagos Event – the second edition of the cycling event.
Cyclist Masud Garba won a gold medal in the highly competitive tourney beating other male professionals at the grand finale of the 2nd Cycling Lagos.
Masud cycled for 1:09:55 seconds to beat his closest rival, Tijani Quwam who came second with an impressive 1:10:22 seconds while Babatunde Adesina came third with 1:10:34 seconds.
Despite the stellar performances of the runners-up, Masud Garba was a notch ahead.
In the female category, Patricia Nunachi who came first cycled for 59:17:10 seconds to beat Ajibade Elizabeth who came second with 1:14:35 seconds and Ibrahim Ramat came third with 1:16:52 seconds.
The convener of Cycling Lagos and the Managing Director of Brand Escort Communications, Bamidele Adeleye, stated:
“Nigeria is blessed with lots of talented young cyclists who are capable of representing the country at various international competitions and a good example is Masud Garba.
For us at Cycling Lagos, we are of the view that the government and corporate organisations need to continue to work together to engage the cyclists locally through various competitions such as this to prepare them for international events.”
The Cycling Lagos is an annual cycling event that brings interested participants from different parts of the country to compete.
The second edition of Cycling Lagos, one of the biggest cycling competitions in Africa, began with a children’s race on Saturday 21 October 2023 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium.
The 2023 Cycling Lagos event with the theme, Greener Ride, was designed to promote an environmentally friendly lifestyle.
The grand finale of the competition which took off from Teslim Balogun Stadium to Dolphin Estate and back to the stadium was made up of a 52km race for male and a 42km race for females.
The event which was in partnership with Lagos State Sports Commission and Lagos State Cycling Association was supported by Seven-Up Bottling Company, Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, Nestle Nigeria Plc and others.
