PCG Athlete, Rene Lashley Takes Second Place – Barbados Cycling Festival Road Race

The inaugural Barbados Cycling Festival, for both road and MTB cycling enthusiasts, took place this past week.  The six-day event was designed for cyclists to discover Barbados from an unparalleled perspective.  The culmination of the Festival was a gold 94km and silver 63km road race held this past weekend.  PCG Athlete, Rene Lashley has been racing on Barbados for a number of years.  This season, as a result of very hard training, Rene has dramatically improved his bike racing but fell a bit short of stepping up onto the podium.  

That was true until this weekend when Rene finished 2^nd place in the silver race.  Rene, spent much of the race driving the peloton by chasing down a 2 rider break.  

Eventually, Rene overtook 1 of the riders in the break to capture 2^nd place.  In the attached pictures, Rene is the rider in the hi-vis cycling kit.  

Rene is coached by PCG Elite Coach, Brian Murphy.