LAHORE, Nov 6: Malik Mohammad Bashir (Wapda)  showed great stamina and speed to win the 100 kilometres Road Scratch race  in the 51st National Cycling Championship here Tuesday.

Wapda’s cyclists who could not earn any gold medals on  the opening day gave excellent performance in the lone  event of Tuesday, claiming top four positions.

Bashir  clocked two hours  34  minutes  59.14 seconds which also earned him 15 points for Wapda

Haroon Rasheed edged out teammate Zulfiqar Ali for second place after a hard fought battle, with a time of two hours 37 minutes 37 minutes and six  seconds. Zulifqar was only 64 micro-seconds (two  hours  37  minutes 6.64) behind his teammate. Shoukat Awan of Wapda claimed the fourth position.

Noor  Alam (Sindh) and Mohammad Asif (Railways) finished fifth and sixth position.

The cyclists faced problems on account of the fact that the route was not closed for other traffic. The  participants took seven rounds  from Harbanspura to Jallomore to complete the 100 kilometre distance.

Following are the results:

1.  Malik  Bashir (Wapda), time: two hours  34  minute  59.14 seconds.

2. Haroon Rasheed (Wapda).

3. Zulifqar Ali (Wapda).

4. Shaukat Awan (Wapda).

5. Noor alam (Sindh).

6. Mohammad Asif (Railways).

Wednesday’s programme:

4 km Individual Pursuit (final for men) at 3pm.

3 km Individual Pursuit (final for women at 4pm.