Colombian Sergio Montoya (centre) of Team Nu Colombia celebrates his overall victory in the Jamaica International Cycling Classic which ended in St James on Sunday. Also pictured are second-place finisher American John Borstelmann (left), who represented Jamaican team Tow by Us, and Canadian Gregory Cordoba of Team Quebec en Velo who was third overall. (Photos: Paul Reid)
Colombian Montoya ecstatic after winning 2025 Jamaica Cycling Classic
IRONSHORE, St James — Colombian Sergio Henao Montoya of Nu Colombia cycling team won the fourth staging of the Jamaican International Cycling Classic that ended at Whitter Village in Ironshore, St James, on Sunday.
Montoya was second in Sunday’s third and final stage of just over 87 kilometres from Whitter Village to Duncans, Trelawny and back — in 2 hours 04.53 seconds.
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After three days of tough, world-class cycling competition Montoya recorded an overall time of 7:30.38 hours to beat stage three winner American John Borstelmann (7:30.46) who rode for local team Tow By Us. Canada’s Gregory Santiago Zapata Cordoba of Team Quebec en Velo was further timed at an overall 7:30.58 for third.
Colombian Robigzon Leandro Oyala of Team Medellin, who led after Saturday’s second round, finished fourth overall, 56 seconds behind the winner. Oyala was seventh in Sunday’s stage while first-day leader Jonathan Alexander Guatibonza Becerra of Nu Colombia was fourth on Sunday for fifth overall.
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Montoya, who was competing in Jamaica for the first time, said he was “happy” with his victory. “It was very hard on the stage —the wind was strong and we had to attack to get the win overall.”
Montoya said the course was very good for aggressive cycling. “It was all out cycling all day but I did well to place second today.”
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Borstelmann, who is from California, had won the first stage of the Vuelta Costa Rica in December. He said while the weather was hotter than he was expecting, he enjoyed the competition. “It’s amazing, I love it.”
He said both Colombian teams made the race difficult. “They’re really good professionals, they’re super, super dialed in, and they raced super hard, and [they] try to control everything.”
He added: “I ended up in a breakaway with one of the strongest riders from [Nu Colombia] and they couldn’t catch us, so it was just the two of us. And, you know, I have a better sprint than him and I was able to stay with him all day.”
Andrew Ramsay of Team AVR, who finished 31st in 7:38.43, was the top Jamaican. Jaequan Dixon of Elevation Cycling was 39th in 7:46.17, with his teammate Peter Thompson — in 41st position — the next Jamaican with 7:50.45.
Nu Colombia won the team title with a combined 22:33.59, just a second ahead of Tow By Us (22:34.00), with Belizean team G-Flow Cycling next with 22:35.10.
Andrew Ramsey, the top Jamaican in the Jamaica International Cycling Classic which ended in St James on Sunday, accepts the award from Dr Wayne Palmer, president of the Jamaica Cycling Federation. Ramsey was 31st overall in the event that saw cyclists from 20 countries taking part.
