Team Sagitun's Shalini Zabaneh of the Sagitun cycling team won the 21st annual KREM New Year's Day female cycling classic, while Johnny Quintal of Mexico's Depredadores team of Quintana Roo clocked 2:49:16 to win the junior race. Both had ridden 50 miles from Orange Walk Town to the finish line in front of the Mahogany Street junction with Central American boulevard in Belize City. Shalini clocked 2:54:43 to win a $500 first prize and a Digicell phone package and a trophy, while Quintal claimed the same prizes as the 1st junior. Shalini finished 24 minutes ahead of Patricia Chavarria, riding unattached, who clocked 3:18:27 to win the $300 2nd prize. Former women's Cross Country champion Anthea Sutherland, riding for the Truckers Posse, clocked 3:20:09 to win the $200 3rd prize. Kira Eiley and Telemedia Swoosh's Fiona Humes clocked 3:41:09 as they finished 4th and 5th respectively. Humes' teammate Carmita Gabb clocked 3:55:11 as the 6th female. Shalini Zabaneh had completely dominated the field of 7 women who began the race in Orange Walk, and Shalini claimed all station prizes along the way, including $50 worth of Internet access from Zitro International & Western Union at the Lord's Bank junction, a $50 prize from the Ladyville Community Store at mile 9 ¼; $50 worth of cable from Centaur Cable Network at the mile 8 ¾ mark, a $100 prize from Vista Auto Rental at the Airport Junction, as well as two computerized eye exams and a 20% discount on eyeglass frames from Dr. Amin Hegar and the Belize Vision Center and a bottle of tequila from Royal Wholesale and Retail; a $100 prize from Rosado’s Hardware at the Haulover Bridge; a $100 prize from Maheia's United Concrete Supplies at the Maheia’s United Compound, a barbeque grill from Bilal Welding at Mile 3 and a $100 prize from the Ramos family. Team Indeco's Giovanni Lovell was the first Belizean in the junior race; he won the $300 2nd prize, while the Twin Town Cycling team's Austin Armstrong led the sprint for the $2000 3rd prize and trophy.
Cayo High Road's Kyle Gentle was 4th, Team Indeco's Joel Borland was 5th and Adrian Linarez of the Clear the Land team was 6th. Gentle's teammate Aiden Juan was 7th, Team Depredadores' Christian Cambranes of Quintana Roo was 8th and Juan Umana of the Cayo High Road team was 9th. The Mexicans also dominated the Masters' Category 4/5 race with Depredadores' Freddy Ramos and David Balam taking 1st and 2nd place; Ramos clocking 2:48:49 to win the first place trophy. Belizean rider Barney Brown of the FT Williams team took 3rd while Depredadores' Omar Gomez was 4th and Truckers Posse's Amir Gonzalez was 5th.
Manuel Antonio Baas of the Merida team was 6th and Brown's teammate Mark Gentle was 7th.
Kenneth Butler, riding unattached, was 8th. Team Typhoon's Albert Conorquie of Orange Walk was 9th and his teammate Charles Slusher completed the top 10.
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