Media Release

Mangaluru, Jul 24: Jyoti Cycle & Fitness conducted the reward and recognition programme of their annual contest for customers – Trek Mangalore Challenge, at their Kadri outlet on Sunday, July 23.

The evening saw a gathering of more than 60 cyclists from the city including participants, qualifiers, winners of the challenge along with family members and friends. Winners and qualifiers of the challenge powered by Trek, Firefox Bikes and Jyoti Cycle & Fitness, were felicitated at the programme.

Taking a cue from the good show of Trek Mangaluru Challenge 2015, the Jyoti Cycle family planned to roll out the second season this year. The  season was launched for 14 days starting May 15 upto May 28, to acknowledge and appreciate the efforts of regular cyclists in Mangaluru.

The winning criteria was purely based on distance cycled, and was tracked on Strava. The response received was overwhelming in terms of participation and the energy levels each rider exhibited. Around 50 riders registered for the challenge. Overall 39 riders qualified in the challenge by crossing the minimum criteria of 150 Kms. Of these, 15 riders won Trek and Jyoti Cycle Co-branded Jerseys based on total distance covered. And 3 winners emerged from the men's and women's category each.

Giving due importance to the achievers , Jyoti Cycles invited the 6 winners of the challenge, as chief guests for the reward and recognition programme.

Winners from men’s category were Ashok Lobo, Kishan Bangera and Ankith Shetty and winners from women’s category were Reny D'Silva, Madhura Jain and Sunitha Mendes.

Ashok Lobo was the winner and the champion of the Trek Mangaluru Challenge. He pedalled a total distance of 2581 Km winning the title trophy in Men’s category. Kishan Bangera bagged second position in Men’s Category. He rode a total distance of 2406 kms during the challenge period. And Ankith Shetty bagged third place in Men’s category. He rode a total distance of 2319 KMs.

Reny Dsilva ranked one in Women’s category by covering a total distance of 1432 Km. Madhura Jain bagged rank two in Women’s category. She pedalled a total distance of 1110 Km. Sunitha Mendes ranked three in Women’s category. She pedalled a total distance of 1074 KMs.

Badrinath Nayak, managing partner of Jyoti Cycle Company, handed over the trophy, certificates and the 'Trek – Jyoti Cycle' co-branded jerseys to the winners from men’s category.

Rayappa Nayak, chartered accountant and member of Jyoti Cycle family handed over the trophy, certificates and 'Trek – Jyoti Cycle' co-branded jerseys to the winners from women’s category.

Winners shared their experience in Trek Challenge and the support they received from their family to win this challenge.

15 riders who qualified for 'Trek – Jyoti Cycle' co-branded jerseys based on the maximum distance they covered during the challenge, were rewarded. The qualifiers were Shawn Patrao, Shyamprasad nayak, Harivijay Kudva, Drushya D, Srikantharaja Raja, Achinthya Rao, Dr Rajesh Hukkeri, Hari Prasad B, Dony Menezes, Keerthan Revankar, Danny Simon, Hariprasad Shevire, Sunil Mendes, Nishmith Shriyan and Harniish Raj.  Jyoti Prasad Nayak, managing partner Jyoti Cycle handed over the certificates and jerseys to them.

The qualifying criteria was to cover a minimum of 150 Km during the challenge and there were 18 qualifiers and were rewarded with certificates from Trek Bikes and Jyoti Cycles. Badrinath Nayak, Rayappa Nayak and Jyoti Prasad Nayak congratulated and handed over the certificates. The qualifiers were Vernon Saldanha, Ramesh Babu PV, Dr Arun Kumar, Anil Shet, Madhukar SM, Irfan Sheikh, Sarvesha Samaga, Maxim Menezes, Vinay Rayker, Kashinath Pai, Gopal Rao, Dr Ramraj P N, Bunty Raj, Shivaprasad Pavoor, Dijaraj Nair, Mukesh Rao, Zahir Manipady and Ashwitha Karkera.

Ganesh Nayak, managing partner of Jyoti Cycles & Fitness said that participants of the Trek Mangalore Challenge have raised benchmarks of cycling in Mangaluru and  expressed his belief that it will continue to inspire many fellow cyclists. On the behalf of all partners, he thanked all  participants for their overwhelming participation. He also said, "The healthy competitive spirit exhibited by participants inspires Jyoti Cycle & Fitness, and Trek Bikes to continue the challenge in coming years too."

A video of Trek Mangaluru Challenge 2017 was played covering the photographs and video recording of participants, at the end of the forum.