ATTLEBORO -- Competitive cycling has taken Adam Hodges Myerson halfway around the world, from Ireland to Maryland, from France to Florida.

Yet, it seems as though Hodges Myerson is right at home here in Attleboro.

Hodges Myerson, seemingly always in the top 10 when it comes to the Attleboro Bicycling Criterium, added yet another blue ribbon to his ever-growing list of accomplishments by winning the Criterium for a second time Saturday afternoon, his second title in the nine-year history of the race, that after winning the inaugural running.

The diminutive Hodges Myerson, deftly shifting gears and furiously cranking the pedals on his Sharper Image-sponsored bike, won an exciting sprint to the finish line in the day's Pro 1-2-3 feature race.

Hodges Myerson held off national champion and the newest Foxboro resident Mark McCormack. Hodges Myerson only led four laps of the 60-lap race but he was always near the front, and he led the laps that counted most. He led after five laps, picking up a $20 premium prize, then he was at the head again at lap 20, good for a $100 cycling bag.

He and the rest of the field reeled in Sharper Image teammate Larry Perera on the final backstretch, Hodges Myerson poking through the middle to hold off local favorite McCormack.

Even with the win in such a seemingly individual sport, Hodges Myerson was quick to credit his teammates -- Matt Svatek and Perera -- for their assistance.

`` We had to do a lot of chasing, but with Matt, Larry and myself getting up to the front, you had to like our chances, especially with a ste Perera actually led 11 laps in the pro race, including the final three until the rest of the pack caught up. Peter Hult also enjoyed some success, leading 13 laps, but he faded after leading lap 54. Hult actually opened up a 13-second lead after the halfway mark but couldn't shake a pack of challengers, which included Hodges Myerson.

Despite getting banged up in a pretty good wreck, suffering scratches on his right arm and leg, Peter Vollers jumped back in the race and finished in the middle of the pack.

McCormack, last year's National Champion and coming off of a big win at the four-day Fitchburg Longsjo Classic last weekend, led just two laps but did pick up a $20 premium prize on lap 10.

`` It was just a great race, the whole way through,'' acknowledged Hodges Myerson. `` You couldn't have asked for better conditions and I think everyone got their money's worth with the way the race finished.''

The Pro 1-2-3 event gave way to another exciting race as the men's 30-plus contest went right down to the wire. The 40-lap race saw a pack of four riders break away early and never look back.

Greg Black led the first four laps but was never a factor, that's because the foursome of Bill Yabroudy, Coleman O'Connor, Joe Reno and Tyler Munroe pulled away from the rest of the field in a hurry.

By the midway point, the foursome had a healthy 40 second lead. All four riders took turns sharing the lead over the final 10 laps, but it boiled down to another furious sprint to the finish line, this time it was a three-man race with Munroe fading a bit.

Yabroudy led the final three laps and was able to hold off O'Connor at the wire, Yabroudy crossing the finish line with both arms raised to celebrate the victory. O'Connor had made a bid to break away a couple of laps earlier, but was unsuccessful.

Yabroudy was the lap leader for the race, leading 12 while O'Connor led 11 circuits, Reno six and Munroe five.

Yet another exciting sprint to the finish was in store for the Category 3 race, with HNECC rider Mike Wickman outlasting Matt Kraus for first place.

Wickman actually took a commanding 10-second lead after just six laps, but it was back to square one after 10 laps, Alessandro Ferrero and the rest of the field reeling Wickman in and Ferrero leading for three laps.

There were 14 different leaders in the Category 3 race, the pack of Wickman, Kraus and Patrick Walsh breaking away over the final eight laps.

The day's final event, the Category 4 race, which was shortened to 25 laps because of time constraints, was just as exciting as its predecessors. Jean Oliveira won the race in 34:23, passing Gislan Perira on the outside at the stripe.

John Miearo actually led five laps but Nicholas Smith was the aggressor down the stretch, leading the last four and opening up a 14 second advantage. However, that lead was trimmed to eight seconds with one lap to go and the rest of the field was able to reel in Smith on the final backstretch, Smith falling all the way back to 16th place.

The day kicked off with the Women's 3-4 race, a 25-lap feature that saw Gayle Kassal hold off Erin Diehm in 38:42 for first place. Last year's winner, Karena Paukulis, was a distant 20th.

In the women's 30-plus race, Anne Meyer of Iowa City edged Laura Summers and Cassie White. Joseph Rano of Gearworks won the Masters 35-plus race, Daniel Estevez took the Category 5 race and Ed Lang won the Masters 55-plus circuit.

Also, Brad Stanley won the 65-plus race and top honors went to Frank Jennings, another Gearworks rider, won the Masters 45-plus race.

Saturday also marked the first-ever `Kids Crit' which was held on the grass field of the Willett School.

In an all-Attleboro finish, Seth Lombardy won the boys' 4-5 year old race while Wayne Melberg was second and Shane Donnelly was third. For the girls, Attleboro's Janis Gaudreau won, followed by Connecticut's Rachael Burnstein and Attleboro's Kelli Allard.

In the 6-7 year old boys' race, another all-Attleboro finish, Timmy Travers won, Jordan Colman was second and Matthew Rodrigues was third. It was all Attleboro riders in the top three of the girls' race as Meghan Paras won, followed by Hannah Harvey and Samantha Spaliano.

Nathaniel Morse of Cohasset was the top boy finisher in the 8-9 age category while Providence's Jessica Pereira was the top girl. In the 10-11 race, Mansfield's Nicholas Miller won the boys' side and Attleboro's Erin Donahue won the girls.

In the 12-13 year old category, Hallie Anderson of Wyoming, Rhode Island won the girls' race and West Andover's Jake Monroe won the boys' competition.