Road Race 6 results
The year is now starting to sneak away on us as we find ourselves past the midway point of our road race series and this Thursday seen RR 6 (of 10!!! 😮 ) take place. The route started at the Roundhill, on to the Five Alley roundabout, back to Bushfield where we turned left for the Silvermines with the finish line at the Silvermines hall, a total distance of 26km. We had 13 cyclists out on the night with 3 handicapped groups. Group one consisting of Joseph Donnelly (jnr), Eva Moynan & Stuart Witts, group two was made up of Joey Donnelly, Owen Hynes, John O’Carroll, John Spillane & Nanno Vuyk who set off 5 minutes later, we then had group 3 consisting of Pat Bergin, Liam Callaghan, Martin Cosgrave(Raparee) David Kyle & Eoin Woods who had 4 minutes more to close.
The handicaps were pretty much spot on as the groups were well mixed at the end and there was very little time between any of them. We had a new member taking on his first race which is always brilliant to see! Joseph Donnelly Jnr (Joey’s son) put in a stellar performance for his first race over a tough route and finished first in his group!! Unbelievable stuff, very well done and keep it up!! We had Martin Cosgrave join us from Raparee CC who very much enjoyed the tough training he got as he tried out the scratch group and found the pace very strong, well done Martin! When all was said and done Liam Callaghan continued his dominance and won the sprint to the line to take another first place so big congrats again to Liam, fair play to you!! The rest of the podium places were taken by Owen Hynes and Nanno Vuyk respectively.
Full results:
- Liam Callaghan
- Owen Hynes
- Nanno Vuyk
- Joey Donnelly
- Pat Bergin
- David Kyle
- Eoin Woods
- John O’Carroll
- Joseph Donnelly
- Eva Moynan
- Stuart Witts
- Martin Cosgrave(Raparee)
- John Spillane DNF
Well done to everyone who turned up and raced on the evening and a big thanks as usual to Jan and Conor for the timekeeping & marshalling.
Results table updated in usual place, link here.