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OTHER CYCLING : Paracycling Last Updated: 2 Apr 2018 - 8:45:17 PM
Tandem pair finish 5th in UCI Paracycling Road World Cup in Rome
By Denis Toomey
27 May 2012,

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Tandem new-comer’s Katie-George Dunlevy and Sandra Fitzgerald finish a great 5th in UCI Paracycling Road World Cup in Rome

Katie-George Dunlevy and Sandra Fitzgerald

The heat in Rome certainly took its toll on the Irish Squad in today’s final day of Road Racing at the UCI Paracycling Road World Cup in Rome. As the temperatures raised to the mid-thirties the best Irish result of the day came from Katie-George Dunlevy and her Pilot Sandra Fitzgerald. The girls were in the decisive break that saw a group of seven get away in the last 3 laps. They held on to take 5th place at the finish which saw them move up to 6th place overall in General Classification (GC) for the World Cup Competition. Ireland’s second tandem Catherine Walsh and Fran Meehan missed the break and finished in 9th place in the race. They finished in a great 4th place overall in GC.

In the Male Tandem Road Race James Brown and pilot Damien Shaw were looking good in the first three quarters of the race responding well to all the attacks. The faded a bit towards the end and finished in 14th place. This left them lying in 11th place overall in GC.

In the Men’s C3 Race Enda Smyth finished in 13th place to give him 12th overall in GC and Colin Lynch finished in 15th place in the Men’s C2 Race to place him in 8th place in GC.

“Manager Denis Toomey said he was very pleased with the squad’s performance in Rome and the race provided essential international competition in the build-up to London. The second leg of the World Cup in Spain next month will be another building block to fine tune our preparations”

Overall World Cup General Classification Results for Irish Squad:-
Mark Rohan H1 – 1st
Catherine Walsh & Francine Meehan WB – 4th
Katie-George Dunlevy & Sandra Fitzgerald WB – 6th
Colin Lynch C2 – 8th
James Brown & Damien Shaw MB – 11th
Enda Smyth C3 – 12th
Cathal Miller C5 – 15th

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Mark Rohan takes first Road World Cup Jersey of 2012 in Rome


Mark Rohan followed up on his 1st place in yesterday’s Time Trial with a 4th place finish at today’s H1 Road Race at the UCI Paracycling Road World Cup in Rome.

After starting very with a very fast first lap Mark went through a bad patch which saw him fall back to 7th position on the road. He got his second wind with 2 laps to go and fought back hard to move back up to 4th place just 1:13 off the winner at the end of the race.

This moved him back to the top of the General Classification after 2 days of racing and secured him his 7th World Cup Jersey in a row. Mark won the 2011 Series outright with six wins out of six.

Cathal Miller racing in the Men’s C5 category was well place in the main bunch right up to the last lap when disaster struck as his bike skidded in gravel leaving him cut and bruised on the deck. He re-mounted to go on and finish the race in 16th place. He will be hoping for better luck in the 2nd event in the series in Spain next month.

Tomorrow sees the remainder of the Irish Squad in action in the Road race. First off will be Colin Lynch and Enda Smyth in the combined C1-C3 Men’s Race. The will be followed in the afternoon by James Brown and Damien Shaw in the Men’s Tandem Race and Catherine Walsh & Fran Meehan and Katie-George Dunlevy & Sandra Fitzgerald in the Women’s Tandem Race.

Fran Meehan who secured Silver in their Time Trial which was won by Canada with the Netherlands taking Bronze. Ireland’s second female tandem pairing Katie-George Dunlevy and pilot Sandra Fitzgerald finished in 9th place to secure their first Road Top Ten placing.

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Good Start for Irish Paracycling Squad in Rome
By Denis Toomey, 26th May

The Irish Paracycling Squad got the first day of the UCI Paracycling Road World Cup off to a great start with a Gold and Silver Medal win in the Time Trial.

The Gold medal was won by Mark Rohan in the H1 Handcycling Category

The Gold medal was won by Mark Rohan in the H1 Handcycling Category when he recorded a time of 26’17.89 just 1.91 seconds ahead of the Israel rider who took silver with France taking the Bronze.

Female Tandem pairing Catherine Walsh and Fran Meehan who secured Silver in their Time Trial

Also claiming a podium spot were Female Tandem pairing Catherine Walsh and Fran Meehan who secured Silver in their Time Trial which was won by Canada with the Netherlands taking Bronze. Ireland’s second female tandem pairing Katie-George Dunlevy and pilot Sandra Fitzgerald finished in 9th place to secure their first Road Top Ten placing.

Other good results from the Irish Squad in today’s Time Trial included-
4th place by Colin Lynch in the Male C2 Category
6th Place by James Brown and Pilot Damien Shaw in the Men’s Tandem category
7th place by Cathel Miller in the Male C5 category
11th Place by Enda Smyth in the Male C3 category

2 athletes will be in action in tomorrow’s Road Race, Cathal Miller in the C5 category and Mark Rohan in the H1 Category. The remainder of the squad will Road Race on Sunday.

Best placed riders in General Classification after results in both Time Trial and Road Race are added together will receive the Road World Cup Jersey and lead the series into the second round next month in Spain.

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Irish Paracycling Squad Start London Preparations
By Denis Toomey, 19th May


Cycling Ireland today announced that the full Paracycling Squad expected to be selected for the Paralympic Games in London will kick off their preparations by participating in the 2012 UCI Paracycling Road World Cup in Rome next week.

A total of 5 men’s and 2 women’s bikes will travel which includes Double Road and Time Trial H1 World Champion Mark Rohan and Road Time Trial C2 World Champion Colin Lynch. Mark also won the 2011 Road World Cup last year winning all six events in the series. The other men’s bikes are Tandem Track Pursuit World Silver Medallists James Brown and Pilot Damien Shaw, Cathal Miller in the C5 category and Enda Smyth in the C3 category.

Female Tandem Pursuit World Champions Catherine Walsh and Pilot Fran Meehan will be joined by Katie-George Dunlevy and Pilot Sandra Fitzgerald at the World Cup which takes place in Rome from 24th to 27th of May.

At the announcement Paracycling Manager Denis Toomey said with just 100 days to go to the start of the Paralympic Games the World Cup series provides an ideal opportunity to confirm the current level of preparation for London. It also lets us see what the opposition we will face in London are at the moment and allow us to fine tune the remainder of our preparation in the lead up to the Games.

Leg 2 of the World Cup takes place in Segovia Spain from 14th to 17th of June.


The support staff travelling to Italy include:-
Denis Toomey – Manager
Brian Nugent – Coach
Terry Cromer – Mechanic

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