Some pictures from the event taken by Peter Purfield
A lone rider breaks away in the first 500m
The A1/A2 race will do 8x laps of a 14km circuit = total 112km
At 10km four riders have a small advantage, just note the Ice Cream van - I haven't seen one in a race cavalcade before
Two riders try to get across to the leaders
The four riders are still out front on lap2
The bunch
A slight change around at the front as they start lap three
On lap four, more riders attack off the front on the small drag on the circuit
Crossing the finish line with 4 laps to go, a 12 man break is gone clear
Two chasers are 24 secs back
An the bunch at 30 secs
The break with 3 laps to go
The chasers at 36 secs and the bunch are at 54 secs
The lead group is down to 3 with 2 laps to go
The chasing group is at 26 secs
Martin O'Loughlin leads the bunch now 56 secs down
With one lap to go, leading the race Mark Dowling (Dectek) goes ahead on his own
The bunch is now at 46 secs and are about to catch the two other riders from the break
One the last lap the race came back together and Martin O'Loughlin jumped away in the last few kilometers
O'Loughlin holds off to win ahead of Orwell's Brian Aherne who took the sprint for second.
Race Result
1 Martin O'Loughlin Carrick CC
2 Brian Ahern Orwell Whls
3 Paul Dolan Usher IRC
4 Aidan Crowley U/A
5 Gary Gorman Stamullen RC
6 Brendan Whelan Lucan CRC