Cyclo-cross Round Two Results

The Cyclo-cross National Series headed west over the October bank holiday weekend, as Western Lakes CC hosted Round 2 in Clonbur, Co. Galway.

Wet and windy weather in the leadup to the weekend made for incredibly challenging conditions on race day. The continued strong winds and heavy rain on race day never stopped over 160 competitors battling it out for National Series Points.

Tadhg Killeen (Kilcullen CC Murphy Geospacial)

Kilcullen’s Tadhg Killeen continued his impressive start to the Cyclo-cross season as he took his second Senior win of the year, cementing himself at the top of the National Series standings. He was joined on the podium by St. Finbarr’s Richard Barry in second and All human/Velo Revolution rider Timothy O’Regan in third, as the day’s podium mirrored the current overall standings.

The women took to the course in a mixed field, with Senior, Junior and Masters all competing at the same time. Orwell’s Caoimhe May took the win, and was followed by Junior rider Aoife O’Donovan from Dungarvan CC in second and Harps CC Elena Wallace in third. Sunday's win sees May extend her lead at the top of the overall standings, with just one point separating Elena Wallace and Scott Racing’s Stephanie Roche in second and third respectively.

Verge Sport PI Cycles’ Hugh Og Mulhearne placed himself atop the Junior Category standings taking the win ahead of Greenmount’s Ciaran O’Sullivan and Newcastle West’s John O’Mahony. O’Sullivan now sits second in the standings behind Mulhearne, trailed by Round One winner Curtis McKee from Spellman-Dublin Port in third.

The M40 category saw Orwell’s Ronan O’Flynn take the win over Trevor Costello from Islandeady CC, and Kevin Keane from St. Tiernans in second and third respectively. Making the podium in Round 2 sees O’Flynn and Costello top the overall standings, with Team WORC rider Evan Ryan sitting third.

Barry Convery of Newry Wheelers took the win in the M50 category, and was followed by Strabane Lifford CC rider Jay McCauley in second and Gaeltacht.cc’s Padraic Quinn in third. Consistent results in the opening two rounds see Convery and McCauley sit atop the series standings, joined by Brian O’Connor from Lucan Cycling Road Club in third.

The M60 race was dominated by Cuchulainn CC rider Johnny McCabe, as he took the win over Ballina’s Michael Hopkins in second and Galway Bay’s Glenn Watson in third. Back-to-back wins to start the series leave Johnny McCabe leading the series standings. Hopkins and Kevin McDowell sit tied in second, trailed by Watson.

VC Glendale’s Caleb McGreevy took the win in the U16 Boys race, while mere seconds separated Fermoy’s Shane O’Brien and Kilcullen’s Conor Regan in second and third respectively. The overall standings now mirror the podium from Round 2, with McGreevy leading O’Brien and Regan.

A very tight race played out in the U16 Girls race, which saw TC Racing’s Naoise Byrne narrowly beat Orwell’s Katie Turner. Turner currently sits atop the overall standings ahead of Byrne in second and All human/VeloRevolution rider Emer Heverin in third.

The U14 Boys race saw Team WORC rider James Cunningham take the win ahead of Rory McCool from Square Wheels and Tomás Connolly from Orwell Wheelers in third. The overall standings again reflect the podium here, with Cunningham leading McCool and Connolly.

The U14 Girls category saw Breffni Wheelers rider Ava Baker run away with the win, ahead of TC’s Lilly McDermott and Drogheda Wheelers Ciara O’Connor. Her win helped Baker stay top of the overall standings, trailed by McDermott in second and IMBRC rider Laoise Crinion in third.

Fabian Drwal took the win in the U12 Boys race over Orwell’s Daniel O’Sullivan in second and Fermoy’s Max McGrath in third, while in the Girls race Square Wheels’ Aoife Campbell beat out Orwell’s Molly Turner and Sliabh Luachra’s Caroline Collins in second and third respectively.

Orwell Wheelers’ Jaxon Jennings went away with the win in the U10 Boys race, beating Ilkeston’s Lorcan Lamont and Lakeland’s James Kavanagh. The Girls race saw Marian Mulvaney from Sliabh Luachra cross the line first ahead of Square Wheels riders Ríonach Campbell in second and Ciara McCool in third.

Local rider Evan McTavish from Western Lakes took the win in the U8 Boys race. He beat Orwell’s Fiachra Connolly in second and Square Wheels’ Noah Finnegan in third. Aoibhín Collins won the U8 Girls race, with Skylabelle Oakley from Galway MTB in second and Elisa Tyszecka in third.

The National Series next heads to Tipperary as Upperchurch Drombane CC host Round 3 in Thurles on Sunday, 24th of November.

RESULTS SUMMARY

Senior Men
1 Tadhg Killeen Kilcullen CC Murphy Geospacial 55:21
2 Richard Barry St. Finbarrs CC 57:44
3 Timothy O'Regan All human/VeloRevolution RT 58:14
4 Javan Nulty Un-Attached Leinster 1:01:00
5 Charlie Kelly Westport Covey Wheelers CC -1 lap

Junior Men
1 Hugh Og Mulhearne Verge Sport PI Cycles 41:49
2 Ciaran O'Sullivan Greenmount CA 44:54
3 John O'Mahony Newcastle West CC 45:39
4 Diarmuid Collins Newcastle West CC 45:45
5 Patrick Thynne Greenmount CA -1 lap

Women
1 Caoimhe May Orwell Wheelers CC 42:40 Senior
2 Aoife O'Donovan Dungarvan CC 43:22 Junior
3 Elena Wallace Harps CC 43:49 Senior
4 Stephanie Roche Scott Racing IRL 45:12 Senior
5 Rachel Newell McConvey Cycles 47:06 Senior

Masters M40
1 Ronan O'Flynn Orwell Wheelers CC 1:00:44
2 Trevor Costello Islandeady Cycling Club 1:03:10
3 Kevin Keane St Tiernans CC -1 lap
4 Evan Ryan Team WORC -1 lap
5 Enda McLoughlin Sligo Cycling Team -1 lap

Masters M50
1 Barry Convery Newry Wheelers CC 42:51
2 Jay McCauley Strabane Lifford CC 44:18
3 Padraic Quinn Gaeltacht CC 44:52
4 Padraig Marrey Western Lakes CC 45:33
5 Brian O'Connor Lucan Cycling RC 46:02

Masters M60
1 Johnny McCabe Cuchulainn CC 45:04
2 Michael Hopkins Ballina Cycling Club -1 lap
3 Glenn Watson Galway Bay CC -1 lap

Well done to all the riders.

For full results including youth events - click here

The overall series standings are available - click here

Cyclo-cross National Series Round 2 - Preview

The Cyclo-cross season is well and truly underway, with Round 2 of the Cyclo-cross National Series taking place this Sunday, 27th of October in Clonbur, Co. Galway, hosted by Western Lakes CC.

Round 1 saw riders head to a wet Belfast as VC Glendale got the series underway.

The weather never dampened spirits, as a fantastic day of racing played out across all categories. Strong performances from Caoimhe May and Greta Lawless saw the pair take the wins in the Elite and Junior races respectively. Lawless followed this up by winning the UCI Elite race at Verge Cross Clonmel the following week. Both Lawless and May will look to keep their early series momentum going but will have stiff competition from a strong field this season.

Spellman-Dublin Port’s Curtis McKee has hit the ground running this season with a win in the Junior races at Round 1 and again at Verge Cross Clonmel, and will no doubt look to keep that run going as he lines out this week in Galway.

Tadhg Killeen and Travis Harkness have both had strong starts to the CX season, with Killeen taking the win in Belfast ahead of Robin Seymour, and both Harkness and Killeen making the podium at the UCI event in Clonmel.

This weekend’s Round 2 is set to take place on the banks of the stunning Lough Mask, at the Petersburg Outdoor Education Centre. Directions are available here.

Riders are reminded that there is no camping on-site, but overnight parking is available at Clonbur GAA pitch, EirCode F12 DY63, just 1km from the event venue. Parking will be available here on race day, or in a field nearer to the venue.

Full Round One results are available - click here

Entries for Round 2 are still open - click here