The annual Christy McManus Cycle Race was a popular event organised by the Bray Wheelers in county Wicklow. It always attracted a quality field and the terrain guaranteed good racing. This edition went south on the N11, then onto a circuit and back to finish in Kilpedder.

1997 Christy McManus Memorial
90k Cycle Race in Wicklow

Results *

1 Michael Fitzgerald
2 Ciaran Power
3 Willie Byrne
4 David McQuaid
5 Davis Peelo
6 Stephen O'Sullivan
7 Robert Moore

* - Results are impossible to find, hence I had to guess the results from the video

Video by Peter Purfield