Paul Tansey assembles the riders for one hours racing on the short circuit around the housing estate where Stephen Roche grew up.
The Juniors, Vets and Ladies were given a short handicap
The next group
The scratch group
Colm Bracken sprinting for one of the early primes
Paul Tansey interviewing Daniel Martin who won the Route du Sud race in France last week, Daniel is having a rest before the Irish Road Championships in Cork this weekend.
After 15 minutes of racing the field is all together
Mountain biker Niall Davis is in fighting form, he was competing in the World MTB championships in Italy last Sunday.
Tim O’Regan leads the chase
These guys have the hardest time on this circuit
Nicolas Roche in warm-up mode
Richie McCauley on the attack
Davis leads the chase
All back together
The race is together with 40 minutes gone
Roche is on the attack
A lap later - he's well clear
Roche cruises around on his own, opening the gap of over 30 seconds at the finish
Simon Kelly leads in the rest for 2nd place
Results Stephen Roche GP
1, Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole)
2, Simon Kelly (Usher IRC)
3, Tim O’Regan (MyHome.ie)
4, Colm Bracken (Murphy Surveyors)
5, John Lynch (Bray Wheelers)
6, Aidan Crowley (MyHome.ie)
COPYRIGHT NOTICE:
All pictures displayed in this section are the property of Peter
Purfield unless otherwise stated. These pictures may not be copied or
reproduced in any form without prior approval from the owner.
