Some pictures from the event taken by Peter Purfield
On the startline the two favourites Roger Aiken (Banbridge CC) and Robin Seymour (Team WORC)
The race starts for nine laps of a technical course in St Annes park, Dublin.
Matt Adair (Banbridge CC) is fastest along the starting straight
Into the single track and Adair goes clear
Roger Aiken leads the chasers
On the 2nd lap Robin Seymour is now in the lead
Roger Aiken in second
With Matt Adair close behind in third
Seymour looks comfortable at the halfway point
Aiken in 2nd at 20 secs back
Adair in 3rd place 50 secs back
Evan Ryan (Team WORC) in 4th at 1'20"
There's a good battle for 5th between Daragh Mortimer (EPIC) and Anthony Doyle (U/A) just 2 mins down
Two laps to go
Seymour shows the stress as he gets the bell for one lap to go
With one to go, Aiken is @ 1'18" and Adair is @ 2'16"
Mortimer has been dropped by Doyle and is not giving up
At the finish a triumphant Seymour is overjoyed to take this title at 40 years of age
2012 Irish Cyclocross National Champioships
Senior Men Results (Provisional)
1 Robin Seymour 01:02:57
2 Roger Aiken 01:04:39
3 Matthew Adair 01:05:44
4 Evan Ryan 01:06:24
5 Anthony Doyle 01:07:09
6 Daragh Mortimer 01:07:44
7 Stuart Galloway 01:08:28
8 Ciaran Bucke 01:08:46
9 Robert Scanlon 01:08:51
10 Niall O'Hara 01:09:09
11 Gerard Wolf 01:09:52
12 Timothy O'Regan 01:09:55
13 Sean Downey 01:10:06
14 Jason Henry 01:10:18
15 Sean O'Tuathail 01:10:19
16 Colm Ahern 01:10:24
@ 1 Lap
17 Mark McGauley
18 Gareth Gormley
19 Drew McKinley
20 Keith Meghan
21 David O'Neill
22 John McCarthy
23 Murt Rice
24 Brian McCarthy
25 John Dempsey
26 Michael Cowan
27 Don Travers
28 Gary Sheils
29 Damien Duggan
30 Paul Norton
31 Luke Manning
32 Redmond O'Toole
@ 2 Laps
33 Graham Hand
34 Peter Doyle
DNF
Kenny Bucke
Andrew Newman
Senior Women Results
1 Ciara McManus
2 Claire Oakley
3 Gill Smith
Junior Results
1 Robert Deegan
2 Stuart Ballantine
3 Aaron McCann
Veterans Results
1 John Bogues
2 Peter McConville
3 Johnny McCabe
4 Nigel Elder
5 Stephen Moffitt
6 William Mulligan
7 Mark Kenny
8 Colm Bracken
9 Fred McSorley
10 Donough O'Keffe
11 Declan McCabe
12 Richie Byrne
13 Mark Bartley
B Race Men
1 Sebastian Roman
2 Ian Cassidy
3 Russell Treacy
4 Alan Cullen
5 David Dune
6 David Carroll Campbell
7 David Concannon
8 Damien Creighton
9 Joe Henry
10 Allen Slevin
11 Dave O'Connor
12 Martin Henderson
13 Robert Magee
14 Cronin O Doibhlin
15 Justin McGee
16 Gareth Fair
17 Cathal Johnston
18 Ronan Kearney
19 Michael Grimes
20 Robert McAlinden
21 Conor Graham
22 Richard Lynch
23 John Walker
24 Barry Keogh
25 Martin Grimley
26 Paul Faherty
27 Gerard McNamara
28 Matt Naughton
29 Greg Campbell
30 Martin O'Hagan
31 Graham Diamond
32 Eoin Moran
33 Rory Murphy