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Last Updated: 2 Apr 2018 - 8:45:17 PM |
AN POST GOREY 3 DAY - Stage 1 Pictures Part II
By Peter Purfield
7 Apr 2012,
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Continued from page 1
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The race on the climb with 25km to go |
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A few riders just off the front |
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Their strung out but the gap is not big |
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This guy is on the ground at the top of the climb, it must be a cramp |
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The race is together as they hit 20km to go |
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They are on the circuit now |
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Still all together at 10km to go |
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Then at Camolin 4 riders manage to get clear |
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Ciaran Power leads them around the turn |
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The bunch is close behind |
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Two more riders join the leaders |
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The chase behind |
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5km to go and 2 more riders are trying to cross the gap |
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Left turn and its 4km straight to the finish |
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The two chasers are are going to join the leaders |
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The bunch |
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4km to go |
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100m to the finish - and the eight leaders sprint it out |
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The main bunch finishing only seconds behind |
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Points leader Green Jersey, Matt Blayney (North Down CC) the mayoress of Gorey Angela Dooley, Race leader Yellow jersey Matt Flynn (Team Mountivation) and Mountains leader Shane Baker (Usher IRC) |
Results Stage 1:
1st Matt Flynn, Team Mountivation 2:13:48
2nd Matt Blayney, North Down 2:13:50
3rd Ciaran Power, Comeragh CC Same time
4th Mark Nugent, Waterford RC Same time
5th Liam Blanchfield, Bray Wheelers Same time
6th Paddy Deegan, Eurocycles Same time
KOH
1st Shane Baker, Usher Irish Road
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