April 2000 |
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TOUR OF
THE NORTH Stage 5 73 miles - 1
John Tanner Provision 2:55'00", 2 Tommy Evans Clarke Nissan @same, 3 Wayne
Randle Anglia Sport @11", 4 Philip Cassidy Clarke Nissan @same, 5 Mark
Sittlington Clarke Nissan @1'04", 6 David Havens CCA Data @1'07"
Final Overall: 1 Philip Casssidy Clarke Nissan @11:00'40", 2 Wayne
Randle Anglia Sport @11", 3 John Tanner Provision @2'04", 4 Tommy
Evans Clarke Nissan @3'39", 5 Andy Profit Anglia Sport @4'20", 6 Mark
Sittlington Clarke Nissan @4'57". RAS
MUMHAN STAGE 4 - (Report by Ciaran McKenna ICF PR
Apr 24) Paddy Moriarty the Civil Engineer working and living in Cork city
had a comfortable ride to win the Ras Mumhan in Nenagh yesterday to score his
biggest win of his career todate. Moriarty laid the foundation for his
victory on Sunday's stage, and had his teammates policed the race for
yesterday's 65 mile stage. The only worry he had was when a group of six riders
which included Brian Lennon, who was 4th overall went clear a gained 50 seconds
but they where reeled in at Birr with 30 miles done. Brian Kenneally went
clear with team mate Adrian Hederman and Sean Bracken with 10 miles to go, with
Kenneally winning the sprint and Moriarty and second place overall Richie Cahill
from Banteer safely in the bunch 9 seconds back. Stage 4 Results 65
miles Nenagh: 1 Brian Kenneally Carrick Cidona 2:27'19", 2 Sean Bracken
Usher IRC @same, 3 Adrian Hedderman Carrick Cidona @same, 4 Colm Bracken Usher
IRC @09", 5 Kieron McMahon Dan Morrissey @same, 6 Eugene Moriarty Stamullen
@same Final Overall: 1 Paddy Moriarty Dublin Skip 11'05'27", 2
Richie Cahill Banteer @3'38", 3 Eugene Moriarty Stamullen @4'12", 4
Brian Lennon Cahills Naas @4'26", 5 Colm Bracken Usher IRC @same, 6 Michael
McNena Sintaform Italy @same, Points Colm Bracken Usher IRC, KOH Michael McNena
Sintaform Italy, Team Usher IRC. Read
Cian Lynch's Riders Race Report >> CASSIDY LEADS IRELAND TEAM IN RÁS Current FBD Milk Ras champion Philip Cassidy has been picked alongside Tommy Evans, Eugen Moriarity, Ciaran Power, Bill Moore and Fergus McAuley to represent Ireland in this year's Ras. Although National Team Director Richard Beatty expects strong opposition from Germany and Holland, he is confident that Ireland will prove race winners with the team he has chosen. Cassidy goes into the race as the clear favourite. He won convincingly last year and his form so far this season has been impressive. IRISH TEAM FOR LINCOLN GP - David McCann Phoenix CC, Bill Moore Stamullen, David O'Loughlin Mayo Whl, Patrick Moriarty Dublin Skip TEAM FOR LEICESTER 2 DAY - Lorraine Manning Usher IRC, Marie Reilly Bohermeen, Susan O'Meara Dublin Whl TQ Paper
International Ladies 2 Day Results: STAMULLEN GRAND PRIX: (Apr 16) Philip Cassidy scored his 4th win of the season when he held of the challenge of Eddie O'Donoghue who had to contend with second for the second year running. Cassidy and Donoghue went clear with two laps to go and Cassidy forged ahead on his own with 2 miles to go. Results: 72 miles 1 Philip Cassidy Navan Avonmore 2:58'04", 2 Eddie O'Donoghue Carrick Cidona @12", 3 Paul Griffen Dan Morrissey @1'35", 4 Denis Easton Maryland Whl @1'50", 5 Mick Mulcahey Dan Morrissey @same, 6 Shane Baker Usher IRC @same. B Race: 1 Jonathan Malone Newbridge Cutlery, 2 Sean Ogle Nothern CC, 3 Andrew O'Carroll UCD, 4 Niall McCarthy St.Finbars, 5 Alan Lane UCD, 6 Graham Thomas Ravens CRT. Junior Race: 1 Conor Murphy McKenna Fireplace, 2 John O'Shea Carrick Cidona, 3 Gary Crory Newry Haldene, 4 Tim Cassidy Usher IRC, 5 Tim Ahern Bray Whl, 6 Noel Maloney Ravens CRT, U16: 1 Paudie O'Brien Kanturk Credit Union, U14: 1 Ciaran Cassidy Aqua IRC, U12: 1 Colm Enright Aqua IRC Fox to ride Liege-Bastogne-Liege (Apr 14): Irish cyclist Morgan Fox will this weekend start the biggest race of his four month-old professional career. The 25-year-old lines up with his Tonissteiner team-mates in the prestigious Liege- Bastogne- Liege classic in Belgium on Sunday, alongside many of the world's top cyclists. Fox got the nod from the team after he was their sole finisher in yesterday's Veenendaal race, placing 24th out of 128 starters. The Athlone cyclist impressed after surviving hail, snow and deplorable weather conditions to be one of only 31 finishers. Brendan Carroll Memorial in Stamullen Results: 1 .Bill Moore.Stamullen, 2.Paul Butler. Clarke Nissan, 3.Peter Dunne. Usher IRC, 4.Kieron McMahon. Dan Morrissey, 5.Adrian Hederman. Carrick Cidona, 6.Colm Bracken. Usher IRC, 1st B John O'Brien. Dan Morrissey, 1st J Niall O'Leary. Usher IRC, 1st V Bernie McCormack. Ravens CC - See pictures here >> Read Cian Lynch's Riders Race Report >> Tour of Ulster heads to the Maiden City (Apr 13): Details of the 2000 Tour of Ulster promoted by the Lakeland Cycle Club of Enniskillen were release at a Press Launch and Pat Clarke (Race Director) has chosen the Maiden City of Derry for the official start. The event will be held from Saturday 29th April to Monday 1st May and covering Counties Derry, Donegal, Tyrone, Fermanagh and Monaghan. MORE >> Comican takes weather storm Lakeland Grand prix. (Apr 15) The 15th Edition of the Lakeland Grand prix was run in storm like weather conditions when some 55 riders braved the elements of the day. As the race appraoched the start of the third lap, some seven riders broke clear. This seven man break consisting of Denis Cormican, Michael Green (Both of Phoenix CC), Adam and Paul Smith (Maryland Wheelers), Franz Hoaritzauer (ards CC), Stephen Hanna (Banbridge) and Philip Deignan (Four Masters RC) set the early pace and over the next three laps, the gap stayed around the 50 seconds. At the end of the race, Cormican had just a bike lenght win over Hoaritzauer with Green (Phoenix CC0 in thrid spot. Adam Smith was fourth with Deignan just pipping Hanna for fifth place. Paul Smith one of the seven breakaway men came accross in seventh slot. It was the last lap that the gap started to come on after the lead went upto 75 seconds. The working by Ian Proctor (Castlereagh CC) failed to close the gap but however he was just 10 seconds behind the winner. The main bunch was lead in by Mark Kavanagh (9th) with Chris White (Northern CC) in 10th Place. Results: 1. Denis Cormican (Phoenix CC) in 2H9m18s 2. Franz Hoarizauer (Ard CC) Same Time, 3. Michael Green (Phoenix CC) Same Time, 4. Adam Smith (Maryland Whlrs) Same Time, 5. Philip Deignan (Four Masters RC) Same Time, 6. Stephen Hanna (Banbridge CC) Same Time, 7. Paul Smith (Maryland Whlrs) Same Time, 8. Ian Proctor (Castlereagh CC) @ 10 seconds, 9. Mark Kavanagh (Unattached ) @ 15 seconds, 10. Chris White (Northern CC) Same Time, !st Veteran Brian Henning (Newry Whlrs)1st Unplaced Junior - Denis Roache (Castlebar CC), Schoolboys results Under 121st. Simon Williams (Orchard Whlrs), 2nd Alistair Fiddes (Orchard Whlrs), 3rd Gavin Connolly (Lakeland CC), Under 141st David Dunlop (Lakeland CC), 2nd Brian Henning (Newry Whlrs), 3rd Kevin Gallen (Omagh Whlrs) Under 161st Paul Brady (McKenna Fireplaces, Emyvale) 2nd Trevor Wright (Orchard Whlrs), 3rd Gareth Dobbin (Newry Whlrs) Unplaced Under 15 U Cotter (Castlebar CC) Pantani's former doctor charged: (Apr 13) The former doctor for the Mercatone Uno cycling team, Roberto Rempi, has been formally indicted by magistrates probing doping in the sport, legal sources said today. According to local prosecutors, the accusation against Dr Rempi is linked to laws governing the manipulation of results of sporting events. Rempi was Mercatone's official doctor last year when Marco Pantani was thrown out of the Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy) on the penultimate day when in the lead. McQuaid Forced of the Bike: (Apr 12) Olympic Squad rider David McQuaid has been told by his doctor to stop racing for an indefinite period to locate and analyse a problem. At the moment it looks like a previously undetected wheat allergy combined with natural anaemic iron levels has been affecting his performance at high intensity levels for the past seasons. It is only now that he has started to analyse what could be the problem and it looks like he may have found it. Until he can be sure, he can't race or train properly as there is just no energy in the system at the moment as the allergy has peaked. Until he gets this problem sorted, you may not see him racing. But it's not so bad, as his focus is on the Nationals and the European and World U23 Championships, all of which are in the latter half of the year. DUBLIN SKIP UNDERAGE LEAGUE Dates:- 1 Stamullen April 16, 2 Athlone April 23, 3 Bohermeen May 7, 4 Dunlavin June 11, 5 Naas July 2 Paul Griffin Wins the Beggan Trophy - Bohermeen (Apr. 9) 1 Paul Griffin Dan Morrisseys, 2 Aiden Crowley McNally Swords, 3 Stephen O'Sullivan Clarkes Nissan, 4 Bran Lennon St Tiernan's, Shane Baker Usher IRC See pictures here >> Cookstown
Spring Classic H/cap, Drum Manor - 1 Denis Easton Maryland Wheelers,
2 Michael Hamilton Toyota North Down, 3 Conor Murphy McKenna Fireplaces, 4 Tommy
Wilson Ballymena CC, 5 Kieran O'Neill Clarke Contractor McCann vindicates selection (by Shane Stokes in the Irish Times Apr 10th): David McCann vindicated his late selection for the Irish team with a second place finish in the 107 mile Archer Grand Prix in Beaconsfield yesterday. MORE >> Irish Team in Archer Grand Prix (Apr 9) Results: 1 Roger Hammond (GBr) Collstrop-De Federale 4.01.37 2 David McCann (Ire) Ireland 0.06 3 Hugh Pritchard (GBr) Linda McCartney 0.36 4 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Peter Read Racing 0.37 5 Andy Lyons (GBr) Private Member 0.59 6 John Tanner (GBr) Pro Vision-Planet X 7 Stuart Dangerfield (GBr) Private Member 8 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-De Federale 9 Eric DeClerq (Bel) Collstrop-De Federale 10 Julian Winn (GBr) Private Member 11 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Pro Vision-Planet X 12 Danny Axford (GBr) www.real cost car imports 13 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Ireland 14 Gordon McCauley (GBr) Oleum.co.uk 15 Sylvain Beauchamp (Can) Shaklee 16 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 3.21 17 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop-De Federale 5.02 18 Duncan Urquart (GBr) Scotland 19 Rob Hurd (GBr) RCS Bio Agrico 5.26 20 Robin Sharman (GBr) Alysys-Bradgate-CRT, Other Irish: 24 Tommy Evans (Irl) @ 6’45”, 28 Philip Cassidy Navan Avonmore @ 6'45", 29 Bill Moore (Irl) @ 6'45" See What Dave McCann discovered after the Archer GP !!! Go Here >> Susan O'Mara 5th overall in Malta - (Apr 9) After registering placings of 5th and 3rd in the opening two stages of the international Tour of Malta, Dublin rider Susan O'Mara finished in 5th place on the third leg of the race. The scheduled 4th stage, which was to conclude the race, was cancelled due to treacherous weather conditions. O'Mara finished the race in a fine 5th place overall. She goes into next weekend's TQ Paper Ladies 2-day race as one of the favourites. Results Overall GC: 1. Nicole Cooke (Letchworth Extran) 2 hours 30 mins 36 2. Sabine Dopleb (Radsport Charlottenburg) 2hrs 40mins 27 3. Julie Hooper (Wales) 2 hours 41 mins 27 secs 5. Susan O'Mara (Dublin Wheelers CC) 2 h 41 mins 48s 7. Sarah Gill (Letchworth Extran) 2 hours 43 mins 34 12. Jenny Gretton (Letchworth Extran) 3 hours 3 mins 32 14. Lucy Jude (Letchworth Extran) 3 hours 11 mins 2 secs. Colm Bracken Wins Roundwood LCF - see race report and results Here >> Power in
line for position in Giro: (by Shane Stokes in the
Irish Times Apr 7th): Leinster C F Call Extraordinary General Meeting: The LCF invite representatives of member clubs to an E.G.M. in the West County Hotel on Monday 10th April at 8.15 pm. Ciaran Power to ride in this year's Tour of Italy, (Apr. 2): The Linda McCartney Foods Cycling Team are delighted to announce that they have received an invitation to this year's Giro d'Italia. It is the first time in thirteen long years that a British team will compete in one of the big tours. "The Giro has always been our big target for this year - it's an honour to be invited and I am very proud of the team," said team manager Sean Yates. MORE >> Brian Lennon Wins Noel Hammond - Ballyboughil (Apr. 2) 1 Brian Lennon St Tiernan's 2:50:15, 2 David Peelo Sorrento, 3 Tommy Evans Clarke Nissan, 4 Sean Bracken Usher IRC, 5 David McCann Phoenix, 6 Philip Cassidy Navan Avonmore, 1st 'B' Paul Nolan Navan Avonmore. Kelly Roche Junior: 1 R Patton Clarke Contracts, 2 C Murphy McKenna Fireplace, 3 B Holmes Slane Cycles, 4 B McCormack Ravens, 5 T Ferris Dublin Wheelers, 1st Lady L Manning Usher IRC. See pictures here >> Cassidy Wins Tour of Ards: (Apr. 1) Continuing his brilliant start to the season Philip Cassidy Navan Avonmore clocked his third win in six events, and what makes this even more impressive is that he was 2nd in the other three races. Today in the classic northern event the Tour of Ards he went clear with 20 miles to go to win on his own from the Phoenix duo David McCann and Brian Stewart - Results: 60 miles 1 P Cassidy Navan Avonmore 2:12:20, 2 D McCann Phoenix CC +34", 3 B Stewart Phoenix CC +34", 1st Vet S Ogle Northern CC, 1st Jun P Duignan Four Masters. See pictures here >> Mark
Scanlon's rich vein of form continues (Apr.1) After his 4th place in
in yesterday's opening stage of the Circuit Berrichon in France. Scanlon
goes into today's second stage 23 seconds behind overall leader Stephane
Petilleau. With the help of his strong CC Etupes team he will be trying to
overhaul the Frenchman before the race ends on April 2nd. The 1998 junior world
champion won the Tours des 4 Cantalons and the first stage of the Boules de
l'Essonne race last month. Northern Ireland Road Race Pictures - Jerome Rafferty has sent us a couple of good photographs of sprint finishes in Lurgan and Moneymore See pictures here >> Junior
Tour 2000 Stages
Announced - This
year’s Junior Tour will take place on August 8th to 13th
the preliminary stage details are as follows:- McNena
12th on final stage of Vuelta Ciclista de Chile - Stage 10 - April 2:
Providencia circuit race, 69.9 km - Results: 1 Victor Garrido (Chi) Publiguías
- Trek @ 1H26m37s, 2 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg, 3 Angel
Perez (Chi) Ekono - Go! Zuko, 12 Michael McNena (Irl) Sintofarm (all same
time) Final GC: 1 Luis F Sepulveda (Chi) Publiguías - Trek @ 35H14m51s,
2 Richard Rodriguez (Chi) Union Ciclista Curicó @ 14", 3 Jose Medina (Chi)
Union Ciclista Curicó @ 47", 4 Andriss Reiss (Lat) Sintofarm @ 1'04",
5 Cristian Lademan (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg @ 1'14", 57 Michael
McNena (Irl) Sintofarm @ 38'54". Power
and Fox find new routes : (by Shane Stokes in the Irish Times
Mar 31st): Entry Forms for the FBD MILK RÁS are out now - And a reminder that additional race officials, particularly those with vans / jeeps to act as foreign team support are needed. If interested please contact the race organiser, Dermot Dignam, e-mail; dignam@indigo.ie Stephen Roche is a Hero of Irish cycling and loved by many. His name has been tarnished by the media in the last couple of months. Shane Foley has opened the forum on the unfair treatment Stephen has received, you can add your comments to the discussion forum on our 'Message Board' here Go to forum >> If you would like to read the newspaper reports Go to reports >> Mick Walsh in Seattle Washington, USA (on the west coast) He's racing as seriously as ever, his wife is too!! Mick's big goal this year is The Rás, He said He will never learn, and will be riding with Paul Doyle, Stephen Gray (ex Sorrento) and a couple of lads from Seattle, Steven Nevin will be Manager You can check out their team website at www.seanet.com/~frog/chinook.htm Leinster Cycling Federation RR League - Corrections to the LCF League events listed in the ICF yearbook the correct list is posted here >> The UCI Centenary preparations, which will occupy us throughout this year, will lead to the realisation of the various projects mentioned in this brochure. The cooperation and assistance of each member of the big cycling family is vital for the success of this programme, which will also include charity and promotional events. In addition to the combined effort and actions taken to celebrate the Centenary, we particularly want this anniversary to be marked by a spirit of enthusiasm, cooperation and openness. The 100 years of the UCI's history are not the end of a journey but rather herald a new golden era for cycling and the UCI with the creation of a World Cycling Centre, which is expected to open in 2001. This Centre will undoubtedly be the key to our future. MORE >> |
