
Charlie Prendergast has topped the A1
Cycling Ireland rankings for the year after taking 12 victories and scoring
points no fewer than 30 times through the year.
The Castlebar Cycling Club man ended the
season with 253 points. Lindsay Watson (Powerhouse Sport) was next on 220
points and Conor Hennebry (Dan Morrissey-MIG-Pactimo) was 3rd on 210 points.
Prendergast was on a podium 23 times
during the year, including one-day races, stage race general classifications
and stages within those races.
It was
on home roads, at Rás Mhaigheo, that Prendergast got his winning run underway,
claiming a stage and the overall at that race back in the spring.
He then
went on to take the Waller Cup and Deanside Cup in quick succession followed by
the Newbridge GP, John Holian Cup and Paddy Flanagan Memorial.
Prendergast
continued his run with more wins at the Meath GP, Challenge CC GP, Tourmakeady
Festival race, Connacht Road Championships and Galway County Championships.
Rankings runner-up Watson won nine races
this year including: Tour of Ards, PJ Logan Cup, Bann Valley Classic, Hilltown
GP, Alistair McSorley
Race, Canal Criterium ,Tommy Givan Memorial, Galway Classic and J G Memorial
Road Race.
Conor Hennebry claimed 10 wins: Rás Luimni, NTW Open Road Race, Des
Hanlon Memorial, Tour of Ulster overall, Brian McNamara Memorial, Collins
Christie Memorial, Rás Cill Mocheallog, Munster Road Race Championships, Kilmessan
GP and Laragh Classic.
Cycling Ireland A1 Rankings 2019
- Charles Prendergast Castlebar Cycling Club 253
- Lindsay Watson Powerhouse Sport 220
- Conor Hennebry Team Dan Morrissey 210
- Darnell Moore Team Caldwell Cycles 166
- Conor Murnane UCD Cycling Club 139
- Liam Curley STRATA3/VeloRevolution Racing Team 139
- Donal Shearer Phoenix CC 126
- Mark Dowling Un-Attached Leinster 125
- Paul Kennedy Foran CCC 116
- Ronan Killeen Lucan Cycling Road Club 115
- Cian Keogh Ciclotel Travel fueled by YPB 113
- Richard Maes STRATA3/VeloRevolution Racing Team 108
- Darragh McCarter Donegal Bay Cycling Club 105
- James Curry Team Dan Morrissey104
- Angus Fyffe Team Caldwell Cycles 103
- Gareth O Neill Newry Wheelers CC 90
- Jody Wright Phoenix CC 88
- Ronan McLaughlin Team Dan Morrissey 87
- Seán Hahessy Team Dan Morrissey 86
- Paul Forristal Scott Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club 86
- Matthew Sparrow Team Dan Morrissey 86
- Eoghan McArdle Ruane Galway Bay CC 86
- David Montgomery Un-Attached Ulster 83
- Luke Smith Team Bioracer-DHL-FR Services 74
- Fintan Ryan Kingspan-TrackProject.ie 69
- Mark Quigley STRATA3/VeloRevolution Racing Team 68
- Greg Swinand Team Dan Morrissey 67
- John Buller Team Bioracer-DHL-FR Services 67
- Stephen Murphy Black Rose Racing 62
- Conor Kissane Killarney Cycling Club 61
- Mark Shannon Burren Cycling Club 60
- Craig McAuley Team Caldwell Cycles 59
- Seán O'Malley Western Lakes CC 58
- Dermot Trulock Lucan Cycling Road Club 57
- James Davenport STRATA3/VeloRevolution Racing Team 55
- David Watson The Bike House CC 55
- Alan Bingham Newry Wheelers CC 52
- David Brody Castlebar Cycling Club 48
- Gareth McCullough Armagh Down CC 47
- Sean Moore Team Bioracer-DHL-FR Services 47
- Sean McKenna Team Dan Morrissey 46
- Jack Bernard Murphy Murphy Surveys Kilcullen CC 45
- Adam Ward Team Bioracer-DHL-FR Services 45
- Jarlath Hassett Burren Cycling Club 44
- Dillon Corkery Verge Sport PI Cycles 43
- Christopher McGlinchey Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brothers UK 41
- Andy Maguire Team Bioracer-DHL-FR Services 41
- Conor McKenna UCD Cycling Club 38
- Dermot Radford Club Rothaiochta Na Sionainne 37
- Jamie Blanchfield Panduit Carrick Wheelers 33
- Richard Maybin Ballymena Road Club 32
- Conor McCann Team Bioracer-DHL-FR Services 30
- Anthony Doyle STRATA3/VeloRevolution Racing Team 29
- Richard Meaney Westport Covey Wheelers Cycling Club 28
- Jack Caldwell Team Bioracer-DHL-FR Services 28
- Xeno Young Powerhouse Sport 28
- Edward Dunbar Team Ineos 27
- Ryan Mullen Trek - Segafredo 26
- John Morton Harps CC 26
- Marc Potts EvoPro Racing 25
- David Walshe Castlebar Cycling Club 25
- Cian May Lucan Cycling Road Club 25
- Jason Kenny UCD Cycling Club 25
- John Brosnan Killarney Cycling Club 24
- Keith Gater Waterford Racing Club 24
- Arminas Meskauskas Panduit Carrick Wheelers 22
- Paul O'Reilly Team Dan Morrissey 21
- Colm Sheahan Blarney Cycling Club 21
- James O'Sullivan Blarney Cycling Club 20
- Bobby Coleman Greenmount CA 19
- Paidi O'Brien Verge Sport PI Cycles 18
- Ryan Reilly Team Dan Morrissey 18
- Cathal Purcell Panduit Carrick Wheelers 17
- Aaron Doherty Team Bioracer-DHL-FR Services 17
- Stephen Murray STRATA3/VeloRevolution Racing Team 17
- Freddie Stevens Scott Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club 16
- Keith Phillips The Bike House CC 16
- Chris Richardson The Bike House CC 16
- Karl Morgan Phoenix CC 15
- Mark McGinley Four Masters CC 15
- Aaron Kearney EvoPro Racing 14
- Damien Shaw STRATA3/VeloRevolution Racing Team 14
- Craig Sweetman Stamullen RC 14
- Michael Storan Greenmount CA 13
- Tom Regan Un-Attached Connacht 12
- Daniel Bresnan Greenmount CA 12
- James McGreevy Westport Covey Wheelers 12
- Conor Gallagher Team Bioracer-DHL-FR Services 12
- Dale Walker Phoenix CC 12
- Rory Devlin Inishowen Wheelers 12
- Constantin Bartels Waterford Racing Club 12
- Simon Jones UCD Cycling Club 11
- Ronan McDonnell Dublin Wheelers 11
- Sean Landers UCD Cycling Club 11
- Ronan Tuomey Un-Attached Munster 11
- Martin Birney Team Sportactive Racing 10
- Craig Rea Team Dan Morrissey 10
- Cathal Moynihan Tralee Manor West BC 10
- Paul Norton STRATA3/VeloRevolution Racing Team 10
- Sean Feeney South Dublin CC 10
- Mitchell Mc laughlin Four Masters CC 10
- Drew McKinley Newry Wheelers CC 9
- Mark Heather Un-Attached Leinster 9
- Edward Kearney Phoenix CC 9
- Jonathan Taylor Carn Wheelers 9
- Shane Thomas Baker Lucan Cycling Road Club 9
- Simon Kelly Burren Cycling Club 9
- Cian Sutcliffe Team Bioracer-DHL-FR Services 9
- DAVID MCINTYRE Maryland Wheelers 9
- Gordon Boland Tullamore CTC 9
- Gareth McKee Banbridge CC 8
- Nathan Mullan Dromara Cycling Club 8
- Marcus Christie Black Rose Racing 8
- Timothy O'Regan Team WORC 7
- John Hodge Panduit Carrick Wheelers 7
- Michael O'Loughlin Wiggins Le Col 6
- Matthew Teggart EvoPro Racing 6
- Ciaran Handley McNally Swords CC 6
- Bryan Geary Panduit Carrick Wheelers 6
- Frank Dunne Rossbury Racing 6
- John Aherne De Ronde Van Cork CC 6
- Anthony Walsh Team Dan Morrissey 6
- Tomas McCabe Un-Attached Leinster 6
- Daire Feeley EvoPro Racing 5
- Adrian Kirby Greenmount CA 5
- Callum O'Toole Scott Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club 5
- Stuart Henry North Down CC 5
- Michael Fitzgerald STRATA3/VeloRevolution Racing Team 5
- Gary Donaldson Team Caldwell Cycles 5
- Neil Hodges Killarney Cycling Club 5
- Jack Ferguson McConvey Cycles 4
- Eoin Whelan Seven Springs CC Loughrea 4
- Matthew Mc Cullagh Sundrive Track Team 4
- Liam Dolan Cuchulainn CC 4
- James Maddock Slaney Cycling Club 4
- Andrew Chivers Ciclotel Travel fueled by YPB 4
- Ciaran McVeigh Phoenix CC 4
- Jude Sands Newry Wheelers CC 4
- Aureliusz Klus Stamullen RC 4
- Connor Lambert Mysenlan-Baboco 3
- Keith Hughes Clonard RC 3
- Peter Leahy Collins Cycle Centre Race Team 3
- Javan Nulty Stamullen RC 3
- Jason Earls South-East Road Club 3
- Tomas Walsh Comeragh CC 3
- Rhys Kenny Comeragh CC 3
- Darren Allison Raparee Cycle Club 2
- Daryl Kearns Panduit Carrick Wheelers 2
- James Ambrose The Bike House CC 2
- Thomas Creighton McConvey Cycles 2
- Michael McGlynn Omagh Wheelers Cycling Club 2
- Bradley Turner Murphy Surveys Kilcullen CC 1
- Denis Dunworth Un-Attached Munster 1
- Peter McColgan St. Tiernans Cycling Club 1