Brammeier in action last night, was highly critical of the timing errors (Photo: Brendan Slattery)
Cycling Ireland has issued a statement apologising and expressing regret over the timing problems that led to the initial results of the National Time Trial Championships in Co Tipperary being reviewed and then changed shortly after the event last night, Thursday.
In the elite race the men’s podium order was unchanged, although all three medal winners were eventually credited with a time one minute faster than the initial result.
Down the order in the men’s elite result there were some order changes, with last year’s TT champion Matt Brammeier (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) jumping from 9th fastest on the night initially to 5th fastest. He was later highly critical of the errors on Twitter, likening the issue to Monty Python.
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In the women’ event, neither the timings nor the result needed to be changed following the review because the timing error apparently only occurred after the female riders had finished.
However, the damage was perhaps most considerable in the U23 result. Aaron Buggle (Apoge Super U), who has already been U23 national TT champion twice, was initially awarded the title last night. However, when the times were reviewed it was found that he had not won but instead had finished in the bronze medal position.
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The U23 title was then awarded to Belgian-based Conor Dunne (VL Technics), with Sean Downey (An Post-Sean Kelly) promoted into the silver medal position.
The error was the source of a lot of frustration after the event and prompted some very critical remarks from a small number of riders on social media last night.
The matter has now prompted Cycling Ireland into issuing a statement, which appears in full here:
“In respect of the result of the Irish National TT Championships, the Panel of Commissaires in conjunction with a representative of the Board of Cycling Ireland has carried out an in depth review of the times recorded by the timekeepers.”
“The faults leading to the issue of erroneous times were identified, rectified and a corrected result issued.”
“The event organisation and Cycling Ireland apologise for the confusion and embarrassment caused by the issue of the inaccurate initial race result.”
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