Cycling Ireland Awards 2019: Top cyclists, clubs, events, officials honoured

Conor Hennebry wins the Tour of Ulster this year. He won the National Road Series and has also been voted Male Rider of the Year at the Cycling Ireland Awards 2019 (Photo: Tour of Ulster)

Lara Gillespie and Conor Hennebry have
won the female and male riders of the year prizes at the Cycling Ireland Awards
2019.

Sam Bennett was awarded for his stellar
season with international performance of the year for his two stage victories
at the Vuelta.

As well as winning Female Rider of the
Year, Lara Gillespie (Scott Orwell Wheelers) also received a Special Achievement Award.

That was given
to her in honour of claiming individual pursuit bronze
at the Junior Track World Championships and three silver medals at the Junior
Track European Championships.

Conor Hennebry (Dan
Morrissey-MIG-Pactimo) received his prize for winning the National Road Series
at the awards ceremony as well as being voted Male Rider of the Year.

Katharine Smyth: Ballymena Road Club,
who claimed elite bronze and Masters gold at the National Road Race
Championships, was also officially crowned National Road Series winner at the
ceremony.

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Among the
recipients of the Special Achievement Awards were Katie-George
Dunlevy and paracycling tandem pilot Eve McCrystal.

They won their fifth world title this year with gold in the time trial at the World Paracycling Road Championships. They also claimed a silver medal in the road race at the Worlds.

Four former cyclists, some of them sadly
no longer with us, were inducted into the Cycling Ireland Hall of Fame.

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Mick Lawless and Gaybo Howard, both a
big presence on the domestic scene and who big parts of their lives to cycling,
take their rightful places in the hall of fame.

They are joined this time around by Tour
de France stage winner Martin Earley and former top international rider Peter
Doyle.

We have included a full list of winners below.

Lara Gillespie won three medals at the track Europeans and a bronze in the individual pursuit at the track Worlds. She did a great ride at the road Worlds until a late crash derailed her chances. However, she picked up her bike and ran to the line. She is our Female Rider of the Year (Photo: Sean Rowe)

Cycling Ireland Awards 2019

International Performance of the Year

  • Sam Bennett: Two stage wins at Vuelta a España

Special Achievement Awards

  • Lara Gillespie: Bronze at the Junior Track World Championships and three Silver medals at the European Track Championships
  • Katie-George Dunlevy & Eve McCrystal: Triple World TT Champions
  • Ronan Grimes: Silver medal in the Scratch Race in the Paracycling Track World Championships
  • Greg Swinand: World Masters 50-54 Time Trial Champion
  • Lydia Boylan: Silver Medal in the Points Race in the UCI Track World Championship
  • Mark Downey: Bronze Medal in the Points Race in the UCI Track World Championship
  • Sam Bennett: Two stage wins at the Vuelta a España
  • Leah Maunsell: 2nd in the U21 Enduro World Series

Membership Awards

  • Volunteer of the Year: Dany Blondeel - Ards Cycling Club
  • Female Rider of the Year: Lara Gillespie - Scott Orwell Wheelers
  • Male Rider of the Year: Conor Hennebry - Dan Morrissey-MIG Pactimo
  • Club of the Year: Bray Wheelers
  • Leisure Event of the Year: The Reservoir Dog Sportive – Reservoir Cogs
  • Competitive Event of the Year: National Road Championships - Foyle CC
  • Club Coach of the Year: Hugh Byrne – Sundrive Track Team

Outstanding Service to Cycling

  • Dr Tom Daly: Historical Archive of Cycling in Ireland
  • Phil Skelton: Introduction of dangerous overtaking legislation

Hall of Fame

  • Mick Lawless
  • Martin Early
  • Peter Doyle
  • Gaybo Howard

Men’s National Road Series

  1. Conor Hennebry: Dan Morrissey-MIG Pactimo
  2. James Curry: Dan Morrissey-MIG Pactimo
  3. Darnell Moore: Team Caldwell Cycles

Women’s National Road Series

  1. Katharine Smyth: Ballymena Road Club
  2. Maura Claffey: UCD Cycling Club
  3. Agnieszka Wozniak: Strata 3-VeloRevolution
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