Cycling Ireland A1 and Junior rider rankings March 2018. The season is a month old and the form riders are pulling ahead in the Cycling Ireland rankings. Above, Darnell Moore - in orange and black - drives the escape on his way to winning the Tour of Ards (Photo: TobyWatson)
Darnell Moore tops the Cycling Ireland A1 rankings after the first month of the new road racing season.
The Caldwell Cycles man enjoyed the winter months, taking the Irish elite hill climb and cyclocross championships.
He has clearly continued to get stronger over the winter, though incredibly remains overlooked by those selecting Irish U23 teams.
He won the Tour of Ards last weekend with a long range solo move from the breakaway. Before that he had been 2nd at the Boyne GP and 3rd at the McCann Cup.
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Moore also collected ranking points for 7th in the Spires GP and 4th in the Annaclone GP.
He has a total of 38 ranking points so far, just two ahead of Lindsay Watson. The PowerHouse Sport man is yet to score and win this season, but that is surely imminent.
He took 2nd in the PJ Logan Cup, and 3rd in both the Tour of Ards and Annaclone GP. Watson was 7th in the John Haldane and 4th in the Spires GP.
Two of the strong men of the early season: Lindsay Watson on the attack at the John Haldane and Sean Kennedy wins the A3 race in Carrick-on-Suir (Photos by Toby Watson and Sean Rowe)
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Marc Potts is 3rd, also with 36 points. He collected most of those on the St Patrick’s Day weekend with three wins in as many days.
Potts took the St Patrick’s Day Road Race, McCann Cup and Annaclone GO. And he also claimed 5th in the John Haldane.
With a feast of racing on this weekend – all of which to be covered by stickybottle – the rankings may look a little different by the time Easter is over.
In the junior rankings Cathir Doyle of PowerHouse Sport leads the way from a trio of NRPT-Chill Insurance mean.
Doyle, who rode Gent-Wevelgem for Ireland last weekend, has already won two races this year. He took the McCann Cup and John Haldane Memorial; picking up 10 ranking points for each.
He also picked up points for 8th at the St Patrick’s Day Road Race and 6th in the Spires GP.
Next in line in the rankings are Conor Halvey, Sean Kennedy and Shay Donley. All top eight riders in the junior rankings are NRPT-Chill Insurance or PowerHouse Sport.
Nathan Keown of North Down CC is the highest ranked junior outside this two teas; in 9th place.
A1 Rider Rankings
1 Darnell Moore Team Caldwell Cycles 38
2 Lindsay Watson Powerhouse Sport 36
3 Marc Potts Neon Velo 36
4 Conor McCann Inspired Cycling 32
5 Jamie Blanchfield Panduit Carrick Wheelers 30
6 Matteo Cigala Team Viner Caremark Pactimo 30
7 Sean McKenna Holdsworth Pro Racing 28
8 Matthew Sparrow Panduit Carrick Wheelers 27
9 Seán Lacey Team Viner Caremark Pactimo 24
10 Conor Hennebry Team Viner Caremark Pactimo 24
11 Paul Kennedy Newcastle West Cycling Club 23
12 Richard Maybin Team Madigan C.C. 20
13 Ronan McLaughlin Team Viner Caremark Pactimo 19
14 Cathal Moynihan Tralee Manor West BC 18
15 Cormac Daly Tralee Manor West BC 17
16 Craig McAuley Team Caldwell Cycles 17
17 Philip Lavery STRATA3/VeloRevolution Racing Team 17
18 Craig Rea Team Viner Caremark Pactimo 16
19 Dominic McCartan Apollo Cycling Team 16
20 Charles Prendergast Castlebar Cycling Club 16
21 Alan Bingham Newry Wheelers CC 15
22 Angus Fyffe Team Caldwell Cycles 15
23 Patrick Clarke Ballina Cycling Club 15
24 Richard Maes Killarney Cycling Club 14
25 Eoin O'Connell Blarney Cycling Club 13
26 Darragh McCarter Donegal Bay Cycling Club 10
27 Jack Bernard Murphy Murphy Surveys Kilcullen CC 10
28 Cian Sutcliffe Team Gerard-DHL 10
29 Luke Smith Team Viner Caremark Pactimo 9
30 James Davenport STRATA3/VeloRevolution Racing Team 9
31 John Hodge Panduit Carrick Wheelers 8
32 Christopher Reilly Bohermeen CC 8
33 Gareth McKee Banbridge CC 7
34 Anthony Doyle STRATA3/VeloRevolution Racing Team 6
35 Stephen Murray STRATA3/VeloRevolution Racing Team 6
36 Conn McDunphy Holdsworth Pro Racing 5
37 Dermot Radford Tipp Wheelers 5
38 Cian Delaney Stamullen RC 5
39 Cathal Purcell Panduit Carrick Wheelers 5
40 John Brosnan Killarney Cycling Club 5
41 Adrian Kirby Greenmount CA 5
42 Damien Shaw Holdsworth Pro Racing 4
43 Andrew Chivers North Down CC 4
44 Bobby Kane Bann Wheelers CC 4
45 Simon Kelly Burren Cycling Club 4
46 Sean Moore Team Gerard-DHL 4
47 Liam Dolan Cuchulainn CC 3
48 James McGreevy Westport Covey Wheelers Cycling Club 3
49 Robin Kelly Waterford Racing Club 3
50 Thomas Martin Clann Eireann CC 3
51 Jarlath Hassett Burren Cycling Club 2
52 Alastair Gribbon Carn Wheelers 2
53 Rory Devlin Inishowen Wheelers 2
54 Paidi O'Brien Team Gerard-DHL 2
55 John Aherne De Ronde Van Cork CC 1
56 Mark McKinley Newry Wheelers CC 1
57 Mark McClure Team Caldwell Cycles 1
58 Shane Smith Moynalty Cycling Club 1
Having ridden Gent Wevelgem as part of the Irish junior team just last weekend, Cathir Doyle tops the first junior rider rankings of the year (Photo: Sharon McFarland)
Junior Rider Rankings
1 Cathir Doyle Powerhouse Sport 28
2 Conor Halvey NRPT 27
3 Sean Kennedy NRPT 27
4 Shay Donley NRPT 23
5 Breandán Flannagan Powerhouse Sport 21
6 Eoghan McGee NRPT 19
7 Adam Ward Powerhouse Sport 18
8 Aaron Doherty NRPT 18
9 Nathan Keown North Down CC 17
10 Declan Maloney The Sports Room Racing 17
11 Patrick J. Doogan Team Caldwell Cycles 16
12 Tomas Walsh Comeragh CC 15
13 Liam Curley NRPT 15
14 Ciaran Cahoon Clann Eireann CC 10
15 Aaron Wade Lakeside Wheelers Mullingar CC 9
16 Oisín Doherty Donegal Bay Cycling Club 9
17 Cian May Lucan Cycling Road Club 9
18 David Fitzgerald Tralee Manor West BC 8
19 Padraig Rogan Phoenix CC 8
20 Andrew Robinson Bann Wheelers CC 8
21 Neil Hodges O'Leary Stone Kanturk 7
22 Ruairi Power Team Caldwell Cycles 7
23 David Ward Carlow RCC 7
24 Kevin McCambridge mellowVELO Bicycle Cartel 7
25 michael mcglynn Omagh Wheelers Cycling Club 6
26 Mathew Boyd Castlebar Cycling Club 5
27 Rhys Kenny Comeragh CC 4
28 Ciaran O'Sullivan Comeragh CC 4
29 Calum Kenny Galway Bay CC 4
30 Ben Hanrahan Bandon Cycling Club 3
31 Shane Higgins The Sports Room Racing 3
32 Mark Smith The Sports Room Racing 3
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