With just one week remaining to a major sportive being held to help secure the future of the Junior Tour, the man who won the race back in 1994 and a well known bike shop have weighed in with a €1,100 prize for the event.
A Focus Culebro 3 has been put forward as a prize by former international Aidan Duff and the BikeWorx shop in Celbridge owned by Ciaran Kelly.
Duff, who rode for St Tiernan’s and Bray Wheelers in Ireland before basing himself in France for a number of seasons, is the representative in Ireland for Focus Bikes.
Everyone who pre-enters next weekend’s Junior Tour Trust Sportive, starting and finishing at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, west Co Dublin, will be entered in the draw.
Next weekend’s event sees two routes open those who enter; a 112km cycle and a more gentle 57km trek.
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A separate raffle will also take place for a number of high profile signed jerseys. Those who cannot make the sportive can still enter the raffle through the link below.
From left: BikeWorx owner Ciaran Kelly, Aidan Duff of Focus Bikes and future Junior Tour hopeful Patrick Goszczyk with the Focus Culebro 3 up for grabs at next Sunday's sportive.
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Duff was keen to highlight the importance of the Junior Tour in his development as a cyclist.
He went on to represent Ireland at home and abroad after a successful junior career.
Junior Tour organiser Alice Sherratt expressed her gratitude to Duff and Kelly, whose BikeWorx shop in Celbridge also supports the successful Mondello Series throughout the racing season.
The Junior Tour Trust Sportive is the second of four events being held to raise money to secure the future of the junior stage race.
It emerged late last year the race was in financial trouble, with surplus funding saved from the boom times before the economic crash having been exhausted in recent leaner years.
Further events will take place in Bellaghy, Co Derry, on Saturday, 7th February, and Whitegate, Co Clare, on Saturday, 28th February.
For details of next Sunday's event including routes, visit IrishRoadClub.com.
You can pre-enter next Sunday's sportive and automatically enter the draw for the bike by clicking here.
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