Gabriele Glodenyte has capped a breakthrough season with overall victory in the women’s Cycling Ireland National Road Series 2022. The UCD Cycling Club rider emerged top of the standings after the fifth and final round in Dromore, Co Down, on Sunday.
Glodenyte ended the series with 175 points and held off her club mate Ella Doherty, who was 2nd on 161 points, to secure the overall win.
The two UCD riders were 3rd and 4th in the final round on Sunday and, because there were double points on offer, Glodenyte needed to make sure Doherty did not steal a march on her in the finale and finish several placings ahead.
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After the two team mates in 1st and 2nd overall - both of whom were the only riders to score in all five rounds through the season – Eve McCrystal (Bellurgan Wheelers) was 3rd overall with 140 points.
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Overall winner Glodenyte recorded her big result in the series when she won round 4, the Brian O’Loughlin Memorial, ahead of Caoimhe O’Brien (Torelli-Assure-Cayman Islands-Scimitar) and McCrystal after that trio formed the winning move.
McCrystal won the Meath Grand Prize and was 2nd in the final round on Sunday. The winner of that final round – Lara Gillespie of UCD Cycling Club – got double points, 80, for her win. That bumped her up to 6th in the series, though she only rode one round and had not ridden a road race for two years.
We’ll have more from series winner Glodenyte later.
Cycling Ireland National Road Series | Final Results
- Gabriele Glodenyte UCD Cycling Club 175
- Ella Doherty UCD Cycling Club 161
- Eve McCrystal Bellurgan Wheelers 140
- Caoimhe O'Brien Torelli-Assure-Cayman Islands-Scimitar 115
- Jemma Speers North Down CC 93
- Lara Gillespie UCD Cycling Club 80
- Cleo Harvey Dublin Wheelers 76
- Suzanne White Sorrento CC 47
- Mary Corless Challenge Cycling Club 41
- Ciara Kelly Velo Performance 41
- Elizabeth Kent Arcane Cycling Team 38
- Darcey Harkness VC Glendale 36
- Mia Griffin IBCT 35
- Danielle Forshaw Gorey Cycling Club 31
- Clodagh Ní Ghallchóir UCD Cycling Club 30
- Annalise Murphy Un-Attached Leinster 25
- Yvonne Doran Orwell Wheelers 25
- Helen McParland Phoenix CC 23
- Sara Canny Western Lakes CC 22
- Linda Kelly Spin The Bean Powered By Coffee 20
- Elia Tutty UCD Cycling Club 20
- Orla Walsh Torelli-Assure-Cayman Islands-Scimitar 19
- Lauren Garvey Armagh Down CC 19
- Roisin Lally Scott Bright Motor Group 19
- Shona Keane Greenmount CA 18
- Carthach Mc Carthy Blarney Cycling Club 17
- Ciara Havern Newry Wheelers CC 15
- Roisin McGivern Newry Wheelers CC 9
- Claire Ní Reachtagáin Sundrive Track Team 8
- Aison Higgins Four Masters CC 7
- Jane Cullen Panduit Carrick Wheelers 7
