Hawkins takes stage as Duncan wraps up “Spin11 Portaferry Three Day”

Fraser Duncan went home with the yellow and green jerseys

Fraser Duncan (Eurocycles) has taken outright victory in the “Spin11 Portaferry Three Day” after finishing safely in the main bunch on the fourth and final stage in Co Down today, Sunday.

The stage was won by Peter Hawkins (IG Sigma Sport) who put in a very strong performance today, taking four of the five ascents on the Mountain Road circuit during a stage over 43 miles.

The Belfast man managed to hold off the field and won on his own from German galloper Christop Schweizer (Team Nutrixxion) with Thomas Martin (Eurocycles) in third.

Duncan made it into the winning breakaways on Friday night’s opening stage and also on the road stage on Saturday morning. That put him into the yellow jersey going into Saturday afternoon’s two mile TT, which he won.

That consistency and his winning test meant he went to the line today with a lead of 1:49 from second placed man on GC Schweizer.

With the stage today completely controlled by Duncan and two really strong team mates in the shape of Thomas Martin and Adam Armstrong, Duncan ran out a pretty comfortable winner.

He also took the points classification from Schweizer and his Eurocycles team took the team prize rounding out a weekend to remember for them.

Stage 4 Result

1 Peter Hawkins Sigma Sport 1:30:23
2 Christop Schweizer Team Nutrixxion 1:30:37
3 Thomas Martin Eurocycles 1:30:39
4 Gary Cranston East Antrim CC 1:30:40
5 Glenn Kinning East Antrim CC 1:30:40
6 David McKnight Team Vision Racing 1:30:40
7 Des Woods Newry Wheelers 1:30:40
8 John Heverin Clann Eireann 1:30:40
9 Cathal Smyth Phoenix CC 1:30:40
10 Sean Donnelly Team Vision Racing 1:30:40
11 Brian Steel Team Vision Racing 1:30:40
12 Conor Hanna North Down CC 1:30:40
13 Devon McIlwaine Duffin Transport 1:30:40
14 Fraser Duncan Eurocycles 1:30:40
15 Desi Foley Phoenix CC 1:30:40
16 Marcel Kock Phoenix CC 1:30:40
17 Damian McDonald Team Vision Racing 1:30:40
18 Shane Farren North Down CC 1:30:40
19 Aaron McGrady Dromara CC 1:30:40
20 Anthony Quinn Dromara CC 1:30:40
21 Stephen Harkens Madigan 1:30:40
22 Alastair Macauley Phoenix CC 1:30:40
23 Adam Armstrong Eurocycles 1:31:02
24 Liam Curran Curran Racing 1:31:02
25 Jay Gault Phoenix CC 1:31:02
26 Fergus Rooney Phoenix CC 1:31:02
27 Kyle Houston Chain Reaction Cycles 1:31:12
28 James McMaster Curran Racing 1:31:12
29 Stephen Beck East Antrim CC 1:46:40
30 Lindsay Gamble Ards CC 1:46:52
31 Peter Kennedy East Antrim CC 1:46:52
32 Gareth Murray Ards CC DNF
33 Andrew Hedley Chain Reaction Cycles DNF
34 Ronnie Smyth Dromara CC DNF
35 Brian Stewart Phoenix CC DNF
36 Kevin Lynch Newry Wheelers DNF
37 Bryan McKinney Duffin Transport DNF

Points Competition

Intermediate Sprint 1
1 Peter Hawkins Sigma Sport 5
2 Alastair Macauley Phoenix CC B 3
3 Desi Foley Phoenix CC A 1

Team Competition

1 Phoenix CC A D. Foley, M. Kock, C. Smyth 4h32'00"
2 Team Vision Racing S. Donnelly, D. McKnight, B. Steel 4h32'00"
3 Eurocycles A. Armstrong, F. Duncan, T. Martin 4h32'21"
4 East Antrim CC S. Beck, G. Cranston, G. Kinning 4h48'00"

Final General Classification

1 Fraser Duncan Eurocycles A1 4h22'51"
2 Christop Schweizer Team Nutrixxion A1 4h24'37" 01'46"
3 Thomas Martin Eurocycles A1 4h24'51" 02'00"
4 Gary Cranston East Antrim CC A1 4h24'54" 02'03"
5 Glenn Kinning East Antrim CC A1 4h24'56" 02'05"
6 John Heverin Clann Eireann A1 4h24'57" 02'06"
7 Marcel Kock Phoenix CC A A2 4h25'32" 02'41"
8 Devon McIlwaine Duffin Transport A2 4h26'24" 03'33"
9 Desi Foley Phoenix CC A A1 4h26'30" 03'39"
10 Conor Hanna North Down CC A3 4h26'35" 03'44"
11 David McKnight Team Vision Racing A2 4h26'35" s/t
12 Des Woods Newry Wheelers A3 4h27'05" 04'14"
13 Alastair Macauley Phoenix CC B A3 4h27'11" 04'20"
14 Shane Farren North Down CC A3 4h27'24" 04'33"
15 Cathal Smyth Phoenix CC A A1 4h27'32" 04'41"
16 Stephen Harkens Madigan A2 4h27'40" 04'49"
17 Adam Armstrong Eurocycles A1 4h27'50" 04'59"
18 Kyle Houston Chain Reaction Cycles A2 4h27'53" 05'02"
19 Peter Hawkins Sigma Sport A* 4h28'06" 05'15"
20 Liam Curran Curran Racing A1 4h28'23" 05'32"
21 Fergus Rooney Phoenix CC A A1 4h28'50" 05'59"
40 Brian Steel Team Vision Racing A3 4h28'50" s/t
41 Sean Donnelly Team Vision Racing A3 4h28'50" s/t
24 Jay Gault Phoenix CC B A3 4h29'10" 06'19"
25 Damian McDonald Team Vision Racing A2 4h30'52" 08'01"
26 Aaron McGrady Dromara CC A3 4h32'51" 10'00"
27 Anthony Quinn Dromara CC A3 4h32'59" 10'08"
28 James McMaster Curran Racing A1 4h34'58" 12'07"
29 Stephen Beck East Antrim CC A3 4h44'57" 22'06"
30 Peter Kennedy East Antrim CC A3 4h45'15" 22'24"
31 Lindsay Gamble Ards CC A3 4h48'14" 25'23"

Points Competition

1 Fraser Duncan Eurocycles 41
2 Christop Schweizer Team Nutrixxion 31
3 Peter Hawkins Sigma Sport 24
4 Thomas Martin Eurocycles 20
5 Glenn Kinning East Antrim CC 15
6 Alastair Macauley Phoenix CC B 10
7 Gary Cranston East Antrim CC 9
8 Liam Curran Curran Racing 7
9 John Heverin Clann Eireann 2
10 Marcel Kock Phoenix CC A 2
11 Adam Armstrong Eurocycles 2
12 Desi Foley Phoenix CC A 1
13 David McKnight Team Vision Racing 1