Damien Travers taking his first win of the season yesterday at the third stage of the O’Leary’s Stone Kanturk Three-Day. The Dungarvan rider is out of contention for the overall so said his plan was to attack until he cracked (Photo with thanks to John Coleman of DC Images)
Damien Travers notched one of three wins for Dungarvan Cycling Club yesterday when he claimed the third stage of the O’Leary’s Stone Kanturk Three-Day, following up A4 winner Dwayne Kirwan and U14 victor Mark McGarry’s respective triumphs.
Travers was certainly made work for it though, having been out front from as early as the second of five laps.
Not only that, but the five-man break he was part of contained a general classification danger man from Mego Racing Team, meaning the chase was on behind from an early point in the race.
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Orwell's McArdle had to be content with 2nd place on the stage just behind the winner, but it was still a very strong ride by the Dubliner (Photo with thanks to John Coleman of DC Images)
"We were away from the second lap, five of us, the break was chasing hard because Mego had a man high up overall,” explained Travers, who last won in Kanturk in 2011.
“The bunch chased hard so the Mego lads sat up on the third lap. But as soon as they were reeled in we got the gap up to a minute and held it as best we could.”
Travers’ breakaway partner was Brian McArdle of Orwell Wheelers and they did some long, painful pulls on the front in a bid to stay away.
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“The boys started chasing hard again and got it down to about 30 seconds before the turn off for Banteer on the final lap so I jumped Brian and just held him off.
Dion McCarthy takes the sprint for 3rd place, with stage 1 winner Sean Yelverton leading the charge behind. The man who was 2nd to Yelverton on stage 1 and who won yesterday morning's 8km stage 3 time trial, Michael O'Loughlin can be seen in the yellow jersey on the right of shot (Photo with thanks to John Coleman of DC Images)
“I came in about 20 seconds ahead of the bunch. It was a great feeling to cross the line solo but the legs were good today.
“I’m just sorry I’m not higher up on GC to challenge. I missed the break yesterday so today I said it’d just be all-out-attack from the start.
“I’m doing the Rás this year so I needed a good workout.”
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