Stickybottle Reader Poll: Best performance in Ireland of 2016

The breakaway at the National Championships contained some really strong riders; but we were treated to brilliant rides all year. What's your best of 2016? (Photo: Sean Rowe)

The road scene in Ireland was packed with action in 2016; two stages in the Rás by Irishmen a rare sight of late.

But those victories by Eoin Morton (UCD-FitzCycles.ie) and Eddie Dunbar riding for the Irish team were just two among a group of fantastic performances on home soil.

And now you can vote for what you think was the best road ride on Irish soil in 2016 with our stickybottle reader poll below.

The National Road Championships in particular saw some great racing; Nicolas Roche far too good for the rest and taking the TT and road crown.

Not far behind him young Michael O’Loughlin put in a storming ride in the road race; the teenager and first-year U23 rider taking the elite race bronze and becoming the U23 champion into the bargain.

In the U23 TT former junior champion Eddie Dunbar came out on top when he beat WorldTour man Ryan Mullen to the gold medal.

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And in the women’s events Anna Turvey announced her arrival onto the Irish scene by taking the TT title by well in excess of three minutes.

In the women’s road race, Lydia Boylan defended the crown she had won 12 months earlier; with Ciara Doogan taking both the junior road race and TT titles later in the year.

Also in the junior ranks, Robert O’Leary was the only Irish winner of a stage in the Junior Tour.

Conor Hennebry took something of a breakthrough win for him when lifting the overall title at the Tour of Ulster.

And Chris McGlinchey rode out of his skin in winning both a stage and the overall at Rás Mumhan.

Sean McKenna took a great win at the Des Hanlon classic and Marc Potts won the Shay Elliott from the front, with Eoin Morton doing the same at the VisitNenagh Classic.

Sean Lacey wrapped up the National Series having won the classic league the last time it was run in 2010; underlining his class after years in the top tier.