The Junior Tour of Ireland got underway in Co Clare this evening, Tuesday, with British riders filling the top three positions and Jack Woods, the Crabbe Dstny rider competing with Team Ireland this week, best of the Irish in 4th place.
The stage came down to a mass bunch sprint after none of the attacks stuck, with Luca Bednarek of US-based team Hot Tubes getting the verdict in what was a close run thing after 63km of racing to Barefield.
He led in Lee Valley Youth CC team mates Toby Tombs and Edwin Boyle, who were 2nd and 3rd, just ahead of first-year junior Woods, who has gotten his challenge off to a strong start with plenty of hard racing to come.
The Irish team - Woods, Hugh Óg Mulhearne, Toby Sweetman, Peter Quigley and Curtis McKee - were among those on the attack today and pushing the pace on the only categorised climb of the day; the cat 2 Maghera crested about 25km from the finish.
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Luca Bednarek (Hot Tubes) wins stage one of the Quanta Capital Junior Tour
Toby Tombs & Eddie Boyle (Lee Valley Youth CC) in 2nd & 3rd.
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However, despite those efforts on the climb, and an attack by eventual 3rd place finisher Boyle, the bunch went over the top of the climb intact.
Maximum points were taken by Alec Sorby (Lee Valley Youth CC Team 3) from Seth Jackson (FH MAS Cams), Casey Warren (Team California 1) and Robin Daniels (Ignite Junior Cycling).
After the fast run-in from the cop of the climb to the finish, a large bunch went to the line to fight it out for stage honours, and the first yellow jersey of the 2025 edition.
A total of 99 riders are in the field this year, and about one third of those are Irish, with a lot of visitors from the United States and Great Britain. The Junior Tour of Ireland - sponsored by Quanta Capital - very clearly continues to generate very strong interest across the international junior scene.
And that interest is once again in evidence this year despite the junior European Track Championships effectively clashing with the race, not to mention the Ain Bugey Valromey Tour, France's premier junior stage race, also overlapping with the Junior Tour, as it starts on Thursday.
Stage 1 | Maghera-Barefield (63km)
- Bednarek, Luca Hot Tubes 1h22m59s
- Tombs, Toby Lee Valley Youth CC Team 1 1h22m59s
- Boyle, Eddie Lee Valley Youth CC Team 1 1h22m59s
- Woods, Jack Cycling Ireland 1h22m59s
- Warren, Casey Team California 1 1h22m59s
- Kowalonek, Joel Boost Cycle Sport 1h22m59s
- Sweetman, Toby Cycling Ireland 1h22m59s
- Bertin, Gabriel Ignite Junior Cycling 1h22m59s
- Lloyd, Owen Team Velosport 1h22m59s
- Arey, Ben Halesowen Academy-Mapei 1h22m59s
- Beshore, Garrett Boulder Junior Cycling 1h22m59s
- Ask, Thayer Boulder Junior Cycling 1h22m59s
- Ausberger, Freddie Lee Valley Youth CC Team 1 1h22m59s
- Dhokia, Vyaan Team PAU 1h22m59s
- McGlaughlin, Reid Boost Cycle Sport 1h22m59s
- Standley, Nathaniel New England-Cadence Wealth Management1h22m59s
- Hilditch, Samuel Team Rauland 1h22m59s
- Bauer, Wendel Team California 1 1h22m59s
- Óg Mulhearne, Hugh Cycling Ireland 1h22m59s
- Evans, Chandler Hot Tubes 1h22m59s
- Hummel, Nils Team California 1 1h22m59s
- Freyre, Caden Hot Tubes 1h22m59s
- Duncan, Brodie West Lothian Clarion CC #1 1h22m59s
- Jarm, Charles New England-Cadence Wealth Management1h22m59s
- Sorby, Alec Lee Valley Youth CC Team 3 1h22m59s
- Willer, Lane Team Velosport 1h22m59s
- Jackson, Seth FH MAS Cams 1h22m59s
- Cairns, Owen Team PAU 1h22m59s
- Kehoe, Luke Cycling Leinster 1h22m59s
- Armstrong, James Cycling Ulster 1h22m59s
- Goodwin, Angelo New England-Cadence Wealth Management1h22m59s
- Haynes, Dylan Boulder Junior Cycling 1h22m59s
- Mohr, Desmond Boulder Junior Cycling 1h22m59s
- Cressey-Rodgers, Huw Team PAU 1h22m59s
- Oldfield, Ryan Halesowen Academy-Mapei 1h22m59s
- Price-Glynn, Lucas Boost Cycle Sport 1h22m59s
- McKee, Curtis Cycling Ireland 1h22m59s
- Byrne, Darragh Cycling Leinster 1h22m59s
- Watkins, Huw Lee Valley Youth CC Team 1 1h22m59s
- Zavalla, Aidan Team California 1 1h22m59s
- Ratcliffe, Mikey Halesowen Academy-Mapei 1h22m59s
- Kinrade, James Lee Valley Youth CC Team 3 1h22m59s
- Zikovitz, Evan Ignite Junior Cycling 1h22m59s
- Lucas, Evan Ignite Junior Cycling 1h22m59s
- Henry, Cameron Cycling Ulster 1h22m59s
- Daniels, Robin Ignite Junior Cycling 1h22m59s
- Walls, Matthew Cycling Leinster 1h22m59s
- Geddes Gasco, Luca Lee Valley Youth CC Team 2 1h22m59s
- McRae, Patrick Team Rauland 1h22m59s
- O'Shaughnessy, Oliver Shay Murphy DevelopmentTeam 1h22m59s
- McLean, Jake Ignite Junior Cycling 1h22m59s
- Riemer, Nathan Boulder Junior Cycling 1h22m59s
- Freeman, Ben Halesowen Academy-Mapei 1h22m59s
- Olson, Zachary Team Velosport 1h22m59s
- Killeen, Fionn Cycling Leinster 1h22m59s
- Lunt, Jake Lee Valley Youth CC Team 2 1h22m59s
- Alcock, Charles Team Rauland 1h22m59s
- Martinkus, Kristupas O'Leary Stone Kanturk 1h22m59s
- Quigley, Peter Cycling Ireland 1h22m59s
- Wheller, Noah Lee Valley Youth CC Team 2 1h22m59s
- Harvey, Ted Team PAU 1h22m59s
- Lopez, Solomon Boost Cycle Sport 1h22m59s
- Levitt, Nathan Lee Valley Youth CC Team 1 1h22m59s
- Ray, Jack Hot Tubes 1h22m59s
- Koster, Sebastian Hot Tubes 1h22m59s
- Sullivan, Thomas Team Velosport 1h22m59s
- O'Mahony, John Munster Spin 11 1h22m59s
- Egan, Joe Halesowen Academy-Mapei 1h22m59s
- Matthews, Adam Cycling Ulster 1h22m59s
- Ritter, Levi Team Velosport 1h22m59s
- O' Callaghan, Oran O'Leary Stone Kanturk 1h22m59s
- Gervez, Nathaniel New England-Cadence Wealth Management1h22m59s
- McCaffrey, Callum Cycling Leinster 1h22m59s
- Lawless, Jack Leinster Development 1h22m59s
- Jacquemet-Ross, Raphael West Lothian Clarion CC #1 1h22m59s
- Mortlock, Bodhi Team Rauland 1h22m59s
- Chittenden, Sydney Team Rauland 1h26m54s
- Sexton, Ewan West Lothian Clarion CC #1 1h26m54s
- Massey, Ben West Lothian Clarion #2 1h26m54s
- Vorster, Cailean West Lothian Clarion CC #1 1h26m54s
- O'Sullivan, Kieran Munster Spin 11 1h26m54s
- O'Keeffe, Ben Munster Spin 11 1h26m54s
- Fleming, Rory West Lothian Clarion CC #1 1h26m54s
- Sheehan, Colin Munster Spin 11 1h26m54s
- Horn, Andrew Team California 1 1h26m54s
- Collins, Diarmuid Munster Spin 11 1h26m54s
- Meehan, Jacob New England-Cadence Wealth Management1h26m54s
- Thomas, Brion Team PAU 1h26m54s
- Baker, Ben Lee Valley Youth CC Team 2 1h26m54s
- Cloherty, Oscar Lee Valley Youth CC Team 3 1h26m54s
- Kelly, Conor Cycling Ulster 1h36m49s
- Tysoe, Joe Lee Valley Youth CC Team 3 1h36m49s
- Carry, Finlay O'Leary Stone Kanturk 1h36m49s
- Lane, Dan Leinster Development 1h36m49s
- Lane, Matthew Shay Murphy DevelopmentTeam 1h36m49s
- Thynne, Patrick O'Leary Stone Kanturk 1h36m49s
- Maye, Bob Shay Murphy DevelopmentTeam 1h36m49s
- Fitzgerald, Sean Shay Murphy DevelopmentTeam 1h36m49s
- Moore, Ashton Cycling Ulster 1h36m49s
