Aoife O'Brien, Esther Wong 1-3 is hightlight for Irish riders in Portugal

Aoife O'Brien and Esther Wong in the thick of it in the bunch in Portugal, where they both scored podium results

A small Irish team has been in action over the weekend at the Troféu Internacional Artur Lopes meeting in Aadia, Portugal, with Team Ireland’s Aoife O’Brien and Esther Wong scoring podium results.

They went 1-3 in the elimination race, with 20-year-old Polish rider Martyna Szczęsna of UCI Conti team MAT Atom Deweloper Wrocław splitting them on the podium.

The two-day meeting was contested by some national teams as well as trade and club and teams and number of riders competing as individuals.

Irish rider Rhiannon Dolan, who represented Ireland at the junior track Worlds in 2024, was one of those competing for a club team, RWC Ahoy. She was 7th in the same race her compatriots, O'Brien and Wong, scored 1st and 3rd.

Aoife O'Brien and Esther Wong on the podium, after finishing 1st and 3rd, in Anadia in Portugal

As well as the three Irish women in action this weekend, junior Europeans silver medal winner from last year, Max Fitzgerald, and Matti Dobbins competed in a number of the U23 and elite men's races in Portugal.

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O’Brien and Wong also teamed up for the eight-team Madison event and finished in 4th place. They scored 13 points after taking points in six of the eight sprints, including five points for winning the sixth sprint.

In the 19-rider U23 men’s elimination race, Fitzgerald was 9th. In the elite women’s elimination race, featuring 22 riders, O’Brien was 6th, Wong 10th and Dolan 17th.

The women’s race was won by Lily Williams, the American riding for Human Powered Health who won team pursuit gold with the US at the Paris Olympics.

Max Fitzgerald, a silver medal man at the Europeans and national record breaker last year as a junior, is now up into the U23 and elite racing

Dobbins was also 16th in the 24-rider points race. The 30km event was won by Rui Oliveira, the Madison gold medal winner for Portugal in the Madison at the Paris Olympics and who rides for UAE Team Emirates XRG on the road.

In the 28-rider elite men's scratch race final, Dobbins was 13th of 28 riders, with Fitzgerald among a number of non-finishers.

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The race was won by Iúri Leitão, who rides on the road for Caja Rural-Seguros RGA, from his Team Portugal team mate Oliveira and Great Britain’s Harry Tanfield.

In the U23 women’s scratch race final, Dolan was 8th, while Fitzgerald was 9th in the 18-rider U23 men’s race final. In the elite men’s elimination race, Leitão and Oliveira went 1-2 again for Portugal, from Bor Ebnar (Slovenia). Fitzgerald was 11th in the 27-rider race and Dobbins finished in 20th place.

Matti Dobbins feels the sting in Anadia and he is now becoming a regular for Ireland on the track

Jan 16th-17th | Troféu Internacional Artur Lopes

Anadia, Portugal

U23 Women | Elimination Race Final

  1. Aoife OBRIEN IRL IRELAND
  2. Martyna SZCZESNA POL MAT ATOM DEWELO
  3. Esther WONG IRL IRELAND
  4. Maja TRACKA POL MAT ATOM DEWELO
  5. Marta CARVALHO POR CANTABRIA DEPORT
  6. Irati MICHELENA ESP GIPUZKOA
  7. Rhiannon DOLAN IRL RWC AHOY
  8. Izaro ETXARRI ESP EUSTRAK - EUSKADI
  9. Raquel DIAS POR TEAM FARTO - BTC
  10. Eliza RABAZYNSKA POL POLISH CYCLING TE
  11. Bruna GONÇALVES POR KORPO ACTIVO / PE
  12. Emília BAÍA POR KORPO ACTIVO / PE

U23 Men | Elimination Race

  1. Ramazan YILMAZ TUR TURKISH NATIONAL
  2. Emre KAPLAN TUR TURKISH NATIONAL
  3. Nejc PETERLIN SLO SLOVENIA
  4. Mateo DUQUE ARG ATOM 6 - CYCLEUR D
  5. Bor EBNER SLO SLOVENIA
  6. Ryan OLDFIELD GBR GREAT BRITAIN
  7. João ALMEIDA POR #INDIVIDUAL#
  8. Tim MERVAR SLO KK NOVO MESTO
  9. Maximilian FITZGERALD IRL IRELAND
  10. Alin TOADER ROU ROMANIA NATIONAL
  11. Francisco ALVES POR EARTH CONSULTERS
  12. Mustafa TARAKCI TUR TURKISH NATIONAL
  13. Agustin FERRARI ARG ARGENTINA NATION
  14. José TEIXEIRA POR EARTH CONSULTERS
  15. Maj FLAJS SLO SLOVENIA
  16. Jose PAIVA POR GI GROUP HOLDING
  17. Mihnea-Alexandru HARASIM ROU ROMANIA NATIONAL
  18. Mathieu DUPIN FRA OREKA IT - ZUIA ING
  19. Rodrigo RAPOSO POR STª.MARIA FEIRA/M

Elite Women | Elimination Race

  1. Lily WILLIAMS USA HUMAN POWERED H
  2. Olga WANKIEWICZ POL MAT ATOM DEWELO
  3. Patrycja LORKOWSKA POL POLISH NATIONAL T
  4. Daria PIKULIK POL POLAND NATIONAL T
  5. Daniela CAMPOS POR EQUIPA PORTUGAL
  6. Aoife OBRIEN IRL IRELAND
  7. Maja TRACKA POL MAT ATOM DEWELO
  8. Kateryna VELYCHKO UKR UKRAINE
  9. Beatriz ROXO POR ODL TEAM-KIWI ATL
  10. Esther WONG IRL IRELAND
  11. Nienke VEENHOVEN NED NETHERLANDS
  12. Martyna SZCZESNA POL MAT ATOM DEWELO
  13. Izaro ETXARRI ESP EUSTRAK - EUSKADI
  14. Bruna GONÇALVES POR KORPO ACTIVO / PE
  15. Eliza RABAZYNSKA POL POLISH CYCLING TE
  16. Catalina-andreea CATINEANU ROU ROMANIA NATIONAL
  17. Rhiannon DOLAN IRL RWC AHOY
  18. Irati MICHELENA ESP GIPUZKOA
  19. Tamara SZALINSKA POL MAT ATOM DEWELO
  20. Marta CARVALHO POR CANTABRIA DEPORT
  21. Emília BAÍA POR KORPO ACTIVO / PE
  22. Raquel DIAS POR TEAM FARTO - BTC

Elite Men | Elimination Race Final

  1. Iúri LEITÃO POR EQUIPA PORTUGAL
  2. Rui OLIVEIRA POR EQUIPA PORTUGAL
  3. Bor EBNER SLO SLOVENIA
  4. Daniel STANISZEWSKI POL ELITECORE TRACK T
  5. Mateo DUQUE ARG ATOM 6 - CYCLEUR D
  6. Charlie TANFIELD GBR GREAT BRITAIN
  7. Matias MALMBERG DEN DENMARK
  8. William ROBERTS GBR TEAM WALES
  9. Carlos SALGUEIRO POR TEAM TAVIRA
  10. Diogo NARCISO POR CREDIBOM-LA ALUMI
  11. Maximilian FITZGERALD IRL IRELAND
  12. João MATIAS POR TAVFER - OVOS MAT
  13. Ramazan YILMAZ TUR TURKISH NATIONAL
  14. Bertold DRIJVER HUN HUNGARY
  15. Nejc PETERLIN SLO SLOVENIA
  16. Rhys BRITTON GBR TEAM WALES
  17. Eduard-michael GROSU ROU ROMANIA NATIONAL
  18. Mustafa TARAKCI TUR TURKISH NATIONAL
  19. Ryan OLDFIELD GBR GREAT BRITAIN
  20. Matti DOBBINS IRL IRELAND
  21. Wojciech PSZCZOLARSKI POL ELITECORE TRACK T
  22. Maj FLAJS SLO SLOVENIA
  23. Daniel CRISTA ROU ROMANIA NATIONAL

U23 Women | Scratch Race Final (10km)

  1. Maja TRACKA POL MAT ATOM DEWELO
  2. Martyna SZCZESNA POL MAT ATOM DEWELO
  3. Eliza RABAZYNSKA POL POLISH CYCLING TE -1
  4. Izaro ETXARRI ESP EUSTRAK - EUSKADI -1
  5. Marta CARVALHO POR CANTABRIA DEPORT -1
  6. Irati MICHELENA ESP GIPUZKOA -1
  7. Emília BAÍA POR KORPO ACTIVO / PE -1
  8. Rhiannon DOLAN IRL RWC AHOY -1
  9. Raquel DIAS POR TEAM FARTO - BTC -1

U23 Men | Scratch Race Final (10km)

  1. Nejc PETERLIN SLO SLOVENIA
  2. Maj FLAJS SLO SLOVENIA
  3. Mateo DUQUE ARG ATOM 6 - CYCLEUR D
  4. Ryan OLDFIELD GBR GREAT BRITAIN
  5. Tim MERVAR SLO KK NOVO MESTO -1
  6. Ellande LARRONDE FRA CAJA RURAL - SEGUR -1
  7. Sam FISHER GBR TEAM WALES -1
  8. Bor EBNER SLO SLOVENIA -1
  9. Maximilian FITZGERALD IRL IRELAND -1
  10. Francisco ALVES POR EARTH CONSULTERS -1
  11. Alin TOADER ROU ROMANIA NATIONAL -1
  12. João ALMEIDA POR #INDIVIDUAL# -1
  13. Agustin FERRARI ARG ARGENTINA NATION -1
  14. Mathieu DUPIN FRA OREKA IT - ZUIA ING -1
  15. Mihnea-Alexandru HARASIM ROU ROMANIA NATIONAL -1
  16. Jose PAIVA POR GI GROUP HOLDING- -1
  17. José TEIXEIRA POR EARTH CONSULTERS -2
  18. Rodrigo RAPOSO POR STª.MARIA FEIRA/M -2

Elite Men | Scratch Race Final

  1. Iúri LEITÃO POR EQUIPA PORTUGAL 2
  2. Rui OLIVEIRA POR EQUIPA PORTUGAL
  3. Charlie TANFIELD GBR GREAT BRITAIN
  4. Carlos SALGUEIRO POR TEAM TAVIRA -1
  5. Matias MALMBERG DEN DENMARK -1
  6. Filip PROKOPYSZYN POL POLAND -1
  7. Nejc PETERLIN SLO SLOVENIA -1
  8. Mateo DUQUE ARG ATOM 6 - CYCLEUR D -1
  9. Daniel STANISZEWSKI POL ELITECORE TRACK T -1
  10. Bertold DRIJVER HUN HUNGARY -1
  11. Ramazan YILMAZ TUR TURKISH NATIONAL -1
  12. João MATIAS POR TAVFER - OVOS MAT -1
  13. Matti DOBBINS IRL IRELAND -1
  14. Mustafa TARAKCI TUR TURKISH NATIONAL -1
  15. Campos FRANCISCO POR TEAM TAVIRA -1
  16. Ryan OLDFIELD GBR GREAT BRITAIN -1
  17. Diogo NARCISO POR CREDIBOM-LA ALUMI -1
  18. Maj FLAJS SLO SLOVENIA -1
  19. Wojciech PSZCZOLARSKI POL ELITECORE TRACK T -1
  20. Daniel CRISTA ROU ROMANIA NATIONAL -1
  21. Rhys BRITTON GBR TEAM WALES -1
  22. William ROBERTS GBR TEAM WALES -1
  23. Sam FISHER GBR TEAM WALES -1

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