Conor Hennebry finishes 3rd and Dillon Corkery was just back the road in 4th place after their breakaway ride in Belgium (All photos with thanks to Martine Verfaillie)
Conor Hennebry and Dillon Corkery have
enjoyed a strong breakaway ride in their latest kermesse in Belgium.
Hennebry (Dan Morrissey-MIG-Pactimo) and
Corkery (BioRacer-DHL-FRS) placed 3rd and 4th in the 96.6km race in Wetteren,
East Flanders.
Matthew Sparrow, a team mate of Hennebry’s,
also rode well. Though missing the escape yesterday he finished in 40th place
after a tough contest.
Hennebry and Corkery got clear in a
10-man breakaway that finished just ahead of the peloton.
Late in the contest after several attacks
from the escape group it split with Hennebry going clear in a three-man move.
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Corkery was in a small chasing group and
while he finished ahead of it he had to be content with 4th just seconds behind
the three leaders.
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The race was won by Lithuania Rojus Adomaitis (Klaipeda Cycling Team).
The 20-year-old is a former junior national champion and is a current U23 international.
He was two seconds clear of Belgian Jari
Wante (VDM Trawobo). Hennebry was a further second back in 3rd place.
Corkery finished another four seconds
down in 4th, two seconds ahead of a group of three.
Sparrow was back in the main bunch, some 29 seconds down on the winner.
Hennebry adds his 3rd place to the runner-up spot he took in Wervick last weekend.
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