Mark Dowling has won back-to-back national elite crit championships after taking the gold medal in Banbridge tonight. Philip Lavery took silver on the night while Gareth McKee of the promoting club took home the bronze.
By Brian Canty
Mark Dowling has been crowned Irish national crit champion for the second year in-a-row tonight.
The ASEA-Wheelworx man took the gold medal ahead of runner-up Philip Lavery with local man Gareth McKee of Banbridge CC rounding out the podium after a cracking race around Banbridge town centre.
For Dowling it was a special night as he came into the race as one of the favourites, making an already difficult task of retaining the title even more so.
Last year in Claremorris he blitzed the field to take home the gold medal for the first time and he repeated the act tonight on the tight and technical course.
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It was a special night too for Banbridge CC who took home the gold medal as winners of the team prize thanks to McKee, James Curry and John Buller.
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Fri, Aug 12th: National Crit Champs
Banbridge Co. Down
Promoted by Banbridge CC
1 Mark Dowling (ASEA-Wheelworx)
2 Philip Lavery (Baguet-M.I.B.A.-Indulek-Derito Cycling Team)
3 Gareth McKee (Banbridge CC)
Team Prize: Banbridge CC
John Buller, James Curry and Gareth McKee were the team prize winners at the national crit champs tonight, a special achievement given they were the hosts of the event.
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