Fresh from his overall victory at the Kanturk Three Day, junior road and cyclocross international Liam O’Brien (Fermoy CC) has won the Sliabh Luachra Classic today in Knocknagree, Co Cork.
O’Brien was best in a sprint to the line from a six-man breakaway. He beat last weekend’s A3 Shay Elliott winner, Sam Bolger (Killarney CC) and Sam Moloney (Greenmount CA) to top the podium.
The others in that six-man winning move – and filling placings 4th to 6th – were David Shine (O’Leary Stone Kanturk), Mark Pinfield (Blarney CC) and Matteo Mannasero (Blarney CC).
The junior and A3 group were given a five-minute handicap, with the A1-A2 bunch wiping two minutes off that advantage on the first two of six laps. However, an eight-rider breakaway that had gone clear of the A3-Junior group on the first lap was clearly determined to make it all the way.
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Over laps three and four, the A1-A2 group only managed to close the gap to those ahead by another minute, as the eight-rider breakaway was whittled down to just six.
Back in the A1-A2 group, an eight-man chasing group got clear and quickly began passing the remaining A3s and juniors still ahead of them. However, while they also began closing the gap to the six leaders, they were not able to catch them.
And though the six-man breakaway attacked each other on the final two laps, the gap between it and the chasers was never reduced below 30 seconds, meaning the breakaway survived to fight it out for victory.
Sun, May 15th: Sliabh Luachra Classic
Promoted by Sliabh Luachra Cycling Club
A1-A2-A3-Jun Race (94km)
- Liam O’Brien Fermoy CC
- Sam Bolger Killarney CC
- Sam Moloney Greenmount CA
- David Shine O Leary Stone Kanturk
- Mark Pinfield Blarney CC
- Matteo Mannasero Blarney CC
- Stephen Gillman Team Dan Morrisery Pactimo
- Dermot Radford Black House Racing
- Paul Kennedy Burren CC
- Aidan O Connell Dungarvan CC
- Conor Kissane Killarney CC
- Liam Crowley UCD Cycling Club
- Matt Griffin O’Leary Stone Kanturk
- Mario Gordillo Cortines O Leary Stone Kanturk
- Kieran Hull Blarney CC
Unplaced Junior
- Matt Griffin O’Leary Stone Kanturk
Unplaced A2
- Mario Gordillo Cortines O Leary Stone Kanturk
Unplaced A3
- Kieran Hull Blarney CC
A4-Women John Fleming Cup
- Robert McKenna Bray Wheelers
- Fergal Fitzgerald Newcastle West
- Brian Horgan Unattached
- Michael Guilfoyle Blarney CC
- Michael Lyons Acme CC
- Brian Condon Blarney CC
- Shane O'Connor Marble City Wheelers
- Teddy McCarthy Kilorglin CC
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- Shauna Finn Newcastle West
- Emer O'Driscoll Blarney CC
- Niamh Sheehan Killarney CC
Youth Races
U16 Boys
- Ruairi Coakley O’Leary Stone Kanturk
- Conor Prendergast Galway Bay CC
- Cal Tutty Dungarvan CC
- Eoin Dineen O’Leary Stone Kanturk
- Michael Collins Newcastle West
- Williem O’Connor O’Leary Stone Kanturk
Unplaced U15
- Cillian Clooney Comeragh CC
U16 Girls
- Hannah Hayes TC Racing
- Kate Murphy Sliabh Luachra
- Cliona O’Driscoll O’Leary Stone Kanturk
U14 Boys
- Hugh Og Mulherne Panduit Carrick
- Dan Lane O’Leary Stone Kanturk
- Colin Sheehan O’Leary Stone Kanturk
- Oran O Callaghan O’Leary Stone Kanturk
- Kristupas Martin's O’Leary Stone Kanturk
- Cianan Dennehy Sliabh Luachra
- Diarmuid Collins Newcastle West
- Ciaran O'Sullivan Greenmount CA
Unplaced U13
- Shane O'Brien Fermoy CC
U14 Girls
- Sarah Gaffney Dungarvan CC
- Aoife O Donovan Dungarvan CC
- Ami Flavin Dungarvan CC
- Hannah Dennehy O’Sullivan Sliabh Luachra
U12 Boys
- Tom Lane O’Leary Stone Kanturk
- Conor Lynch Sliabh Luachra cc
- Kieran Mulvaney Sliabh Luachra
- Rory Mulherne Paduit Carrick Wheelers
- MJ Walsh O’Leary Stone Kanturk
- Darragh Collins Newcastle West CC
- Eddie O’Keeffe O Leary Stone Kanturk
- Ryan O’Sullivan Sliabh Luachra
- Shay O’Leary O Leary Stone Kanturk
- Jack Fleming Sliabh
Unplaced U11
- Dean Sheridan Fermoy CC
U12 Girls
- Abaigh Dennehy Sliabh Luachra
- Orla Mulherne Panduit Carrick Wheelers
- Muireann Fenton Sliabh Luachra
- Siun Kelly Greenmount
- Rose Linehan Sliabh Luachra
- Ciara Flavin Dungarven
- Caoilfhionn Foley Sliabh Luachra
- Ciara O’Donovan Dungarven
