
Looking slick and back on top; Martyn Irvine has enjoyed his first strong international outing on the track - in Aigle, Switzerland - since his devastating crash at the Tour of Taiwan back in March.
The top Irish track trio of Martyn Irvine, Caroline Ryan and Eoin Mullen have enjoyed great form in the Three Days of Aigle international track meeting in Switzerland, with all taking a trip to the podium and young Mullen winning his sprint event.
The emerging rider from the Aran Islands clocked a new personal best time and stadium record in the sprint of 10.16, before going on to win the event with a 2-0 victory against Flavio Cipriano of Brazil this evening, Saturday.
Cipriano had won the keirin event on Friday in which Mullen was 7th.
On the opening day of the meeting on Thursday, scratch race World Champion Irvine took 4th in that event, with victory going to top Italian road sprinted Elia Viviani, who riders for the Cannondale trade team.
It was a good ride by Irvine, who is only now getting back into top flight track competition after his broken hip on the Tour of Taiwan in March.
Irvine was also in omnium action at the meeting and when that race concluded yesterday, Friday, he had finished in 3rd place overall, a welcome boost ahead of the European Track Championships in Holland starting in just under two weeks time.
Caroline Ryan got her Aigle meeting underway on Thursday with 10th in the scratch race. Then yesterday, Friday, she rode the pursuit and the points race, taking 2nd and 12th respectively.
Ryan, along with Irvine, was competing for the national team this weekend while Mullen was riding for the UCI-run World Cycling Centre on whose home track the meeting took place.
We did not have full results for Mullen's sprint event at the time of writing, but the results for the Irish riders on Thursday and Friday are included below. We'll bring you full timing details of Mullen's win just as soon as we get them.
Thursday, October 3rd: Men's Scratch Race
| Rank | Name | Nat. |
| 1 | Elia VIVIANI | ITA |
| 2 | Théry SCHIR | SUI |
| 3 | Jan KELLER | SUI |
| 4 | Martyn IRVINE | IRL |
| 5 | Leif LAMPATER | GER |
| 6 | Tristan MARGUET | SUI |
| 7 | Frank PASCHE | SUI |
| 8 | Jan FREULER | SUI |
| 9 | Lukas SPENGLER | SUI |
| 10 | Cyrille THIERY | SUI |
| 11 | Achim BURKART | GER |
| 12 | Liam BERTAZZO | ITA |
| 13 | Vivien BRISSE | FRA |
| 14 | Kilian MOSER | SUI |
| 15 | Franco MARVULLI | SUI |
| 16 | Matteo ALBAN | ITA |
| 17 | Gabriel CHAVANNE | SUI |
| 18 | Riccardo DONATO | ITA |
| 19 | Yoan VERARDO | FRA |
| 20 | Morgan KNEISKY | FRA |
Friday, October 4th: Men's Keirin
|
Rank |
Name |
Nat. |
|
1 |
Flavio CIPRIANO |
BRA |
|
2 |
Kacio FREITAS |
BRA |
|
3 |
Dieferson BORGES |
BRA |
|
4 |
Maximilian DÖRNBACH |
GER |
|
5 |
Davi PANTAROLLI ROMEO |
BRA |
|
6 |
Jan MAY |
GER |
|
7 |
Eoin MULLEN |
IRL |
|
8 |
Florian SUTER |
SUI |
|
9 |
Giacomo DEL ROSARIO |
ITA |
|
10 |
Erik TOMARELLI |
ITA |
|
11 |
Miles STOVOLD |
GBR |
|
12 |
Martin SKERIK |
CZE |
|
13 |
Federico ZAMARIAN |
ITA |
Friday, October 4th: Men's Omnium Final Overall
|
Rank |
Name |
Nat. |
Result |
|
1 |
Jasper DE BUYST |
BEL |
12 |
|
2 |
Kenny DE KETELE |
BEL |
21 |
|
3 |
Martyn IRVINE |
IRL |
23 |
|
4 |
Gaël SUTER |
SUI |
26 |
|
5 |
Olivier BEER |
SUI |
31 |
|
6 |
Claudio IMHOF |
SUI |
34 |
|
7 |
Loïc PERIZZOLO |
SUI |
38 |
|
8 |
Francesco CASTEGNARO |
ITA |
40 |
|
9 |
Jules PIJOURLET |
FRA |
53 |
|
99 DNF |
Morgan KNEISKY |
FRA |
|
|
99 DNF |
Maxime FROIDEVAUX |
SUI |
Friday, October 4th: Women's Points Race
|
Rank |
Name |
Nat. |
Result |
|
1 |
Elena CECCHINI |
ITA |
79 |
|
2 |
Maria giulia CONFALONIERI |
ITA |
73 |
|
3 |
Jolien D'HOORE |
BEL |
64 |
|
4 |
Barbara GUARISCHI |
ITA |
50 |
|
5 |
Annalisa CUCINOTTA |
ITA |
46 |
|
6 |
Simona FRAPPORTI |
ITA |
46 |
|
7 |
Doris SCHWEIZER |
SUI |
43 |
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8 |
Els BELMANS |
BEL |
43 |
|
9 |
Beatrice BARTELLONI |
ITA |
28 |
|
10 |
Evelyn ARYS |
BEL |
25 |
|
11 |
Chiara VANNUCCI |
ITA |
7 |
|
12 |
Caroline RYAN |
IRL |
4 |
|
13 |
Lotta LEPISTÖ |
FIN |
2 |
|
14 |
Rita IMSTEPF |
SUI |
-40 |
|
99 DNF |
Valentine GROB |
SUI |
|
|
99 DNF |
Alexa PÉREZ |
MEX |
Friday, October 4th: Women's 3km Individual Pursuit
|
Rank |
Name |
Nat. |
Result |
|
1 |
Jolien D'HOORE |
BEL |
3:39.723 |
|
2 |
Caroline RYAN |
IRL |
3:44.605 |
|
3 |
Els BELMANS |
BEL |
|
|
4 |
Simona FRAPPORTI |
ITA |
|
|
5 |
Beatrice BARTELLONI |
ITA |
|
|
6 |
Chiara VANNUCCI |
ITA |
|
|
7 |
Lotta LEPISTÖ |
FIN |
|
|
8 |
Maria giulia CONFALONIERI |
ITA |
|
|
9 |
Doris SCHWEIZER |
SUI |
|
|
10 |
Desiree EHRLER |
SUI |
|
|
11 |
Elena CECCHINI |
ITA |
|
|
12 |
Evelyn ARYS |
BEL |
|
|
13 |
Annalisa CUCINOTTA |
ITA |
|
|
14 |
Barbara GUARISCHI |
ITA |
|
|
15 |
Rita IMSTEPF |
SUI |
|
|
DNS |
Claire Lise COMPARAT |
FRA |
Thursday, October 3rd: Women's Scratch Race
|
Rank |
Name |
Nat. |
|
1 |
Jolien D'HOORE |
BEL |
|
2 |
Elena CECCHINI |
ITA |
|
3 |
Beatrice BARTELLONI |
ITA |
|
4 |
Maria giulia CONFALONIERI |
ITA |
|
5 |
Evelyn ARYS |
BEL |
|
6 |
Doris SCHWEIZER |
SUI |
|
7 |
Simona FRAPPORTI |
ITA |
|
8 |
Annalisa CUCINOTTA |
ITA |
|
9 |
Barbara GUARISCHI |
ITA |
|
10 |
Caroline RYAN |
IRL |
|
11 |
Desiree EHRLER |
SUI |
|
12 |
Els BELMANS |
BEL |
|
99 DNF |
Lotta LEPISTÖ |
FIN |
|
99 DNF |
Chiara VANNUCCI |
ITA |
|
99 DNF |
Valentine GROB |
SUI |
|
99 DNF |
Rita IMSTEPF |
SUI |
|
99 DNF |
Alexa PÉREZ |
MEX |