Ireland’s new professional cycling EvoPro Racing took another win, this time in France, and immediately paid tribute to Sean Lynch.
The Drogheda Wheelers rider was involved
in a racing crash eight days ago in Wexford and tragically died last Thursday
in hospital from his injuries.
EvoPro Racing rider Harry Sweeny told stickybottle he and his team mates had met Sean when they were in Ireland racing in recent weeks.
They had been shocked to hear the news
of his sad passing and when Sweeny won a stage of the Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
(2.2) in France at the weekend they paid tribute to him.
“The whole team was
devastated to hear of the passing of Sean, we all met him at an Irish race
earlier in the year,” said Sweeny.
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“He quickly introduced
himself and made quite the impression. We send all our wishes to his family,
friends and also the Irish cycling community.”
Sweeny took EvoPro Racing’s seventh win
of the season at the weekend on stage 3 of Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour.
After 172.4km from Montanay to
Saint-Maurice-l'Exil Sweeny won from a breakaway after an aggressive showing.
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The 20-year-old Australian saw off Julen
Amezqueta of ProConti team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA in a two-up sprint after
attacking the breakaway.
Dane Mads Rahbek (BHS-Almeborg-Bornholm)
was 3rd another five seconds back and just head of a seven-man group which
represented the remains of the day’s main breakaway.
“I knew it was a big day out on the bike as I'd previously raced this in 2017 and didn’t finish this stage,” he said.
“I stayed in the peloton and then bridged across to a breakaway about 60km to go. The group got smaller and smaller.
“And then with 5km to
go I attacked with a rider from Caja Rural. I led out the sprint from a long
way and managed to hold on.”
The win comes after
EvoPro Racing won the Gravel & Tar Classic in New Zealand as well as a
stage and the overall at New Zealand Cycle Classic.
Since then it has taken
Sweeny’s weekend win in France as well as three stages in Belgrade Banjaluka (2.1) in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
- Sean’s funeral Mass is tomorrow, Tuesday, at 11am in The Church of the Immaculate Conception, Rathfeigh, Co Meath. Burial takes place afterwards in the adjoining cemetery. You can get further details by following this link.
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