Paul Forristal held his nerve, and power, to keep the rapidly closing peloton at bay. He took a brilliant second stage win at the Gorey Three Day. Dylan Hughes was the overall victor after a great display all weekend (Photo: Sean Rowe)
Paul Forristal second stage win at Gorey Three Day
For the second day in a row Orwell Wheeler Paul Forristal claimed a stage win at the Gorey Three. And like yesterday’s victory, his latest win came from a breakaway.
The racing today took the riders 85km from Gorey back to Blessington where they had started out on Saturday morning.
Dylan Hughes of Spokes Racing Team was firmly in the yellow jersey having won the opening road stage and Sunday morning’s short TT in Gorey.
At the start today he had 41 seconds on had on team mate Ben Barlow. Lucan CRC’s Cian May was next, some 1:29 off the yellow jersey.
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Declan Maloney was 4th; the Sports Room Racing ride with 2:10 to make up if he was going to win the race. And just two seconds behind him came yesterday’s stage 3 winner Forristal.
As is always the case at the Gorey Three Day, there was plenty of aggression from the gun today. While a number of early breakaway efforts came to nothing, that changed the field raced towards Tullow.
A six-man move would form and it would never be recaptured. Eventual stage winner Forristal was present along with team mate Callum O’Toole.
Also in the move were Nathan Keown (North Down CC), Scott Howieson (Spokes Racing Team), Cian Kehoe (Sports Room Racing) and Kevin McCambridge (Mellow Velo).
The gap went out to 1:30; gradually increasing until the chase was put on in the peloton by the race leader’s team.
The bunch would close right up on the leaders but never catch them. Forristal had a few digs coming in the road and at the death he held off Barlow, who got across to the breakaway late on, to take victory on the day.
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That result meant Barlow close up a little on Hughes, though it wasn’t enough to dislodge the race leader.
Hughes ran out the overall victor from Barlow, May and then the flying Forristal.
The yellow jersey winner also claimed the climbers’ classification, Barlow won the points and Spokes Racing was best team.
Mar 31-April 2: Gorey Three Day
Promoted by Usher IRC
Stage 4: Gorey-Blessington (85km)
1 Forristal,Paul Scott Orwell 2h05'56"
2 Barlow,Ben Spokes Racing Team
3 McCambridge,Kevin Mellow Velo Bicycle @02"
4 Howieson,Scott Spokes Racing Team
5 Keown,Nathan North Down CC
6 Keogh,Cian Sports Room Racing
7 Smith,Mark Sports Room Racing @06"
8 Priest,John Lucan Cycling Road Cl
9 Maloney,Declan Sports Room Racing
10 O'Brien,David Waterford Racing Team
11 Boyne,John LAK Lakeside Wheelers
12 Baker,Shane A2 Vet USH Usher Irish RC
13 Graham,Daniel MEL Mellow Velo Bicycle C
14 May,Cian LUC Lucan Cycling Road Cl
15 Marron,Daithi LUC Lucan Cycling Road Cl
16 Rinnicks,Richie USH Usher Irish RC
17 Hughes,Dylan SRT Spokes Racing Team
18 McConville,Oran SRT Spokes Racing Team
19 Merriman,Danny WAT Waterford Racing Team
20 Byrne,Jonathan USH Usher Irish RC
Gorey Three Day stage 4 results in full by Usher IRC
Final General Classification
1 Hughes,Dylan J Spokes Racing Te 7h11'28"
2 Barlow,Ben J Spokes Racing Te @35"
3 May,Cian J Lucan Cycling Ro @01'29"
4 Forristal,Paul S Scott Orwell @02'06"
5 Maloney,Declan J Sports Room Raci @02'10"
6 Dent,Alex J Spokes Racing Te @02'26"
7 Gater,Keith A2 Vet V2 Waterford Racing
8 McCambridge,Kevin V2 Mellow Velo Bicy @02'49"
9 Baker,Shane A2 Vet V2 Usher Irish RC @02'52"
10 Keown,Nathan J North Down CC @02'57"
11 Graham,Daniel J Mellow Velo Bicy @03'19"
12 Cahoon,Ciaran J Clann Eireann CC @03'51"
13 Keogh,Cian 3 Sports Room Raci @03'56"
14 Hodges,Neil J Team Munster @04'07"
15 Walsh,Tomas J Comeragh @04'12"
16 Kenny,Rhys J Comeragh @04'23"
17 Howieson,Scott J Spokes Racing Te @04'24"
18 Charters,Ronan 3 Comeragh @04'26"
19 Devins,Michael A3 Ve V3 Yates Country CC @04'31"
20 Dowling,Marcus 3 St. Tiernans CC @04'33"
Points Competition
1 Barlow,B SRT 53
2 Forristal,P ORW 45
3 Hughes,D SRT 41
4 Maloney,D SRR 35
5 May,C LUC 33
6 McCambridge, MEL 31
7 Dent,A SRT 25
8 Gater,K WAT 23
9 Keogh,C SRR 20
10 Keown,N NDC 19
11 Baker,S USH 18
12 Cahoon,C CLA 18
13 Smith,M SRR 16
14 Graham,D MEL 13
15 Priest,J LUC 13
Mountains Competition
1 Hughes,D SRT 17
2 Gater,K WAT 12
3 O'Toole,C ORW 4
4 Barlow,B SRT 3
5 Murnane,S SRR 3
6 Maloney,D SRR 2
7 Keogh,C SRR 2
8 Barclay,K SRT 2
9 May,C LUC 1
10 McCambridge, MEL 1
Club Team Overall
1 Spokes Racing Team 21h37'21"
2 Lucan Cycling Road C @ 06'46"
3 Sports Room Racing @ 07'16"
4 Scott Orwell @ 08'29"
5 Waterford Racing Tea @ 09'34"
6 Usher Irish RC @ 09'54"
7 Comeragh @ 09'56"
8 Team Munster @ 11'32"
9 Murphy Survey Kilcul @ 12'24"
10 Strata 3/ Velo Revol @ 3h54'01"
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