Daire Feeley stands on the top step of the podium after winning the Shannonside CC GP in Athlone today. The iTap rider has been one of the real stars of the 2016 season and is showing no signs of slowing down.
By Brian Canty
Daire Feeley was a thoroughly convincing winner of the first ever Shannonside CC GP in Athlone, the iTap rider soloing away from the winning break on the last lap to become the first winner of the Pat Coyle Cup.
That break was gone on the first of four 33-kilometre laps and Feeley made his race-winning attack on the final one, holding off Paul Kennedy (Newcastlewest CC) and Simon Ryan (Mego RAW Cycles).
The A3 race (three laps) was won by Matthew Kennedy (Nenagh CC) in a two-up sprint with Owen Woods (North Tipp) with the bunch 10 seconds behind.
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The two-lap A4 event was won in a bunch sprint by Aidan Gorry from Lakeside Wheelers CC with Owen Hickey (Naas CC) and Tom Daly (O’Leary's Stone Kanturk) rounding out the podium.
The first two ladies were Nicole Gorry (Lakeside Wheelers) and Laura Shannon (Burren CC), respectively.
- The Pat Coyle Cup is in memory of Pat who died suddenly this year whilst cycling in Belgium.
Results
Shannonside GP, promoted by Shannonside CC
A1-A2 Race, 130k (Sponsor PlanetX/Morgan Fox)
1 Daire Feeley ITap
2 Paul Kennedy Newcastlewest
3 Simon Ryan Mego Racing
4 Dermot Trullock Lucan CC
5 Gareth McCullough Newry
6 Sean Lacey Aqua Blue
7 Keith Finn PlanetX MRT
8 Joe Fenlon Velo Revolution
9 Constantine Bartels
10 Stewart Cox PlanetX MRT
1st Unplaced A2: Adrian Carroll PlanetX MRT
2nd Unplaced A2: Derek Bower Unattached
KOM: Simon Ryan Mego Racing
A3 Race, 95k (Sponsor Pat Buckley Cycles)
1 Matthew Kennedy Nenagh CC
2 Owen Woods North Tipp Wheelers
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3 Gerry Blair Orwell Wheelers
4 PJ Collins Raparee CC
5 Ryan Callan Lucan CC
6 Roy Carey Lakeside Wheelers
7 Billy Creevy Longford CC
8 Brendan Corcoran Lucan CC
9 Shane Dineen Blanch Wheelers
10 Mark Nestor Shannonside CC
KOM: Owen Woods
A4 Race, 63k
1 Aidan Gorry Lakeside Wheelers
2 Owen Hickey Naas CC
3 Tom Daly O’Leary's Stone Kanturk
4 James Ronan Dunboyne
5 Cian Gallagher Unattached
6 Gavin Hendley Lucan CC
7 Gerard Daly Lucan CC
8 Enda Farrell Longford CC
9 Adrian Crombie Lucan
10 Finbar Smith Dunboyne
KOM: Gavin Hendley Lucan CC
1st Lady: Nicole Gorry Lakeside Wheelers
2nd Lady: Laura Shannon Burren CC
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