Halvey, Corkery carve names into Glengesh; NRPT-Titan take it all
Dillon Corkery wins atop Glengesh Pass, Just behind, team mate Conor Halvey celebrates taking Rás Dhun na nGall outright (Photo: David McVeigh - The Belgian Project)
It may have been Dillon Corkery who claimed in final stage atop Glengesh Pass today, but it was Conor Halvey who made a tasty bit of history in Rás Dhun na nGall.
The 16-year-old and NRPT-Titan Containers man and team mate Corkery reached the top of the feared climb together at the end of this afternoon’s final stage.
Corkery won on the day but it was Halvey who sealed outright victory. In doing so he became the first Donegal rider ever to win the race.
Conor Gallagher (Castlebar CC) was 3rd today, just 3 seconds back. And then a sizeable 1:07 would elapse before Ethan Downey (Island Wheelers) finished along for 4th.
Overnight race leader and stage 1 winner Eoghan McLaughlin, also of NRPT-Titan Containers, finished in the next group on the road 1:44 down.
And having led Halvey by just 2 seconds going into today’s 61.4 mile stage, it was Halvey who ran out the overall winner.
He takes the 2017 title by 18 seconds from Corkery, with Gallagher 3rd overall at 35 seconds and Downey 4th at 1:09.
Young Downey has won a series of races this season and while he could not add to that this weekend he rode out of his socks today.
He missed the boat when a six-man breakaway went clear early on. And when that group, containing Corkery, Halvey, Gallagher and Mark McKinley (Newry Wheelers), eventually got three minutes, Downey attacked after them.
He got to within nine seconds but couldn’t close the rest of the gap.
McKinley would be dropped on the climb by Corkery, Halvey and Gallaher. Downey would catch and pass him and take 4th.
The breakaway was begun early in the stage by Gallagher; the Castlebar man clearly having no fear of the climb to come.
Corkery went after him and they were then joined by Halvey and McKinley.
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The gap did not immediately shoot out though, indeed far from it. For the first 60km the gap back to the peloton stayed between about 15 and 45 seconds.
But by 75km the elastic snapped and the gap shot out to three minutes. Downey got to within 9 seconds of them with 30km to go.
But with Corkery and Halvey clearly keen not to let him on before the climb, he just failed to close up.
And from that point it became the Halvey-Corkery show. The former took the overall win, having lost his yellow jersey on yesterday afternoon’s stage 3.
And Corkery took the stage win, 2nd overall and the mountains classification. NRPT-Titan Containers also won the team prize.
Stage 4: Ardara-Glengesh (61.4 miles)
1 Corkery,Dillon NRPT 2h42'59"
2 Halvey,Conor NRPT
3 Gallagher,Conor Castlebar CC @03"
4 Downey,Ethan Island Wheelers @01'07"
5 Cosgrove,Sean CKR CC @01'44"
6 Ryall,Shane NRPT
7 McLaughlin,Eoghan NRPT
8 Hanley,Liam Cycling Leinster
9 McArdle Ruane,Eoghan NRPT
10 Murray,Gareth Ards CC @01'50"
11 Heery,Killian CKR CC @01'57"
12 McGlynn,Michael Belgium Project Devl @01'59"
13 Moore,Calvin Caldwell Cycles Omagh @02'01"
14 Hedley,Andrew Ards CC @02'02"
15 Browne,Mike Nenagh CC
16 Roche,Alexis NRPT
17 Hudson,Neil Scott Orwell Wheelers @02'06"
18 McBride,Aaron Donegal Bay CC @02'09"
19 Keaney,Cormac FTT Oslo @02'11"
20 McCullough,Gary Team Madigan CC @02'13"
21 Kane,Bobby Bann Wheelers CC @02'21"
22 FontanGarcia,Manuel Scott Orwell Wheelers @02'24"
23 Kearney,Edward Phoenix CC @02'25"
24 Beard,Nathan Gala CC
25 May,Cian Cycling Leinster
26 Robinson,Alistair Bann Wheelers CC @02'28"
27 Murnane,Sean Cycling Leinster @02'31"
28 Johnston,Mark Bann Wheelers CC
29 McGinley,Mark Four Masters CC @02'35"
30 O'Neill,Gareth Newry Wheelers @02'38"
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Stage Climbers' Primes
KOM Cat 2: The Nick
1 Corkery,D NRP 5pt
2 McBride,M AAA 3pt
3 Ryall,S NRP 2pt
4 Moore,C CAL 1pt
KOM Cat 2: Leagans Hill
1 Corkery,D NRP 5pt
2 Ward,A AAA 3pt
3 McKinley,M NEW 2pt
4 Gallagher,C CAS 1pt
KOM Cat 2: Cronkeeran
1 Corkery,D NRP 5pt
2 Gallagher,C CAS 3pt
3 Halvey,C NRP 2pt
4 McKinley,M NEW 1pt
KOM Cat 1: Glengesh
1 Corkery,D NRP 8pt
2 Halvey,C NRP 6pt
3 Gallagher,C CAS 4pt
4 Downey,E ISL 2pt
5 Cosgrove,S CKR 1pt
Final General Classification
1 Halvey,Conor NRPT 6h20'38"
2 Corkery,Dillon NRPT @18"
3 Gallagher,Conor Castlebar CC @35"
4 Downey,Ethan Island Wheelers @01'09"
5 McLaughlin,Eoghan NRPT @01'42"
6 Roche,Alexis NRPT @02'04"
7 Hanley,Liam Cycling Leinster @02'06"
8 McGlynn,Michael Belgium Project @02'25"
9 Moore,Calvin Caldwell Cycles @02'31"
10 Ryall,Shane NRPT @02'33"
11 Murnane,Sean Cycling Leinster @02'47"
12 Cosgrove,Sean CKR CC @02'53"
13 Murray,Gareth Ards CC @02'57"
14 Heery,Killian CKR CC @02'59"
15 McArdle Ruane,Eoghan NRPT @03'02"
16 Browne,Mike Nenagh CC @03'04"
17 Hedley,Andrew Ards CC @03'06"
18 Beard,Nathan Gala CC @03'10"
19 Hudson,Neil Scott Orwell Whe @03'11"
20 Keaney,Cormac FTT Oslo @03'20"
21 Kane,Bobby Bann Wheelers CC @03'21"
22 May,Cian Cycling Leinster @03'22"
23 FontanGarcia,Manuel Scott Orwell Whe @03'25"
24 Kearney,Edward Phoenix CC @03'26"
25 Robinson,Alistair Bann Wheelers CC @03'34"
26 McBride,Aaron Donegal Bay CC @03'36"
27 McKinley,Mark Newry Wheelers @03'40"
28 McCullough,Gary Team Madigan CC @03'49"
29 Johnston,Mark Bann Wheelers CC @03'51"
30 Wiley,Aaron Omagh Wheelers C @04'02"
Mountains Competition
1 Corkery,D NRP 25
2 Halvey,C NRP 8
3 Gallagher,C CAS 8
4 Downey,E ISL 7
5 McLaughlin,E NRP 6
6 McKinley,M NEW 3
7 McBride,M AAA 3
8 Ward,A AAA 3
9 Hanley,L LEN 2
10 Ryall,S NRP 2
11 Cosgrove,S CKR 2
12 McGlynn,M BPD 1
13 Moore,C CAL 1
Team Classification
1 NRPT 19h03'18"
2 Cycling Leinster @ 06'51"
3 Bann Wheelers CC @ 08'19"
4 Ards CC @ 09'45"
5 Belgium Project Devl @ 10'18"
6 Newry Wheelers @ 11'30"
7 Four Masters CC @ 13'04"
8 Carn Wheelers @ 14'56"
9 Shelbourne /Orchard @ 15'05"
10 Nenagh CC @ 16'17"
11 Phoenix CC @ 17'48"
12 AAA Cycling @ 23'21"
13 Caldwell Cycles Omag @ 32'23"
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