Jake Gray chasing the 10-man breakaway with his NRPT-Magnet.ie team mates to defend the yellow jersey he took into the final stage (Photo with thanks to Marcus Cromie)
Jake Gray has survived a scare on the final day of the Newry Three when he and his team mates were forced to chase down a 10-man breakaway on the final stage this afternoon, Sunday.
In the end Gray and his team of juniors won out, though not before Nick Clayton of Halesowen Academy went solo to hold off the field in the closing stages and give the leader another scare.
He won the stage by 12 seconds from Stamullen's Craig Sweetman, with Neil Seffen of VC Iveagh on the same time 4th and Gray a further two seconds in arrears leading home the bunch.
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Clayton started the day in 16th place, among a group of riders just 27 seconds down on the race leader.
And while he pulled time back and bonuses to jump to 2nd overall in the final general classification, Gray still had 7 seconds in hand to run out the winner.
And stage 1 victor Cathal Smyth of Phoenix CC was 3rd overall, just one further second back.
Gray was very consistent through the weekend, taking 3rd on Friday's opener, winning solo yesterday by 15 seconds and ending the final stage in 4th place.
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Those finishing results combined with his prolific scoring in the climbers' classification saw him come away from the weekend not just retaining the general classification crown he had taken 12 months ago and winning a stage but also scoring a clean sweep.
He also won the junior classification, the points classification and the climbers' classification and his NRPT-Magnet.ie squad also won the team prize.
We'll have an interview with the man of the weekend a little later. For full stage 3 and final general classification results please follow the link below.
July 1st-3rd: Newry Three Day
Promoted by Newry Wheelers
Stage 3, Newry-Newry (118km)
1 Clayton, Nick Halesowen Academy 2h49m45s
2 Sweetman, Craig Stamullen @12s
3 Seffen, Neil VC Iveagh @ s/t
4 Gray, Jake NRPT @14s
5 Gray, Alan Cuchulainn CC @ s/t
6 Watson, Colm VC Glendale @ s/t
7 Thomson, Stewart Spires CC @ s/t
8 Grivell-Mellor, Ewan Halesowen Academy @ s/t
9 Wilson, Liam Powerhouse @ s/t
10 Smyth, Cathal Phonenix CC @ s/t
11 Douglas, Brandon West Down @ s/t
12 Farrell, Rory Newry Wheelers @ s/t
13 Convery, Barry Haldane Fisher @ s/t
14 O'Neill, Neville Velo Café Magasin @ s/t
15 Hutchinson, Stephen CCT @ s/t
16 McElderry, Colin Maryland Wheelers @ s/t
17 McKenna, Stevie Omagh Wheelers @ s/t
18 Henry, Joe Velo Café Magasin @ s/t
19 Bingham, Alan Cuchulainn CC @ s/t
20 Klus, Aureliusz Stamullen @ s/t
Final General Classification
1 Gray, Jake NRPT 6h44m30s
2 Clayton, Nick Halesowen Academy 6h44m37s @7s
3 Smyth, Cathal Phonenix CC 6h44m38s @8s
4 Wilson, Liam Powerhouse 6h44m47s @17s
5 Sweetman, Craig Stamullen 6h44m51s @21s
6 Klus, Aureliusz Stamullen 6h44m52s @22s
7 McKenna, Stevie Omagh Wheelers 6h44m53s @23s
8 Ambrose, James North Down 6h44m54s @24s
9 Mc Intyre, Cameron NRPT 6h44m54s @s/t
10 Bingham, Alan Cuchulainn CC 6h44m55s @25s
11 Thomson, Stewart Spires CC 6h44m55s @s/t
12 Handley, Ciaran McNally Swords CC 6h44m56s @26s
13 Hutchinson, Stephen CCT 6h44m57s @27s
14 McElderry, Colin Maryland Wheelers 6h44m57s @s/t
15 McGurren, Finbar McNally Swords CC 6h44m57s @s/t
16 Richardson, Chris VC Glendale 6h44m57s @s/t
17 Douglas, Brandon West Down 6h44m57s @s/t
18 Gray, Alan Cuchulainn CC 6h44m57s @s/t
19 Heaney, Marc NRPT 6h44m57s @s/t
20 O'Neill, Neville Velo Café Magasin 6h44m57s @s/t
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