Jake Gray looks delighted with his stage 2 win at the Newry Three-Day; a victory that has put him into the race lead (Photo with thanks to Brendan Monaghan)
Jake Gray of the NRPT-Magnet.ie team has taken victory on stage 2 of the Newry Three Day this afternoon and also moved into the race lead.
Having finished in 3rd place on last evening's opening stage - won by Phoenix CC's Cathal Smyth in a lone move 9 seconds ahead of the peloton - Gray made no mistake today.
Taking a leaf out of Smyth's book, Gray came home solo by 15 seconds from a group of 35 riders and now leads by 8 seconds from Smyth, whom he relieved of the yellow jersey.
And having led the way over the two categorised climbs of the day - Santas Cottage and Reed Hall - he also leads the climbers’ jersey.
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The talented teenager won the race last year as a first-year junior and is now a regular on the national team.
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And going into the final day tomorrow, Sunday, he not only leads the general classification and climbers' category overall but also holds the lead in the junior classification and points classification.
For full stage 2 and classification results please follow this link.
July 1st-3rd: Newry Three Day
Promoted by Newry Wheelers
Stage 2, Hilltown-Hilltown (103.7km)
1 Gray, Jake NRPT 2h37m44s
2 Wilson, Liam Powerhouse @15s
3 Thomson, Stewart Spires CC @ s/t
4 Sweetman, Craig Stamullen @ s/t
5 Richardson, Chris VC Glendale @ s/t
6 McGurren, Finbar McNally Swords CC @ s/t
7 Hicks, Andrew Newry Wheelers @ s/t
8 O'Neill, Neville Velo Café Magasin @ s/t
9 Cunningham, Stephen Shimna Wheelers @ s/t
10 Klus, Aureliusz Stamullen @ s/t
11 Dighton, Oli Halesowen Academy @ s/t
12 Gray, Alan Cuchulainn CC @ s/t
13 Hutchinson, Stephen CCT @ s/t
14 Ambrose, James North Down @ s/t
15 Handley, Ciaran McNally Swords CC @ s/t
16 Boyle, Tony VC Glendale @ s/t
17 Clayton, Nick Halesowen Academy @ s/t
18 Heaney, Marc NRPT @ s/t
19 Cady, Ben Velo Café Magasin @ s/t
20 Smyth, Cathal Phonenix CC @ s/t
General Classification
1 Gray, Jake NRPT 3h54m31s
2 Smyth, Cathal Phonenix CC @8s
3 Wilson, Liam Powerhouse @17s
4 Mc Intyre, Cameron NRPT @24s
5 Klus, Aureliusz Stamullen @25s
6 Thomson, Stewart Spires CC @s/t
7 Handley, Ciaran McNally Swords CC @26s
8 Sweetman, Craig Stamullen @27s
9 McGurren, Finbar McNally Swords CC @s/t
10 Richardson, Chris VC Glendale @s/t
11 Hutchinson, Stephen CCT @s/t
12 Heaney, Marc NRPT @s/t
13 Ambrose, James North Down @s/t
14 Cunningham, Stephen Shimna Wheelers @s/t
15 McElderry, Colin Maryland Wheelers @s/t
16 Clayton, Nick Halesowen Academy @s/t
17 Bingham, Alan Cuchulainn CC @s/t
18 McKenna, Stevie Omagh Wheelers @s/t
19 Douglas, Brandon West Down @s/t
20 Cady, Ben Velo Café Magasin @s/t
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