Seth Dunwoody and Conor Murphy have both put in incredible performances in the junior men's TT at the World Championships in Zurich.
The Irish teenagers went toe-to-toe with the best juniors in the world and both finished in the top 10, a remarkable performance.
Dunwoody was in the hotseat for a long time, as 3rd placed finisher, before being bumped off the podium and then finishing 5th, which is one of his best results of the season.
Murphy, a first-year junior, placed 10th. And while that confirms his international talent, and is an incredible result, it won't come as a huge surprise to the Irish cycling community.
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The world title was won by Paul Seixas (France), who rides for Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale U19 Team and is regarded as one of the best climbers on the junior international scene and one of France's next big general classification prospects.
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He clocked a time of 28:08 on the 24.9km course, measuring his effort to perfection to beat the Belgian duo of Jasper Schoofs and Matisse Van Kerckhove by six and seven seconds respectively.
Then came Wil Holmes - the Australian national champion and a team mate of Conor Murphy's at U19 Academy Région Sud powered by Giant. He was 15 seconds down, with Ireland's Dunwoody next; 5th place at the Worlds some 24 seconds down on the winner, a fantastic performance.
Murphy was 10th at 42 seconds, which was a great performance in itself but especially in the context of being a first-year junior who has yet to really throw himself into international racing yet.
World Championships, Zurich | Junior Men's TT 24.9km
