The trend of Ireland's youthful up-and-coming riders being to the fore during the current cyclocross season continued at 'Round 5' of the Leinster Cyclocross Series in Co Westmeath yesterday when junior Tadhg Killeen won the elite men's race and U23 Doireann Killeen was victorious in the women's event.
The men's race saw young Killeen claim an impressive win by well over one minute after he turned he applied the pressure throughout. In the six-lap event, the teenager riding with Kilcullen CC Murphy Geospatial, rode a great race from start to finish to run out a comfortable winner.
Killeen had already put 16 and 17 seconds into eventual runner-up Jason Henry (Inspired Cycling) and 3rd place finisher Colm McGarvey (Epic MTB-Expert Cycles) by the end of the opening lap. And from that point the youngster simply continued to build his advantage.
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By the finish, after just over 48 minutes of racing, Killeen had 1:29 to spare over Henry, with McGarvey in 3rd a further 18 seconds back, and on the same time as Frank McDermott (Oldcastle CC) in 4th. John Doris (Epic MTB-Expect Cycles) placed 5th at 2:22 while Paul Caldwell (Team WORC) rounded out the top six, finishing at 2:25
In the women's race, Doireann Killeen (Kilcullen CC Murphy Geospatial) won what was a closer battle with runner-up Aoife Reilly (Dunboyne CC) while Leah McCarthy (Team Giant Dublin) rounded out the podium.
It was Reilly who got the best start and at the end of the second lap, of five, she was leading by around 13 seconds from Killeen. However, Killeen struck on the third lap, rounding it in 9:08, some 15 seconds faster than Reilly, with the two riders exchanging the lead.
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However, even at that point, there was very little in it and that remained the case on the penultimate lap; both riders going out onto that last lap almost side-by-side - Killeen just ahead - and with the victory still very much in the balance.
But on that last lap it was Killeen who had a little more in the tank; putting nine seconds into her rival to win it by 13 seconds. McCarthy was 3rd at 1:15 while Heather Foley (Yeats Country CC) placed 4th at 1:58. Niamh Stephens (Team Giant Dublin) was 5th at 2:51 and Irish Masters road race champion Helen White (Stamullen RC) placed 6th at 4:19.
Sun, Nov 20th: 'Round 5' Leinster Cyclocross Series
Belvedere House, Mullingar, Co Westmeath
Promoted by Lakeside Wheelers Mullingar
Men’s A Race
- Tadhg Killeen Kilcullen CC Murphy Geospatial Junior 49:09
- Jason Henry Inspired Cycling M50 50:38
- Colm Mc Garvey EPIC MTB/Expert Cycles M50 50:56
- Frank Mc Dermott Oldcastle CC M40 50:56
- John Doris EPIC MTB/Expert Cycles M50 51:31
- Paul Caldwell Team WORC Senior 51:34
- Ronan Killeen Lucan CRC M40 51:42
- Barry Convery Newry Wheelers M40 51:43
- Fearghal Regan Kilcullen CC Murphy Geospatial M50 52:25
- Evan Ryan Team WORC M40 52:39
- Philip Roche Team WORC Senior 53:08
- Dylan Franzoni Lakeside Wheelers Mullingar Junior 53:15
- Declan Mc Entee Emyvale CC M50 53:33
- Johnny Mc Cabe Cuchulainn CC M60 53:37
- Gerard O Donnell IMBRC M50 53:51
- Eric Downey Orwell Wheelers Senior 54:38
- Pierre Kinsella Breffni Wheelers M50 54:50
- Fergal Mc Cabe Oldcastle CC M40 54:56
- Luke Mc Mullan Orwell Wheelers Senior 55:40
- Desi Foley Yeats Country CC M40 55:47
- Bryan Gaffney Breffni Wheelers M40 55:55
- John Lord Breffni Wheelers M40 56:00
- Stuart Cox Lakeside Wheelers Mullingar M40 57:01
- Lukasz Oleksiewicz Team WORC M40 57:05
- Richard Lenehan Lakeside Wheelers Mullingar CC M40 58:00
- Ben Malone Velo Club Balrothery Senior 58:13
- Colm O Byrne IVCA Cycling Club M40 58:37
- Brian Crinion IMBRC M40 58:38
- James Lattimore Team WORC Senior 59:34
- Gareth Robinson Dublin Wheelers M50
- Charlie Gannon Breffni Wheelers Junior
- Unidentified No Club Stated A Race
- Javan Nulty Stamullen RC Senior
- Ciaran Lewis Bray Wheelers M50
Women’s Race
- Doireann Killeen Kilcullen CC Murphy Geospatial U23 46:19
- Aoife Reilly Dunboyne CC Senior 46:32
- Leah Mc Carthy Team Giant Dublin Senior 47:34
- Heather Foley Yeats Country CC M40 48:17
- Niamh Stephens Team Giant Dublin Senior 49:10
- Helen White Stamullen RC M50 50:38
- Jean Wilson Orwell Wheelers M40 51:47
- Fiona Guihen Un-Attached Leinster Senior 53:33
- Ellen Murray TC Racing U23 56:09
- Emma Delaney Tullamore CTC Senior
- Emma Convey EPIC MTB/Expert Cycles M50
- Lauren Murray TC Racing Junior
- Laura Coleman Clondalkin CC Senior
Men’s B Race
- David Casserly Longford CRC 44:39
- Marcin Wrobel Un-Attached Leinster 45:00
- Barry Paul Dunne Kildare CC 46:05
- Jean Sergio Cambruzzi Team WORC 46:16
- Barry Cronin Orwell Wheelers 46:24
- Michael O Reilly EPIC MTB/Expert Cycles 46:24
- David Ennis Bohermeen CC 46:38
- Gabriel Blanco Un-Attached Leinster 46:41
- Alan Dunne UCD 46:44
- Brian O Connor Lucan Road Club 46:57
- Domhnaill O Sullivan Orwell Wheelers 47:08
- Eamon Loney Un-Attached Ulster 47:27
- Cillian Fox Navan Road Club 47:33
- Ian Lambden Lakeside Wheelers Mullingar CC 47:37
- Mark O Shea Un-Attached Leinster 47:39
- Pawel Rybak Lucan Road Club 47:59
- John Mc Cormack St Tiernans Cycling Club 48:10
- Reuben Whelan Bray Wheelers 48:10
- David Holland Cuchulainn CC 48:14
- Sean Ward Lucan Road Club 48:22
- Andy Grehan Lucan Cycling Road Club 48:27
- Alan Killian St Tiernans Cycling Club 48:34
- Robert Magee Bray Wheelers 48:55
- Karl Mc Kenna McNally Swords CC 49:19
- Robert Ryan Castleknock Cycling Club 49:34
- Ian O Hara Lucan Road Club 49:35
- Colm O Neill Orwell Wheelers 49:37
- Ollie Kelly Longford CRC 50:10
- John Slater Castleknock Cycling Club 50:15
- Peter Rimmer Lakeside Wheelers Mullingar CC 50:17
- Oisin Purcell Un-Attached Leinster 50:25
- Harry Rochford Un-Attached Leinster 50:28
- Paul Rogers Lucan Cycling Road Club 50:49
- Bruce Campbell Orwell Wheelers 51:18
- Ronan Lally Ballinasloe Cycling Club 51:35
- Tim Cronin Navan Road Club 52:03
- Eamonn Potter Dublin Wheelers 52:05
- Terence O Neill EPIC MTB/Expert Cycles 52:09
- Stephen O Halloran Moynalty Cycling Club 52:17
- Pierce Doheny Cuchulainn CC 52:29
- Donough O Keeffe EPIC MTB/Expert Cycles 52:30
- Gareth Muldowney Clondalkin CC 52:37
- Sean Daly Cuchulainn CC 53:42
- Alan Maye Clonard RC 54:12
- Mervyn Kinkade DB Cycling Club 54:34
- Tim Harnedy Lucan Cycling Road Club 54:44
- Paul Crowley Lakeside Wheelers Mullingar CC 55:22
- Aidan Delaney Cuchulainn CC 56:25
- Patrick Fox Bray Wheelers 56:34
- Shane Leavy Gravity BC 1:00:48
- Tommy Buckley Naomh Barrog Cycling Club
- Fergus Mc Cann Cuchulainn CC
- Barry Keogh Orwell Wheelers
- Ronan Bracken Lakeside Wheelers Mullingar CC
- Justin Mc Gee South Dublin CC
- Niall Mc Monagle Un-Attached Leinster
- Martin Power Un-Attached Leinster
- Peter Cody Audax Ireland
- Thomas Duffy Castleknock Cycling Club
- Stephen Murphy x
- Eamon Bracken Shannonside CC
- Paddy Hopkins Un-Attached Leinster
- Raymond Allen Clonard RC
- Connor Mc Gee South Dublin CC
- Jonathan Hudson Un-Attached Leinster
- Gary Farrelly Un-Attached Ulster
- Stephen Oglesby Clondalkin CC
U16 Boys Race
- Jack Woods Carlow RCC 31:09
- Fionn Killeen Kilcullen CC Murphy Geospatial 31:13
- Callum Mc Caffrey Cuchulainn CC 32:37
- Luca Holmes Orwell Wheelers 33:46
- Jamie Byrne Carlow RCC 34:05
- Jack Dempsey Carlow RCC 35:43
- Bob Maye Clonard RC 44:31
U16 Girls Race
- Aisha Gannon Breffni Wheelers 36:28
- Aoibhinn Sharkey VC Glendale 40:50
- Holly Mc Caffrey Cuchulainn CC 31:16
- Grace O Rourke Cuchulainn CC 34:59
- Unidentified No Club Stated 37:29
- Shannon Doyle White River Wheelers 39:11
