Cian O'Reilly is well known in the sport of duathlon and he proved himself to be a very useful bike rider at the weekend when he won the Clonmel CC-promoted one-day stage race by a margin of 19 seconds (Photo: Sean Rowe)
By Brian Canty
UCD-Fitzcycles.ie had a great Rás with Eoin Morton bagging a stage win while Ian Richardson claimed the best county rider prize.
And the club appear to have another man on the rise, with Cian O'Reilly winning the inaugural Clonmel GP, a race that well-known Irish cycling man Declan Byrne came up with earlier this year.
Over three hard stages the riders contested a 1.2km hill-climb, a 26km summit finish road stage and a 50km criterium, with O'Reilly shading it from Thomas O'Brien (Sundrive Track Team) and Eamonn Staunton (Westport Covey Wheelers).
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O'Reilly is having a great year so far and having started as an A4 he was quickly upgraded to A3 after successive wins in the Cycleways Cup and the Stamullen GP.
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He laid the foundations for victory at the weekend by winning the hill-climb and he defended the jersey through the remaining two stages.
Bray Wheelers had reason to celebrate in the A4 race as Pearse Egan took home the yellow jersey, though he was pushed all the way by Damien Donlon (McNally Swords) and David O'Mahony(Blarney CC).
They were seven and 11 seconds back, respectively.
Sun, May 29th: Clonmel GP
Promoted by Clonmel CC
A3 Final General Classification
1 Cian O'REILLY 02:05:25
2 Thomas O BRIEN @19"
3 Eamonn STAUNTON @23"
4 Dan BAILEY @27"
5 David COYLE @31"
6 Jerry MCCARTHY @s/t
7 David RICHARDSON @34"
8 Con KENNEDY@37"
9 Stephen ROWAN @s/t
10 Tom SHANAHAN @s/t
11 Jonathan CAULFIELD @s/t
12 Edwin SUTTON @38"
13 Adrian KIRBY @39"
14 Micheal CORKERY @40"
15 Chris DUNWORTH @41"
16 Enda WALSH @42"
17 Hugh POWER @42"
18 Shane KELLY @s/t
19 Michael WALL @45'
20 Clyde GAFFNEY @46"
21 Sean DINEEN @s/t
22 Sean MCCARTHY @48"
23 Alan CONNOLLY @50"
24 Jeff PUNCH @53"
25 Paul KAVANAGH @s/t
26 Kieran MERRIMAN @s/t
27 Declan HANRAHAN @55"
28 Stephen FINNIGAN @58'
29 Willie FITZHARRIS @s/t
30 David O MALLEY @1'00
31 Keith COLVILLE @1:01
32 Edward CASEY @1:02
33 Brian MCMORROW @01:03
34 Tony MCGEOWN @01:05
35 Derry MC NAMARA @01:12
36 Darren ALLISON @1:14
37 Senan O'DWYER @1:15
38 Graham SCANLON @1:17
39 James O'REILLY @1:28
40 Eamonn KELLY @1:32
41 Brendan O SULLIVAN @s/t
42 Eoin WOODS @1:40
43 Feargal VARDEN @1:47
44 Pj COLLINS @1:54
45 Andrew AHERNE @1:55
46 Corey HAYES @2:20
47 Tom HANRAHAN @2:40
A4 Final General Classification
1 Pearse EGAN 02:03:01
2 Damien DONLON @7"
3 David O'MAHONY @11"
4 Philip FITZGERALD @19"
5 Pawel BOMMERSBACH @23"
6 Marcus DOWLING @27"
7 Jim WALL @28"
8 Colin CAESAR @29"
9 Oran KANE @36"
10 John AHERNE @s/t
11 Eoin FERRITER @37"
12 Gavin HENDLEY @44"
13 Evin KELLY @45"
14 Eugene BLANCHFIELD @46"
15 Sean MOLLOY @47"
16 Jim AHERN 0@49"
17 Eric WALSH @51"
18 George KIELY @53"
19 Stephen GERAGH @s/t
20 Martin CONNOLLY @s/t
21 Patrick RYAN @54"
22 Karl BRENNAN @s/t
23 Shane COURTNEY @56"
24 Eoin HICKEY @1:00
25 Neil FOLEY @s/t
26 Liam MCCORMACK @1:04
27 Donie KELLEHER @1:06
28 Richard O BRIEN @1:10
29 Sean WALSH 1:13
30 Pat FITZGERALD 1:14
31 Phillip WHITE 1:17
32 Noel BOYLE 1:25
33 985 Aidan WHELAN @s/t
34 Robert BAER 1:28
35 Christopher BURNS 1:30
36 Steve POWELL 1:31
37 Ray DALY 1:46
38 Ailbe RYAN @s/t
39 Shane WHITE 1:47
40 Garret CONNOLLY @s/t
41 Liam MOORE 1:55
42 Sean WARD 1:57
43 Lloyd WEYMOUTH 2:04
44 Brian KELLETT 2:07
45 Kenneth LEAHY @s/t
46 Sean MURPHY @2:17
47 Gary PARSONS @2:25
48 Mike KISSANE @2:29
49 Tom O'CONNELL @2:48
50 Martin DELANEY @3:03
51 Garreth O'CALLAGHAN @3:18
52 Paul REAPE @3:19
53 Trevor FARMER @3:23
54 Ross O KEEFFE @3:24
55 Milo MCLOUGHLIN @3:30
56 Bryan GAFFNEY @3:34
57 John BLENNERHASSETT @4:11
58 Gerard HOURIGAN @4:23
59 Nessa ROCHFORD @4:46
60 Jason COLLINS @6:54
61 Owen FAHEY @7:12
62 Ryan CALLAN @7:17
63 John FOOTE @7:44
64 Patrick O'DWYER @8:24
65 Pawel RYBAK '@8:30
66 John GILLERAN @8:48
67 Anthony BEAKHURST @24:07
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