Jason Kenny (UCD Cycling Club) has claimed overall victory in the men's Orwell Two Day after escaping in a three-man breakaway group that gained time on today's final stage and re-ordered the top of the general classification.
Conor Hennebry (Dan Morrissey Pactimo) claimed stage victory but as Kenny was best-placed overall of the breakaway men today - and by a significant margin - he ran out of the overall win.
That winning group today was a really strong one; Hennebry, Kenny and Mark Shannon of Burren Cycling Club powering clear just 15km into the 122km stage and gaining over six minutes at one stage in wet and cold conditions.
Hennebry won the stage from Shannon, with Kenny 3rd just four seconds back and having ridden for time in the knowledge the overall victory was on the line.
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Those three were over four minutes clear of the next group on the road, meaning they also took the top three positions in the final general classification. The yellow jersey going into today's final stage, Paul Kennedy (Burren CC), was among the long list of non-finishers. He crashed on yesterday's stage and while he recovered and lost no time he brought injuries into today's race.
Kenny started today's stage, in the rain in Co Wicklow, in 9th place overall at 1:36. He had lost all of that time to race leader Kennedy on the opening stage TT yesterday morning. In yesterday afternoon's kermesse stage, Kenny was among the 16-rider group that gained time on the rest of the field.
Hennebry was also in that front group yesterday afternoon but he had lost 2:43 to Kennedy on the stage 1 TT. And while Shannon put in a very good ride in the TT - placing 7th at 1:22 - he missed the move yesterday. It meant they started today's stage in 20th and 21st overall; Hennebry 2:43 down and Shannon at 2:50.
In the women's race, Jennifer Neenan (Sundrive Track Team) took her third stage victory from three today, with junior rider Katie Reilly (Orwell Wheelers) 2nd and Autumn Collins (AWOL O'Shea) in 3rd. Neenan won the overall on 31 points with Collins and Reilly 2nd and 3rd, both on 17 points.
June 4th & 5th: Orwell Two Day
Stage 3 | Men's Race Results
- Conor Hennebry Team Dan Morrissey - Pactimo 03:07:51
- Mark Shannon Burren Cycling Club 03:07:51
- Jason Kenny UCD Cycling Club 03:07:55
- Joel Luke UCD Cycling Club 03:10:41
- Andy Maguire Team Stafford Bonded 03:11:24
- Sam Bolger Killarney Cycling Club 03:11:24
- Niall Mc Carthy McNally Swords CC 03:11:26
- Conor Kissane Killarney Cycling Club 03:11:26
- Jordan Luke UCD Cycling Club 03:11:26
- Quillan Donnelly Usher Irish Road Club 03:12:27
- Nathan Mullan Dromara Cycling Club 03:12:27
- Liam O Brien Fermoy Cycling Club 03:12:32
- Ryan Geraghty Spin11 - Chain Reaction Racing Team 03:12:49
- Conor Murnane UCD Cycling Club 03:12:49
- Richard Maes All human/VeloRevolution Racing Team 03:12:49
- Adam Greally St Tiernans Cycling Club 03:12:49
- Adam Gilsenan Club Ciclistico Canturino 03:12:49
- Lorcan Daly Killarney Cycling Club 03:12:49
- Tadhg Killeen Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club 03:12:49
- James Delaney Lucan Cycling Road Club 03:12:49
- Aaron Rafferty Spin11 - Chain Reaction Racing Team 03:12:49
- Alan Mackey Spin the Bean Power by Coffee 03:12:49
- Luke Cullen Panduit Carrick Wheelers 03:12:49
- Ian Donnelly Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club 03:12:49
- Ronan Grimes Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club 03:12:49
- Cormac Meegan Drogheda Wheelers 03:14:26
- Mikey Flaherty Lakeside Wheelers Mullingar CC 03:14:32
- Kevin Leech Drogheda Wheelers 03:14:47
- Michael Phelan Spellman-Dublin Port 03:19:37
- Andrew Ryan UCD Cycling Club 03:19:37
- Alan Landers Dungarvan CC 03:21:20
- Padraic O Flynn Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club 03:21:20
- Luke Ginnell Drogheda Wheelers 03:21:20
- Hugh Maguire UCD Cycling Club 03:21:20
- Tiit Talumaa St Tiernans Cycling Club 03:27:11
- Stuart Carrick Bray Wheelers 03:34:00
DNF
- Paul Kennedy Burren Cycling Club
- Conal Scully Carlow RCC
- Matteo Cigala Team Dan Morrissey - Pactimo
- Conor Verbruggen Bray Wheelers
- Tim Walton St Tiernans Cycling Club
- Greg Swinand Team Dan Morrissey - Pactimo
- Sean Lenehan Spin11 - Chain Reaction Racing Team
- Ronan Killeen Lucan Cycling Road Club
- Rhys Kenny UCD Cycling Club
- Toni Stojanov All human/VeloRevolution Racing Team
- James Davenport All human/VeloRevolution Racing Team
- Adam Stenson Team Dan Morrissey - Pactimo
- Seán Murnane Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club
- Charlie Holt Roadman Cycling Club
- Diarmuid O Brien All human/VeloRevolution Racing Team
- David Mc Caul McNally Swords CC
- James O Sullivan All human/VeloRevolution Racing Team
- Shane Coll Drogheda Wheelers
- Jamie Phillips All human/VeloRevolution Racing Team
- Siebe Geysen KZLWC-Davo
- Conor Gath Galway Bay CC
- Danny Mac Donald Burren Cycling Club
- Martin Casey St Tiernans Cycling Club
- Sean Flahive McNally Swords CC
- Patrick Ennis Un-Attached Leinster
- Ryan Byrne Spin the Bean Power by Coffee
- Aaron Mc Cann Drogheda Wheelers
- Ewan Buckley Killarney Cycling Club
- Jason O Toole South-East Road Club
- Adriaan Pretorius Lucan Cycling Road Club
Men's Final General Classification
- Jason Kenny UCD Cycling Club 05:05:50
- Conor Hennebry Team Dan Morrissey - Pactimo 00:01:03
- Mark Shannon Burren Cycling Club 00:01:10
- Niall Mc Carthy McNally Swords CC 00:02:52
- Joel Luke UCD Cycling Club 00:03:17
- Conor Kissane Killarney Cycling Club 00:03:41
- Jordan Luke UCD Cycling Club 00:04:13
- Liam O Brien Fermoy Cycling Club 00:04:17
- Andy Maguire Team Stafford Bonded 00:04:20
- Nathan Mullan Dromara Cycling Club 00:04:23
- Quillan Donnelly Usher Irish Road Club 00:04:30
- Aaron Rafferty Spin11 - Chain Reaction Racing Team 00:04:48
- Adam Gilsenan Club Ciclistico Canturino 00:05:07
- Conor Murnane UCD Cycling Club 00:05:07
- Ian Donnelly Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club 00:05:29
- Sam Bolger Killarney Cycling Club 00:05:54
- Ronan Grimes Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club 00:06:28
- Alan Mackey Spin the Bean Power by Coffee 00:07:23
- Lorcan Daly Killarney Cycling Club 00:07:42
- Adam Greally St Tiernans Cycling Club 00:07:45
- Richard Maes All human/VeloRevolution Racing Team 00:08:10
- Ryan Geraghty Spin11 - Chain Reaction Racing Team 00:08:27
- James Delaney Lucan Cycling Road Club 00:08:29
- Tadhg Killeen Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club 00:08:41
- Luke Cullen Panduit Carrick Wheelers 00:09:11
- Mikey Flaherty Lakeside Wheelers Mullingar CC 00:10:08
- Michael Phelan Spellman-Dublin Port 00:13:05
- Andrew Ryan UCD Cycling Club 00:14:46
- Luke Ginnell Drogheda Wheelers 00:16:12
- Padraic O Flynn Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club 00:16:32
- Alan Landers Dungarvan CC 00:17:17
- Kevin Leech Drogheda Wheelers 00:20:14
- Tiit Talumaa St Tiernans Cycling Club 00:21:08
- Stuart Carrick Bray Wheelers 00:29:05
- Cormac Meegan Drogheda Wheelers 01:05:21
- Hugh Maguire UCD Cycling Club 01:13:32
Stage 3 | Women's Race Results
- Jennifer Neenan Sundrive Track team
- Katie Reilly Orwell Wheelers CC
- Autumn Collins AWOL O’Shea
Women’s Final General Classification
- Jennifer Neenan Sundrive Track Team 31
- Autumn Collins AWOL O'Shea 17
- Katie Reilly Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club 17
