Paidi O'Brien takes sprint win from escape in Ballinrobe as four strong men dish it out

Paidi O'Brien takes the opening stage in Ballinrobe as the breakaway impose themselves and build a massive lead (Photo: www.jimmymcelroy.com ) 

 

 

After a gruelling 103 kilometres featuring eight climbs, it was the prolific Paidi O’Brien who rounded out the winner of the opening stage of the Ballinrobe Two Day and took the first yellow jersey of the race.

O’Brien was among four men in the quality escape that owned the day, and look to have the overall between them - given they gained over two minutes today - despite two stages to come tomorrow, Sunday.

In that move with the eventual stage winner was Damien Shaw of Aquablue and UCD CC’s Eoin Morton and Sean McKenna, though the latter is riding for Fixx Rouleurs this weekend.

O’Brien and Shaw pulled slightly clear in the finishing sprint, gaining two seconds on Morton and McKenna.

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Some 2:13 would elapse before local man Kieran Heneghan (Tuam Team Seeng.ie) took the sprint from a much depleted peloton, with just 22 riders in that group from a starting field of 80.

With the cat 1 Lally’s Mountain coming well inside the first hour of racing, followed by plenty of other smaller climbs, the field was always expected to split to pieces.

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Tomorrow morning, the riders face a 5km hill climb time trial on Lally’s Mountain again with the first off at 8.30am.

And on the final stage tomorrow afternoon, the field must negotiate 60km; some 50km over a loop featuring some undulating terrain taking in Clonbur, Cloughbrack, Corrnamona and the outskirts of Cong.

The riders then return to Ballinrobe where they will complete three laps of a finishing circuit – with primes – before the race draws to a close.

 

 

August 9th & 10th: Ballinrobe Two Day

Promoted by Western Lakes CC

Stage 1: Ballinrobe, Lally's Mountain (103km)

1 Paidi O Brien Osborne Meats-The Edge A1 02:40:01
2 Damien Shaw AquaBlue A1 02:40:01 "
3 eoin morton UCD C.C. A1 02:40:03 00:00:02
4 Sean McKenna FixxRouleurs A1 02:40:03 "
5 Kieran Heneghan Team Sports & Exercise Engineering A3 02:42:14 00:02:13
6 Patrick Clarke LiquidworxFitscience A1 02:42:14 "
7 Elijus Civilis Top Team A1 02:42:14 "
8 Antony Walsh UCD A1 02:42:14 "
9 Mark McGauley Mad mtb A2 02:42:14 "
10 Elmer Pieterse Watts Cycling A1 02:42:14 "
11 Keith Finn Lakeside Wheelers Mullingar A2 02:42:14 "
12 James McGreevy Westport Covey Wheelers C.C. A3 02:42:14 "
13 Martin Cashman Osborne Meats-The Edge A1 02:42:14 "
14 Daire Feeley Donamon Dynamos Juniors 02:42:14 "
15 john j flaherty Western Lakes C.C. A2 02:42:14 "
16 Valerio Di Bacco Galway Bay C.C. A2 02:42:14 "
17 David Nugent Seven Springs C.C. A1 02:42:14 "
18 Neal Hudson Orwell Wheelers A2 02:42:14 "
19 Donal Kelly Galway Bay A2 02:42:14 "
20 Colm Dillon Limerick CC A3 02:42:14 "
21 Mark Perry All Terrain Cycles A1 02:42:14 "
22 Sean Mc Inerney Galway Bay C.C. A2 02:42:14 "
23 Eoghan Clifford Galway Bay A1 02:42:14 "
24 David Brennan Castlebar C.C. A1 02:42:14 "
25 Graham O Brien Shannonside C.C. Juniors 02:42:14 "
26 Gareth McCormack Liquidworx-FitScience A1 02:42:14 "
27 Sean O Malley Western Lakes C.C. A1 02:42:29 00:02:28
28 Joseph Breheny UCD C.C. A2 02:47:21 00:07:20
29 Daniel Balasi Adamstown CT A3 02:47:24 00:07:23
30 Karl Benson Castlebar C.C. Juniors 02:47:29 00:07:28
31 Mark Kelly Tuam cc A2 02:47:29 "
32 Stuart Cox Lakeside Wheelers Mullingar A1 02:47:29 "
33 Jim O'Rourke Tuam A3 02:47:29 "
34 Billy Cunanne Lakeside Wheelers Mullingar A3 02:47:29 "
35 Shane Quinn Lakeside Wheelers Mullingar A3 02:47:29 "
36 stephen murphy Cunga Juniors 02:47:29 "
37 Damien Creighton Blanch Wheelies A3 02:47:29 "
38 Patrick O Brien Orwell Wheelers A1 02:47:29 "
39 Shane Dineen Blanch Wheelies A3 02:47:29 "
40 Michael Crowley Osborne Meats-The Edge A2 02:47:29 "
41 Eoin Whelan Seven Springs C.C. A1 02:47:29 "
42 David Brody Castlebar C.C. Juniors 02:47:29 "
43 Mark Shannon Visit nenagh.ie A1 02:47:29 "
44 jim mohan lakeland cycling club A3 02:47:29 "
45 Padraig Marrey Western Lakes C.C. A1 02:47:29 "
46 Paul O\'Reilly FixxRouleurs A2 02:47:34 00:07:33
47 Aichlinn O'Reilly Westport Covey Wheelers C.C. A3 02:48:21 00:08:20
48 Niall Dwyer UCD C.C. A3 02:55:20 00:15:19
49 kieran mc grory lakeland cycle club A3 02:55:20 "
50 Will Hennebry Iverk Produce Carrick Whlrs A3 02:55:20 "
51 Ronan Grimes Orwell Wheelers A3 02:55:20 "
52 Thomas Walsh Castlebar C.C. A3 02:55:20 "
53 Richard Gribbons Seven Springs C.C. A3 02:55:20 "
54 Tony bourke Galway Bay C.C. A2 02:55:20 "
55 Derek Joyce Galway Bay C.C. A1 02:55:20 "
56 Peter Rimmer Lakeside Wheelers Mullingar A2 02:58:06 00:18:05
57 Janis Blinovs Western Lakes C.C. A3 02:58:06 "
58 Michael Flynn Westport Covey Wheelers C.C. A3 02:58:07 00:18:06
59 Richard Meaney Westport Covey Wheelers C.C. A3 02:58:07 "
60 Padraig Donohoe Shannonside C.C. A3 02:58:10 00:18:09
61 Shane Dillon Adamstown Cycling Team A3 02:58:10 "
62 Ruaidhri Geraghty Galway Bay C.C. A2 02:58:10 "
63 Darragh Bailey Donamon Dynamos Juniors 02:58:12 00:18:11
64 Aideen Keenan Orwell Wheelers Ladies 03:07:21 00:27:20
65 Brian Quigley Seven Springs C.C. A3 03:07:25 00:27:24
66 Greg Monahan Seven Springs C.C. A3 03:07:25 "
67 David Walshe Westport Covey Wheelers C.C. A3 03:07:25 "
68 Gary Moran Castlebar C.C. Juniors 03:07:25 "
69 Peter Kilgallen Eire Og Juniors 03:07:25 "
70 Michael Walsh Castlebar C.C. Juniors 03:07:25 "
71 Derek Bowyer LiquidworxFitscience A3 03:18:11 00:38:10
72 evan Donoghue Four masters Juniors 03:18:11 "
73 Terry O\'Malley UCD C.C. A2 03:23:11  00:43:10
74 Tom Bourke Westport Covey Wheelers C.C. A3 DNF
75 Cathal Usher Western Lakes C.C. A3 DNF
76 Chris Jeuken Visit Nenagh.ie A1 DNF
77 Edmond Egan Shannonside C.C. A3 DNF
78 Eoghan Kevlihan Lakeside Wheelers Mullingar A3 DNF
79 Anne Dalton DID Electrical Racing Team Ladies DNF
80 David Mc Grath Castlebar C.C. A3 DNF

 

Points Classification

  1. Eoin Morton (UCD CC) 12
  2. Paidi O’Brien (Osborne Meats-The Edge) 10
  3. Damien Shaw (AquaBlue) 10
  4. Karl Benson (Castlebar CC) 5
  5. Sean McKenna (FixxRouleurs) 4
  6. Chris Jeuken (Visit Nenagh.ie) 3
  7. Elmer Pieterse (Watts Cycling) 1

 

Climbers' Classification

  1. Paidi O’Brien (Osborne Meats-The Edge) 26
  2. Damien Shaw (AquaBlue) 22
  3. Sean McKenna (FixxRouleurs) 21
  4. Eoin Morton (UCD CC) 13
  5. Elmer Pieterse (Watts Cycling) 4
  6. Patrick Clarke (LiquidworxFitscience) 4
  7. Mark Perry (All Terrain Cycles) 3
  8. Aichlinn O'Reilly (Westport Covey Wheelers CC) 1

 

 

 

 

 

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