Record breaking ride sees Colm Cassidy lead UCD CC clean sweep at Danny O'Shea 10 TT

Colm Cassidy broke Martyn Irvine's course record at the Danny O'Shea Memorial TT in Co Wicklow today, clearly still enjoying the form that brought him a silver medal at the National TT Championships in Westmeath last month (Photo: Stephen McMahon - Sportsfile)

Colm Cassidy has further underlined his standing as the best time trial rider on the domestic scene in Co Wicklow this afternoon by clocking a blistering time of 19mins 22secs for the Danny O'Shea 10 Mile Memorial TT.

The UCD CC man set a new event record, shaving 25 seconds off former world track champion Martyn Irvine's marker set last year. That outing 12 months ago was Irvine's first race after breaking his hip at the Tour of Taiwan earlier in the season.

The Newtownards man, based in Denver and riding for Unitedhealthcare, has since won a silver at the track worlds and bronze at the Europeans.

Cassidy led home a UCD clean sweep today, not the first time they have achieved that this season; with veteran Greg Swinand coming home in second place in a time of 19:40.

Ian Richardson, who the week before last was 12th in the World University Championships TT in Poland, was third today just one second down on Swinand.