Results hilly stage 2 TT and general classification Rás Mhaigh Eo

Dean Harvey has won the stage 2 hilly TT at Rás Mhaigh Eo (Photo: Toby Watson)

One of Ireland's rapidly emerging riders at elite level, Dean Harvey has won the stage 2 TT at Rás Mhaigh Eo. The Spellman Dublin Port rider, in his first season out of the juniors, claimed a clear victory today on the hilly course in Westport, leading the way by 14 seconds from Conor Murnane of UCD Cycling Club.

Daire Feeley of EvoPro Racing, Ireland's top-ranked A1 cyclist over the last two seasons, took 3rd place just a fraction of a second slower than Murnane. Joel Luke, another of the UCD men, was 4th at 18 seconds. Loughlin Campion of Ashbourne Wheelers took 5th at 18 seconds while Paul Kennedy, already a winner this year, rounded out the top 6 for Burren CC at 20 seconds.

The important result in that top six on the stage was that of Feeley, as he was in the two-man move with EvoPro Racing team mate Mitchell McLaughlin that gained time on this morning's opening stage. They were 1st and 2nd on the stage and gained 47 seconds on the breakaway men they had attacked, and more than two minutes on most of the rest of the field.

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While McLaughlin won this morning's stage 1 from Feeley and took the race lead into the TT later today, he finished 22nd in the test at 33 seconds. That saw him lose the leader's jersey to Feeley. However, McLaughlin is now 2nd overall, some 33 seconds down on Feeley, with tomorrow's final stage remaining.

UCD’s Luke has now moved up to 3rd overall at 56 seconds and he is followed by other very experienced strongmen and those who have really impressed this year. Darragh McCarter is 4th for Spellman Dublin Port at 58 seconds with Mark Shannon 5th at 1:07, Lacey Cup winner Danny MacDonald, also Burren CC, in 6th.

Tim O’Regan, who was 3rd on this morning’s stage, is 7th at 1:14 while Liam Crowley, who enjoyed a great season last year and is now with UCD, is 8th at 2:21 followed by team mate Murnane at 2:31.

Today's TT stage winner, Harvey, does not feature near the top of the GC as his team had McCarter in the breakaway this morning. That meant Harvey rode back in the bunch to cover the counter attacks and when the breakaway survived, Harvey lost time.

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Feeley now has the race lead and he would be hard to shift from that position in any circumstances given the performances he has produced in recent years. And with a team in Mayo that includes McLaughlin, US rider Eamon Lucas, Cian Keogh, and young gun Tom Moriarty, the former Irish junior champion, Feeley has a good crew to call upon tomorrow if the need arises.

March 26th-27th: Rás Mhaigh Eo

Stage 2 TT (4km) Westport

  1. Harvey, Dean Spellman-Dublin Port 5m11.55s
  2. Murnane, Conor UCD Cycling Club @14.36s
  3. Feeley, Daire EvoPro @14.70s
  4. Luke, Joel UCD Cycling Club @18.10s
  5. Campion, Loughlin Ashbourne Wheelers Cycling Club @18.73s
  6. Kennedy, Paul Burren Cycling Club @20.96s
  7. Keogh, Cian EvoPro @21.01s
  8. Luke, Jordan UCD Cycling Club @22.48s
  9. Crowley, Liam UCD Cycling Club @22.68s
  10. Evseev, Vladislav All human/VeloRevolution @22.77s
  11. Bolger, Sam Killarney Cycling Club @24.02s
  12. Stojanov, Toni All human/VeloRevolution @25.47s
  13. Mc Carter, Darragh Spellman-Dublin Port @25.55s
  14. Doogan, Odhran Team Caldwell Cycles @25.94s
  15. Meehan, Jamie Spellman-Dublin Port @27.11s
  16. Ryan, Andrew UCD Cycling Club @29.19s
  17. Lucas, Eamon EvoPro @30.25s
  18. Mac Donald, Danny Burren Cycling Club @31.66s
  19. Ryan, Keane Four Masters CC @32.26s
  20. Harvey, Lee VC Glendale @32.72s
  21. Kenny, Rhys UCD Cycling Club @32.95s
  22. Mc Laughlin, Mitchell EvoPro @33.06s
  23. Moriarty, Tom EvoPro @33.94s
  24. Shannon, Mark Burren Cycling Club @35.24s
  25. Halvey, Conor Four Masters CC @35.92s
  26. Mc Loughlin, Niall Westport Covey Wheelers Cycling Club  @37.32s
  27. Murnane, Seán Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club @38.98s
  28. Landers, Sean UCD Cycling Club @39.47s
  29. Scanlon, Mark Bottecchia Racing Club @39.72s
  30. Caulfield-Dreier, Stefan Spellman-Dublin Port @39.76s

General Classification

  1. Feeley, Daire EvoPro Racing 2h26m23s
  2. McLaughlin, Mitchell EvoPro Racing 18seconds
  3. Luke, Joel UCD Cycling Club 56
  4. McCarter, Darragh Spellman-Dublin Port 58
  5. Shannon, Mark Burren Cycling Club 1:07
  6. MacDonald, Danny Burren Cycling Club 1:13
  7. O'Regan, Timothy All human/VeloRevolution 1:14
  8. Crowley, Liam UCD Cycling Club 2:21
  9. Murnane, Conor UCD Cycling Club 2:31
  10. Campion, Loughlin Ashbourne Wheelers 2:36
  11. Kennedy, Paul Burren Cycling Club 2:38
  12. Luke, Jordan UCD Cycling Club 2:40
  13. Evseev, Vladislav All human/VeloRevolution same
  14. Doogan, Odhran Team Caldwell Cycles 2:43
  15. Meehan, Jamie Spellman-Dublin Port 2:44
  16. Ryan, Andrew UCD Cycling Club 2:46
  17. Lucas, Eamon EvoPro 2:47
  18. Halvey, Conor Four Masters CC 2:53
  19. Mc Loughlin, Niall Westport Covey Wheelers 2:54
  20. Murnane, Seán Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club 2:56
  21. Maes, Richard All human/VeloRevolution 2:58
  22. Murphy, Cillian Galway Bay CC 2:59
  23. Scanlon, Mark Bottecchia Racing Club 3:05
  24. Holland, John Bike Fit Studio 3:17
  25. Daly, Lorcan Killarney Cycling Club 3:23
  26. Noone, Cian Un-Attached Connacht 3:27
  27. Harvey, Dean Spellman-Dublin Port 3:49
  28. Bolger, Sam Killarney Cycling Club 3:54
  29. Kenny, Rhys UCD Cycling Club 3:55
  30. Stojanov, Toni All human/VeloRevolution 4:11

Women's GC leader

  1. Maeve Gallagher Castlebar CC

A2-A3-Junior GC

  1. Loughlin Campion Ashbourne Wheelers 2:28.59
  2. Jordan Luke UCD Cycling Club at 4secs
  3. Vladislav Evseev All human-VeloRevolution 4secs

A2 Leader

  1. Loughlin Campion Ashbourne Wheelers

A3 Leader

  1. Odhran Doogan Caldwell Cycles

Junior Leader

  1. Niall McLoughlin West Covey Wheelers

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