Ed Clemens (Spirit Bikes) crosses the line well clear of his teammate Jake Hales at the end of the third stage of the Suir Valley in Clonmel tonight (Photo and homepage photo by Jonathan Ryan - TipperaryPhotos.com)
By Brian Canty
Stephen Williams (JLT-Condor P/B Mavic) is the man they must all beat heading into stage four of the Suir Valley Three-Day tomorrow after tonight’s third stage criterium around Clonmel.
Ed Clemens (Spirit Bikes) won the stage after breaking away from a group of five that pulled out a 28-second advantage on the remnants of the bunch approaching the latter part of the 45 minutes plus three-lap affair.
His teammate Jake Hales was second across the line with Ian Richardson (UCD-Fitzcycles.ie) taking an excellent fourth place.
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Also in that decisive five were the yellow jersey wearer Stephen Williams and the defending champion Ed Laverack, both riding for JLT-Condor p/b Mavic.
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Richardson is still very much in the hunt and is now second on GC at five seconds with the aforementioned Hales in third at 12 seconds.
Tomorrow’s stage takes the riders 113 kilometres in an anti-clockwise direction around Tipperary with two Hot Sport sprints and one categorised climb; the cat 1 Glen of Aherlow after 40 kilometres.
You can find full results for stage 3 by following this link.
Daire Feeley being watched closely by the Spirit Bikes riders and the yellow jersey from JLT-Condor (Photo: Jonathan Ryan - TipperaryPhotos.com)
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