Damien Shaw in TT mode on the final stage in France; he has every reason to be happy with his debut ride at this level (Photo: Sirotti)
Having worked his way into a breakaway on stage 3 of the Etoile de Bességes stage race in France on Friday, Damien Shaw ended his debut event with An Post-ChainReaction with a solid time trial ride on Sunday.
Having ridden very few TTs as an amateur before making the jump to Continental level by joining his new team during the off season, Shaw came home in 54th place in the race against the clock.
He relinquished 1:36 to stage and overall winner Jérôme Coppel (IAM Cycling) over the 11.9km course in Alés.
That left the Mullingar man in 86th place overall, 6:18 down.
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He will be pleased to have his first race, not to mention quality mileage and experience, under his belt with his breakaway ride a great confidence booster.
Similarly, Connor McConvey looked very strong throughout the race and can look forward with confidence to the challenges to come.
That includes trying to win the Rás where he has excelled on general classification in the past.
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McConvey finished in 94th place and 2:10 down in Sunday’s TT at Etoile de Bességes and rounded out the general classification in 69th, some 5:30 in arrears.
Connor McConvey rode well in recent days in his first race back in the colours of An Post-ChainReaction (Photo: Sirotti)
Sun, Feb 7th: Stage 5: Alés, 11.9km TT
1 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:16:49
2 Thibault Pinot (Fra) FDJ 0:00:13
3 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 0:00:15
4 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 0:00:25
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:30
6 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 0:00:33
7 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 0:00:33
8 Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 0:00:40
9 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:40
10 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:43
11 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille 0:00:44
12 Olivier Naesen (Bel) IAM Cycling 0:00:52
13 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo Vital Concept 0:00:53
14 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille 0:00:55
15 Olivier Pardini (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Group Prot 0:00:56
54 Damien Shaw (Irl) An Post - ChainReaction 0:01:36
94 Connor Mc Convey (Irl) An Post - ChainReaction 0:02:10
General Classification
1 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling 14:49:26
2 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 0:00:13
3 Thibault Pinot (Fra) FDJ 0:00:14
4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:16
5 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 0:00:28
6 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 0:00:33
7 Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 0:00:40
8 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:49
9 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo Vital Concept 0:00:53
10 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille 0:01:00
11 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Group Prot 0:01:05
12 Jérôme Cousin (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Crédits 0:01:10
13 Boris Dron (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 0:01:26
14 Antoine Warnier (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Group Prot 0:01:35
15 Maxime Cam (Fra) Fortuneo Vital Concept 0:01:36
69 Connor Mc Convey (Irl) An Post - ChainReaction 0:05:30
86 Damien Shaw (Irl) An Post - ChainReaction 0:06:18
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