Irish riders Greg Swinand (Dan Morrissey-Pactimo) and Paul Kennedy (Burren CC) have win gold and silver in the TTs at the UCI Masters World Championships in Trento, Italy, today.
Swinand's winning ride in the 55-59 years ago group is the fourth time he has won a world Masters title against the clock. Kennedy's performance today secured for him his first medal at a worlds.
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Swinand, a multiple Irish masters champion in the TT and road race, won the 19.6km test today in a time of 25:54. That was six seconds up on silver medal winner Michael Schaefer (Germany) with Germany's Frank Erk 3rd at 24 seconds.
In the 44-44 years category France's Laurent Derain claimed the gold medal in a time of 24:56. That was 25 seconds faster than Ireland's Kennedy, the Masters 40 Irish champion, with Finland's Johan Nordlund taking bronze at 33 seconds.
Masters 55-59 | Top 10
| SWINAND Greg IRELAND | 0:25:54.714 |
| SCHAEFER Michael GERMANY | +5.978 |
| ERK Frank GERMANY | +24.189 |
| BOHR Jonas SWEDEN | +30.780 |
| FAWCETT James UNITED KINGDOM | +31.488 |
| SECO SANROMAN Manuel SPAIN | +39.442 |
| HARTMANN Sven GERMANY | +47.167 |
| MONTIER Pascal FRANCE | +49.975 |
| FERNANDEZ MARTINEZ Mario SPAIN | +51.648 |
| BLUME Henrik DENMARK | +55.892 |
Masters 40-44 | Top 10
| DERAIN Laurent FRANCIA | 0:24:56.697 |
| KENNEDY Paul IRELAND | +25.482 |
| NORDLUND Johan FINLAND | +33.102 |
| DALSGAARD Kristoffer DENMARK | +38.996 |
| ANDEREGG Andreas SWITZERLAND | +39.139 |
| GISART Sebastian GERMANY | +57.820 |
| BRATUŠ Dean SLOVENIA | +1:00.164 |
| MARCON Paolo ITALIA | +1:01.332 |
| NOWACKI Peter POLAND | +1:09.133 |
| DRÁBEK Zdeněk CZECH REPUBLIC | +1:12.645 |
