Cycling in my country reached new lows at Saturdays National Ladies and Veterans Road race Championship.
How the longstanding fine club eire og came up with this beggars belief. They had to host the above events along with the cream event ie the senior mens. Sadly the circut approved by CI officals saw CI at their worst treating 1st class athletes like 3rd class hassle.
C I officials allowed the races to be held on what could only be decribed as a 4th cat, flat 12km "c" road circut in the middle of nowhere. With Ireland now processing some of Europes best and most scenic roads this circut must have taken some finding.
The rather short 80km Ladies race went first and despite having to ride on a
3rd rate bumpy narrow circut they produced fine fast racing and "Irish Amercian" Dillon won from Cork lass Horgan.
With lots of highly trained, talented ladies on show such a short race on a crap circut just insults their talent. Despte their protest in the days before the race the officals simply ignored them at told them to like it or lump it.
Not many contested the finishing sprint on a narrow bumpy 3 metre wide road with a line of cars parked leading up to the finish line. 6 laps and total climbing of 60 metres per lap big ring all the way.
David Peelo won my slightly longer veteran mens race from his clubmate Swinnard who made the most of the disgraceful, dull, dire, dissapointing course.
Thankfully the senior event was better and produced top level racing held in Sligo town and a surprise winner was another "Irish" convert Liverpool lad Brammeier.
Summary weather great 22c. Athletes and racing brillant. Circut, load of crap, an embarassment to members.
Check you carbon wheels and fork steerer after this one folks.
Well back to the Guinness, still celebrating France being knocked out!
How the longstanding fine club eire og came up with this beggars belief. They had to host the above events along with the cream event ie the senior mens. Sadly the circut approved by CI officals saw CI at their worst treating 1st class athletes like 3rd class hassle.
C I officials allowed the races to be held on what could only be decribed as a 4th cat, flat 12km "c" road circut in the middle of nowhere. With Ireland now processing some of Europes best and most scenic roads this circut must have taken some finding.
The rather short 80km Ladies race went first and despite having to ride on a
3rd rate bumpy narrow circut they produced fine fast racing and "Irish Amercian" Dillon won from Cork lass Horgan.
With lots of highly trained, talented ladies on show such a short race on a crap circut just insults their talent. Despte their protest in the days before the race the officals simply ignored them at told them to like it or lump it.
Not many contested the finishing sprint on a narrow bumpy 3 metre wide road with a line of cars parked leading up to the finish line. 6 laps and total climbing of 60 metres per lap big ring all the way.
David Peelo won my slightly longer veteran mens race from his clubmate Swinnard who made the most of the disgraceful, dull, dire, dissapointing course.
Thankfully the senior event was better and produced top level racing held in Sligo town and a surprise winner was another "Irish" convert Liverpool lad Brammeier.
Summary weather great 22c. Athletes and racing brillant. Circut, load of crap, an embarassment to members.
Check you carbon wheels and fork steerer after this one folks.
Well back to the Guinness, still celebrating France being knocked out!
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