Ras Naomh Finian / Clonard Road Cluc. 13th March.

Planet X

They were giving out flyers for this 70k RR yesterday at the Mick Lally.
Start and finish in Clonard. Down to Kilbeggan and back basically. Anyone else fancy doing it?

Chips Lovell

Where's Clonard? Was thinking of racing the Newbridge GP on Sunday, but if I can make it out on Saturday I will.

fondriest

Called the contact number on the flyer yesterday and its a handicap race with all cats in the race so if the same numbers turn up as yesterday it could be hectic/dangerous.

Raam

I was gonna do the Newbridge one.

Planet X

Ah, didn't notice the Newbridge race, might opt for that instead.

RobFowl

Tempted to start the season here. Anyone else doing it?
From the flyer below the route looks fairly flat although it's a handicap rather than seperate races...

mloc123

Thats the old N6 isn't it? Pan flat and a decent enough road surface too, from what I remember.

Chips Lovell

There's another thread on this. Merge?

Lumen

Merged.

Explosive_Cornflake

Few from my club doing it. Great roads for cycling, very flat, and should be quite quiet as the M4 and N4 have replaced a lot of it.
I'd be doing it myself but I'm away this weekend.

E@gle.

Going to give this one a lash, strange route should be interesting only 1 real hill in it. Reckon it could be a fast race, especially if there is a tailwind involved

Slideshowbob

Looks like it will be a fast flat race for rouleurs.

Like the way the Dublin Drogheda race!

No small rings required !!

barney150

I rode this route yesterday, roads are wide and in good condition. Very little traffic on it too The route is bypassed and motorway takes all the traffic, , so it will be as safe as you will get these days. Great circuit for all of u boardies starting out this season. Im going to ride it myself.

blorg

Can anyone give me a lift from Dublin?

I'm suspecting as it is a handicap on the flat with probably inadequate gaps A4 will do no work and be caught by A3 and probably in turn by A2... unless the A3s work and the A2 field is small?

RobFowl

blorg wrote: »

Can anyone give me a lift from Dublin?

I'm suspecting as it is a handicap on the flat with probably inadequate gaps A4 will do no work and be caught by A3 and probably in turn by A2... unless the A3s work and the A2 field is small?

I'll be going from De Northside if we can meet somewhere convienient

blorg

RobFowl wrote: »

I'll be going from De Northside if we can meet somewhere convienient

That should be fine, let me know where suits.

RobFowl

blorg wrote: »

That should be fine, let me know where suits.

I'll check directions later and PM you.

(might be your last race as an A4, 100% points scoring record so far !!)

DirkVoodoo

blorg wrote: »

Can anyone give me a lift from Dublin?

I'm suspecting as it is a handicap on the flat with probably inadequate gaps A4 will do no work and be caught by A3 and probably in turn by A2... unless the A3s work and the A2 field is small?

If you sold a few of your bikes you could probably buy a very nice second hand quattroporte. Tasty.

Drive to races in style, just don't crash it in the car park.

Nietzschean

who's all heading along to this on sat anyway?

niceonetom

Looks like I'm in for this one too.

Diarmuid

I might get sidetracked on my way down d country for the weekend

Planet X

Good chance I'm in. Picked up my new slippers an hour ago and have to blood them. Razor could be coming out.

Chips Lovell

Gentlemen, I expect to see race reports by 4pm.

niceonetom

el tonto wrote: »

Gentlemen, I expect to see race reports by 4pm.

You skipping this one? Thought the parcours would suit you nicely...

Lumen

I'm out, good luck boardsies.

Chips Lovell

niceonetom wrote: »

You skipping this one? Thought the parcours would suit you nicely...

I'd love to do it, but my in-laws are over and I promised to watch the match with them. I'm being set free for Newbridge on Sunday though.

Raam

Any lifts going from Dublin?

RobFowl

Raam wrote: »

Any lifts going from Dublin?

Yes leaving Balbriggan at 0815 and collecting Blorg at 0845ish so if you're ready for 080815-20 can leave a bit earlier and collect you

Raam

RobFowl wrote: »

Yes leaving Balbriggan at 0815 and collecting Blorg at 0845ish so if you're ready for 080815-20 can leave a bit earlier and collect you

Will PM ya

Planet X

Leaving The Smoke at 9am.

Nietzschean

...and Blorg won a sprint finish, raam had a mechanical....

Chips Lovell

Blorg won?

Caroline_ie

News from the Finnish ... Blorg did win! Over the A1 and all ... and he won a trophee.
Well done Blorg!!!!!

Chips Lovell

Well done Blorg. Fantastic result.

DirkVoodoo

Wow, well done Blorg, what a season so far! Can he win a trophy for every bike?

victorcarrera

Blorg wins and in impressive style as he rode it from the front.
Briefly as I saw it.
A4's given 7min handicap.
Raam had a mechanical after about 5K and I saw him pull over.
A4's were working well in fits and starts for the first 20K or so into the wind. Average 37Km approx.
We turned around in Kilbeggan roundabout only to see the A3 comming the other way. It seemed that everybody just sat up at this point and we waited for them but they never caught up.
I couldnt believe it when approx 15 K from finish Motorcycle rider signals a 2minute lead. About 10 strong riders started to work including about 4 boardies I only recognised Blorg, Niceonetom and occasional pulls at the front by boardie oldies Planet x and myself.
I held a good position for the sprint but when I stood up on the pedals there was nothing there. I finished about 20 in the bunch. All in a very good day for me as I have been off the bike completely for 8 weeks since christmas with back trouble.
Nice dry day and road surface on the old N4 is understandably good compared to what we normally race on.
Well done too to Alan Maye and the Clonard Road Club for excellent marshaling, race started on time and no delays at sign on plenty of parking etc. This is one I will do again.

Edit: My computer bonked at the halfway point. Anybody got stats for the A4's. Overall average wuold be fine. Although a breakdown of the 2nd half might explain why we stayed away.

Planet X

Blorg won. Congrats.
A4 stayed away even though at the halfway point, roundabout in Kilbeggan, the A3 were right behind us, we were coming out of the roundabout and we passed them about half a mile up the road. According to Victorcarerra (he was talking to a few of them after) they were all handbags and wouldn't work together.
I got dropped about 3 miles out from the finish. Not too unhappy as I did a few stints up front. Our group was about 25/30 I reckon.
Course was brilliant, not many potholes at all. Loads of marshalls, cops, blue lights, the works.
Very little braking not like last week. Group well behaved.
Great food before and after. I had 4 egg sandwiches at the finish and am waiting for a result................:pac::pac::pac:

victorcarrera

Planet X wrote: »

I had 4 egg sandwiches at the finish

I thought you had brought those with you. If I had known they were giving them out I would have stayed around.
I guess I followed the wrong wheel there.:D

ROK ON

Fantastic result Blorg. Congrats and very well done. Enjoy and kick on.

Planet X

Ya want to see the size of the cup he won. Size of a planet! It'll take some filling................

zzzzzzzz

Good man blorg!

Diarmuid

Congrats blorg. Sorry not to make it. Last minute change of plans

Nietzschean

Great win by blorg, power house of work throughout the race... Victor I was cycling beside you for a good while today, only found out after who you were, will say hello next time

Stats....
First half avg 37.4
second half 40.6

Was a few good periods of up and overs, seeing the A3's at the half way certainly seemed to help with a bit of organisation for a while, then on some of the longer drags it seemed to descend into alot of moaning with everyone trying to keep something when the A3 train blasted past that never came. After the KOM point about 20 riders drove the pace up a bit(39 - 41), was certainly good fun hitting roundabouts at 46+km/hr sticking on a wheel nearly touching the ground. Didn't really keep enough in reserve for a sprint finish, but never expected to be able to out sprint the fresh people who came through, somewhere in top 20 finish which i was happy with 4 breakaways for me messing about, probably should have taken some stuff a little more seriously(2 solo, 2 with others). Was a lot more fun than last week, up the front is much more fun, more tiring i guess but less worrying about who's moving into your wheel like in the bunch(other than one guy who would come up the outside for the up and overs and then just career into the left lane of people to not take his turn, effectively killing the up and overs....)

Flankerb

Some data from today fell away about 3 miles after Kilbeggan.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/26851678
Well done Blorg.
Caroline.ie are you riding for Lucan?
regards
Karl

E@gle.

Well done Blorg, was hoping to make it today but ended up with a stomach bug, (wouldn't have caught ye anyway)

Planet X

Cycling Ireland report:

http://www.irishcycling.com/publish/news/art_4640.shtml


...and a good picture of the winner!

Nietzschean

haha excellent, he was worried they didn't catch his winning salute

Nietzschean

Planet X wrote: »

Blorg won. Congrats.
A4 stayed away even though at the halfway point, roundabout in Kilbeggan, the A3 were right behind us, we were coming out of the roundabout and we passed them about half a mile up the road. According to Victorcarerra (he was talking to a few of them after) they were all handbags and wouldn't work together.
I got dropped about 3 miles out from the finish. Not too unhappy as I did a few stints up front. Our group was about 25/30 I reckon.

your more or less TT'n it from the middle of the pack out front on some of those drags probably didn't help, though thanks for the wheel back to the front Nevermind chasing down my solo off the front


oh and as for marshalling, it was excellent, best i've seen, possibly an easier course than most for it, but it was really well done with all access roads having garda on them ensuring no traffic, traffic calming had marshals for the heads up.

Planet X

Nietzschean wrote: »

your more or less TT'n it from the middle of the pack out front on some of those drags probably didn't help, though thanks for the wheel back to the front Nevermind chasing down my solo off the front


oh and as for marshalling, it was excellent, best i've seen, possibly an easier course than most for it, but it was really well done with all access roads having garda on them ensuring no traffic, traffic calming had marshals for the heads up.

........sure.......it's a bit a craic! :D

Nietzschean

Planet X wrote: »

........sure.......it's a bit a craic! :D

that it is

nothing like being told by blorg that attacking at that point was useless, only to be in the group that pulled his attack back in not 5 minutes later all good fun

penexpers

Well done blorg!