Irish National Road Races

thesimpsons

ratracer wrote: »

I’m sure there will be Gardaí and Moto Marshalls operating rolling road blocks to traffic on the route, same as happens at any road racing in the country.

Nope, it was on an open road. Saw the start zone for a while - some seriously fast and big trucks whizzing past on a road I wouldn't use too often because of the volume of traffic on it.

Orwell Wheelers have videos posted in their FB page, might be from RTE News, and shows the traffic. I tried to add a photo but it doesn't seem to be working

Bambaata

Anyone finding any decent updates of road race anywhere other than the few by CI. The update twitter doesnt seem to be giving any updates??

Bambaata

Ger Campbell seems to be doing a better job of it than CI and the update account - https://twitter.com/gerardcam

Bambaata

Thanfully updates picked up since posting. Im following:

https://twitter.com/CyclingIreland
https://twitter.com/gerardcam
https://twitter.com/LkCycleDesign
https://twitter.com/knockaderry2020

Its a pity there wasnt some foresight to designate a # for anyone posting updates so would be easier to follow!

lennymc

1.55 to healy according to CI - gap has been going out for a while - about 25 or so k to go.

harringtonp

lennymc wrote: »

1.55 to healy according to CI - gap has been going out for a while - about 25 or so k to go.

He definitely has world tour potential. On a great run the past few weeks.

lennymc

up to 2.20 now

lennymc

17k to go, nico chasing, gap 'over a minute'

lennymc

ben healy has won.

MPFGLB

lennymc wrote: »

ben healy has won.

Maybe INEOS will come knocking ?

lennymc

It was a fairly strong performance alright - good future ahead hopefully. I would imagine he has caught the eye of some of the wt teams

cunavalos

MPFGLB wrote: »

Maybe INEOS will come knocking ?

INEOS roster full for 2021, maybe Nico can have a word with the bosses at Sunweb, they are fond of developing younger riders
https://www.ineosgrenadiers.com/article/ineos-grenadiers-confirm-final-signings-to-complete-2021-roster

Eamonnator

cunavalos wrote: »

INEOS roster full for 2021, maybe Nico can have a word with the bosses at Sunweb, they are fond of developing younger riders
https://www.ineosgrenadiers.com/article/ineos-grenadiers-confirm-final-signings-to-complete-2021-roster

I think Nico Roche and Ben Healy have the same agent.

godtabh

Eamonnator wrote: »

I think Nico Roche and Ben Healy have the same agent.

which McQuaid?

Eamonnator

godtabh wrote: »

which McQuaid?

Andrew.

wirelessdude01

godtabh wrote: »

which McQuaid?

Think it's Andrew.

Isn't one of them also involved in the running of Trinity Racing which is expected to fold after Pidcock finishes his cross/MTB season at the end of February '21.

Ben Healy is some fella , wins the road race and then kicks a game winning penalty for Munster on the same day

brocbrocach

wirelessdude01 wrote: »

Think it's Andrew.

Isn't one of them also involved in the running of Trinity Racing which is expected to fold after Pidcock finishes his cross/MTB season at the end of February '21.

Also Andrew I think. Trinity Racing is purely a vehicle for Pidcock to do his stuff. Strange to think that an agent can afford Pidcock, Healy and others riding around Europe - getting great results to be fair - purely to show their client to best advantage, without a main sponsor even. There must be a serious percentage going his way when the golden eggs are laid.

MPFGLB

brocbrocach wrote: »

Also Andrew I think. Trinity Racing is purely a vehicle for Pidcock to do his stuff. Strange to think that an agent can afford Pidcock, Healy and others riding around Europe - getting great results to be fair - purely to show their client to best advantage, without a main sponsor even. There must be a serious percentage going his way when the golden eggs are laid.

Is it not abit like Swiss Tony ? ...when INEOS buys his guys he gets a nice chunk of money

Also would Trinity sport not have some sponsorship ?

Very hard to get a berth at WT at the moment with NTT out of sponsorship , Wanty & CCC merging ...also COVID is cutting budgets

Lotto Soudal are letting up to 10 of their more mature riders go and are concentrating on very young riders.Maybe Healy could get a place there

Seems everyone have seen Pogacar,Evenpol,Piddock and want a piece of that
But wonder how long these guys will survive so young at such a high level

Maybe Healy could wait a couple of years more before going WT...it might be better in the long run

Mitchelton Scott maybe? there's a McQuaid connection there.

CramCycle

Deleted User wrote: »

Ben Healy is some fella , wins the road race and then kicks a game winning penalty for Munster on the same day

I liked a tweet from the Munster supporters club and only realised when I read you're post.

MPFGLB wrote: »

But wonder how long these guys will survive so young at such a high level

Maybe Healy could wait a couple of years more before going WT...it might be better in the long run

I imagine few teams care, once they get there few years of high level performance.

Deleted User wrote: »

Mitchelton Scott maybe? there's a McQuaid connection there.

Did I hear they maybe winding up?

Dodge

Mitchelton-Scott just signed Michael Matthews so they should be ok for next year

Meanwhile young Lara Gillespie won the women’s race

Dodge

Mitchelton-Scott just signed Michael Matthews so they should be ok for next year

Meanwhile young Lara Gillespie won the women’s race

lennymc

Well done Lara Gillespie!!

https://twitter.com/CyclingIreland/status/1312697516949942272

Randy Archer

redlead wrote: »

How common around Europe is it to have a national TT on a hard shoulder? I was kind of shocked to be honest. Is it cycling Ireland not putting the effort in? I see we didn't have any women at the worlds either.

It’s embarrassing , so kudos to Roche for even bothering to come back over to ride when he might do with a bit of a rest before the Vuelta, not to mention the whole isolation rules for Lockdown - I doubt it was a hard decision for Martin n Mullen not to come even if they were allowed by their team

How do the lads in the North do the ITTs? Aren’t they very big on firm trial races ?

All they need going really fast and even if the hard shoulder is clean and smooth and wide, is for an ignorant ****er in a big truck to sweap very close by and the whoosh of wind that comes with it ,totally put you off your pace

Randy Archer

breezy1985 wrote: »

Paralympic medals which is why you haven't heard of them. It's rare Ireland gets any kind of Olympic medal so you would have definitely heard of them if it was in the Olympics

Mark Rohan was a multiple world and Olympic para Olympian gold medalist for the hand bike thingy (excuse the lack of correct description) he became well known and how he became disabled. From a well known family in the Midlands and his career was definitely covered by the local press . He is now in Portugal running a bike business out of the success , more power to him

The Irish over all have an excellent record at both the Para and Special Olympics ,which is remarkable considering Ireland is not always known for the best sport facilities outside the big three sports

nilhg

Cycling Ireland don't run the national championships, they get a local club or committee to do it for them, AFAIK the club has to finance it themselves.

Having a road closed is expensive, I can't find a page for Limerick but have a look at the Dublin version, closing 11km of road for the TT would cost in the thousands.

http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-roads-and-traffic-permits-and-licences/how-apply-temporary-road-closure.

Most TT's run in this country week in and week out are run on similar roads to the national TT, if you have enough marshalls it's not an issue for the riders.

breezy1985

Randy Archer wrote: »

Mark Rohan was a multiple world and Olympic para Olympian gold medalist for the hand bike thingy (excuse the lack of correct description) he became well known and how he became disabled. From a well known family in the Midlands and his career was definitely covered by the local press . He is now in Portugal running a bike business out of the success , more power to him

The Irish over all have an excellent record at both the Para and Special Olympics ,which is remarkable considering Ireland is not always known for the best sport facilities outside the big three sports

Not at all saying its not remarkable some times even more so it will never get the same coverage as even a bronze at the Olympics and the post I was replying to was just a little misleading so I wanted to clear it up for another suprised poster

at1withmyself

Watch the National champs program!