Gorey 3 Day

GMCI · 20-02-2014 12:13am #1

Gorey 3 Day entries are now open.

Postal Entry only.

Open to A2 and A3 riders only.

Maximum field of 180 riders.

All details are on the attachment.

Entry fee must accompany entry form to guarantee a place.

Entry fees are non refundable and non transferrable

Pablo Rubio · 20-02-2014 10:23am

Says Sign on 19th march @ 9.15 am. Long wait till start:P

lennymc · 10-04-2014 10:36am

So who on here is doing this?
I'm looking forward to it (i think)

duffyshuffle · 10-04-2014 3:40pm

I'm in

doedoe · 11-04-2014 3:41pm

Anybody want to ride this as part of a five man team, with a back up service ??? Pm if you do

MarkG1975 · 11-04-2014 6:27pm

I am doing it also, first stage race in first season and can't wait. Is there any info or advice for the weekend? How hard are the stages compared to recent a3 races? Huge field I suppose makes it tougher

Tenzor07 · 15-04-2014 2:40pm

Does anyone have details on the Start times of the stages, distance, elevation etc?
Info out there on websites I've found are very scant in detail...

Swordsdave · 15-04-2014 3:24pm

Tenzor07 wrote: »

Does anyone have details on the Start times of the stages, distance, elevation etc?
Info out there on websites I've found are very scant in detail...

http://irishroadclub.com/#details
Loved every minute of this race a few years ago would love to go back again. If it wasn't for those pesky lucan lads chasing everything down!!!

smurphy29 · 16-04-2014 12:22pm

I'm down for this. Looking forward to it. 121km for the first stage, a killer.

I know it's a bit in advance, but early suggestions are for a headwind for the TT.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/ie/gorey/211491/daily-weather-forecast/211491?day=5

Looking at last year's times I'm hoping they had more of a (prevailing) tailwind?!

Chips Lovell · 16-04-2014 12:46pm

Big change in the first stage. They've added two full laps of the Cranford circuit and the finish is the third time up the hill in Cranford. That's going to be epic!

RockWerchter · 16-04-2014 12:48pm

Last years winning TT times had a moderate cross headwind, top three were all within the last ten riders off. Don't know what conditions for earlier riders were.

sheepfield · 16-04-2014 1:09pm

RockWerchter wrote: »

Last years winning TT times had a moderate cross headwind, top three were all within the last ten riders off. Don't know what conditions for earlier riders were.

There was indeed a cross/headwind from the east last year for the TT. The early riders had to deal with the minor issue of the clocks going forward an hour and the much more pressing issue of a -5 wind chill in a skin suit... top 3 wud have won anyway if u ask me, but jayzus twas very cold!

on another note, something tells me stage1 is longer than advertised- 3 times up Craanford?

lennymc · 16-04-2014 1:31pm

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

Big change in the first stage. They've added two full laps of the Cranford circuit and the finish is the third time up the hill in Cranford. That's going to be epic!

what is this Cranford you speak of?

buffalo · 16-04-2014 1:35pm

lennymc wrote: »

what is this Cranford you speak of?

It's Craaaaanford, I think.

The climb is this: http://www.strava.com/segments/1224372 (http://goo.gl/maps/hszoa)

The circuit is this: http://www.strava.com/segments/1204160

sheepfield · 16-04-2014 1:36pm

lennymc wrote: »

what is this Cranford you speak of?

Looking at the road surface in the village, I think its Gorey 3-Day's answer to the Patersberg.... :pac:

lennymc · 16-04-2014 1:43pm

Maybe I shouldnt have asked

Raam · 16-04-2014 2:21pm

Swordsdave wrote: »

http://irishroadclub.com/#details
Loved every minute of this race a few years ago would love to go back again. If it wasn't for those pesky lucan lads chasing everything down!!!

Close to 20 of them in this years race from my last reading of the start list. I guess the organisers don't care about team number limits.

smurphy29 · 16-04-2014 3:32pm

80k + 2 * 25k laps = 130k, no?

The description on the website appear to follow last year's route which finished in Gorey, coming from Ballycanew.

wav1 · 16-04-2014 4:32pm

smurphy29 wrote: »

80k + 2 * 25k laps = 130k, no?

The description on the website appear to follow last year's route which finished in Gorey, coming from Ballycanew.

Agreed,Spoke about this with our riders last night.My reckoning is 132k on Saturday

MichealD · 17-04-2014 12:02pm

@Wav1 Any idea why the Junior squad have chosen the Tour of the North this year instead of the Gorey?

buffalo · 17-04-2014 12:18pm

And where are the Nico Roche team this weekend? Not on the start lists for Kerry, Gorey or Ulster.

MichealD · 17-04-2014 12:23pm

buffalo wrote: »

And where are the Nico Roche team this weekend? Not on the start lists for Kerry, Gorey or Ulster.

I think I saw they are racing in Belgium over Easter. Obviously will be no complaints from A3's this weekend!

The Ster Van Zuid Limburg is a Junior Tour over three days: http://www.stervanzuidlimburg.be/

lennymc · 17-04-2014 12:33pm

That's a pity. I've been sandbagging all year just to beat them pesky juniors in this race. Ah well. guess I'll just have to sandbag for a little while longer.

wav1 · 17-04-2014 1:13pm

MichealD wrote: »

@Wav1 Any idea why the Junior squad have chosen the Tour of the North this year instead of the Gorey?

powers that be obviously felt the tour of the north would give them a new challenge.NRPT riding a stage race in Belgium.Thats 10 of the pests missing anyway.Good luck to all this weekend.

Eamonnator · 17-04-2014 5:32pm

I've just looked at the start list.
I see, that Robin Seymour is racing.
For those of you, not familiar with MTBiking, Robin has represented Ireland at the Olympic Games, and has won, 19 Irish MTB Championships at XC, 1 Irish Championship at Downhill and about 15 cyclocross championships.
It'll be interesting to see, how he fares in " The Gorey"

Raam · 17-04-2014 6:52pm

Eamonnator wrote: »

I've just looked at the start list.
I see, that Robin Seymour is racing.
For those of you, not familiar with MTBiking, Robin has represented Ireland at the Olympic Games, and has won, 19 Irish MTB Championships at XC, 1 Irish Championship at Downhill and about 15 cyclocross championships.
It'll be interesting to see, how he fares in " The Gorey"

He has done the Ras in the past.

Eamonnator · 17-04-2014 6:56pm

Raam wrote: »

He has done the Ras in the past.

That's right, I had forgotten that. He was on the Irish Team, can't remember the year. Could have been 2000, in preparation for the Olympics.

MichealD · 17-04-2014 10:15pm

Robin has done several Goreys before too.

The changes to the stage one finish make it much harder and more selective stage then previous years. Normally the TT can be decisive but I think this year stage one and three will decide things.

Looking forward to driving in the cavalcade for my tenth year. Must remember to watch the chariot scene in Ben Hur tomorrow to get me in the mood for the take off from the grid in Blessington!

duffyshuffle · 17-04-2014 11:07pm

MichealD wrote: »

Robin has done several Goreys before too.

The changes to the stage one finish make it much harder and more selective stage then previous years. Normally the TT can be decisive but I think this year stage one and three will decide things.

Looking forward to driving in the cavalcade for my tenth year. Must remember to watch the chariot scene in Ben Hur tomorrow to get me in the mood for the take off from the grid in Blessington!

Great read up on him on sticky bottle, says it's his first Gorey though http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/riding-the-gorey-is-a-bit-like-riding-the-ras-im-a-romantic-about-these-kinds-of-things/
Can't wait for this to start now!
Any Gorey veterans with some good tips?

killalanerr · 17-04-2014 11:57pm

Ya Go to bed . Your going to need all the rest your can get

Bikerbhoy · 18-04-2014 9:41am

Eamonnator wrote: »

That's right, I had forgotten that. He was on the Irish Team, can't remember the year. Could have been 2000, in preparation for the Olympics.

2008

Gorey 3 Day

Comments