National Championships @ Clonmel

morana

A good few were onto me about the sign on etc. so here it is
http://www.clonmelcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Champs-Manual.pdf

Best of luck to all competing. I will miss the 'A' race and only get down for Sunday....

Beasty

Time Trial Results (unofficial;))

Men

1. Michael Hutchinson
2. Martyn Irvine
3. Nicolas Roche

U23
1. Conor Dunne
2. Sean Downey
3. Aaron Bugle


Women
1. Olivia Dillon
2. Mel Spath
3. Siobhan Horgan

Beasty

No surprises with Hutchinson winning, but I'm delighted to see Irvine getting 2nd - hopefully a confidence booster before the Olympics. Nico may be pleasantly surprised with his showing

In the ladies, I think that was only Mel's 2nd TT, so a great result for her

barrabus

I saw a tweet during the tour de Suisse where Matt Brammeier told Roche he'd pick up 30 seconds in the TT if he used a disc wheel. Interestingly Roche used a disc wheel tonight...

morana

Beasty wrote: »

No surprises with Hutchinson winning, but I'm delighted to see Irvine getting 2nd - hopefully a confidence booster before the Olympics. Nico may be pleasantly surprised with his showing

In the ladies, I think that was only Mel's 2nd TT, so a great result for her

yeah great stuff. First medal for Irish Mel!!!

Also good to see hutchinson go so well. He is interesting to listen to.
Maybe if we do the hat-trick and get the beasty over we will have the full set!!!!

Beasty

morana wrote: »

Maybe if we do the hat-trick and get the beasty over we will have the full set!!!!

I'll have to see what's on offer before jumping ship morana;)

Lusk Doyle

barrabus wrote: »

I saw a tweet during the tour de Suisse where Matt Brammeier told Roche he'd pick up 30 seconds in the TT if he used a disc wheel. Interestingly Roche used a disc wheel tonight...

Surely to god he knew that already!!!

morana

Lusk Doyle wrote: »

Surely to god he knew that already!!!

there was a hill on the course so he went with 2 deep sections I suppose for the climb but I guess on the down hill you lose more than you gain on the up with the disc.

He should start using a pm for pacing ....

fat bloke

How the hell are you clairvoyants doing this??? I thought they were on THIS weekend???!

Beasty

fat bloke wrote: »

How the hell are you clairvoyants doing this??? I thought they were on THIS weekend???!

Check the link in the OP - TTs today, road races over the weekend;)

barrabus

Lusk Doyle wrote: »

Surely to god he knew that already!!!

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Gipo3

barrabus wrote: »

Lusk Doyle wrote: »

Surely to god he knew that already!!!

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Your missing the reply where he said he was told by reynolds that deep section would be better than discs.

Caroline_ie

uh??
https://twitter.com/IrishOlympians/status/215907787388104704

on_the_nickel

uh? https://twitter.com/drewmckinley/status/215905154183081985/photo/1

Inquitus

If thats true its simply pathetic.

RobFowl

Caroline_ie wrote: »

uh??
https://twitter.com/IrishOlympians/status/215907787388104704

Heard that too....

35m Felix English ‏@FelixEnglish11
... already knew and turns out all the times are up in the air! Absolutely nuts, so no idea where I finished. Find out tomorrow on the web!

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barrabus

Gipo3 wrote: »

barrabus wrote: »

Lusk Doyle wrote: »

Surely to god he knew that already!!!

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Your missing the reply where he said he was told by reynolds that deep section would be better than discs.

I wonder what inspired him to ignore Reynolds deep section tonight

manafana

so what are final results rumours that 2nd isnt the actual 2nd.

on_the_nickel

Sticky Bottle reporting no change in podium, although U23 result changed.

http://www.stickybottle.com/races-results/hutchinson-upsets-protour-riders-in-tt-champs-dunne-dillon-also-take-gold/

TheFredJ

FYI an int with Michael Hutchinson from last year http://www.podiumcafe.com/2011/4/21/2122274/MichaelHutchinson

Beasty

Well I did say unofficial!!

We should require all riders to upload their rides to Strava, then we can work it out for ourselves;)

crumliniano

TheFredJ wrote: »

FYI an int with Michael Hutchinson from last year http://www.podiumcafe.com/2011/4/21/2122274/MichaelHutchinson

I hadn't heard of him before. Is he a pro road racer too? What team?
From that interview it says he holds a number of UK titles. Can people from the north compete in UK and Irish national championships?

cipo

They can ride either /or not both...
Afaik-
Hutch has won national titles in uk but now can't ride the BC sanctioned nat TT. He won the national 25 only 2 weeks ago this is sanctioned by RTTC not the recognised int cycling gov body which is BC.

Beasty

crumliniano wrote: »

I hadn't heard of him before. Is he a pro road racer too? What team?
From that interview it says he holds a number of UK titles. Can people from the north compete in UK and Irish national championships?

He's a writer and has a column in Cycling Weekly. He wrote the Hour detailing his attempts to break Boardman's world hour record

He's not a pro and afaik has never ridden as one. I think he's around 40 or so now (maybe just under)

He has a website, although it's not updated often

People from the North can opt to take out an Irish or UK licence (not both at one time though) - Martyn Irvine for example represents Ireland, whereas Wendy Houvenaghel rides for GBR

elduggo

Beasty wrote: »

Well I did say unofficial!!

We should require all riders to upload their rides to Strava, then we can work it out for ourselves;)

we can all chip in and buy Cycling Ireland a new stopwatch

buffalo

Beasty wrote: »

He wrote the Hour detailing his attempts to break Boardman's world hour record

I can recommend that as a cracking read. Very entertaining.

Lusk Doyle

elduggo wrote: »

Beasty wrote: »

Well I did say unofficial!!

We should require all riders to upload their rides to Strava, then we can work it out for ourselves;)

we can all chip in and buy Cycling Ireland a new stopwatch

That will end up under a pile on the floor in the office!!!

cipo

Hutch's book The Hour is a great read- recommended!!!

Morrisseeee

Beasty wrote: »

He's not a pro and afaik has never ridden as one.

He stated (from the podiumcafe link mentioned above) that he was a full time pro from 2000 > 2006.

Beasty

Full (and hopefully correct;)) TT results, including times, on Irishcycling.com

buffalo

Beasty wrote: »

Full (and hopefully correct;)) TT results, including times, on Irishcycling.com

McCann didn't partake? Anyone know why?

RobFowl

buffalo wrote: »

McCann didn't partake? Anyone know why?

Chest infection

morana

Beasty wrote: »

Full (and hopefully correct;)) TT results, including times, on Irishcycling.com

the distance is wrong?

cipo

Stickybottle.com report says distance shortened to 35km due to being unable to get road closure due to county boundaries....

Fair play to organisers getting closed road for TT - is this normal for the TT nats??

Hutch is a class tester... Has put in some serious times over the years in the UK...

Young Mullen is one to watch for future... Rode 25miles at UK RTTC champs 2weejs ago in 48.48 -outrageously fast for a young lad in terrible conditions too!!

Onwards to the road races now- would be great to see the Men's jersey at the Tour... Only one man going..!!

michaelm

cipo wrote: »

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Young Mullen is one to watch for future... Rode 25miles at UK RTTC champs 2weejs ago in 48.48 -outrageously fast for a young lad in terrible conditions too!!

Onwards to the road races now- would be great to see the Men's jersey at the Tour... Only one man going..!!

Very much looking forward to Sunday's race - hope the weather holds up. Agree with sentiments about Ryan Mullen reckon he is one of the real hopes for the future. Seems to have it all - TT/RR - very impressive on the hills during the Visit Nenagh Classic in April also

manwithaplan

Good ride from Ryan Sherlock. Well ahead of the other regulars on the domestic circuit.

cipo

Ryan said (via twitter) he felt sh1t on the bike at TT... Worse day in a year!!!

Beasty

cipo wrote: »

Ryan said (via twitter) he felt sh1t on the bike at TT... Worse day in a year!!!

I think that's only about his 3rd TT - he was flying last week over 10 miles in Dundalk. Getting the pacing right, particularly over longer distances, is critical (and suffering is definitely a good sign in a TT!) - it may well be that he just pushed too hard early on

I think there's still plenty of room for improvement for him and Mel

morana

In respect of the result of the Irish National TT Championships, the Panel of Commissaires in conjunction with a representative of the Board of Cycling Ireland has carried out an in depth review of the times recorded by the timekeepers.

The faults leading to the issue of erroneous times were identified, rectified and a corrected result issued.




The Event organization and Cycling Ireland apologise for the confusion and embarrassment caused by the issue of the inaccurate initial race result.
from ci website

victorcarrera

It can occur where the finish line timekeeper thinks the first rider started at clock time minute 0 instead of 1.

ryan_sherlock

Yeah - as I said on twitter - worst I have felt on the bike in over a year! Last time I felt that bad from the start was an XC race in the UK 2 years ago (http://ryansherlock.blogspot.ie/2010/07/2010-bmbs-round-4-dalby-forest.html). I had much higher expectations.

Did my prep, followed my coach but just didn't work out. I know I should have been at least 2 minutes faster. My power for the ride was pitiful (on comparison to training and other TTs)!

2nd time I did a 35k+ TT. Leinster was my next longest at 16k then only a few 4-5k before that. As Beasty says - you need to race the TTs more - I have spent time on the TT bike, but no racing close by makes prep tough.

Some time by Michael though - made the rest of us look like pure amateurs! (But then I expected him to kick butt considering the scalps he claims in the UK)

cipo

CI and Brammeier relations appear to be as good as ever... He spat the dummy last night on twitter..!! ;-) and his lady friend also!! He's not helping himself...

morana

cipo wrote: »

CI and Brammeier relations appear to be as good as ever... He spat the dummy last night on twitter..!! ;-) and his lady friend also!! He's not helping himself...

sure he is probably disappointed with his ride and just vented it.

Raam

Is anyone live tweeting from the cavalcade for Sat and Sun?

Chips Lovell

I'll be in the cavalcade on Saturday. I'll tweet if I get a chance to.

cipo

Anto, I'm sure he was just venting but it looked / sounded silly... He was the only one calling people unprofessional

His lady saying CI are a joke ...

but it's not the best way to handle things...

I've never felt as if it's done me any good / given me any relief by 'venting' on twitter or a forum for that matter!! ;-)

Our Olympian on the track had to tell him to cool his jets....
It's there for all to read, I'm not being malicious just stating I didn't like how it was handled.

Dave

morana

cipo wrote: »

Anto, I'm sure he was just venting but it looked / sounded silly... He was the only one calling people unprofessional

His lady saying CI are a joke ...

but it's not the best way to handle things...

I've never felt as if it's done me any good / given me any relief by 'venting' on twitter or a forum for that matter!! ;-)

Our Olympian on the track had to tell him to cool his jets....
It's there for all to read, I'm not being malicious just stating I didn't like how it was handled.

Dave

Dave I agree 100% with you and hats off to Martyn

michaelm

Raam wrote: »

Is anyone live tweeting from the cavalcade for Sat and Sun?

Not exactly what you asked but in the absence of anything better I will be tweeting from the course and uploading pics from each lap, if this is any use - @northtippcyclin

cipo

Just got this from Shane Stokes

@SSbike: @davecasey1 should be live coverage tomorrow and Sunday, networks permitting. On http://t.co/Z4NQ0rys...
Irishcycling.com

shaungil

Just blame Ulster bank for the timing issue everyone else is blaming them. Martyn a class act as always.

Lusk Doyle

shaungil wrote: »

Just blame Ulster bank for the timing issue everyone else is blaming them. Martyn a class act as always.

I think you must fancy him the way you go on about him all the time! "Martin, you're my hero!"