Waller cup

colm_gti

Couldn't find any threads that were already started about todays race.

Very well organised event, huge thanks to Bohermeen CC!

Very deserved win by young Campbell who rode a fine race in the A3/junior event. One of the few lads that took his turn every time in the break, and capitalised on the lull in the bunch with a Galway Bay rider, when the poor Waterford rider hit the deck, and stayed away til the finish.

Happy enough with how I went today, made the break and took my turn every time, but finished just outside the money, maybe 9th or 10th. At least my legs have come back to me!

wav1

colm_gti wrote: »

Couldn't find any threads that were already started about todays race.

Very well organised event, huge thanks to Bohermeen CC!

Very deserved win by young Campbell who rode a fine race in the A3/junior event. One of the few lads that took his turn every time in the break, and capitalised on the lull in the bunch with a Galway Bay rider, when the poor Waterford rider hit the deck, and stayed away til the finish.

Happy enough with how I went today, made the break and took my turn every time, but finished just outside the money, maybe 9th or 10th. At least my legs have come back to me!

Thanks for the comments Colm.Good day for the wavs thank god.An odd good day helps to keep things going.He'd be wav the 3rd.

Smalltom

Great stuff Colm-the hard work is paying dividends. Did you make it down to Nenagh last weekend?

colm_gti

wav1 wrote: »

Thanks for the comments Colm.Good day for the wavs thank god.An odd good day helps to keep things going.He'd be wav the 3rd.

He was flying it, said it to him a few times as I rolled past in the bunch, he must have been wondering who the wierdo that kept encouraging him on was :P

Smalltom wrote: »

Great stuff Colm-the hard work is paying dividends. Did you make it down to Nenagh last weekend?

Yeah, was there in body anyway, didn't have a great week last week, got shelled on the second KOM and dropped out first time through the town, think I'd just underestimated it and done too much in the run up, but better to forget about that

DKO

Yup, good race, well organised, I felt that there was good racing in A4, no crashes, screwed up the finish myself so no joy, but happy enough. Thanks Bohermeen and see you next year, for the A4 race again I'm thinking :-)

Sorrento CC

Any Pictures from todays event?

Thanks in advance.

buffalo

Sorrento CC wrote: »

Any Pictures from todays event?

Thanks in advance.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.467272053348318.1073741885.169802333095293&type=1

Anyone got results from the A4 race?

padjo5

No thread started during the week, but a massive looking turn-out, in the a4 bunch anyway. As DKO says, mostly well behaved riding today (that i saw anyway), few bottles rolling around the deck though. It was a pity none of the travellers on the bog-road came out to shout us on, that would have been a laugh.

As above, cocked up the last few kms coming to that last left turn, so was just outside the points. Enjoyable race, and the ladies dishing out the tea and sambos were good craic too! Thanks to all the Boher crew.

Oh, big congrats obviously to Ciaran Campbell, and Darragh (just saw a photo of the 2 lads with their trophys, impressive stuff!), and Dougal01, the Team Motivator!!

wav1

Anybody got a photo of the A3 winner I'd love it.Black Umbrella seems to have missed it as they have the photo of the gallop for third.

SLXDH

Rode the A4 race today and there was some good racing at times, the pace was fairly steady but this was probably due to the strong winds that seemed to be blowing from all directions. Rode most of the race in the small ring only going into the 53 for that stretch of main road where there was a bit of a tail wind.
Got around the last corner close to the front of the race and decided to kick hard for the line at 300m out but eventually was passed by a few guys sprinting hard, managed to hang on to stay in the points. It was an enjoyable race wjth not a bad result for my first open race for about 20 years.
Well done to Bohermeen CC for a well run race.

sy

wav1 wrote: »

Anybody got a photo of the A3 winner I'd love it.Black Umbrella seems to have missed it as they have the photo of the gallop for third.

Yes. I will post photos later or tomorrow eve. If anybody wants copies of originals pm me. Good racing today

colm_gti

Oh yeah apologies to anyone on the receiving end of my explicit comments for not pulling their weight in the break, didn't mean any offence....heat of the moment and all that....

Chips Lovell

Thanks to Bohermeen Cycling Club for putting on a fantastic day's racing today.

Was doing the car for our women's team. We got 2nd and 7th, so happy days.

SLXDH wrote: »

Rode most of the race in the small ring only going into the 53 for that stretch of main road where there was a bit of a tail wind.

You rode most of Bohermeen in the small ring. :eek:

sy wrote: »

Yes. I will post photos later or tomorrow eve. If anybody wants copies of originals pm me. Good racing today

Great to see you at the finish line. You're looking fit.

Harrybelafonte

Did someone not come down after hitting a car mirror in A4?

Anybody know who the guy was taking shots on the last corner (the right for three left for one one)? Must have some great photos.

wav1

sy wrote: »

Yes. I will post photos later or tomorrow eve. If anybody wants copies of originals pm me. Good racing today

Thank you I wll def buy one of your finest.

bren_mc

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Did someone not come down after hitting a car mirror in A4?

Anybody know who the guy was taking shots on the last corner (the right for three left for one one)? Must have some great photos.

Someone on my right came down. not sure if he hit the mirror or lost balance trying to avoid it. Took me and a couple of others but it was a fairly low speed thing so no real damage to bikes or riders as far as i could tell.

Got back up and did a couple more laps with a team-mate who'd had a mechanical just to get some miles in.

Anyway well organised and marshalled race. Thanks to all at Bohermeen. And well done to the Campbell lads:)

Beasty

Blackumbrella's photos here

RJM85

My first A3 race today after getting the points for the upgrade last week. Was a bit nervous about racing over 100k, and unsure what to expect all in all.

Started ok, found it a lot harder to maintain position up near the front of the bunch, kept floating backwards before having to move up the outside again. Felt pretty good for the first lap or so though, And gave a dig coming into the start of the second lap. Worked with one other for a bit, but got pulled back. Went again in the 3rd lap, had what seemed like a strong group, but no commitment. Pulled back again.

I was totally swallowed up by the bunch after we were caught an found myself right at the back before long. Saw the winning break go, but was way too far back to do anything about it. It seemed to hover around 500m or so up the road for a while, and I made my way up the bunch with a view to seeing if I could get across. Realised I had a strong team mate in there and decided to disrupt the chase / follow attacks as long as I could. Found myself in no mans land with one other (cannot for the life of me remember which club).

Initially, I wasn't going to work with him, as I ha a man up the road, but the break seemed to be well and truly gone, and I thought the training would be good for me! Spent 2 and a bit laps in this two man chase group. 'Pain' doesn't even cut it. 2k to go, the bunch was about 500m back and i had pretty much nothing left so i let the wheel go and drifted back - finished at the back of the bunch. i think my companion actually stayed away to the finish - he also did the lions share of the work throughout... animal.

All in all I'm pretty happy with my first a3 race!

adoks2008

Now thats one I had not heard - Bob / Dougal etc but not Wavs.

sy

colm_gti wrote: »

Happy enough with how I went today, made the break and took my turn every time, but finished just outside the money, maybe 9th or 10th. At least my legs have come back to me!

Usher? Green Helmet

sy

Link to photos (148) from all adult races yesterday, some are a little out of focus so apologies. If anybody wants a copy of uncompressed shot just pm me. No charge. Some great racing yesterday and well done Bohermeen. Nice to meet niceonetom Vladamir Kurtains and Caroline.ie again
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vurti0o8qv5jych/igGUJMs0oY

Harrybelafonte

I'm going to have to wear my sunglasses in all these races totry and hide the amount of pain I'm in

colm_gti

sy wrote: »

Usher? Green Helmet

Tiernans CC, blue and white helmet, the only tiernans rider in A3...

wav1

Well done to new boards member adoks2008 in Bohermeen.Top 8 in A4.His first placing in an open race for about 13/14 yrs.You're never too old.Brain sometimes overrules the legs.Well done.

lennymc

wav1 wrote: »

Well done to new boards member adoks2008 in Bohermeen.Top 8 in A4.His first placing in an open race for about 13/14 yrs.You're never too old.Brain sometimes overrules the legs.Well done.

most definately well done. he put in a lot of hard work over the winter, and it was thoroughly deserved.

adoks2008

Thanks to WAV 1 , LENNYMC and the crew from Drogheda, although member of another club, great to see Drogheda jersies figuring again. Great club. Winter spins were great and everybody benefitting. Keep it up lads.

bren_mc

adoks2008 wrote: »

Thanks to WAV 1 , LENNYMC and the crew from Drogheda, although member of another club, great to see Drogheda jersies figuring again. Great club. Winter spins were great and everybody benefitting. Keep it up lads.

I was trying to figure out who was adoks2008 - had to ask Lenny:)

That's great stuff - well done adoks2008!

Harrybelafonte

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgy3qc9GBCM

killalanerr

adoks2008 wrote: »

Thanks to WAV 1 , LENNYMC and the crew from Drogheda, although member of another club, great to see Drogheda jersies figuring again. Great club. Winter spins were great and everybody benefitting. Keep it up lads.

Super Vet alert
Well done adoks2008 looks like you never lost it ,

abc_xyz

I'm curious does anyone have the average speed for the A3 race? I'm wondering how much faster then the A4 it was (as well as being 50% longer).

colm_gti

abc_xyz wrote: »

I'm curious does anyone have the average speed for the A3 race? I'm wondering how much faster then the A4 it was (as well as being 50% longer).

I finished in the break and my average was 39.3km/h, I'd say the winner must have been closer to 39.5km/h or more..

Harrybelafonte

What was the A4 avg, as it felt like the fastest race this year.

RJM85

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

What was the A4 avg, as it felt like the fastest race this year.

Guy who came 4th in the A4 shows on strava as 38.5km/hr. I finished at the back of the bunch in A3 at 38.8km/hr

wav1

colm_gti wrote: »

I finished in the break and my average was 39.3km/h, I'd say the winner must have been closer to 39.5km/h or more..

Winners average was 39.52kph.

colm_gti

wav1 wrote: »

Winners average was 39.52kph.

Good guess

wav1

colm_gti wrote: »

Good guess

Not sure but I'd say most riders average on Sunday was up there with their fastest of the season.