Dublin Wheelers Open Races - 7th March 2020

Dietmar Hamann

Hi all,

The 2020 edition of the Dublin Wheelers Cycling Club’s open races will be held on Saturday 7th March. Sign on will be from 9am at Race HQ: Summerhill Community Centre, Co. Meath, closing at 10am.

Details of the races are as follows:
Race 1: Mick Lally Memorial Race (A+, A1, A2)
Race 2: Ian Gallahar Memorial Race (A3)
Race 3: Willie Marks Memorial Race (A4)

Registration for all 3 races will be via Cycling Ireland’s online registration facility. Because of the narrow roads, there will be a limit of 80 competitors in each of the races. Registration on the day will only be possible, if we do not fill our quota – and then only on a ‘first come, first served’ basis up to 80 competitors in each of the events. .

Register Online

Sign on 9am to 10am

Racing starts at 10:30am.

Datasheet

Route Map

If you haven't yet renewed your Cycling Ireland Licence for 2020 can you please do so before tomorrow the 28th of February so that Cycling Ireland have enough time to send your numbers and licence out to you before the race.

If next week you are still waiting on them to arrive from Cycling Ireland then please come with a print out of the licence from the members area of the CI website and bring some identifying race number with you – previous year’s numbers will do.

We look forward to welcoming you for what is always a fantastic day of racing.

Any questions feel free to put them in the thread and I'll answer them.

CramCycle

Signed up, great circuit, any other A3s from here signed up?

lennymc

CramCycle wrote: »

Signed up, great circuit, any other A3s from here signed up?

might see you there cram

CramCycle

lennymc wrote: »

might see you there cram

I have been off the bike for over a week with a knee injury, hoping to start back tomorrow, hoping it hasn't thrown me off my game too much. Remember go from the turn to the finish, I'll be right behind you to offer emotional support :pac:

lennymc

CramCycle wrote: »

I have been off the bike for over a week with a knee injury, hoping to start back tomorrow, hoping it hasn't thrown me off my game too much. Remember go from the turn to the finish, I'll be right behind you to offer emotional support :pac:

I admire your belief in my ability to be anywhere near the bunch at the turn to the finish....

dahat

80 riders is ideal for a season opener, I'd love to make it but can't travel on Saturdays until school is done for the summer.

Bambaata

CramCycle wrote: »

I have been off the bike for over a week with a knee injury, hoping to start back tomorrow, hoping it hasn't thrown me off my game too much. Remember go from the turn to the finish, I'll be right behind you to offer emotional support :pac:

I call BS, this sounds like a hard taper is in effect

CramCycle

dahat wrote: »

80 riders is ideal for a season opener, I'd love to make it but can't travel on Saturdays until school is done for the summer.

It is, and its a nice fast paced start to thin out the herd really quick. General rule of thumb is if you can stick with the front going over the bump after Doreys Forge you will hang in there. I have only managed this once.

Bambaata wrote: »

I call BS, this sounds like a hard taper is in effect

I really wish, I am still going from the corner if I manage to hang in there. I don't have a sprint, so if I hang in there you can use me as a long distance lead out train.

Bambaata

For anyone not yet entered and still thinking of going the A3 race is full but there are some spots in the A1/2 and A4 races

There will be sign on available on the day on a first come first served basis for the A1/2 race and A4 race.

Spaces available as follows:

A1/2 race - 30
A4 race - 30

The A3 race is full so there will be NO entries accepted on the day.

royrogers

Any results???

G1032

royrogers wrote: »

Any results???

Charlie Prendergast won, Richie Meaney 3rd. Don't have any info other than that 😉
Nothing on Stickybottle yet

CramCycle

Just to say a well done to Dublin Wheelers for an excellent race today, marshalling was excellent, as were the comms, greatway to start the year. Great organisation, timing was on the nose, well done.

dahat

Any new instructions from comms regarding white line rules?

magicbastarder

CramCycle wrote: »

Just to say a well done to Dublin Wheelers for an excellent race today, marshalling was excellent

i happened to find myself on some of the roads the race was on earlier, the number of marshals was very impressive.

CramCycle

dahat wrote: »

Any new instructions from comms regarding white line rules?

Don't cross them, your under the rule of law, etc. How strict were they, unsure, more the riders policing each other. A few acting the maggot but for the most part quite good.

Dietmar Hamann

Results below:

Mick Lally Memorial (A1-A2) 87.8km
1. Charles Prendergast Dan Morrissey-MIG-Pactimo
2. Daire Feeley Strata 3-VeloRevolution
3. Richard Meaney Westport Covey Wheelers
4. Ronan Killeen Lucan Cycling Road Club
5. Jason Kenny UCD Cycling Club
6. Andy Maguire Dublin Port

Unplaced A2s
1. Matthew Devins Fundacio’n Lintxu Zaragoza
2. Adam Greally St Tiernan’s
3. Cian Noone Challenge Cycling Club

Unplaced Dublin Wheeler
1. Oisin Smith Dublin Wheelers CC

Ian Gallahar Memorial (A3-Jnr) 65km
1. Davoren Fallon Bottecchia Racing Club
2. Aaron Rafferty Bohermeen CC
3. Alex Florea Dublin Wheelers
4. Trevor Cawley Yeats Country Cycling Club
5. Ronan O’Connor Quanta Scott Orwell
6. Eoghan Cooke Ounavarra Cycling Club

Willie Marks Memorial (A4) 42.4km
1. Loughlin Campion Ashbourne Wheelers
2. Paul Caldwell EPIC MTB / Expert Cycles
3. David Brady St. Tiernans Cycling Club
4. Colm Mullen Team WORC
5. Pawel Rybak Lucan Cycling Road Club
6. Henning Lübberding Quanta Scott Orwell

Unplaced Dublin Wheeler
1. Peter Sweeney Dublin Wheelers