Irish National Road Races

MPFGLB

Cant see any thread on these ?

All happening in @knockaderry2020

https://twitter.com/knockaderry2020/status/1311568359834689537?s=20

Though doesnt look like a very safe road to me


https://twitter.com/WakeWheels/status/1311621935692947457?s=20

Bambaata

Anywhere actually giving updates? Thought by the way some were speaking that there'd be plenty of social media content with updates due to no spectatrs but im struggling to find anything other than 3 or 4 vidoes of people before they went off. Should really have a few following with facebook live or something

MPFGLB

https://twitter.com/CyclingIreland/status/1311629623315304448?s=20

MPFGLB

https://twitter.com/CyclingIreland/status/1311630580065480707?s=20

Bambaata

Slap bang there are the results! I really hope the extent of updates for road races are better than this!

Was going to speculate Roche had a load of trucks pass him on his run that he came home ahead of Mullen but Mullen was a DNS it seems.

Oymyakon

Deleted User wrote: »

Was going to speculate Roche had a load of trucks pass him on his run that he came home ahead of Mullen but Mullen was a DNS it seems.

Mullen in Belgium working for Mads Pedersen at the BinckBank Tour.

easygoing39

And Dan Martin won't be in the field for Sundays Nat Road race as he's riding Liège-Bastogne-Liège

wirelessdude01

What a result for Conn.

Dodge

https://twitter.com/cyclingireland/status/1311633414605414403?s=21

The top 2 in the under 23s went faster than the elite winner. Healy is some prospect!

MPFGLB

Nicolas Roche had a mechnaical

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Absolutely brilliant for Conn.

Great results from the Junior women, brilliant to see Caoimhe, Eva and Lucy on the podium.
Their road race will be exciting with added Caoimhe O'Brien.

wirelessdude01

MPFGLB wrote: »

Nicolas Roche had a mechnaical

Before the race as he said himself.

Eamonnator

MPFGLB wrote: »

Nicolas Roche had a mechnaical

Do you have a link or any other information, please?

E.

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Also absolutely fantastic for Eve, it's amazing that she beat Kelly, Kelly has been flying all year! Savage result, she's a beast.

dastardly00

https://twitter.com/nicholasroche/status/1311680131954597889

Refractions

Ben Healy looks a seeerious prospect. He averaged over 51kph today, according to Strava anyway.

breezy1985

Chance of showers followed by showers followed by rain for Sunday. Pretty standard Limerick weather

eeeee

eeeee wrote: »

Also absolutely fantastic for Eve, it's amazing that she beat Kelly, Kelly has been flying all year! Savage result, she's a beast.

Eve was on the news at 6 yesterday chatting. Saying this week would be a bonus but she was focused on the Olympics next year as being the big goal.

eeeee

Deleted User wrote: »

Eve was on the news at 6 yesterday chatting. Saying this week would be a bonus but she was focused on the Olympics next year as being the big goal.

I feel another Olympic gold on the way...it's mad, Katie-George and herself are by far and away our most successful cyclists - multiple European, World and Olympic champions. And they hardly get mentioned! They're absolutely incredible. What they have achieved!

*in before someone mentions Green Jersey, a fantastic achievement, but multiple aforementioned European, World and Olympic medals are savage achievements.

elchupanebrey

Average Speeds in the TT seemed to be unreal today across all races

MPFGLB

Refractions wrote: »

Ben Healy looks a seeerious prospect. He averaged over 51kph today, according to Strava anyway.

Ben Healy may have been fast but have you seen the watts Kevin Mccambridge put out ...amasing wats.....must have not been very aero

Probably not a factor but seeing that it was run in a hard shoulder raised my eyebrows. I'm just used to seeing the other countries /worlds on closed roads on TV I guess but how much is traffic a factor on the times/speeds. I know I saw some discussion about TT's in the UK and there being an element of luck as to how many large vehicles passed you on your run and people not being happy.

redlead

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.

breezy1985

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.

Some countries who cant get roads closed use motor racing circuits but hard shoulders I think its just us and maybe the UK sometimes that I have heard of.
Bit of a joke really that they could not find a road that could be closed for a day

swarlb

eeeee wrote: »

I feel another Olympic gold on the way...it's mad, Katie-George and herself are by far and away our most successful cyclists - multiple European, World and Olympic champions. And they hardly get mentioned! They're absolutely incredible. What they have achieved!

*in before someone mentions Green Jersey, a fantastic achievement, but multiple aforementioned European, World and Olympic medals are savage achievements.

Have Irish women cyclists won medals at the Olympics, I wasn't aware of that, fair dues to them.

breezy1985

swarlb wrote: »

Have Irish women cyclists won medals at the Olympics, I wasn't aware of that, fair dues to them.

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

ratracer

breezy1985 wrote: »

Some countries who cant get roads closed use motor racing circuits but hard shoulders I think its just us and maybe the UK sometimes that I have heard of.
Bit of a joke really that they could not find a road that could be closed for a day

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.

breezy1985

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.

For the RR yes but the video of the TT clearly showed an open road

swarlb

Is the TT distance set or does it change each year. Has the like of the '25' and '50' etc, gone the way of the dodo...

Bambaata

Changes, no set distance

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.