Long Season Underway
Time Trial 1 on Wednesday 2nd April 2008
This year’s cycling season officially kicked off on Wednesday, April 2 with a 10 mile time-trial which started at the Five Points went five miles towards Gortatole before returning to finish near the Five Points. 20 riders were up for the challenge and the weather conditions were fairly good with a slight headwind on the out-going leg.
The first event of the year gives everyone a chance to see just what sort of form they are in after their winter training and what the form of their rivals is like!
Along with the usual old faces some new riders made their debut appearances. On the night though, it was the usual old face of Kenny Boylan that won the event with a time of 22 minutes and 53 seconds, an average speed of just over 26 mph. And just like the potholer who scaled dizzying heights throughout his career, and the runner who walked it in the big race, this cyclist has really hit the ground running this year.
Dane Dunlop, in second with 23 minutes and 15 seconds, is showing that he is getting stronger and ever closer to top spot. Peter Martin completed the podium places exactly one minute behind Kenny, an improvement of over a minute on his time last year. Robbie Bryson skived off fire drills for the night and came in fourth in 24 minutes and 7 seconds, pretty good for a “grimpeur”.
Other performances of note were Neil Armstrong, who is now all talk of what he might do this season, (all he has to do now is back it up with some serious hard training) and new riders Alan McGee, Keith Johnston and Roger Monaghan who showed they are all more than capable riders. Credit also to Brian O’Reilly who managed to complete the trial with a badly buckled wheel! Thanks to all the marshals on the night.
RESULTS FOR TIME TRIAL 1
Kenny Boylan 22:53
Dane Dunlop 23:15
Peter Martin 23:53
Robbie Bryson 24:07
Raymond Dunlop 24:21
Michael Gallon (Omagh CC) 24:49
Seamus Keenan (Omagh CC) 25:28
Mark McAleer (Omagh CC) 25:31
Austin McGrath (Omagh CC) 25:45
Neil Armstrong 25:50
Raymond Pauley 26:06
Alan McGee 26:26
Eddie Carson 26:56
Keith Johnston 27:00
Gerry Murphy 27:02
Roger Monaghan 27:20
Marius Leonard 28:36
Marvies Weipert 28:39
Raymond Love 31:01
Brian O’Reilly 32:31.
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