Win for McCrystal, 2nd for Coyle and 3rd for Mortan

It was a good weekend on the road racing front for Dundalk cyclist's. The action started on Saturday in Newbridge for the Paddy Flannagan memorial. In the A1 race Bryan McCrystal was part of the winning move and in the last 5km he attacked his breakaway companions to take a solo win. This was Bryan's first competitive outing since a bad accident forced him out of The Rás and shows he is back to full fitness. It also shows that his form is building nicely ahead of this weekend's national championships, being hosted by Mullingar. Bryan will be looking to secure medals in both Thursday's TT and Sunday's road race, a gruelling 190km race that will see Bryan going toe to toe with Ireland's best cyclists, including Nicholas Roche & Dan Martin. Bryan's sister Eve will also be in hunt for another national medal to build on her bronze from 2013.

On Sunday the action switched to Banbridge, where in the A4 race Gary Mortan found himself in the winning move of 12 riders. In the sprint for the flag Gary took 3rd position in the tough 90km race. other Cuchulainn riders Paddy Reilly, Gavin and Fran Egan all finished safely in the main bunch.

Another Dundalk man making waves was Bellurgan's Ultan Coyle, taking part in the 24hr English Championships. Ultan covered an incredible 505miles over the 24hrs, taking second position and setting a new Irish Record.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"234","attributes":{"class":"media-image aligncenter size-medium wp-image-979","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"300","height":"198","alt":"Gary Mortan 3rd Position in Banbridge"}}]]