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Round 5 of League & Mallorca Sportive
Round 5 of the Bike Station Cycling League saw the race finish a top of the climb at Flagstaff. The race is a straight forward affair with the 38km course starting at the Sportsman's Bar & Restaurant on the old Newry Road, heading out through Carlingford & Omeath. The action really kicks off when the riders swing a left at Davy's pub. Immediately the climb starts with a very steep pitch, not aided by the uneven road surface. The road then continues to drag up before taking a right where the gradient again kicks up to the finish, which offers spectacular views of the surrounding countryside.
In Race 1 group 6 set a ferocious speed, which saw them averaging 45kph by the time they reached the bottom of the climb. This pace saw them sweep up all the groups in front of them. Once on the climb the attacks started immediately, with Team ASEA's Niall Clarke opening a gap. By the next turn the stronger riders had already pulled away and soon a 3 man move of Tomas McCabe, Bryan McCrystal and Liam Dolan forged on ahead. As the line approached Dolan put in an attack to distance his rivals and take the flag solo, ahead of McCabe in second and McCrystal in third.
In Race 2, Owen Dawe, who had recently dropped down from Race 1 to race 2 was victorious on the night. The results on the night mean that visitng riders are dominating the league table with the top 3 places occupied by non Cùchulainn cyclists. South Down Armagh currently sit in first and second with William Loughlin and Martin Colgan respectively. Third position is Newry's Ralph Ginesi. Meanwhile Rosenna Lynch is the leading woman.
Meanwhile on the leisure cycling front the club had over 10 cyclists head out to Mallorca to compete in the prestigious Mallorca 312. This event sees over 4,500 cyclists complete a full lap of the Spanish Mediterranean Island, for a distance of 312km. The island is far from flat which makes for a considerably long and hard day's riding. This year's event was also hindered by bad weather, which saw the rider's get rained on for most of the day. However the despite the conditions and uncooperative weather all the Cùchulainn Cyclists managed to complete the event. A testimony to their hard winter's training.
