All photos from the BP media team, results courtesy of Phoenix CC
What can I say more about Lindsay Watson that is not said already…The Powerhouse Sports Team captain just to good for much of our top riders. Last year’s runner up of the A1 Cycling Ireland rankings started 2020 as he finished in 2019, this in the opener yesterday in Annaclone (Travers Engineering GP) and just pipped on the line by John Buller, and rectified that result with an amazing solo win yesterday at the George Rooney GP in Antrim. Handicap is not in his vocabulary …he reached the A2 group in no time, got a breeder and then chased the early break of the A2’s, caught them and left them behind to win solo on a long uphill drag to the new finishing line. The new-look of the Powerhouse Sports Team was earlier already victorious with Cahir Doyle (U23) in the A3 race. My congratulations to Julie Rea and her army of Phoenix CC volunteers for a job well done
Top 6 Result A1-A2
1st. Lindsay Watson Powerhouse Sport
2nd. Ciaran O’Sullivan Phoenix CC
3rd. Peter McLean Ards CC
4th. John Madden Dig Deep Coaching
5th. Barry Mckenna Newry Wheelers
6th. Adam Skeet Northern CC (Dave Kane Cycles)
Top 6 result A3 & Juniors
1st. Cahir Doyle Powerhouse Sport
2nd. A. Robinson Unattached
3rd. Rowan Montgomery Ballymoney CC
4th. Lee Harvey VC Glendale
5th. Chris Donald Team Madigan (First Junior)
6th. Nathan Keown Team Dan Morrisey-MIG-Pactimo
Women’s Race Top 10 (separate story tonight)
1st. Nikki Taggart Arcane Dublin
2nd. Maia Simmons The Bike House
3rd. Lynn Shields Spires
4th. Nicole Carter Newry Wheelers
5th. Ciara Kelly North Pole
6th. Grace Smith TC Racing
7th. Katie Neill TC Racing
8th. Roisin McGivern Newry Wheelers
9th. Darcy Harkness Carn Wheelers
10th. Leona Farrell Newry Wheelers
Top 6 Masters Result….A win for one of the main sponsors of Phoenix CC Gerry Maguire
1st. Gerry Maguire Phoenix CC
2nd. Niall O’Gorman Phoenix CC
3rd. John Rafferty Ards CC
4th. Jay Gault Phoenix CC
5th. Dan Logue Foyle CC
6th. Michael Tolan Phoenix CC
Top 6 result A4
1st. R. Kennedy Ballymena Road Club
2nd. A. Patterson Ards CC
3rd. Tony Gallagher Ballymena Road Club
4th. B. Roper Phoenix CC
5th. A. Ross VC Glendale
6th. D. Spindling VC Glendale