Mud, rain, sweat, tears and joy...The CX World Cup returned to Dublin last Sunday (26th November) for round 5...Maybe some of the big guns being missing, but that didn't stop high level battles for the ones who travelled to Ireland...what a show it was!! And well done to our Irish crossers, they certainly can keep their heads high!! The results >>>

Men Under 19’s (Juniors) Full results on https://www.ucicyclocrossworldcup.com/en/calendar/2023-2024/dublin-1

1st. 24 VIEZZI Stefano ITA in 41:3941
2nd. 10 VAN DEN BOER Arthur BEL +0:08
3rd. 8 SOLEN Keije NED +0:08
4th. 12 VANDEN EYNDE Mats BEL +0:08
5th. 2 SPARFEL Aubin FRA +0:18

18th. 47 MURPHY Conor +1:45
23rd. 42 MULLEN joseph +2:46
29th. 43 GAFFNEY David +4:04
36th. 46 TUTTY Cal +6:41
37th. 45 HENRY Cameron +6:53
38th. 44 COLLINS Michael +7:43

Women U19 (Juniors)

1st. GERY Célia FRA in 39:11
2nd. FERGUSON Cat GBR +0:25
3rd. WOLFF Imogen GBR +0:47 25
4th. MULLER Amandine FRA +1:03 22
5th. LOPEZ DE SAN ROMAN Vida USA +1:04 21

Irish Finishers
20th. 27 RAFFERTY Aliyah +4:06 (photo above courtesy of Caroline Kerley)
21st. 28 LAWLESS Greta +4:12 (photo 1 below courtesy of Caroline Kerley)
26th. 26 DOHERTY Aine +6:51 (photo 2 below BP Media)

Men Under 23’s (espoirs)

1st. 10 DEL GROSSO Tibor NED
2nd. 2 VERSTRYNGE Emiel BEL +0:13
3rd. 3 MICHELS Jente BEL +0:33
4th. 16 LELANDAIS Rémi FR +1:24
5th. 7 LAURYSSEN Yorben BEL +1:33

Irish Finishers
11th. 29 HARVEY Dean +3:12 (above)
19th. 30 MEEHAN Jamie +6:04 (below)
22nd. 32 KILLEEN Tadhg LAP-2

Women Elite & U23

1st. BRAND Lucinda BALOISE TREK LIONS NED in 54:59
2nd. ALVARADO Ceylin del Carmen ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK NED +0:38 (below)
3rd. BACKSTEDT Zoe CANYON//SRAM RACING GBR +0:45 25
4th. SCHREIBER Marie TEAM SD WORX LUX +0:57
5th.VAN DER HEIJDEN Inge CRELAN-CORENDONNED +1:10

Irish finishers

37th. LARKIN Maria IRL -2 LAP (above)
40th. MAY Caoimhe IRL -2 LAP
41st. LALLY Roisin IRL 2003 -2 LAP (below)
42nd. HARKNESS Darcey IRL 2002 -3 LAP
43rd. KILLEEN Doireann IRL -3 LAP
44th. ROCHE Stephanie IRL -3 LAP

Men Elite

1st. RONHAAR Pim BALOISE TREK LIONS NED in 57:17 (above)
2nd. SWEECK Laurens CRELAN-CORENDON BEL +0:02
3rd. ISERBYT Eli PAUWELS SAUZEN – BINGOAL BEL +0:20
4th. WYSEURE Joran CRELAN-CORENDON BEL +0:28
5th. ADAMS Jens BEL +0:37
6th. NYS Thibau BALOISE TREK LIONS BEL +0:59
7th. KAMP Ryan PAUWELS SAUZEN – BINGOAL NED +0:59
8th. KUHN Kevin CIRCUS-REUZ-TECHNORD SUI +1:19
9th ANDEPUTTE Niels ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK BEL +1:25
10th.VANTHOURENHOUT Michael PAUWELS SAUZEN – BINGOAL BEL +1:29

Irish Finishers

19th. MOORE Darnell Caldwell Cycles IRL +5:52 (above)
20th. DAWSON Christopher IRL +7:11
22nd. CAMBRIDGE Kevin TRINITY RACING IRL +9:21
23rd. REILLY Paul IRL -3 LAP
24th. BARRY Richard IRL -3 LAP (below)
25th. O’ FLYNN Ronan IRL -3 LAP
26th. FLAVIN Marcus IRL -3 LAP

Some selected photos of the BP Media Team

The Course builders from Belgium

The french team set up

Caroline Kerley’s dedication…Covering the Support races on Saturday, after a night shift giving palative care in Co-Louth, back on Sunday without sleep, covering day 2, and then back for another night of palative care…an amazing woman indeed!!