The 2023 Irish National road Cycling Championships has been held in Dungannon (Co-Tyrone) last weekend (Sat 24th-Sun 25th June) and what a show it was!! Island Wheelers the host, can be proud of a perfect execution of the job in hand!! Here the full results courtesy of *Pop Up Races* and promoted by Cycling Ireland and the Mid Ulster District Council...

Saturday 24th June: The 2023 Men Junior Champion

GOLD: Seth DUNWOODY Cannibal B Victorious 2:57:36
SILVER:Liam O BRIEN Fermoy Cycling Club +1
BRONZE: Cal TUTTY Dungarvan CC +5
4th Patrick CASEY Anexo Group Race Team +1:05
5th Joseph MULLEN Navan Road Club +1:07
6th Josh CALLALY Navan Road Club +1:42
7th Oisin FERRITY Team Caldwell Cycles +3:03
8th Eoghan LATTIMORE Dungarvan CC ”
9th Darragh DOHERTY Flanders Color Defever Team ”
10thTravis HARKNESS Scott Bright Motor Group ”
11th Sean TARRANT O’Leary Stone Kanturk ”
12th Killian O BRIEN Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club ”
13th Samuel COLEMAN Villeneuve Cycliste ”
14th Adam RAFFERTY US Colomiers ”
15th Luke COSTELLOE Killarney Cycling Club ”
16th Tadhg KILLEEN Kilcullen Cycling Club Murphy Geospacial ”
17th Michael COLLINS Newcastle West Cycling Club +3:11
18th Stephen SHEEHAN O’Leary Stone Kanturk +12:58
19th Jamie MOSS Ballymena Road Club +13:03
Started: 32, Did not start: 1- Did not finish: 10 – Out of time limit: 3

Saturday 24th June: The Senior Women & U23 Championship

GOLD: Lara GILLESPIE U23* UAE Development Team the 120,5 km 3:27:15 (Av 34.88 km/h)
SILVER: U23* Caoimhe O BRIEN U23 Belco Van Eyck ”
BRONZE: Megan ARMITAGE Arkea Pro Cycling Team ”
4th Alice SHARPE Israel Premier Tech-Roland Development ”
5th Imogen COTTER Fenix-Deceuninck ”
6th Linda KELLY Spin the Bean Power by Coffee ”
7th Fiona MANGAN Soltec Team +19
8th Eve MC CRYSTAL Bellurgan Wheelers +23
9th Ellen MC DERMOTT Team Boompods +29
10th Vanessa FURSDEN Clones Cycling Club ”
11th Aoife O BRIEN U23* Spellman-Dublin Port +1:50
12th Orla WALSH UCD Cycling Club ”
13th Kelly MURPHY AWOL OSHEA ”
14th Joanna PATTERSON Wahoo Le Col ”
15th Jemma SPEERS North Down CC ”
16th Lorraine MULLARKEY U/A ”
17th Aine KELLY Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club ”
18th Alison HIGGINS Torelli +4:22
19th Jennifer NEENAN UCD Cycling Club +6:58
20th Darcey HARKNESS U23 VC Glendale +13:22
21th Erin Grace CREIGHTON U23 McConvey Cycles
Started: 26 – Did not start: 3 – Did not finish: 5

The Under 23 podium with Gold for Lara Gillespie, Silver for Caoimhe O’Brien, Bronze Aoife O’Brien

Sunday 25th June: The Junior women Championship

GOLD: Lucy BENEZET MINNS Tofauti Everyone Active Women 64,9km in 1:48:14 (av 35.97 km/h)
SILVER: Aine DOHERTY VC Glendale +7:36
GOLD: Lucy BROWN Phoenix CC +9:54
4th Elena WALLACE Harps CC ”
5th Hannah HAYES TC Racing +13:24
6th Hannah MC CLOREY RFDA +14:16
7th Zoe LINDSAY TC Racing +28:05
8th Zoe SHAKESPEARE TC Racing +28:07
Started: 10 – Did not start: 0 – Did not finish: 2

Sunday 25th June: The Senior Men’s & U23 Championship

GOLD; Ben HEALY EF Education–EasyPost 162 km in 3:37:53 (av 44.61 km/h)
SILVER; Rory TOWNSEND Bolton Equities Black Spoke +4:12
BRONZE; Sam BENNETT Bora Hansgrohe +5:49
4th Ryan MULLEN Bora Hansgrohe +5:50
5th Dillon CORKERY CC Etupes ”
6th Mark DOWLING All human/VeloRevolution Racing Team +7:06
7th Jamie MEEHAN U23 Brocar Ale ”
8th Darren RAFFERTY U23 Hagens Berman Axeon ”
9th Jesse EWART Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team ”
10th Leo DOYLE ARBO – Headstart ON Fahrrad +8:05
11th Adam KELLY Urbano-Vulsteke Cycling Team +8:42
12th Darnell MOORE Team Caldwell Cycles ”
13th Daire FEELEY All human/VeloRevolution Racing Team ”
14th George PEDEN Team PB Performance ”
15th Bren BROEKAART Challenge Cycling Club +8:46
16th Lindsay WATSON Powerhouse Sport +8:50
17th Jason KENNY UCD Cycling Club +10:11
18th Gareth O NEILL Team PB Performance +11:17
19th Odhran DOOGAN U23 Team Caldwell Cycles +11:18
20th Patrick O LOUGHLIN U23 Panduit Carrick Wheelers ”
21st Ciaran MAGUIRE U23 Team Dan Morrissey – Primor by Pissei ”
22nd Mark MC GINLEY Four Masters CC ”
23rd Daniel YON HIN U23 Bialini Team Global ”
24th Luke SMITH Moynalty Cycling Club ”
25th Kevin MC CAMBRIDGE U23 Trinity Racing ”
26th Sean LENEHAN U23 Spellman-Dublin Port ”
27th Sean ÓG HARRIGAN U23 Brocar Ale ”
28th Cillian MURPHY ” U/A
29th Marcus CHRISTIE Banbridge CC ”
30th Aaron RAFFERTY U23 Moynalty Cycling Club ”
31st Simon RYAN Greenmount CA ”
32nd ames DELANEY U23 Lucan Cycling Road Club ”
33rd Kevin MC KINNEY Cycleology Racing Team ”
34th Adam GILSENAN U23 Arabay Vas Team ”
35th James MC ENEANEY Moynalty Cycling Club +11:38
36th Conor HALVEY Four Masters CC ”
37th Finn MC HENRY U23 Brocar Ale +11:41
38th Stuart MILLAR Ards CC +11:43
39th Eoin KELLY U23 UCD Cycling Club +11:50
40th Nathan KURENSKY U23 Spin11 – Chain Reaction Racing Team +16:43
41st Mitchell MC LAUGHLIN All human/VeloRevolution Racing Team ”
42nd 62 Christopher DONALD U23 Spellman-Dublin Port ”
Started: 74 – Did not start: 4 – Did not finish: 28 – Out of time limit: 4