Some very notable results early April from our young Irish Cycling stars in Europe!! Seth Dunwoody and his team Cannibal B upfront all day in Paris Roubaix, Darren Rafferty (EF-Education) working hard for his team in the “Brabantse Pijl” in Leuven, Lara Gillespie showing her talent in the Tour of Moeskroen, and the Scheldeprijs in Schoten (Antwerp) and Killian O’Brien (Veleka Team Czech) winning the KOH (Marco Pantani Trophy) in the “Junior GP Marcello Falcone” in Terracina Italy!!

Paris-Roubaix UCI U19 Juniors ( Nation Cup) Starters 133 Finishers 74 DNF 59
1st. OMRZEL Jakob Slovenia the 111km in 02:38:14
2nd. VALJAVEC Erazem Slovenia @ s/t
3rd. VAN DEN BROEK Axel Acrog-Tormans U19 @ s/t
4th. WITHEN PHILIPSEN Albert Denmark @s/t
5thCLEMMENSEN Theodor GRENKE – Auto Eder @ 03s
6th. SCHOOFS Jasper Belgium @ 11s
7th. BARRY Ashlin USA @ 33s
8th. FIETZKE Paul GRENKE – Auto Eder @ 56s
9th. ALVAREZ Hector Spain @ 01:04
10th. SPARFEL Aubin Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale U19 Team @ 01:39
12th. DUNWOODY Seth Cannibal B Victorious @ 02:32
14th. BORREMANS Kasper Cannibal B Victorious @ 02:54
19th. MIENTKI Kasper Cannibal B Victorious @ 03:13
20th. MÄTIK Oliver Cannibal B Victorious @ 03:16
30th. CASEY Patrick Team GRENKE – Auto Eder @ 4:34
Cannibal B-Victorious Development Team 3rd in the Team Classification! (Photos from Seth’s social media page)

64th “De Brabantse Pijl – La Flèche Brabançonne” ME (UCI 1.Pro)
Starters 149 / 89 finishers / DNF 60
1st. COSNEFROY Benoît Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale the 195km in 4:17:02
2nd. TEUNS Dylan Israel – Premier Tech @s/t
3rd. WELLENS Tim UAE Team Emirates @s/t
4th. BLACKMORE Joseph Israel – Premier @s/t
5th. CEPEDA Jefferson Alveiro Caja Rural – Seguros @s/t
45th. RAFFERTY Darren EF Education – EasyPost @28s
DNF TOWNSEND Rory Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team…(All photos Martine Verfaillie Belgium)

Scheldeprijs vrouwen elite (UCI 1.1 Pro Tour Women) Schoten (Antwerp-Belgium)
1st. WIEBES Lorena Team SD Worx – ProTime the 130km in 3:12:00
2nd. KOOL Charlotte Team dsm-firmenich Post NL @s/t
3rd. FIDANZA Martina CERATIZIT-WNT Pro Cycling Team @s/t
12th. GILLESPIE Lara UAE Team ADQ @s/t
Lara was the day before 13th in the “UCI 1.1 Ronde van Mouscron” in Henegouwen (Walloon area of Belgium) Photo courtesy of Trevor Gillespie’s social media

Killian O’Brien (Veleka Team Czech) wins the King of the Mountain Marco Pantani Trophy in the “Junior GP Marcello Falcone” in Terracina Italy!! (Photo borrowed of Sticky Bottle)