Hennebry wins Blair International Red Hand Trophy!!

Saturday, September 15, 2018

Today BRC hosted the final round of the National Road Series, the Red Hand Trophy Road Race. With the scene set for 68 miles of racing through the Glens of Antrim, the riders set off from the gun at a blistering pace. The pace this year was particularly aggressive, which made for a very exciting race, with almost half the field losing contact in the first 20 miles. Attack after attack continued up the Vanishing Lakes climb, with the remaining field split into 4 groups, with only 90 seconds between them. In the final miles Hennebry and Ward broke away, establishing a small gap of around 15 seconds, and held off the chasing group to the line. Hennebry took the ensuing sprint from Ward, with BRC's Richard Maybin taking the sprint for 3rd.

 

In the Ladies Race, an early break by Katharine Smyth (BRC), Aine Donegan (Scott Orwell) and Eileen Burns (BRC) stayed away for the day. Burns lost contact with the other two on the climb up Glencloy, whilst the other two fought out the sprint, with Smyth taking the win.

 

Results:

 

Men:

1 Conor Hennebry     Viner Caremark Pactimo

2 Adam Ward             Powerhouse Sport

3 Richard Maybin       Ballymena Road Club

4 Dermot Trulock        Lucan RC

5 Darragh McCarter   Donegal Bay CC

6 Agnus Fyffe             TeamCaldwell

7 Gareth Oneill           Newry Wheelers

8 Conor McCann        Inspired Cycling

9 James Davenport     Strata3-Velo Revolution

10 Aaron Docherty    Nicholas Roche PT

11 Darnell Moore        Team Caldwell Cycles

12 Ronan McLaughlin  Viner Caremark Pactimo

13 Gary Donaldson     Team Caldwell

14 RichardMeaney      Westport Covey Wheelers

15 Sean Moore            Team Gerard-DHL

16 Cian Sutcliffe         Team Gerard-DHL

17 James Curry           VC La Pomme

18 Jody Wright           Phoenix CC

19 Patrick Doogan      Caldwell Cycles Omagh

20 Conor Gallagher     Nicholas Roche PT 

 

 

Ladies:

1. Katharine Smyth BRC

2. Aine Donegan Scott Orwell

3. Eileen Burns BRC

 

A huge thank you to Blair International Transport for their generous sponsorship of today's event. Thanks also to all marshals, car drivers, PSNI, Commissaires, and those who both provided and served the food after the event.