Two days after his opener in Birr, Tim Shoreman (Wheelbase-CabTech-Castelli) punched clear of a reduced bunch on the wind-lashed run-in to Miltown Malbay to claim stage 3 – his second victory of this Rás and the third of his career.
Tim Shoreman is beginning to make a habit of ransacking Ireland’s Atlantic seaboard. Two days after his opener in Birr, the 25-year-old Scot from Wheelbase-CabTech-Castelli punched clear of a reduced bunch on the wind-lashed run-in to Miltown Malbay to claim stage 3 – his second victory of this Rás and the third of his career.
Featured image: Lorraine O’Sullivan
The peloton left Cong under slate-grey skies and persistent drizzle, threading south through Kinvara before the road reared savagely up Corkscrew Hill. Multiple riders attempted to break clear, including Dean Harvey (Team Ireland), who bridged to the breakaway on the road to Ardrahan. Eventual stage winner Tim Shoreman (Wheelbase CabTech Castelli), Conn McDunphy (Team Skyline), Will Tidball (Great Britain), Daire Feeley (Burren Cycling Club), and Jordan Giles (DAS-Richardsons) were among those in the early move.
The escape was caught after Corkscrew, and a lead group of around 60 riders reformed heading toward Lisdoonvarna and the Doonagore Cross (Cat 3) climb. Adam Lewis (Team Skyline) hoovered up the final mountain haul to cement his mountains classification lead, yet the real fireworks were reserved for the last 15 kilometres along the coastal ribbon into Clare.
Race leader Odhrán Doogan (Cycling Ulster) was in no mood to let his dream slip quietly. The 21-year-old covered everything until George Peden (PB Performance) slung himself clear with 10 km remaining. Peden chiselled out 13 seconds, the spray from his rear wheel the only thing between him and glory, before he was dragged back inside five to go. Doogan countered himself – audacious from the yellow jersey – but he too was muzzled as the sprint teams swarmed on the N67.
Tim Shoreman wins. Pic : Lorraine O’Sullivan
Onto the kinked rise on Ennis Road the head-wind felt like riding into a pub door being slammed shut. Matteo Cigala (Dan Morrissey-Pissei) opened the sprint early; Sebastian Brenes (Canel’s-Java) latched his wheel; but Shoreman bided, kicked, paused, kicked again – and was gone. Cigala was second, Brenes third, former Rás winner Matt Teggart (Banbridge CC) fourth and Charles Page (Foran CT) fifth.
Odhrán Doogan still carries the coveted yellow jersey, though his cushion is wafer-thin at just three seconds over Matteo Cigala, with Sebastian Brenes a further three adrift. Tim Shoreman’s brace of stage wins now threads him into the green points tunic on 30 points, edging Brenes on countback, while Adam Lewis tightened his grip on the mountains competition, stretching his tally to 47 points, fourteen ahead of Mark Meehan. Doogan also continues to lead the white young-rider contest, holding Josh Charlton at bay by eleven seconds.
Tim Shoreman is beginning to make a habit of ransacking Ireland’s Atlantic seaboard. Two days after his opener in Birr, the 25-year-old Scot from Wheelbase-CabTech-Castelli punched clear of a reduced bunch on the wind-lashed run-in to Miltown Malbay to claim stage 3 – his second victory of this Rás and the third of his career.
Featured image: Lorraine O’Sullivan
The peloton left Cong under slate-grey skies and persistent drizzle, threading south through Kinvara before the road reared savagely up Corkscrew Hill. Multiple riders attempted to break clear, including Dean Harvey (Team Ireland), who bridged to the breakaway on the road to Ardrahan. Eventual stage winner Tim Shoreman (Wheelbase CabTech Castelli), Conn McDunphy (Team Skyline), Will Tidball (Great Britain), Daire Feeley (Burren Cycling Club), and Jordan Giles (DAS-Richardsons) were among those in the early move.
The escape was caught after Corkscrew, and a lead group of around 60 riders reformed heading toward Lisdoonvarna and the Doonagore Cross (Cat 3) climb. Adam Lewis (Team Skyline) hoovered up the final mountain haul to cement his mountains classification lead, yet the real fireworks were reserved for the last 15 kilometres along the coastal ribbon into Clare.
Race leader Odhrán Doogan (Cycling Ulster) was in no mood to let his dream slip quietly. The 21-year-old covered everything until George Peden (PB Performance) slung himself clear with 10 km remaining. Peden chiselled out 13 seconds, the spray from his rear wheel the only thing between him and glory, before he was dragged back inside five to go. Doogan countered himself – audacious from the yellow jersey – but he too was muzzled as the sprint teams swarmed on the N67.
Onto the kinked rise on Ennis Road the head-wind felt like riding into a pub door being slammed shut. Matteo Cigala (Dan Morrissey-Pissei) opened the sprint early; Sebastian Brenes (Canel’s-Java) latched his wheel; but Shoreman bided, kicked, paused, kicked again – and was gone. Cigala was second, Brenes third, former Rás winner Matt Teggart (Banbridge CC) fourth and Charles Page (Foran CT) fifth.
Odhrán Doogan still carries the coveted yellow jersey, though his cushion is wafer-thin at just three seconds over Matteo Cigala, with Sebastian Brenes a further three adrift. Tim Shoreman’s brace of stage wins now threads him into the green points tunic on 30 points, edging Brenes on countback, while Adam Lewis tightened his grip on the mountains competition, stretching his tally to 47 points, fourteen ahead of Mark Meehan. Doogan also continues to lead the white young-rider contest, holding Josh Charlton at bay by eleven seconds.
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