irlande – Neil Hodges

Second race as an A2 was the Des Hanlon race. We left early on Saturday to drive to county Kilkenny where we stayed the night as the 750KM round trip in the one day would have been a bit much.

The Des Hanlon is an Irish classic and there was a field of 140 riders. With three laps of a tough circuit making the race 130KM. There were many breaks with guys going “up the road” but in the end like last week Conor Hennebry was again the winner, with about twelve riders coming in first. Neil was somewhere between 30th and 40th looking at the photos. Not a bad ride as the best riders of the country were all there.

John, Neil and Paidi from the Killarney CC

Watch two clips of the A1 A2 race here

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Posted by Balooz on Sunday, 31 March 2019

Lap 3 A1 A2 race Carlow road cycling club #beara #allihies #kilarneycyclingclub #bike #cycling #cyclingireland #race #velo #ireland #irlande #irlanda #irland #huntwheels #planetx #cyclisme #quarq #training #carlowroadcyclingclub #deshanlonmemorial #classic

Posted by Balooz on Sunday, 31 March 2019

The A3 and Junior Des Hanlon Race

The junior race was won in fine style by Aaron Wade who broke away clear at the start of the first big hill on their two lap race. He was later joined by Kevin another of his team mates. They won on their own, great ride.

Aaron Wade goes for the early, deciding break

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West Cork had a good showing at the traditional end of season Charleville 2 day stage race.
The main A2/A3 race took place over two days and three stages. On Saturday there was an 80km road race where Neil was 24 seconds behind the winner, but importantly at the same time as nearly every other rider. On Sunday morning the 6KM time trial was run and Neil was in the top twenty times.

Watch a short video here….

Charleville two Day Stage race 2018

Neil, Jeremy Canty and Tom Shanahan at the end of the race.

Stage three was a tough climbers circuit of 90KM and Neil went hard on the climbs and ended up in a three man break. They had a 38 second lead at the end and importantly the third place rider Tom Shanahan from Limerick was two seconds slower than Neil which meant that Neil was the winner on General Classification by only one second.

Bad Weather, break is set up, photo Sean Rowe

Second place but GC won, photo Sean Rowe

The rider who won the stage was Jeremy Canty from Bantry riding for Bandon Cycling Club.

Joan and Dan Curtin, Tom O’Connor, Neil, Richie Hodges, Cian Leahy and Conor?

In the A4 race Den Bat O’Sullivan was in the winning team for the race, De Ronde Cycling club from Cork city.

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Des Hanlon A1 and A2 race

The A3 and Junior Des Hanlon Race

Charleville two Day Stage race 2018

Charleville two Day Stage race 2018