Irish Road Championships: Rory Townsend takes second national title at end of aggressive men's road race
J𒁃amie Meehan second, Patrick Casey thir🐻d in race full of attacks

2022 champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Rory Townsend (Q36.5) sprinted to a second title in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Irish national championships, winning a men's road race that wa🌱s full of attacks.
The race w♊as hardly calm for a moment, but the riders aggressive all day long and many riders still in contention deep into the race, but a fast finish from Townsend delivered him to the line in a four-man sprint.
Jam🌠ie Meehan (AVC Aix Provence Dole) took second, with Patrick Casey (Israel-Premier Tech Academy) third, but Townsend's sprint was dominant, finishing a whole second in front of Meehan and three ahead of Casey.
Townsend was one of three former national champions on the list, alongside defending champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Darren Rafferty (EF Education-EasyPost) and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Ryan Mullen (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe).
Rafferty was in the group that went to th𒉰e line, but the climber could only sprint for fourth, whilst Mullen finished in 13th, some three minutes down after losing touch with the race fu♏rther away from the finish.
With most riders starting the race with no teammates, it was a chaotic day in Ireland, wit𒆙h attacks and moves going almost all day long. The likes of Townsend, Mullen, Rafferty (and his brother Adam) and Seth Dunwoody (Bahrain Victorious Development) where in amongst all of them as the group slowly whittled down.
Heading towards the final lap, a big attꦓack from Darren Rafferty drew out a group of four, who then led for the last lap, hꦯolding off the chasers.
Thꦛe quartet went on to contest the win in a sprint, with Townsend galloping to victory by a clear margin.
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Matilda is an NCTJ-qualified journalist based in the UK who joined Cyclingnews in March 2025. Prior to that, she worked as the Racing News Editor at GCN, and extensively as a freelancer contributing to Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly, Velo, Rouleur, Escape Collective, Red Bull and more. She has reported from many of the ﷺbiggest events on the calendar, including the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France Femmes, Tour of Flander♏s and Paris-Roubaix. She has particular experience and expertise in women's cycling, and women's sport in general. She is a graduate of modern languages and sports journalism.
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