DCC notes 13th September 2020
Following the club and counties great success in the All Ireland cycling challenge DCC continued to rack up the miles. Here's how we rolled….
The Saturday Club cycled in beautiful September sunshine. A 100k circuit up to Ballysaggart to Araglen, home via Lismore. 7 onboard at 29.7kph.
Our G4 riders took on the revel tour route traversing the Cork & Kerry border. Here is their report from the day
Nine cyclists from Group 4 took on the challenge of the Tour De Beara . Even though the event itself was cancelled they had a great welcome from the people of west Cork and Kerry. The weather conditions were perfect as they set off from Kenmare on a calm Saturday morning at a steady pace. Up and over the Healy pass and onto Castletownbere for the first coffer stop. They then headed to Allihies and followed the very steep and challenging coast road to Eyeries. Once completed all were ready for the lunch stop in Ardgroom. Harrington's the local shop, post office and restaurant provided a fine spread of soup and sambos which were very welcome at this point. Reenergised after the break they headed for Lauragh to take on the Healy pass for the second time, a bit more difficult due to a headwind. All safely over they headed to Glengarriff and after a slow drag some record speeds recorded with the wind on our back on the descent to Glengarriff. A brief stop to refuel for the last climb over the Caha pass and back to Kenmare. 160Km done a first for some in the group with 2,200m climbing.
Well done to all a great achievement and teamwork on the day.
Sunday was a misty murky day but all groups put in fine performances
G3 had 12 out heading up and over the Mauma, crossing over Millstreet, dealing with a fierce headwind over to Clashmore before availing of a tailwind home from Ardmore. 100k at 27.2kph with 1000m climbed.
The remainder of the G4 who didn't travel to the rebel county also climbed mountains, taking the Mauma from the other side. 93k for the lads with 1100m climbed.
G23k headed to Lismore, a handy 8 in the saddle with 75k at 23kph
G5 were 7 also on Sunday, enjoying a fine tailwind on the outward journey, fueling up at Kierseys for the onslaught of wind which awaited them for the return journey. 50k at 20kph
Cyclo-cross 2020
The club are delighted to confirm we will hold our first cyclo-cross event ever on Sunday 18th October. This element of cycling has become very popular over the winters months and DCC are thrilled to facilitate a race on our home turf. We are indebted to Éamon Phelan in providing the venue and to Jason Travers and Darren Tutty for coordinating the event. There will be races for juniors and seniors with the junior races beginning at 10am, the B races at 1130 and Senior races at 1pm. All details on attached poster. . Thanks so much to the sponsors of the race AHS tuning, Velorevoution and Murray Pharmacy, your support is very much appreciated. More details in the coming weeks.
Youth Racing
Super ride by Mark McGarry at Cycling Ireland National Criterium Championships.
Mark was 1st Junior across the line and 6th overall mixing it with the country’s best senior riders. The race was held on the Pallas Karting Track in Galway.
Well done Mark representing your club at the highest level.
Well done to Kyle Walsh who was 2nd in the Carrick Hill climb on Thursday and to Darragh McGee who had a great spin also.
David Gaffney and Cal Tutty were also in action at the sun drive track over the weekend at the track nationals.
Another great week for the club. Until next week stay safe and keep peddling folks. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and on wwwdungarvancc.com. ... See more