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K-Capital Cup #3 - 2

Djouce Co., Wicklow, Ireland, April 6, 2008

2007 Results    Results    Standings

Seymour confirms Olympic place though Bibby wins round three

Spath wins women's race

Robin Seymour (Team Worc) confirmed his place for the Beijing Olympics by finishing runner up to BCF rider Ian Bibby at Djouce Woods in County Wicklow on Sunday. The event was the third round of the International K-Capital Cup Series, though more importantly for Seymour it was the last of three Olympic selection races.

Thoughts of the stifling heat that will greet Olympians in China was far from most people's thoughts on Sunday as Djouce Woods saw a mixture of weather conditions ranging from sunshine to heavy hail showers. Inspite of clashing with the opening round of the Irish downhill NPS at Rostrevor, the K-Capital event attracted 225 racers.

The elite men's race was robbed of another Robin Seymour - Oli Beckingsale clash after Beckingsale flew home on Sunday morning with a heavy cold. Instead Seymour was left to challenge others from the BCF Squad plus riders from Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Czech Republic and Germany. From the start of the four lap race, Seymour blasted into the lead, the 14-time Irish Champion leading on his own at the end of the opening lap from Ian Bibby (BCF), Conor McConvey (McConvey Cycles), David Fletcher (BCF), Niall Davis (IMBRC) and Christof Bischof (Switzerland). Canadian rider Kevin Calhoun (Rocky Mountain) was sadly forced out of the race after his rear mech was ripped off on the first lap.

Lap two saw even more drama as McConvey struggled into the tech zone with a rear wheel puncture - he dropped from third to seventh. At the front of the race Seymour still led the way from Bibby as Davis enjoyed a great battle with Fletcher for third. The end of lap two brought the retirement of tough riding Welshman Lee Williams, he was forced out with a combination of a wrist injury and a broken rear brake. The second half of the race saw Bibby up the pace to not only close in on Seymour but to eventually take the lead on the final lap. It was an overjoyed Bibby that swept through the uphill finish zone to take the chequered flag, giving the BCF Squad their second win of the series, Beckingsale having taken the opening round.

Seymour crossed the line just over a minute down on Bibby, disappointed not to have won, but spurred on by the fact that he had just qualified for his third Olympics! In what had been a superb battle for third over the last two laps, Fletcher just did enough to hold off Davis. Swiss visitor Bischof took fifth, he had to work hard over the final circuit to fend off talented Scottish rider Ross Creber (BCF). The unfortunate McConvey, still riding with a broken shoulder, salvaged some UCI ranking points by finishing in seventh. Ryan Sherlock (MAD) produced another fine ride to take eighth, with the ageless Joe McCall (Rocky Mountain/K-Capital Source) finishing ninth. The final ranking point went to Czech rider George Hudekova.

In the elite women's race, Mel Spath (MAD) notched up her second win of the series as she beat former Irish Champion Tarja Owens (Team Worc) to claim victory. Spath goes into the final round in Castlwellan still in the class leader's jersey. Fiona Barrett was third with Newry's Ann Duffy in fourth.

The junior race saw two of the main contenders suffer early retirements. Having swept into a commanding lead on the opening lap that saw him amongst the elite men, Banbridge CC's Liam McGreevy was forced to retire following a heavy crash. The young rider sustained a cut thigh and a bruised knee. His arch rival, IMBRC's Paul O'Reilly retied at the end of the opening lap, a lap that saw him suffer a puncture and a broken chain. The demise of the top two left the door open for XMTB's Neil McGimpsey, the Belfast based rider eventually scoring an emphatic win over Sorrento's Conal Higgins Jr and IMBRC's Tadgh Griffin.

Oisin Boydell (UCD) scored his second win in a row to maintain his grip on the expert class. Boydell was in total control throughout the three laps, crossing the line with three minutes to spare over runner up Donacha O'Brien and third placed Tim James. Michael Holland (Leisure Lakes) returned to form by finishing fourth. IMBRC's Luke Manning has looked to be the only rider able to threaten Boydell in the early stages, however Manning dropped off the pace on the last lap to finish fifth. Happiest finisher of all was Swords CC's Dave O'Neill, taking sixth with his new glasses, this after he retired from round two after loosing a contact lens! Dromara CC's Ross Galway finished in 14th, Ross taking part in only his third experts event after having moved up from the sports class at the start of the year.

The masters race once again attracted a quality entry, though once again it was IMBRC's James McCluskey who dominated proceedings. At the end of the three laps, McCluskey had almost a three minute advantage over Mark Allen (Swords CC). Peter O'Farrell returned to action after having missed round two to take third with John Mason a very close fourth. Epic's Rory Walsh gave another strong performance to finish in fifth with Team Worc's Stuart Galloway showing that his form is returning as he took sixth place. Newrys Conor Campbell was ninth, Clive Caldwell (Total Cycling) 11th, Andrew Wallace (Dave Kane/Northern) 14th, Paul Ferguson (North Down) 16th, Martin O'Hagan (Newry Wheelers) 19th. Mr. K-Capital, Mark Kenny, the main series sponsor, enjoyed the big race atmosphere as he finished 25th.

Aidan McDonald (Apollo CT) took the honours in the two-lap Vets race and should wrap up the Vets title in the final round, the Cooley based rider having scored two wins and a second place. Paul McMenamin (Leisure Lakes) looked very strong as he finished runner. IMBRC's Mick Jordan, also one of the K-Capital sponsors, had an excellent ride to third place though Sorrento's John Dorris was a very close fourth, just six seconds between the two rivals. Ken Farrar took fifth and Padraig Bonny sixth. Other Ulster Vet finishers were Simon Curry (Banbridge CC) 7th, Paul Anderson (Banbridge CC) 14th, Jon Runciman (Banbridge CC) 15th, Maurice Mayne (Banbridge CC) 18th.

The sport event attracted another brilliant entry with over 80 riders taking part. In the sports men class Kevin Stanley was a start to finish winner with Mathew Hicknott, he won the opening race at Kilruddery, just over a minute down in second. Hicknott also took over the leaders jersey with a mere two point lead over Mark Solon. Alan Ryan kept up his fine form with third place with Ryan having taken runner up in round one. Top Ulster based Sports finisher was Ronan Corrigan (U/A) in 14th. Dromara CC's Martin Grimley was happy to defy the hail and snow etc to finish in 26th, though the main talking point was the non appearance of his arch rival Stevie Prentice! Matt Casey (XMTB) was 28th with fellow XMTB rider Ronnie Ogilby in 30th. Still enjoying his first season in the sport class, Andrew Adair (Banbridge CC) was happy with 53rd. In the sports women's race, Rachel Wisdom (Team Worc) scored her first win of the series to take over the coveted leader's jersey. Silvia Gallagher was runner up as Aisling Corkery finished in third, Corkery holding second overall in the points table.

Banbridge CC's Matthew Adair notched up his third win in a row in the Under 16 race which took in three laps of the course used by the sport riders. Once again his main challenge came from William Boyd of XMTB, William riding to a strong second. Team Worc's Robert Scanlon is rapidly finding form. Scanlon finished third at Djouce and before long will be challenging the top two. In the U14 event, Orchard Juiced rider Robert Anderson took command once again, the all action, non stop talker taking his second win of the series to strengthen his grip in the points table. Banbridge CC's Dan Runciman produced his best finish of the series to take second with XMTB's Chris Oakley in third.

James Curry once again took the honours in the U12 event, the Banbridge rider scoring win number three and a clear favourite for overall victory. Darragh Long rode well to take second with Jamie Thomas in third. John Buller (Banbridge CC) led from start to finish to win the U10 race, John having to fend off a tough challenge from fellow Banbridge rider Richard Baird in the closing stages/ Newry's Cain McConvey was third. Completing a good day for Banbridge CC, Stuart Dunlop won the U8 event with fellow Bann riders Mark Buller and Shenna McKiverigan second and third.

The final round of the 2008 K-Capital Cup will take place on April 20 at XMTB's excellent course situated in Castlewellan Forest Park.

Results

Elite men

1 Ian Bibby              1.46.09
2 Robin Seymour             1.14
3 David Fletcher            2.56
4 Niall Davis               3.07
5 Christof Bischof          4.01
6 Ross Creber               4.18
7 Conor McConvey            6.20
8 Ryan Sherlock            12.05
9 Joe McCall               12.41
10 George Hudekova         13.05
11 Jochen Cochonelli       14.16
12 Micke Haggquist         17.17
13 Richie Felle            22.54
14 Dave Barry              25.40
15 Philip Roche            39.19
DNF Graham Boyd                 
DNF Lee Williams                
DNF Evan Ryan                   
DNF Kevin Calhoun               
DNS Ollie Beckingsale 

Elite women

1 Melanie Spath          1.50.20
2 Tarja Owens               5.20
3 Fona Barrett             20.46
4 Anne Duffy               34.37

Behind one lap

5 Sadhbh Baxter                 
DNS Beth McCluskey   

Junior

1 Neil Mcgimpsey         1.38.50
2 Conal Higgins            28.57
3 Tadgh Griffin            31.29
4 Chris Cameron            36.47
DNF Andy Burns                  
DNF Paul O'Reily                
DNF Liam McGreevy               
DNF Jonathan Beers              
 
Expert men

1 Oisin Boydell          1.40.49
2 Donacha O'Brien           2.57
3 Tim James                 3.41
4 Michael Holland           7.43
5 Luke Manning              8.57
6 Dave O'Neill             10.35
7 Mark Driver              11.14
8 Stephen Scrivener        13.27
9 Luke Smaul               13.54
10 Robert Magee            14.39
11 Rob Whelan              18.30
12 Darragh Maloney         20.18
14 Ross Galway             21.03
15 Daniel Morrogh          24.50
16 Conor Clinch            25.15
17 Oliver Castle           28.53

Behind one lap

18 David O'Brien                
DNF Oisin Fitzgerald            
DNF Alfie Wallace               
DNF Keith Arking                
 
Masters

1 James McCluskey        1.33.52
2 Mark Allen                2.34
3 Peter O'Farrell           4.08
4 John Mason                4.33
5 Rory Walsh               10.07
6 Stuart Galloway          11.21
7 Noel Carr                12.14
8 Andrew Newmann           12.43
9 Conor Campbell           12.59
10 Fergal Kilkenny         13.43
11 Clive Caldwell          16.13
12 Asa Redmon              17.30
13 Keith Meghan            18.45
14 Andrew Wallace          19.46
15 Brian O'Neill           20.01
16 Paul Ferguson           20.47
17 Stuart Hannon           21.52
18 Colm McGarvey           24.21
19 Martin O'Hagan          25.13
20 Peter O'Loughlin        26.46
21 Morgan O'Connell        28.51
22 Jer Price               30.17
23 Graham Diamond          32.03
24 Paddy Daly              33.33
25 Mark Kenny              33.34
26 Arladiusz Gogojewicz    34.04
27 Stewart Carr            39.33
28 Vincent Price           44.39
29 Conor [Unknown]         46.48
30 Glenn Armstrong              
31 Unknown                 48.43
DNF Gerry McMemey               
DNF David King-Smith            
DNF Oscar McCananey             
DNF Niall Donovon               
DNF John O'Reilly               
DNF Richard Close               
DNF Paddy O'Brien               
DNF Kelvin Hughes               
DNF Gordon Lucas                
 
Veteran

1 Aidan McDonald         1.03.51
2 Paul McMenamam            1.24
3 Mike Jordan               3.12
4 John Dorris               3.18
5 Paul Coyne                5.09
6 Ken Farrar                5.34
7 Padraig Bonny             7.38
8 Simon Curry               9.22
9 Steve Nicholson          10.55
10 Eamonn McCary           11.10
11 Conal Higgans           11.33
12 Richie Byrne            11.42
13 Paul Keogh              12.16
14 Hanus Vitezslan         14.01
15 Paul Anderson           14.09
16 Jon Runciman            14.57
17 Aidan Ryan              15.13
18 Maurice Hoyne           28.51
19 Ian Gormley             34.38
20 Declan Hanrahan         46.59     
 
Sport men

1 Kevin Stanley          1.03.15
2 Mathew Highmott           1.06
3 Alan Ryan                 3.33
4 Mark Dolan                4.04
5 Brendan O'Rosaidh         6.53
6 Geoff Robinson            7.59
7 Brian O Donmer            8.18
8 Pelan Limmer              8.20
9 Charles Sheridan          9.10
10 Marcin Klimner           9.51
11 Michael Flannagan        9.57
12 Shane Geoghgan          10.33
13 Ken Nally               11.01
14 Ronan Corrigan          11.19
15 Eoin Marshall           12.16
16 Peter Campbell          12.31
17 David Neill             12.40
18 Gareth Maguire          13.20
19 Darragh O'Connor        13.36
20 Niall O'Connor          14.18
21 Cornelius Duffy         14.29
22 Rudolf Brinkman         15.27
23 Martin O'Reilly         15.30
24 Mark Kidd               16.04
25 Richard Wahstaff        16.18
26 Martin Grimley          16.37
27 Andrew Boland           16.40
28 Matthew Casey           16.53
29 Colm Easter             17.22
30 R Osillos               17.43
31 Donagh O'Keffe          19.31
32 Niall Colman            19.37
33 Steve Maugh             20.02
34 Greg May                20.09
35 Paul Crowley            20.34
36 John Taylor             21.04
37 Tony Kelly              22.48
38 Ben Marchant            23.02
39 David Conway            23.30
40 Barry O'Brien           23.36
41 David Furlong           23.40
42 Paul Barry              23.59
43 Shane McCauley          24.53

Behind one lap

43 Pat McLean                   
43 Paul Redmon                  
43 Krystian Bolavec             
43 Kelvin Hughs                 
43 Alan Stafford                
43 B May                        
43 Eoin Kelly                   
43 John Grifferty               
43 Mick Farrell                 
43 Andrew Adair                 
43 Nigel McConnell              
43 James Keenan                 
43 Vincent Roche                
43 Ciaran Scannon               
43 unknown unknown              
43 Dean MacGabmann              
43 Marcus Murphy                

Behind two laps

43 David Askin                  
43 Alan Claffey                 
43 John Ormonde                 
43 Brian Keaveny                
43 Michael O'Neill              
43 Peter Coyne                  
43 Dermot Phillips              
43 Derek Mulvey                 
43 Rafael Koos                  
43 Steven Franquoni             
 
Sport women

1 Rachel Wisdom          1.22.44
2 Silvia Gallagher          4.18

Behind one lap

3 Aisling Corkery               
4 Jakie O'Hagan                 
5 Rachel Gansedach              
DNF Unknown                     
DNF Martina Hanklova            
DNF Sadhbh Ni Hogain            

Overall standings after three rounds

Elite Men

1 Robin Seymour         80 pts
2 Niall Davis           51
3 Ian Bibby             48
4 Adrian Lansley        41
5 Ryan Sherlock         39
6 Lee Williams          37
7 David Fletcher        35
8 Conor McConvey        35
9 Oliver Beckingsale    30
10 Ross Creber          27
11 David Barry          27
12 Richie Felle         25
13 Joe McCall           24
14 Christoph Bischof    16
15 Graham Boyd          16
16 Evan Ryan            16
17 Patirck Gaudy        14
18 Gareth Montgomery    13
19 Jorgen Flion         12
20 George Hudekova      11
21 Jochen Cochonelli    10
22 Micke Haggquist       9
23 Cedric Gaudy          8
24 Philip Morris         8
25 Philip Roche          6
26 Simon McConnell       6
 
Elite Women

1 Melanie Spath         60 pts
2 Anne Duffy            43
3 Beth McCluskey        30
4 Tarja Owens           25
5 Ciara McManus         25
6 Fiona Barrett         21
7 Sadhbh Baxter         16
 
Junior Men

1 Neil McGimpsey        72 pts
2 Liam McCreevey        60
3 Paul O'Reilly         50
4 Conal Higgans         43
5 Tadgh Griffen         36
6 Chris Cameron         34
7 Johanathan Beers      18
 
Expert Men

1 Oisin Boydell         81 pts
2 Luke Manning          66
3 Tim James             52
4 Donnacha O'Brien      46
5 Luke Smaul            44
6 Daragh Maloney        33
7 Dave O'Neill          31
8 Jack Richards         30
9 Michael Holland       28
10 Neil Summers         27
11 Stephen Scrivener    25
12 Ross Galway          24
13 Oliver Castle        20
14 David O'Brien        16
15 Alfie Wallace        14
16 Mark Driver          14
17 Robert Magee         11
18 Earl McClenaghan     11
19 Rob Whelan           10
20 Stephen Collier       9
21 Peter Stanley         8
22 Daniel Morrogh        7
23 Keith Arkens          6
24 Conor Clinch          6
 
Master Men

1 James MCluskey        85 pts
2 Rory Walsh            55
3 Peter O'Farrell       51
4 Mark Allen            41
5 Andrew Newman         41
6 Fergus Kilkenny       39
7 Andrew Wallace        31
8 Clive Caldwell        30
9 Sean Herlihy          29
10 Noel Carr            28
11 Gordon Lucas         25
12 Conor Campbell       25
13 Asa Redmond          24
14 Damien Mulcrone      21
15 John Mason           18
16 Keith Meghan         18
17 Oscar McCananey      17
18 Stuart Galloway      15
19 Brian O'Neill        15
20 Martin O'Hagan       11
21 Morgan O'Connell      9
22 Colm McGarvey         8
23 Eoin Fitzgerald       8
24 Dave O'Shea           8
25 Aron O'Donaghue       7
26 Jer Price             6
27 Paul Ferguson         5
28 Stuart Hannon         4
29 Conor Clonliff        4
30 Ruairi Devoy          4
31 Richard Close         3
32 Glen Armstrong        2
33 Peter O'Loughlin      1
34 Robert MCGee          1
35 Peter Rimmer          1
 
Veteran Men

1 Aidan McDonald        85 pts
2 Paul McMenamin        51
3 Ken Farrar            44
4 William Mulligan      43
5 John Dorris           39
6 Gerry McCabe          37
7 Johnny McCabe         33
8 Simon Curry           30
9 Peter Buggle          30
10 Steve Nicholson      27
11 Andy Burns           27
12 John O'Reily         26
13 Paraig Bonnie        25
14 Conal Higgans        23
15 Mike Jordan          21
16 Richie Byrne         19
17 Brian Keogh          17
18 Paul Keogh           15
19 Declan McCabe        15
20 Eammon McConvey 2    13
21 Peter McConville     13
22 Jon Runciman         10
23 Eoin Keith           10
24 Paul Anderson         9
25 Hanus Vitezslan       8
26 Paul Coyne            5
27 Aiden Ryan            4
28 Frank O'Rourke        4
29 Maurice Mayne         3
30 Ian Gormley           2
31 Declan Hanrahan       1
 
Sport Men

1 Matt Hicknott         55 pts
2 Mark Solon            53
3 Kevin Stanley         46
4 Alan Ryan             46
5 Sean Connonlly        35
6 Douglas Shearer       30
7 David Askin           24
8 Matt Casey            23
9 Michael Flanagen      21
10 James Pittam         21
11 Justin Reid          21
12 Geoff Robinson       20
13 Ronan Corrigan       19
14 Mark Laverty         18
15 Brendan O'Rosaidh    16
16 Alan Bingham         16
17 Gareth McKee         15
18 Joesph Pittam        15
19 Brian O'Donnel       14
20 Peter Limmer         13
21 Shane Geoghan        13
22 Tom Pittam           13
23 Charles Sheridan     12
24 Mark Potts           12
25 Martin Klinger       11
26 Ken Nally            11
27 Brian Cox            11
28 Eoin Marshall        10
29 Barry Douglas        10
30 Ewan Doherty          9
31 Martin Grimley        8
32 Niall O'Connor        8
33 Ronnie Ogilby         7
34 Peter Campbell        6
35 Darren Cox            6
36 Johnathon McKee       5
37 David Neill           4
38 Gareth Maguire        3
39 Stephen Prentice      3
40 Darragh O'Connor      2
41 Laim Howard           2
42 Steven Stuart         2
43 Ben Marchant          1
 
Sport Women

1 Rachel Wisdom         73 pts
2 Aisling Corkery       55
3 Lynda Haug            55
4 Nicola Oldham         42
5 Amber Atkinson        30
6 Harriet Mayne         25
7 Silvia Gallagher      25
8 Jenny Kilbride        21
9 Valarie O'Neil        21
10 Jakie O'Hagan        18
11 Rachel Gansedach     16
12 Julie Watt           16
13 Inga Doak            15
14 Julie Watt           14
15 Sadhbh Ni Hogan      13