BACK ON TOP: SEYMOUR SCOOPS FOURTEENTH CROSS TITLE

By: Shane Stokes, IrishCycling.com :: Thirteen months after Roger Aiken bought an end to his unbeaten winning streak in the national cyclo cross championships, Robin Seymour returned to the top when he secured his fourteenth gold medal in the event today. The Team WORC rider and Aiken were essentially neck and neck for almost all of the seven lap off-road race in Corcagh Park in Clondalkin, each opening up small but short-lived gaps on the other during the exciting contest.

Seymour finally broke the elastic on the final lap, entering the technically-demanding singletrack section ahead of his Banbridge CC rival and managing to establish a race-winning lead.

The 34 year old raced home to a much-savoured win, with Aiken easing back once he knew the gold medal was beyond him to cross the line 26 seconds down. Lewis Ferguson (Team BHB) outsprinted Niall Davis (IMBRC) for the bronze medal some four seconds later, while Philip Roche and James McCluskey finished fifth and sixth. Their results combined with that of Seymour to net Team WORC their second consecutive team title.

Seymour�s win today continues what has been a remarkable record in off-road competition. He has now won fourteen cyclo-cross titles, twelve consecutive mountainbike cross country gold medals and one downhill national championship.

Robert Lamont (XMTB), Mark McKinley (Newry Wheelers) and Tarja Owens (Team WORC) were first veteran, junior and woman respectively.

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Irish National Cyclo Cross championships, Corcagh Park, Clondalkin (promoted by Team WORC/Usher IRC, sponsored by The Cycle Inn):

1, Robin Seymour (Team WORC) 7 laps in 56 mins 56 secs
2, Roger Aiken (Banbridge CC) at 26 secs
3, Lewis Ferguson (Team BHB) at 30 secs
4, Niall Davis (IMBRC) at 31 secs
5, Philip Roche (Team WORC) at 2 mins 24 secs
6, James McCluskey (Team WORC) at 2 mins 37 secs
7, Peter McSorley (Apollo CT) at 3 mins 8 secs
8, Niall Delahaye (IMBRC) at 3 mins 9 secs
9, Aiden McDonald (Apollo CT) at 3 mins 36 secs
10, Joe McCall (Team WORC) at 3 mins 39 secs
11, Padraig Marey (Western Lakes CC) at 3 mins 49 secs
12, Don Travers (Banbridge CC) at 4 mins 53 secs
13, Stuart Galloway (Team WORC ) at 5 mins 1 sec
14, Conor Campbell (Newry Wheelers) at 5 mins 54 secs
15, Myles McCorry (Apollo CT) at 6 mins 50 secs
16, Darragh Mac Cauley (All Systems Dublin Wheelers) at 6 mins 51 secs
17, Niall Quinlan (Cycleways) at 6 mins 53 secs
18, Drew McKinley (Newry Wheelers) at 6 mins 54 secs
19, Evan Ryan (Team WORC) at 6 mins 55 secs
20, Brian Conway (IMBRC) at 7 mins 45 secs
21, Mark Kenny (Team WORC) at 7 mins 56 secs
22, Robert Moore (Stamullen M. Donnelly) at 8 mins 9 secs
23, Colm Bracken (Murphy Surveyors Kilcullen) at 8 mins 12 secs
24, Robbie Tobin (IMBRC) at 1 lap
25, Luke Manning (IMBRC) at 1 lap
26, Cormac Keogh (Murphy Surveyors Kilcullen) at 1 lap
27, Mark Driver (Bray Wheelers) at 1 lap
28, Barry Keogh (IMBRC) at 1 lap
29, Martin O Hagan (Newry Wheelers) at 1 lap
30, Gareth Maguire (IMBRC) at 1 lap
31, John Walker ( Murphy Surveyors Kilcullen) at 1 lap
32, Gordon Byrne (Team WORC) at 1 lap
33, Shane Baker ( Usher IRC) at 2 laps
34, Dave O Brien (IMBRC) at 2 laps
35 Andy Lahye (Apollo CT) at 2 laps

Veterans:

1, Robert Lamont (XMTB) 7 laps in 1 hour 7 secs
2, Peter McConville (Newry Wheelers) at 10 secs
3, Mick Jordan (IMBRC) at 39 secs
4, Francis Blake Dillon (Cycleways) at 1 lap
5, William Mulligan (Banbridge CC) at 1 lap
6, Brian Hammond (Usher IRC) at 1 lap
7, Les Walpole (IMBRC) at 1 lap
8, Fred MacSorley (Apollo) at 1 lap
9, Jon Runciman (Banbridge) at 1 lap
10, Maurice Mayne (Banbridge) at 2 laps


Elite Women:

1, Tarja Owens (Team WORC) 59 mins 42 secs

Junior:

1, Mark McKinley (Newry Wheelers) 45 mins 59 secs
2, Sean Downey (MAD) at 1 min 34 secs
3, Diarmuid Cronin (South Dublin CC) at 1 min 44 secs



MTB Support race:

1, Paul Anderson (Banbridge CC) 5 laps in 47 mins 42 secs
2, David Rawlins (South Dublin CC) at 49 secs
3, James Lattimore (South Dublin CC) at 1 min 51 secs
4, Rory Walsh (unattached) at 2 mins 3 secs
5, Colm Farrel (Navan Avonmore) at 5 mins 5 secs

Veteran: Eamon Newton (Usher IRC) 53 mins 21 secs

Under 16;

1, Sean Downey (Banbridge CC) 36 mins 35 secs
2, Liam McGreevy (Banbridge CC) at 4 secs
3, Mark Heneghan (Usher IRC) at 25 secs
4, Damien Gavan (Covey Wheelers) at 37 mins 14 secs
5, Aaron Buggle (Usher IRC)
6, Farncis Nweton (Usher IRC)

Under 14:

1, Harriet Mayne (Banbridge CC)
2, William Sheridan (unattached)

Under 12:

1, Michael Runciman (Banbridge CC)
2, Darragh Reid (Newbridge)

Under 8:

1, Rachel Mayne (Banbridge CC)