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K-Capital Cup #2 - 2
Moneyscalp Forest, Newcastle, Ireland, March 23, 2008
2007 Results Results Standings
Seymour wins in Mournes
Robin Seymour (Team Worc) moved a step closer to representing Ireland at the 2008 Olympics with victory in the second round of the K-Capital Cup, held at the picturesque setting of Moneyscalp Wood near Newcastle in County Down. Promoted by Banbridge Cycling Club, the event attracted an entry of 176, including Belfast’s Conor McConvey who was having his first MTB race after breaking his shoulder five weeks earlier. The entry also featured three reigning Irish DH Champions. Thankfully the weather was kind, though the blasts from a chilly wind were balanced with some hot action on the new course.
The Elite Men faced seven laps of Moneyscalp, last used for an XCO event in 2000, the new course featuring some tough climbs and tricky downhill sections. Joining the leading Irish riders on the grid were visitors Adrian Lansley, Paul Beales, Lee Williams and the Belgian trio of Patrick Gaudy, Cedric Gaudy and Jorgen Flion. Seymour blasted into the lead from the start, out for the first time on his new Campagnola bike. Ending the first lap Seymour enjoyed a 30 seconds advantage over Niall Davis (IMBRC), Adrian Lansley (Pedalon) and Conor McConvey (McConvey Cycles).
By the end of lap two Lansley had moved into a clear second as Davis and McConvey battled for third. The order remained the same until lap six when McConvey attacked Davis and set off after second placed Lansley. Seymour however was keeping a watching brief on his rivals; various sections of the course enabled the riders to see time gaps to other riders.
The riders set out on the final lap cheered on by the large contingent of spectators, many willing McConvey to snatch second from Lansley. McConvey did catch and pass Lansley on the last lap, but the English rider responded by moving back to second on with less than a third of a lap remaining. The sound of the whistles blown by course marshals, Seymour exited the final single track section for the short run to the finish line, the Wicklow rider taking his first win in the series, but more importantly increasing his lead in the points table for the race to Beijing.
With the final single track section in full view of the spectators massed at the finish, the noise level erupted as they saw McConvey trying to overhaul Lansley in the dash to the finish. However it was Lansley who got the verdict as the pair charged over the line. Davis was fourth and still holds second place in the standings for Olympic qualification, McConvey scoring his first points at Moneyscalp. Welsh rider Lee Williams rode to a strong fifth with Ryan Sherlock (MAD) looking very strong as he crossed the line in sixth.
Patrick Gaudy (Team Barracuda) was the first of the Belgian trio to finish, though their weekend was somewhat wrecked by hire car problems, which saw them having to taken to and from the event by Banbridge CC. Young Belgian rider Jorgen Flion was happy to take some UCI points as he finished in eighth with the ageless Joe McCall (K-Capital/Rocky Mountain) in ninth. IMBRC’s Dave Barry took the final ranking point in tenth place. The final Olympic selection event will be K-Capital Round three at Djouce Woods which is already looking like a classic with entries from Sweden, Poland the Czech Republic, Switzerland and the returning BCF Team led by Oli Beckingsale.
Banbridge CC’s Liam McGreevy keep up his wining form with victory in the five lap Junior race, leading throughout to cross the line ahead of Paul O’Reilly (IMBRC) and Neil McGimpsey (XMTB). Scottish rider Jack Richards rode to victory in the Experts event with Luke Manning a superb runner up. The result could have been much different had Irish DH Champion Ben Reid not retired with two laps to go, Reid having dominated the event from the start. Third finisher Oisin Boydell (UCD) took the leader's jersey for the class. Special mention must go to fourth finisher, Gary Henning of Newry Wheelers, better know for his on road performances, this was by far Gary’s best ever off road performance.
James McCluskey (IMBRC) notched up his second win in the Masters Class, finishing almost 10 minutes head of runner up Gordon Lucas (Team Worc) who was just happy to finish after suffering a DNF at the opening round. Epic’s Rory Walsh finished a strong third with MAD’s Fergal Killkenny showing excellent form with his fourth place finish. Aidan McDonald (ApolloCT) won the Vets race and also took the leaders jersey for the Vets category. Having spent much of the previous two days working on the course, Banbridge CC’s William Mulligan did well to hold off Cuchulainn’s Gerry McCabe to snatch second. In the Elite Ladies Class, Mel Spath (MAD) took the win ahead of Ciara McManus (U/A)
Scottish visitor Douglas Shearer easily took the Sport Men's event held over three laps. Runner up Mark Solon took the leaders jersey as Chain Reaction’s Sean Donnelly opened his account in the series with a fine third place. The Sports Womens Class was won by Linda Haug (Sorrento) ahead of Rachel Wisdom (Team Worc) and Val O’Neill (Banbridge CC). Banbridge lad Matt Adair took the honours in the U-16 event ahead of William Boyd (XMTB) and Robert Scanlon (Team Worc). In the U-14 race find of the season Robert Anderson (Orchard Juiced) took his first major win. Having one of his best ever outings, Kyle McEwan (XMTB) finished runner up ahead of fellow Club rider Chris Oakley.
Results
Elite men 1 Robin Seymour 2.06.19 2 Adrian Lansley 0.31 3 Conor McConvey 0.34 4 Niall Davis 1.53 5 Lee Williams 4.50 6 Ryan Sherlock 11.12 7 Patrick Gaudy 12.35 8 Jorgen Flion 16.52 Behind one lap 9 Joe McCall 10 Dave Barry 11 Graham Boyd 12 Evan Ryan 13 Cedric Gaudy 14 Richie Felle 15 Simon McConnell DNF Paul Beales Elite women 1 Mel Spath 2.06.43 2 Ciara MacManus 24.03 DNF Jes Laird DNF Beth McCluskey Expert men 1 Jack Richards 1.47.04 2 Luke Manning 3.39 3 Oisin Boydell 8.00 4 Gary Henning 11.57 5 Tim James 13.46 6 Neil Summers 25.02 7 Luke Smaul 25.22 8 Darragh Maloney 29.25 9 David O'Brien 30.02 10 Earl McClenaghan 36.30 Behind one lap 11 Oliver Castle 12 Ross Galway DNF Ben Reid DNF Ross McClure DNF Stephen Scrivener DNF Dave O'Neill DNF James Pittam DNF Oisin Fitzgerald Masters men 1 James McCluskey 1.42.21 2 Gordon Lucas 10.34 3 Rory Walsh 11.56 4 Fergal Kilkenny 21.33 5 Andrew Newman 23.13 6 Clive Caldwell 23.34 7 Sean Herlihy 24.15 8 Andrew Wallace 25.21 9 Asa Redmond 32.03 Behind one lap 10 Oscar McCananey 11 Keith Meaghan 12 Morgan O'Connell 13 Jer Price 14 Colm McGarvey 15 Unknown 16 Unknown 17 Conor Coneff 18 Richard Close 19 Glenn Armstrong 20 Peter Rimmer 21 Bruce Murphy 22 Martin O'Reily 23 Ark Gogojewicz 24 Alan Ayling 25 Cormac Ahern 26 Vincent Price Behind two laps 27 Paddy O'Brien 28 Paul Ferguson 29 Unknown Veteran men 1 Aidan McDonald 1.23.34 2 William Mulligan 1.28 3 Gerry McCabe 1.51 4 Johnny McCabe 7.58 5 Ken Farrar 10.03 6 Paul McMenamin 10.49 7 Andy Burns 11.34 8 Peter McConville 11.51 9 John O'Reily 13.36 10 Simon Curry 15.58 11 Paraig Bonnie 17.18 12 Brian Keogh 17.24 13 Declan McCabe 17.26 14 Richie Byrne 22.11 15 Conal Higgans 22.21 16 Steve Nicholson 23.29 17 Jon Runciman 24.14 18 Paul Keogh 27.52 19 Paul Anderson 44.55 Behind one lap 20 Maurice Mayne 21 Fred McSorley 22 Jonathan Butler 23 Ian Gormley Junior men 1 Liam McGreevy 1.36.04 2 Paul O'Reily 4.09 3 Neil McGimpsey 25.14 DNF Unknown DNF Johnny Beers DNF Conal Higgans Sport men 1 Doulas Shearer 2 Mark Solon 3 Sean Donnelly 4 David Askin 5 Alan Bingham 6 Gareth McKee 7 Matt Casey 8 Justin Reid 9 Mark Potts 10 Brian Cox 11 Barry Douglas 12 Ewan Doherty 13 Martin Grimley 14 Ronnie Ogilby 15 Darren Cox 16 Johnathon McKee 17 Shane Geoghan 18 Stphen Prentice 19 Liam Howard 20 Ben Marchant 21 David Graham 22 Corneius Duffy Behind two laps 23 Peter Collins 24 Peter Chadwick 25 Sam Curran 26 Richard Greer 27 Paul Barry 28 John Griffery 29 Nigel McConnell 30 Andrew Adair Sport women 1 Lynda Haug 2 Rachel Wisdom 3 Valarie O'Neill 4 Aisling Corkery Behind two laps 5 Nicola Oldham 6 Harriet Mayne U-16 1 Matthew Adair 1.09.51 2 William Boyd 2.34 3 Robert Scanlon 5.15 DNF Manatas Spirgius U-14 1 Robert Anderson 30.21 2 Kyle McEwan 1.11 3 Chris Oakley 1.36 4 Claire Oakley 2.19 5 Dan Runciman 2.20 6 Zak Hanna 5.18 7 Stuart Ballantine 6.00 8 Nathanael Smyth 12.04 9 Curtis Bell 15.34 U-12 1 James Curry 6.54 2 Rachel Mayne 0.48 3 Joseph Baird 0.58 4 Conor Nairn 1.10 5 Alex Bell 1.28 6 Aimee Ogilby 2.50 7 Eoghan O'Reilly 8 Jill Curry 4.28 U-10 1 John Buller 5.31 2 Richard Baird 0.21 3 Shannon Buller 0.58 4 Paddy Furlong 1.56 5 Joel Smyth 2.18 6 Jack Lamont 3.05 7 Jamie Griffery 3.12 Behind two laps 8 Calum Nairn DNF Morgan Walsh U-8 1 Stuart Dunlop 5.19 2 Shenna McKiverigan 0.02 3 Mark Buller 0.20 4 Ben Hanna 0.41 5 Niamh McKiverigan 0.53 6 Rebekah Ogilby 2.04 7 Darra Cullen 3.07 Overall standings after two rounds Elite men 1 Robin Seymour 55 pts 2 Adrian Lansley 41 3 Lee Williams 37 4 Niall Davis 33 5 Oliver Beckingsale 30 6 Ryan Sherlock 26 7 Conor McConvey 21 8 David Barry 20 9 Ian Bibby 18 10 Richie Felle 17 11 Evan Ryan 16 12 Graham Boyd 16 13 Patirck Gaudy 14 14 David Fletcher 14 15 Gareth Montgomery 13 16 Jorgen Flion 12 17 Joe McCall 12 18 Ross Creber 12 19 Philip Morris 8 20 Cedric Gaudy 8 21 Simon McConnell 6 22 Philip Roche 23 Paul Beale Elite women 1 Melanie Spath 30 pts 2 Beth McCluskey 30 3 Anne Duffy 25 4 Ciara McManus 25 5 Jessica Laird Junior men 1 Liam McCreevey 60 pts 2 Paul O'Reilly 50 3 Neil McGimpsey 42 4 Conal Higgans 18 5 Johanathan Beers 18 6 Chris Cameron 16 Tadgh Griffen Raphale Pluckinski Expert men 1 Oisin Boydell 51 pts 2 Luke Manning 50 3 Luke Smaul 32 4 Tim James 31 5 Jack Richards 30 6 Neil Summers 27 7 Daragh Maloney 24 8 Donnacha O'Brien 21 9 Ross Galway 16 10 Dave O'Neil 16 11 Oliver Casstle 15 12 lfie Wallace 14 13 David O'Brien 12 14 Stephen Scrivener 12 15 Earl McClenagh 11 16 Michael Holland 10 17 Stephen Coller 9 18 Peter Stanley 8 19 Keith Arkens 6 20 Michael Burton 21 Oisin Fitzgerald 22 Luke Ireland 23 Ross McClure 24 James O'Carroll 25 James Pittam 26 Ben Reid Master men 1 James MCluskey 55 pts 2 Rory Walsh 39 3 Peter O'Farrell 30 4 Sean Herlihy 29 5 Fergus Kilkenny 28 6 Andrew Newman 28 7 Gordon Lucas 25 8 Andrew Wallace 24 9 Damien Mulcrone 21 10 Clive Caldwell 20 11 Oscar McCananey 17 12 Mark Allen 16 13 Asa Redmond 15 14 Noel Carr 14 15 Conor Campbell 13 16 Keith Meghan 10 17 Martin O'Hagan 9 18 Morgan O'Connell 9 19 Brian O'Neill 9 20 Dave O'Shea 8 21 Eoin Fitzgerald 8 22 Aron O'Donaghue 7 23 Jer Price 6 24 Colm McGarvey 5 25 Conor Clonliff 4 26 Ruairi Devoy 4 27 Richard Close 3 28 Glen Armstrong 2 29 Peter Rimmer 1 30 Robert MCGee 1 31 Cormac Ahern 32 Alan Ayling 33 Bob Boles 34 Paul Boning 35 Stewart Carr 36 Paul Crowley 37 Graham Diamond 38 Keith Ewew 39 Paul Ferguson 40 Dave Gill 41 Arkadiusz Gogojewicz 42 John Hartnet 43 Paul Hicks 44 Peter Leczycki 45 Kelpl Matej 46 Keith Meehan 47 Bruce Murphy 48 Paddy O'Brien 49 Peter O'Loughlin 50 Martin O'Reilly 51 Vincent Prince 52 Justin Reid 53 unknown unknown Veteran men 1 Aidan McDonald 55 pts 2 William Mulligan 43 3 Gerry McCabe 37 4 Johnny McCabe 33 5 Peter Buggle 30 6 Ken Farrar 28 7 Andy Burns 27 8 Paul McMenamin 26 9 John O'Reily 26 10 John Dorris 21 11 Brian Keogh 17 12 Simon Curry 16 13 Declan McCabe 15 14 Steve Nicholson 14 15 Peter McConville 13 16 Conal Higgans 12 17 Paraig Bonnie 10 18 Eoin Keith 10 19 Richie Byrne 9 20 Paul Keogh 6 21 Jon Runciman 4 22 Frank O'Rourke 4 23 Paul Anderson 2 24 Eammon McConvey 2 1 25 Jonathan Butler 26 Ian Gormley 27 Joeseph Johns 28 Jim Laird 29 Robert Lamont 30 Maurice Mayne 31 Eamon McConvey 32 Fred McSorley 33 Karl Thomas Sport men 1 Mark Solon 35 pts 2 Sean Connonlly 35 3 Douglas Shearer 30 4 Matt Hicknott 30 5 Alan Ryan 25 6 David Askin 24 7 Matt Casey 23 8 Justin Reid 21 9 James Pittam 21 10 Mark Laverty 18 11 Alan Bingham 16 12 Kevin Stanley 16 13 Gareth McKee 15 14 Joesph Pittam 15 15 Tom Pittam 13 16 Mark Potts 12 17 Ronan Corrigan 12 18 Brian Cox 11 19 Michael Flanagen 11 20 Barry Douglas 10 21 Ewan Doherty 9 22 Martin Grimley 8 23 Ronnie Ogilby 7 24 Niall O'Connor 7 25 Darren Cox 6 26 Johnathon McKee 5 27 Geoff Robinson 5 28 Shane Geoghan 4 29 Eoin Marshall 4 30 Stephen Prentice 3 31 Ken Nally 3 32 Laim Howard 2 33 Steven Stuart 2 34 Ben Marchant 1 35 Peter Campbell 1 36 Andrew Adair 37 Paul Barry 38 Paul Barry 39 Krystian Bolavec 40 Owen Callanan 41 Peter Chadwick 42 John Clarke 43 Peter Collins 44 David Convey 45 Owen Coutts 46 Jim Cradden 47 Paul Curran 48 Sam Curran 49 Cornelius Duffy 50 Conor Duffy 51 Conrnelius Duffy 52 David Finley 53 Shane Geoghan 54 Flan Gibbon 55 David Graham 56 Richard Greer 57 Johnie Griffery 58 Mark Harmann 59 Ian Heald 60 Mark Heald 61 Robert Higgins 62 Martyn Lynch 63 Nigel McConnell 64 Terry McDarragh 65 Darren McGann 66 David McKeown 67 Darragh Mortimer 68 Derek Mulvey 69 William O'Connor 70 Colm O'Reilly 71 John Owens 72 Liam Phelan 73 Cathal S 74 John Taylor 75 Mark Warren 76 Declan Wyse Sport women 1 Lynda Haug 55 pts 2 Rachel Wisdom 43 3 Aisling Corkery 34 4 Amber Atkinson 30 5 Nicola Oldham 28 6 Harriet Mayne 26 7 Valarie O'Neil 21 8 Jenny Kilbride 21 9 Inga Doak 15 10 Julie Watt 14 10 Sadhbh Ni Hogan 13
