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Irish Road Championships: Rory Townsend takes second national title at end of aggressive men's road race

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Jamie Meehan second, Patrick Casey third in race full of attacks

DENAIN, FRANCE - MARCH 20: Rory Townsend of Ireland and Team Q36.5 Pro Cycling leads the breakaway during the 66th Grand Prix de Denain - Porte du Hainaut 2025 a 197.4km one day race from Denain to Denain on March 20, 2025 in Denain, France. (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images)
Townsend took the Irish title for a second time (Image credit: Getty Images)
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2022 champion Rory Townsend (Q36.5) sprinted to a second title in the Irish national championships, winning a men's road race that was full of attacks.

The race was 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.

Matilda Price
Assistant Features Editor

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 biggest events on the calendar, including the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France Femmes, Tour of Flanders 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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