A total of five Irish riders have come to Belgium to take part in the Kerst Period (a packed series of international cyclocross races held during the festive period) and have already raced at the UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Antwerp and Gavere. He is showing success.
Aine Doherty, Travis Harkness, Dean Harvey, Conor Murphy and Cameron Henry are traveling as part of the Cycling Ulster Party, with funding from the Cycling Ulster Off-Road Commission. ing.
Harvey, Doherty and Harkness competed in the men’s U23 and women’s Junior World Cup races in Antwerp on Saturday.
In the men’s U23 race, Harvey (Trinity Racing) and Harkness (Scott Bright Motor Group) were 36th and 56th out of 60 riders.
Irish elite champion Harvey, who finished 11th in the recent Dublin World Cup U23 event, finished 4 minutes 26 seconds behind race winner and U23 World Cup leader Tibor del Grosso (Alpecin Deceuninck). did.
In the women’s junior race, Doherty (VC Glendale), who was also part of the Ireland team at the Dublin World Cup, placed 37th out of 51 competitors. The Belfast teenager was 5:05 behind race winner Cat Ferguson of Great Britain.
At today’s World Cup race at Gabert, Harvey competed in an elite race in the absence of any U23 World Cup races. He finished 52nd out of 77 starters. The event was overwhelmingly won by world champion Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin Deceuninck).
The Irish riders will take on three more races in the coming days, with some of them taking part in super prestige events in Zolder and Diegem tomorrow and Thursday, before finishing in Loenhout on Friday. Become.
The U23 and junior riders will be accompanied by Brendan Doherty, Philip Harkness, Mark Harvey, Niall Murphy and Jason Henry.