We predict who is going to take the honours at this years national cx champs.
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Feel it come around with the Rhythm is a sound everybody get down when we give it to you welcome everyone to a special edition of L Cy show with ver sport my name is John Dy and my name is Keith C this is our annual show where we kind of
Insult people SL predict who’s going to win national championship how many friends can we lose yeah last year was a lot was oh a lot a lot a lot that’s going to actually be bias in my opinion for a lot of these we’re all off to limit this weekend it’s going to be
Gorgeous weather um and there going to be amazing amazing amazing racing hopefully hopefully will be yeah we’re going to kick off our predictions uh with under 14s as we do every week and first race up is under 14 girls yeah um I mean let’s start with the favor there
Is a favor she’s been doing amazingly amazingly well um but there are a lot of very very good riders in here uh Eva Baker Nisha burn KIRO Connor as you said uh already when we’re talking about this all of them have kind of got Podium as a
Result so some stage yeah they which is a tricky one Craig from V Glendale orn from Pano car wheelers and S ler gang there abigel Den qua Foley and Rose Lan have all a good years and there’s mcris Lind there as well of course um but who’s going first right I’m going
First so I going to call the winner for this we keep T and we’ll show next week how wrong we were and I’m going to call it Katy Turner from arwell for this one and I’m going to go with Eva Baker good man uh moving swiftly along to
Under 14s uh good field 27 riders in this yeah I just want to say it’s going to be Ro cool cuz he’s best name really is um Square Wheels have been fantastic pretty much all the way in the underage this year um but there’s five or six
Riders yeah this has been the best category in our mind all year this and under 16 boys uh we had had own Davies and James Cunningham knocking seven sades out of each out of each other every week um you had then um the lucer rider who’s G May should know oh malany
Kier malany yeah throw right in front Ro right in front of me actually he he won the national series he had a great season great season in Monster Roy miln also had a good series H sh incredible bike hand skills there last do that stuff what he’s able to do
Is definely but anyhow the two boys are the clear favorites all year long but then me a wild card appeared two weeks ago yeah wild card from magican uh and he’s a strong lad so we have Josh who you said earlier did he get third in M
Crystal I think he got third in mccrystal and he won then at the weekend and he won well at the weekend yeah so Josh M from Team Madigan is the guy who’s coming to upset the apple cart B right call it you have this one your
Turn isn’t it got to saying on Davis I think that course might suit him a little bit um sorry James um sorry how many of can I apologize to the can’t try Davis and I will stick with reent f and go for Josh MCL poor James I know James
Kind of deserves this but look I sure it’s going to be a cracken race uh whatever Podium result there is is like the three of them four of them five of them six they’ve all been fantastic Fair absolutely moving up to age category to the under 16 girls doing girls first is
That you or me now which one can remember who’s gets first show this to go yeah trying to we it out of it like you know this may come back and bite me in course like you know but we’ve had a great season with 16 girls as well uh I
Think like two standout Riders of the year have been em herin and Mia giri from for M they have uh yeah they they’ve been fantastic pretty much fantastic the two of them um there have been newcomers uh coming as well which is fantastic but still car suing has
Been great up north and oh don’t G yeah Amy Flavin and E o Donovan in particular who a newcomer to me has really impressed this season as well fantastic um Holly mcaffrey uh there’s izy there as well there’s a lot of them there um not there’s 12 of them that’s not a lot
Really like there too much Choice actually no sorry I see one name that I have to go with okay well I’m going to go first it’s my call isn’t it so I am going to go for M from for okay I’m going to um try and be Jerry’s
Friend and I’m going to go wish EMR he oh trying to be jer’s friend will that pay off next Sunday who knows under 16 boys as well have provided Kraken racing all season long I mean it has um like you look at the first corner and is five
Or six of them knocking the hell out of each other it goes on and it goes on uh there’s a fantastic photograph from Dublin the sand pish where there’s a whole lot of them in a ball falling over we want crashing like you know and I
Remember we were there at tles as well for the national league and they had cracken R for um just really like Hugh mhar H James Armstrong kale mccreey Curtis McGee and Jack woods from Carlo are the kind of five Riders and then at the weekend we a bit of a wild card came
In from the side as well we did um yeah Ryan Dy Ryan Dy came in you mentioned James did you yeah um yeah we’ve Ken there who have been bouncing around on the podium as well Shane of course as well but there’s there’s five or six
Yeah yeah yeah so it’s your turn to college yeah going for we did a take of this earlier this is take too this is take too some D didn’t press record correctly yeah exactly and I happened to pick somebody and I was kind of wondering what I get your choice
No I picked initially and I was kind of thinking it because he’s been solid all year but he gets a result as well so I’m going to go with James Armstrong o and as I said the cheek of you not to pick the writer we sponsor like this business
And Paul B’s business so from Verge iyes will be my prediction for this race but it’s going to be a cracken race and window those six DS can win I thinkon I don’t think we can make a prediction on this because any one of them as you say we need a Podium with
Six people yeah uh cracken it’ll be yeah absolutely next up on our attempt to insult people/ predict the future is the junior man and the horsepower goes up have be a horse ref in somewhere like you know it was not to give a full weather report oh I’m struggling with
This big time at the moment um like I’m struggling with a pick for this because uh it’s not purely a power course there is technical sections and there is not a huge field no 10 Riders bit disappointing yeah but and confusing all the junor seem to have changed clubs
Yeah’s stop doing that seriously shouting wrong people doing this doing this I don’t recognize people when they wearing new cake are kind of who your who that and and speaking of the forest uh Spellman H we have Beno Keefe Beno Keefe is transferred yeah C to is transferred oh yeah Conor morphy is
Transferred DT transferred D has transferred Donald O Conor has stayed with sleve blue Joseph Mullen has transferred Michaels hasn’t Sean hasn’t and CH wolf 60% of the field to change clubs very confusing to us all time um The Stand Out of the season if you can
Put it that way we spoke with this already is Michael Collins yes for progression and for those sort of things he’s a good lad he just seems to want to go and hurt himself and and he’s got crash and stuff like toy and David G formerly of the dung gar CC Parish have
Had great years as well quality absolute quality so it’s my turn to call this one is it it is you call the last one you insulted you I am going to go for Conor Murphy from C cwell Cycles yeah it’s a pretty good one but uh there’s
Something in me which is saying that Joseph Mullen is going to go very very very well um because I haven’t seen much of them right but what I have seen um IE and passing me um is he’s he’s going very good but listen um either one of
Them there’s six lives there that can be on the podium absolutely absolutely and Li’s going to have to build a bigger Podium next up we have the m6s and we’re delighted to see there’s 10 Riders alive sorry racing I I I just can’t believe they’re all still there yeah they’ve got
Through the season and last season very real isn’t it like that and thankfully I have first call on this one oh you do I wonder who we’re going to go for uh M go for M or Paul berell maybe I should try and make up some favors on this there’s
Only one winner um I hope he gets around it okay he generally does actually skills are unreal um world champion national champion and all around good guy Johnny mcab and Fir favor has to get us has to get it absolutely I as I said we a good field here now fairness
Relatively small but Anthony to from has had a great year David lws from war hasn’t really a lot but he’s a guy who can pull the result I’m sure ah C David David yeah mention carre had a good year won the World Cup race up in Dublin and
Our favorite of course uh Paul burel will always be in contention for the podium so you’re going for Johnny I’m going to go for Johnny I’m going to go for Paul Virgil oh excellent yeah now we move on to the biggest field of the day
Sh nearly 50 riders in the M50 race um and last year so the future’s Bri sport scratch p is really good something of that like yeah God I’m getting near M50 soon this is going to be scary scary for the m50s yeah exactly would you go around a bunch
In the first cor anyhow like the M60 is one Stand Out favorite here and it’s my turn to call it first is it yeah I I’m going to go for Robin seamour no surprise farmer World European Champion blah blah blah blah one all the stuff like you know T last weekend Apple
Driving staks for morning driving Stakes um and you know how I feel about race organizers it’s impossible to get results they show us Robin has to get it I think um and I don’t think anybody really would beg grudging It In fairness well whoever second and third in the podium
Will well they probably will and the battle for second and third it is going to be great race it will be a crack we have like X National Champion Trevor Woods in there Alan Bingham Dez Woods uh mvl have come out in no with South Cross
Riders de M doing really well there as well like Glen Dale have three or four Riders down as well like you uh you have Curtis’s dad and uh James is Dad VC are sting down a crew as well which is very very good um I
Think o Ferg rean yeah Ferg had great he won the national series I think I mean you first oh you did why I think I think it’s going to be an inspired decision and that’s such an overused cliche at this stage Yeah by you they’re going to win the team price
Right okay that’s that’s my prediction on that right um and do I go with Jason or Allan I’m going to go with Alan sorry Jason so Alan bam is your pick I think Alan B is my pick because not a bad choice at all he was flying low last
Weekend yeah but then again Jason is flying as well okay no don’t Alan Bingham aling if you’re around but stick around or if you get there early whatever way shape from that again the under 16 that is going to be a belter going be a CRA
Absol moving on to the main race of today M4 race um John how are you going to go I confident I’ll be the top 50 yeah yeah yeah aiming for top 50 like I don’t envy uh John really in this um I suppose I could have entered it but I’m
Very busy on media duties that day you’re not allowed to record in the middle of the championship bre uh no but we we had a quick chat about this and um yeah listen there’s there’s strength in depth there enormous favorites yeah like we we’re looking at favorites you have
To look at kind of the podium for the national leagues Mark Flavin Ronan Flynn Glen kenning they’re the kind of three standout riders for me like I’m obviously missing someone fairly serious there now as well I’m trying to read list very quickly here but yeah Evan
Ryan from work you know the quality is there like you know team Mark have a very strong team um Don Garin have a strong team yeah they have cuz John always gives ABS John feeling always gives absolutely everything and Alan Li sneaky very well yeah at the weekend
Like you know do well great SE The Host Club gont have uh Tre rers racing as well yeah exactly new newy wheelers sorry though took that a bit hard to get out uh are bringing it in style as well um but we’re going to have to oh Frank
Mcdor is there as well yeah so whose turn is it call I think it’s my turn is this yeah but I’m going to say my turn oh God right okay off you go make a call and I’m going to stick with me buddy Mark Flavin ooh Mark Flav that’s I think
Mark’s going to get it that’s good for me cuz I’m going to go for Glen kinning Glen kinning is going to win this race for 2 minutes sorry Mark sorry Mark FL one thing for the podium as well uh yeah exactly uh Mark and Glenn went out it last weekend
Didn’t they they were they were pretty much uh side and the big difference was Mark and front row start Glen started in fifth row and still got there and did the damage Glen’s a beast um but I would like to see uh yeah like see Mark but
Again Podium is going to be very very good um and where would you think you’re going to finish will you get a top 10 no I am confident that prediction as I said top go take EXC another crack this is going to be an absolute crack should be great
Next up then is the elite women’s race which is combined with the junior women okay so there’ll be just ersey all which is going to be a hell of a jersey looking at that field yeah because it’s going to be well earned it is going to be well well well earned uh
Oral are coming at it uh fairly strong with a would you pick them for the team four Riders Glendale yeah I think see are going to get the the team price yeah but the defending Champion marel Arin Champion for the last two years I think is making
The return she is she was raced in Europe at the at the weekend at Christmas she was and we know how much she fought for it last year so she’s not going to come and just ride around so she’s not coming for the scenery no is nice not that um Hannah mcclory was
Fantastic last year yeah she’ll break out right last year as well absolutely fantastic roshi L will also be in contention qua National B Champion as well Stephanie roach Kate Murphy Gret Le rafy uh like the list is it’s it’s impressive there like you know a
Horrible race to be in I think there’s a lot of very very very good routers uh who’s going first I’m going first this time aren’t I I am going to call it as gret Lawless Springer surprise you com true etc etc um I didn’t pick Aaliyah
Last year right none of us picked last year which is a little bit highlight repeated me so I’m going to go over year after good pick good pick very tight race for the weekend Maria Lin could be a level above him but I just want to go
For you again Maria gave me a little bit of a dig last year for not picking her but yeah um she I think we should wear full face helmet the weekend so we don’t get the head slapped of us also we have the Master’s women racing I don’t really
They racing at the same time uh but that’s another a good race eight letters right in this which is good good to see the we classic going the whole way through um this is your turn to pck part isn’t it yeah g WI she been fantastic
Wison yeah has been a stand out writer the year Emma Cony has been fantastic Michelle gagan yeah um s Dr chenade Rock um it’ be good race but I genuinely feel that Jean is a little step a lot he genuinely feels it I am going to go for
Michelle gagan in that one yeah it’s a good call I think so yeah that’s going to be another good race lots of good races good and then the weekend will be concluded with the elite men race it did and we had a little chat about this
Beforehand and I think I think we just need to list all the names all build a bigger bigger Podium you know for predictions um yeah because the course is going to suit some and the course is going to maybe not suit others but then again some of them just are so talented
That it’s it’s going to be a belter we saw Turles that Dean didn’t get it all his own way yes uh he like Dean Harvey has to be the fav you know he’s won he’s a defending Champion he’s won more or less every race uh but Jamie me has
Really come up this year and put it up to him and Kevin mbridge is riding really well as well and it’s a road kind of course this weekend I think it’s going to be fast it’s going to be cold weather so the surface should be relatively hard yeah and there’s Jamie
Jamie has a new team as well we’re not going to recognize him when he’s out the new jerse this is not fair uh but listen yeah very very much our friend Darnell Moore over racing with the best in the world in Belgium is there as well I
Actually forgot about him like and he as I said he was my man of the match at the World Cup finishing the first lap of World Cup you know so incredible ‘ be cool to see him win it like you know team work will probably get the team if
I’m looking at it here just by that but we need to get onto the big thing which I’m kind of stalling so come on who are you going to go for um I’m can I go for all of them no can’t go for all of them
Can Le build a big big big big Podium last I a couple other writers I want to mention ta CLE yeah won the national series Richie Barry has a great year won the Monster Series which is probably a bigger deal than win the national series really good and one for me Kieran
Jackson has move from comrads Club to D Garin yeah and we’ve seen that he can run very well his bike does not fall apart D Garin getting a second bike he could do very very well um o I think make the call heart would say we’re talking with Kevin Jamie
And Dean maybe um and I’m going to go with Dean Dean I was going to go with Jamie because they racing Turles was fantastic yeah okay you’re going for de I will go for Jam then as my prediction but you said Kevin’s going to go well in
This one isn’t he yeah you can’t change my now you can I’ll take no it’s it’s going to be a belter um I don’t think it’s going to be too muddy conditions cuz they’re talking about um cold weather Great to get a weather tip here um but or Travis
Hardness as well sure there as well I’m just looking at the people kind of just regretting my decision sorry Dean uh no Dean har don’t okay check back in next week for our last Earth cycling show of the Season where we’ll have our predictions and uh we’ll see how little
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