On Saturday the 28th June, the village of Yellow Furze in Co. Meath hosted the Junior National Championships. Unfortunately the rain fell on and off through-out the day. I got to video some of the race, which turned out to be an incredible win for Conor Murphy.
The race was organised by the Navan Road Club & Yellow Furze Road Club in the lovely small village of Yellow Furze.
FULL RESULTS (All finishers)
2025 Cycling Ireland Junior Men Road Race National Championships
1. Conor MURPHY Team Caldwell Cycles 2:44:42 2:44:42
2. Rory CONDON Zappi Racing Team 2:46:04 +1: 22
3. Darragh BYRNE Asvillemur Cyclisme 2:46:48 +2: 06
4. Matthew WALLS Lucan Cycling Road Club 2:46:48 ”
5. James ARMSTRONG VC Glendale 2:47:24 +2: 42
6. Toby SWEETMAN VC Glendale 2:47:44 +3: 02
7. Hugh Og MULHEARNE Asvillemur Cyclisme 2:47:46 +3: 04
8. Callum McCAFFREY Saxun – Extrusax- Primoti 2:47:53 +3: 11
9. Fionn KILLEEN Kilcullen Cycling Club Murphy Geospacial 2:48:09 +3: 27
10. Philip O’CONNOR Dungarvan CC 2:48:11 +3: 29
11. Maximilian FITZGERALD JEGG-DJR Academy 2:48:11 ”
12. Luca HOLMES Molenspurters Meulebeke 2:48:11 ”
13. Jack WOODS Crabbe Dstny 2:48:11 ”
14. Dan LANE Dan Morrissey Pissei Cycling Team 2:48:11 ”
15. Curtis McKEE Spellman-Dublin Port 2:48:11 ”
16. Colin SHEEHAN O’Leary Stone Kanturk 2:48:11 ”
17. Ciaran O’SULLIVAN Greenmount CA 2:48:11 ”
18. Adam MATTHEWS Banbridge CC 2:48:11 ”
19. Jack LAWLESS Gorey Cycling Club 2:48:11 ”
20. John O’MAHONY Newcastle West Cycling Club 2:48:15 +3: 33
21. George SEVASTOPULO Sundrive Track Team 2:48:15 ”
22. Diarmuid COLLINS Newcastle West Cycling Club 2:48:19 +3: 37
23. Luke KEHOE Lucan Cycling Road Club 2:55:40 +10: 58
Organisers: Navan Road Club & Yellow Furze Road Club
Distance: 120.60 km
Average speed: 43.93 km/h
Competitors
Started: 33
Did not start: 5
Did not finish: 10
Race PA: Cian Lynch
Video / Editing by Peter Purfield
More archive pictures and video on https://www.IrishCycling.com
Yeah, I know. Heat. Heat. And we can see Conor Murphy of Caldwell as he turns left here. He’s on his own. And we can begin to count the seconds back to uh the chasing rider which is Rory Condan of Zappy. We’ve got three riders riding solo at the moment. Murphy about to pass up through the finishing straight here. And he’s looking very, very strong. from that unexpected Connor Murphy from Caldwell. Will it be his national champ well back? A big strong powerful rider really that you can make it all the way to the finish line to take silver. But at the moment with Murphy powering ahead at the head of affairs here that gap has certainly gone out. Well done. Give it up for the rider Rory Cton from Zappy there. James Armstrong should be racer through. Now we can see right down at the end of the finishing straight you can see the VC Glendale car is there as well. They’ll be support supporting James Armstrong giving him as much encouragement as possible. for the moment. Those three riders riding solo and certainly potentially riding into podium positions as well as Jim Armstrong comes through the finishing line here. You can see they’re paying extra crosses, please. Those time caps gone well out. Very shortly, we’ll be seeing those two riders come through the finishing straight. You can see that lead biker head of them here. There may well be an opportunity for these two riders. So the three riders up front, Connor Murphy on his own up front, Rory Condan on his own, James Armstrong just on the head of these two riders here as they pass through. Dar Matthew Walls on the front of affairs here. So the asy business cyclist D sitting on Matthew Walls, but these two riders can sense that there’s a podium place to be earned this afternoon and even down the finishing straight as well. Another tree of riders take that lefthand turn. So they’ll become across from the Pelaton. Max Million Fitzgerald was up there earlier on and heard mention of his uh name, but those three chasing riders are treating moving an awful lot quicker than Bern and Matthew was. They’ve been out there a long long time this afternoon. So the three of them passing through there, you’re Watson up there at the head of affairs. So the three riders will be closing that gap and that’s going to be an epic finish here. Cam Conor Morphing from Cwell at the front of affairs. Roy Cond from Zappy was up there and then James Armstrong VC Glendale and with potentially sweep man coming across from the VC Glendale team. Fatigue will be setting in for Armstrong but Tara Burn Mach may well be tiring. They’ve been out there too long and the Pelaton coming through as well and the balance of team cars here that are the head of affairs. The Pelaton into this final 9.5 km lap as well for these riders that are coming through. We can see Glendale represented, stagger represented and also VC Glendale looking perhaps the get from DC had attacked injury from Sax and Hugo also riding with By teammate of Brown stay away into the finishing straight. Come on, raise your hands. Share your heart as he approach it. He finish the national junior world champion for 2025. the bottom of the second at all. Only a couple hundred meters here for the riders, but as we approach the finish line here, it’s all power. He’s going to be second place taking place here. He’s got checker flag here at the end of the street. Going to push out. Is it going to be a gall? It looks to me on the right hand side and it looks the leading during the course. Sorry. Hell yeah. Seventh place will take for Terra Burn and presenting the medal will be Brian Hayden for chairman of Syster and presenting Sing the flowers will be Jerry K. Wait to hold on. Put your hands together for Roly Condan from Zaki. And one more presentation to go. And a big thank you to this rider. He entertained us from the getgo. Indeed, national junior time trial champion on Thursday evening. get the power and the form to take it through to lead here at the finish line. Put your hands scent for Conor Murphy, National Road Race Junior Champion 2025. So well the riders as the creatures are taken there for national champion but your hands together for Conor Murphy from Caldwell in second place Rory Pond from Zappi and also in third place by Tar from As Mo top three the podium places for the national road race champions for round of applause. Wait, can we get coffee now? Coffee again.
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Rain = Opportunity….to skate away