Three in one weekend for riders in Ireland: 2019 Irish Enduro Championships, the third race of the Vitus First Tracks Enduro Cup and EWS 2020 series qualifier all took place in Ravensdale Forest on the 22nd – 23rd June.
Hats off to Kelan Grant (Chain Reaction Cycles – Mavic) who managed to reclaim the Irish National title after winning in 2017. Kelan was out in force sweeping all stages with authority and earning the sleeve for the next year of racing. Defending champ Greg Callaghan (Cube Action Team) was hot on his heels all day, but on SS2, the shortest of the day, ended up in 19th place losing some precious time, finishing all other stages in 2nd.
In third came the young gun Drew Armstrong (Vitus First Tracks Race Division) managing to grab a second place on stage 2. Drew was also crowned fastest young gun in Ireland after winning the U23 National title, whilst Vitus First Tracks veteran, Glyn O’Brien claims gold in the 40-49 category.
“I didn’t feel like I was pushing hard and managed to keep the mistakes from creeping into my race runs which was really good. I had a cash on stage 4 which wasn’t ideal but I only lost a few seconds and stage 5 I broke one of my pedals and couldn’t clip in for the last 30 seconds. All in all I was really happy to win and put in a solid enough day to battle with the Pros as well!” – Drew Armstrong
Massive well done to all competitors competing The top 3 winners for the Vitus First Tracks categories and Enduro results below:
Enduro – Overall
1st Kelan Grant – Chain Reaction Cycles – Mavic
2nd Greg Callaghan Cube Action Team
3rd Drew Armstrong – Vitus First Tracks Race Division
Under 21 men
1st Drew Armstrong – Vitus First Tracks Race Division
2nd Harry Byrne – Expert Cycle / Silverfish
3rd Jack Devlin – Vitus First Tracks Race Division
Master A Men
1st James Mac Ferran – Cycleology Racing
2nd Mark Nugent – 021racing
3rd Richard Carey – Dromara CC
Master B Men
1st Rob Davis
2nd Philip Mullan – Chain Reaction Belfast
3rd Brendan Foley – Send it
Senior Men
1st Kelan Grant – Chain Reaction Cycles – Mavic
2nd Greg Callaghan – Cube Action Team
3rd Killian Callaghan – Specialized Racing
Veteran
1st Glyn O’Brien – Vitus First Tracks Race Division
2nd Paul McLoughlin – Bespoke Cycles
3rd Derek McLaughlin
Next stop of the Vitus First Track Enduro Cup 14 & 15 of September, last one of the season and where the overall 2019 Vitus First Track Cup champ will be crowned.