On the Grand Prix de Nogent-sur-Oise on Sunday “La Conti” Groupama-FDJ took another top result and Ronan Augé claimed his very first podium in a one-day race with the French team In the bunch sprint that concluded the race while Lewis Bower finished just outside the top 10 (11th) One hundred and seventy-two kilometres were on the riders’ menu on Sunday around Nogent-sur-Oise on an easy route which therefore suggested a bunch finish “La Conti” Groupama-FDJ expected to have to control the race while avoiding the tricky scenario of a large breakaway,” explained Jérôme Gannat even though we had only five riders at the start The breakaway was caught a bit before the last lap then it got more complicated because there were a lot of attacks then a group of eight also attacked with Titouan Arkéa-B&B Hôtels Continentale had to chase them down and the attackers were caught five kilometres from the finish.” a bunch sprint did take shape in the streets of Nogent-sur-Oise where “La Conti” secured a double top-10 back in 2019 with Karl Patrick Lauk and Théo Nonnez because it was a long straight of almost three kilometres and there weren’t really any teams to lead it out,” added Jérôme “It was almost every man for himself We had Lewis and Ronan up there for the final but they lost each other in the last kilometres and he was able to secure a nice third place” and Lewis Bower took eleventh place on the finish line “It’s another podium for the team” “Ronan keeps on going after his solid Tour of Britain it was also a good day because Titouan Fontaine did well and we had not seen Jens with this form for some time but we managed well despite this disadvantage” “La Conti” will be back racing on Saturday for Paris-Vierzon You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed Reception: Seven Eleanor Kirkpatrick Franco American Fellows who will be going to France March 17 for a couple of weeks to study were honored by Barbara and Ralph Thompson at a reception in their home Family members and Alliance Francaise d' Oklahoma City members were also at the party The students will be at Lycee Marie Curie located in the town of Nogent-sur-Oise in the school system of the Academie d'Amiens They will be about an hour north of Paris and will stay with French families Decor: French and American flags were on the buffet table The program: Cyndy Shaw spoke about the trip plans and about the Alliance Francaise's involvement with the program Visionary Oklahoma Woman also supports the program The students spoke about the topics they will study while in France Students: Trip coordinators are Shaw and husband Opening party: At JRB Art at the Elms this month an opening reception featured two solo shows: Haley Prestifilippo and Douglas Shaw Elder and a group show of professionals in “After Hours I.” The professional participants were Arden Barrett philanthropy and urban planning and create art after work hours Food/flowers: Picasso Café's chef Ryan Parrott prepared étouffée Fresh primrose floral arrangements by John Wolfe were in the main gallery Special guests: At the event were Carla and Dick Ellis Luncheon: The annual PEO Founder's Day luncheon was held at Quail Creek Golf & Country Club Honorees: Introduced at the event were eight 50-year members and one 60-year member There was a program about the seven founders of PEO and about how the group got started the flattest stage of the Tour de Bretagne did not end with a massive bunch gallop but with three riders in a breakaway off the front when the riders left the coastal town of Saint-Malo and covered more than 46 kilometres in the first hours a trio escaped off the front including Kevin Cherruault (U Nantes-Atlantique) Peter Williams (Great Britain) and Quentin Santy (CC Nogent-sur-Oise) They got and advantage of six minutes until the respective teams of Bol and Le Bon took care of the chase "My directeur sportif wanted the riders from Roubaix to take turns in the chase but I refused because we don't defend a 10th place," Daeninck explained The team's Renaud Dion (Roubaix Lille Metropole) had started the stage in 10th overall Soon after the trio was caught on the final circuit of Saint-Gildas-des-Bois another group of three went off the front with with Daeninck and Daeninck accelerated so far away from the finishing line that he put his arms up in the air for the last 100 metres to show his happiness to the crowd in the Loire-Atlantique province He represented France at the World Championships in Ballerup last month after winning the GP of Lillers in March he rode the finale without giving any chance to his adversaries "I was a bit sick when I came to this race," he said by way of explaining that he is not targeting the GC at the Tour de Bretagne this was the only stage race in which I didn't win a stage but I wanted to win this year," said the policeman who took a year off from work to ride as a pro for Roubaix-Lille-Métropole at the age of 28 has enjoyed a successful first part of the 2010 season "That was a stage with no problems," said race leader Bol but I had good legs after the time trial and the transfer back to the continent GC contenders are riding with stage 5 in mind It will take the battle to the centre of Brittany has arrived home in Ireland from his French base after his season-ending crash during a race last weekend The 23-year-old suffered serious injuries in that crash and was airlifted from the scene He suffered injuries to his skull and must now wear a rigid body brace “It was some contrast to the previous week,” he said of winning the national title in Knockaderry just over two weeks ago and then suffering such a bad crash just a week later “I was in the front group of 20 guys after getting over all the climbs then next thing I know I wake up in hospital,” he explained of the crash in the one-day race who has represented Ireland on the road in recent years sustained a skull fracture in the occipital bone which is at the bottom of the back of the skull We’re determined to make stickybottle.com much better for your enjoyment So become a ‘Stickybottle Supporter’ now from just €5 per month We’ve grown our audience significantly in recent years but the advertising market has become harder and harder each year In order to survive and grow – and create much better content – we need to develop an income from our readers By signing up to become a ‘Stickybottle Supporter’ you’ll be helping to secure independent coverage of Irish cycling for years to come Every cent collected from readers will be used to directly fund content Sign Up Karla Drew and Ben Gregory are among the British athletes travelling to Netherlands for the senior Combined Events International Indoor Match on January 24-25 while Morgan Lake heads the GB team for the under-23 and under-20 competitions in France All four athletes in the senior women's team for Apeldoorn set personal bests at the English Combined Events Championships in Sheffield last weekend with Drew leading the team following her 4199 points in the pentathlon which places her 10th on the UK all-time list Joining her is Commonwealth heptathlon bronze medallist Jessica Taylor Gregory won the senior men’s heptathlon title with 5663 points in Sheffield and features on a team alongside bronze medallist Daniel Needham The two senior teams will face competition from teams from Netherlands Double world junior champion Lake is to form part of GB's under-23 team in Nogent-sur-Oise the 17-year-old joined by Katie Stainton and the recently-crowned England under-20 women’s combined events champion Ebony Wake Also in action in France and competing against teams from France and Spain is David Hall who is on the GB under-20 women's team and making her international debut Top elite women's field set for London Marathon Jude Compton-Stewart is focused on the job as a result of his performances as a junior He went some way towards fulfilling that early potential when he was crowned U23 national road race champion The Rockchapel native has since achieved another long-term target by pedalling his way to a place in the professional ranks with the elite amateur outfit Nogent Sur Oise CC Cork cyclist Darragh O'Mahony wearing the team jersey of French outfit CC Nogent Sur Oise.O’Mahony has recently signed for the UK’s SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling team at the 1.1 ranked Grote prijs Jean-Pierre Monsere The step-up to professional cycling is another milestone for the 22-year-old Corkman but we’ll see how it is when we get back going “All the other riders on the team would be British who has been racing professional in the UK for the best part of 12 years “He’s done the Tour of Britain a million times and the Tour de Yorkshire every time it’s been on you’ve got riders with massive experience like that It’s my first full-year being with a professional team “Having someone like Pete there really helps to get your head around it (The current situation without racing) isn’t ideal but we are hoping to repay our sponsors when racing gets back going again,’’ O’Mahony said With racing cancelled for the foreseeable future he’s set to continue his training regime indoors But he remains optimistic about making an impact for his Yorkshire-based team Lessons learned from 2019’s highs and lows will stand to him in the long run ‘‘I rode for EvoPro from September and I did five races with them which I thought I might have been ready for I didn’t do too well in races and I was getting a kicking every week; physically and mentally I’m happy I did it and it prepared me for this year “When you put in so much time with something success would be making a career out of the sport making cycling all I have to do every day,’’ he said He linked up with the renowned O’Leary Stone Kanturk Cycling Club and his progress since has been remarkable he has also had two top-10 finishes in the Rás Tailteann and has won the Dermot Hanlon Memorial at races such as the Tour de l’Avenir and the Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften Cork cyclist Darragh O'Mahony wearing the colours of the Ireland National team during the 2015 Junior Tour of Ireland Picture: Stephen McMahon/SPORTSFILEA student of chemical engineering at the University of Limerick before he took leave to pursue a career in cycling he also finished eighth at the World University Games A return to college could yet be on the cards first he wants to achieve more in elite-level cycling His time spent on the continent has taught him what is required ‘‘It is a very different style of racing to what we’d be used to in Ireland It would be more professional-style racing “You get used to biding your time in a race you get stronger when you are doing that much training,’’ he said Picture: Stephen McMahon/SPORTSFILEO’Mahony is the latest in a line of subsequent international cyclists who have honed their skills at the local club Cork’s Eddie Dunbar and Paídi O’Brien are among the others The Kanturk club produce national champions and stars of the future ‘‘You have a lot of people working hard behind the scenes in Kanturk; the likes of Danny Curtin The club attracts some of the better young fellas from the Munster area training fellas three and four times a week I started racing and I started spending all my money on bikes over the last six or seven years,’’ O’Mahony said Keep up-to-date with the top stories in Cork with our daily newsletter straight to your inbox Please click here for our privacy statement. 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Add Echolive.ie to your home screen - easy access to Cork news We rode two hours with 1,000 metres of climbing on bohereens and goat tracks It’s rare that I get to lead the route for the pre-race ride so I made sure my team mates remembered it – though one or two of the guys weren’t too happy about having to do two hours the day before the race I had a nice view of what was going on from the rear of the peloton I almost felt like I was floating on the pedals What followed was a route I’d describe as beautifully brutal who had been in the breakaway from the start We assessed the situation; three of us from our team There was only one other team with the same manpower I crashed on the final bend of the descent and cracked the occiptial bone in my skull CONN McDunphy is poised to take a much-anticipated step-up to top-level cycling under the wing of his new team EvoPro will be fielding riders in a number of the most prestigious races in Europe and McDunphy is relishing the opportunity to complete against the very best in the sport “I joined EvoPro in July last year” said McDunphy who previously raced with CC Nogent-sur-Oise in France “They’re the only Irish pro team and we’re going to start racing in Belgium at the start of March “We have a service course and team house in Belgium These are the races at the top of the sport and that’s where I need to be to progress and so the next step is to try and get results in the top races to try and get on to a better team “I asked Sam Bennett for advice there last year in the Europeans and he was like ‘just get stuck into any pro racing that you can because if you’re not winning in your early years at Under 23 they’re not going to look at you for World Tour teams.’ Just get stuck in and see where I go” said the Lucan Cycling Road Club member and former Coláiste Cois Life McDunphy only returned home to Ireland last week after spending several months in Spain training and he is looking forward to linking up with his new team ahead of the 2022 season “I’ve been in Spain for three months just really training” he said “The season ended for me the last weekend of October and I came out here to Girona and have stayed here pretty much since You don’t have to worry about the weather and we’ve just got a nice training group here I haven’t had as good a winter’s training ever “I started working with a new coach in October Having that is very important” he stressed While he is not burdening himself with many targets over the coming year McDunphy is hoping to build on a great season on home soil that saw him finish third in the National Road Race Championships behind Daire Feely and winner Ryan Mullen last October “They’re all going to be new races for me [on the continent] so it’s hard to know how I’ll fare but after being third in the National Road Race Championships last year that’s one I really want to win” said the 2020 National Time Trial champion I’m just going to play it by ear and see where we go “I do have some targets in the back of my head We’ve got some nice races in France and one or two races I did quite well in with Evo towards the end of the year a lot can depend on what riders turn up and how the race goes” he stressed CLONDALKIN Rugby Club senior men’s team had plenty to shout about when they claimed the Leinster League Division Two A title. It’s the first time ... Read More Contact US Info@echo.ie Tel: +353 (0)1 4685350 We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings we will not be able to save your preferences This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again has joined Team CC Nogent-sur-Oise; a squad that has been operating since the late 1940s Conn McDunphy at the team as he is now in his second season with CC Nogent-sur-Oise Trulock and McDunphy were formerly club mates at Lucan CRC and also spent a period together at the UK Continental team Holdsworth Pro Racing back in 2018 who is still only 23-years-old and has ridden the U23 Gent-Wevelgem and Tour of Flanders told stickybottle that since he began racing he had always wanted to go to compete in France for a period Cycling Ireland has named two Irish teams – a men’s and women’s selection – to take on the European pro riders at the Kreiz Breizh Elites stage races in France next month The current leaders of the men’s and women’s series who took over the series lead at the recent Mullingar GP is on the team with the man he took that lead from Conor Hennebry; team mates at Dan Morrissey-MIG-Pactimo Curry and Hennebry are joined by U23 Irish road race champion Darragh O’Mahony (CC Nogent-sur-Oise) and three men who had also represented Ireland in the past at junior or U23 level That trio is comprised of BioRacer-DHL-FRS riders Luke Smith Dillon Corkery as well as Strata 3-VeloRevolution’s Liam Curley She is joined by one of the revelations of the season and a woman who did one of the best riders of the recent national championships to take elite road race silver The team is completed by three very experienced riders; international Lauren Creamer (Team Brotherton Cycles) among them The newly crowned national criterium champion Ellen McDermott (Team Boompods) is also named And completing the team is Katharine Smyth the Ballymena Road Club rider who took a fantastic elite bronze and masters gold at the national road race championships Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value"