Total domination - Matt Brammeier does the double

Thanks to Duff for the heads up on the Irish Cycling video.

New video of race and interview with matt

There is an excellent race summary here at Irish Cycling with some great pictures.



Matt wins by a country millimetre


Here are some quotes from Matt;

“I felt pretty good all day, really. I tried to do as little work, as little watts as I could all day, and save it all for that last lap up the climb,” said Brammeier.

He said that riding the time trial on Friday took a lot out of him and mean that he wasn’t fresh coming into the race. “Yesterday I was really tired all day because I had a really bad night’s sleep on Friday. I am still a little bit tired but I had enough in the tank. This is pretty special.”

I will add that there is evidence in the report that Andy Bennett must have been coaching Matt;

'Brammeier had been missing turns and this led to some tension in the group'

Matt and Derek line up

Derek Finnegan also raced in both events but a crash in the time trial in heavy rain lost Derek time and then affected him in the road race. It was only a top 30 finish in the road race for Derek, 'only' being something most amateur riders would aspire to.

What a HERO!

Matt is in a select group of riders to win both national honours this year.
Below is a summary of the results;

Irish time trial championships, Emyvale:

1, Matt Brammeier (HTC Highroad) 40 kilometres in 50 mins 15 secs
2, David McCann (Giant Kenda) 50 mins 21 secs
3, Michael Hutchinson (In Gear Quick Vit UK) 50 mins 29 secs
4, Sean Downey (Cotes d’Armour) 51 mins 13 secs
5, Martyn (Irvine (Giant Kenda Pro Cycling) 51 mins 18 secs
6, Damien Shaw (Mullingar) 51 mins 43 secs

Irish road race championships, Elite men:

1, Matt Brammeier (HTC Highroad) 4 hours 1 min 30 secs
2, Dan Martin (Garmin-Cervélo) same time
3, David McCann (Giant Kenda) at 18 secs
4, Nicolas Roche (Ag2r La Mondiale) at 21 secs
5, Sam Bennett (An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) at 28 secs
6, Ronan McLaughlin (An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) at 1 minute 51 secs
7, Philip Lavery (An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) same time
8, Martyn Irvine (Giant Kenda) at 2 mins 39 secs
9, Peter Hawkins (Morsele) at 4 mins 47 secs
10, Mark Cassidy (An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) at 4 mins 49 secs
11, Sean Lacey (The Edge) at 4 mins 54 secs
12, Colm Cassidy (UCD)
13, Fiachra O’Muire (Team Dectek Dunboye Clonee CC) both same time
14, Keith Gater (Waterford CC) at 5 mins 10 secs
15, Connor McConvey (XMTB) at 5 mins 45 secs