An Post Ras- Stage 2. An uplifting stage!
Written by Velo Staff on 23rd May 2016
Today was a much better day for the team. The guys were representing on the front and doing some attacking racing. In particular Marc Potts & Jeremy Durrin were very active early on and made a few good moves off the front but nothing was allowed to escape.
Kieran Simcox & Ollie Maxwell did some good team work and came back to the team car to get bottles for all the team and covered plenty of moves. But with the yellow jersey team not defending the jersey, it made for a chaotic…stage and after 2 hours of racing two Irish county riders snuck away and the field sat up.
From there it was just protecting ourselves from crashes and focus on staying upright in the finish.
Elliot Porter and Jeremy Durrin were lead out men for Marc Potts and they positioned him really well on the An Post team and he battled it out in the sprint to just miss out on top 10 with a solid 11th place in the race. 2 county riders stayed away and claimed the stage ahead of the bunch.
Tomorrow we are on to the very tough day with the Connor Pass climb, which will be a day for the climbers!
Watch out for Elliot dancing on the pedals up the climb!
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- Ollie Maxwell having a pre race leg rub
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- Elliotts Porters long legs!!
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- Ollie Maxwell all smiles before the stage.
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- Elliott Porter pre stage.
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- On the finish line.
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- Ollie and Elliott on the start line.
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- In the team car. The rider list.
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- Ollie taking a feed from the car and taking on bottle to give to the guys in the peleton.
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- Team mechanic Alex in action.
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- Kieran Simcox getting a feed from the team car.
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- Marc & Jeremy post stage. A successful day.
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- Jeremy and Marc having a coke after the stage.
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- Jeremy stretching after the race.
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- Our wounded soldier Kieran battled on and rode a strong race and was a great team player.
