DAVID O’LOUGHLIN (Navigators Insurance) dug deep into his vast reserves of experience and knowledge to win the national road race championship in spectacular, if not dramatic, fashion in Waterford yesterday where he outsprinted a six-man leading group for his third title.

THE Martin Donnelly Junior Tour arrived in Carrick-on-Suir last night with no change to the overall positions.

MALCOLM ELLIOTT, the doyen of British sprinters, finally achieved his stage victory when he won the big bunch sprint into Millstreet yesterday.

THE Irish U-23 and junior teams for the world cycling championships in Belgium will be the best prepared ever according to Ciaran McKenna who heads the High Performance Committee responsible for team preparation those days.