Superb riding earns McCann and Kenneally Olympic race spot

IRELAND will have two riders in next year’s Olympic Road Race in Athens thanks to some superb performances by the Irish team at the world B cycling championships in Aigle yesterday, with David McCann duplicating Ciaran Power’s performance of four years ago by winning the bronze medal.

The second spot was claimed by Brian Kenneally (Cidona Carrick Wheelers), who snatched 14th place by finishing fifth in a ninth place at the end of what turned out to be a gruelling race.

And as the Irish team celebrated in Switzerland last night, the team manager, Martin O’Loughlin, paid tribute to all the members of the squad who turned in what he described as a superb team performance.