Cian O’Connor confident of success in St Gallen

Cian O’Connor declared on Facebook this week that he think’s “Ireland will win” today’s Furusiyya nations cup in St Gallen, Switzerland.

But for the four riders involved, O’Connor, Greg Broderick, Bertram Allen, and Denis Lynch, that will be bonus territory, as winning will merely be a byproduct of their efforts to claim Ireland’s one place in the Olympics.

O’Connor agrees it’s a case of ‘all for one and each for ourselves’, but he says selection for Rio will not rest on this weekend alone. While it is the only chance manager Robert Splaine has to see the candidates on a level playing field this year, so to speak - following the cancellation of the Belgian nations cup in Lummen - performances over the past year-and-a-half must form a major element in his deliberations.