There was another good win for Brian Kenneally of the CarrickCidona team in the Stamullen Grand Prix yesterday. After a couple of costly mishaps in recent races, Kenneally had been the decisive winner of the four-day Ras Mumhan at Easter. Yesterday his superiority was again in no doubt as he left breakaway companions Philip Cassidy, Conor Henry and Ciaran Power to finish on his own.
Kenneally (23), a farmer from Piltown, said he covered each break, and although the six laps of 12 miles in the cold and wet was too much for many of the starters, he was still comparatively fresh at the end.
After groups of seven and four led on the first two laps, Karl Donnelly and Stephen O'Sullivan went ahead and they were 35 seconds clear of a group of 17 at the half-way point.
Kenneally, Cassidy, Henry, Power and Shane Baker caught Donnelly and O'Sullivan, with David McQuaid and Kiaran McMahon at 45 seconds, but going out on the last lap Kenneally, Cassidy, Henry and Power were almost a minute ahead.
On the hill for the last time Cassidy attacked, but Kenneally said he dropped the other two and when he got back up to Cassidy he just rode away from him.
At the finish Kenneally had 47 seconds to spare over Cassidy and another 17 seconds elapsed before Henry out-sprinted Power for third place.
