2025 Irish Men's National Cycling Championships

The village of Yellow Furze in Co. Meath hosted the 2025 Irish Road Race Cycling Championships. Great crowds turned out for a super race which ended in a close sprint between Rory Townsend and Jamie Meehan with Townsend winning the Elite and Meehan taking 2nd and claiming the jersey for first Under 23 rider. The first two, both awarded national champions jerseys.

The race was organised by the Navan Road Club & Yellow Furze Road Club in the lovely small village of Yellow Furze. The race incorporated the Meath Grand Prix and the Sean Nolan Cup which was presented to the winner Rory Townsend.

FULL RESULTS (All finishers)

2025 Cycling Ireland Elite Men (inc. U23) Road Race National Championships

1. Rory TOWNSEND Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 3:38:50 3:38:50
2. Jamie MEEHAN U23 AVC Aix Provence Dole 3:38:51 +1
3. Patrick CASEY U23 Israel Premier Tech Academy 3:38:54 +3
4. Darren RAFFERTY EF Education Easypost 3:38:56 +6
5. Seth DUNWOODY U23 Bahrain Victorious Development Team 3:39:20 +29
6. Finn CROCKETT VolkerWessels Cycling Team 3:39:20 ''
7. Gareth O'NEILL Athlete Nutrition Coach HD 3:39:20 ''
8. Odhran DOOGAN U23 Team Caldwell Cycles 3:39:20 ''
9. Conn McDUNPHY Team Skyline 3:39:20 ''
10. Liam O'BRIEN U23 Lidl-Trek Future Racing 3:39:22 +32
11. Adam RAFFERTY U23 Hagens Berman Jayco 3:39:24 +33
12. Matti DOBBINS Mypad Racing 3:42:11 +3: 20
13. Ryan MULLEN Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 3:42:13 +3: 22
14. Cian KEOGH Team Skyline 3:45:17 +6: 27
15. Dean HARVEY U23 Martigues Sport Cyclisme 3:45:18 +6: 28
16. Jack Bernard MURPHY Kilcullen Cycling Club Murphy Geospacial 3:45:18 ''
17. Ruairi BYRNE U23 UCD Cycling Club 3:45:24 +6: 33
18. Ronan O'CONNOR U23 Team Skyline 3:45:24 ''
19. Patrick O'LOUGHLIN U23 Panduit Carrick Wheelers 3:45:24 ''
20. Killian O'BRIEN U23 Petrolike 3:45:24 ''
21. Stefan CAULFIELD-DREIER U23 Giant Store Assen cycling team NWVG 3:45:24 ''
22. Mark DOWLING All human/VeloRevolution Racing Team 3:45:24 ''
23. Sean NOLAN Navan Road Club 3:45:24 ''
24. Darnell MOORE Team Caldwell Cycles 3:45:24 ''
25. Luke SMITH Moynalty Cycling Club 3:45:24 ''
26. Daire FEELEY Burren Cycling Club 3:45:24 ''
27. Adam KELLY Mg.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente 3:45:24 ''
28. Dillon CORKERY St Michel preference home Auber 93 3:45:24 ''
29. Christopher MARSHALL U23 Velo Performance Racing Team 3:45:24 ''
30. Finn McHENRY U23 Edinburgh Bike Fitting RT 3:45:24 ''
31. Willem O'CONNOR U23 Velo Performance Racing Team 3:45:29 +6: 39
32. Curtis NEILL U23 Lyon Sprint Evolution 3:45:29 ''
33. Padraig MORAN Lakeside Wheelers Mullingar CC 3:45:34 +6: 43
34. Lindsay WATSON Powerhouse Sport 3:45:34 ''
35. George PEDEN Team PB Performance 3:45:34 ''
36. Eoin KELLY U23 UCD Cycling Club 3:45:44 +6: 54
37. Sean LUNDY U23 UCD Cycling Club 3:53:19 +14: 29

Average speed: 46.11 km/h

Competitors - Started: 87, Did not start: 8, Did not finish: 48

Note: Race distances in video are approximate

Race PA: Cian Lynch

Video by Peter Purfield

More archive pictures and video on https://www.IrishCycling.com

0:00 Race Start
1:00 The hill - lap1
1:55 The Feed - lap 2
4:30 The hill - lap 3
6:10 The Feed - lap 4
7:50 Crossroads - lap 4
9:30 Yellow Furze - 34k to go
10:33 Finishing Circuit
12:52 Race Finish
14:46 Presentations
19:00 Results