Write a commentThis Sunday the 6th of April will see Newry Wheelers hosting the Tour of the Mournes.
One of the oldest races the Tour of the Mournes is now in its 55th year and is regarded as an Ulster Classic.
The 72 mile route takes the riders from Newry to Newcastle via Warrenpoint and Kilkeel, after the fast start the first hills of the day come at Byransford before the peloton heads into Hilltown and then on to Kilcoo, Castlewellan, Moneyslane before tackling the penultimate and decisive climb at Rathfriland before the fast charge into Newry with only Shim hill to conquer before the sprint at the Test centre on the Rathfriland road.
Newry wheelers have a strong squad and will hope to improve on recent 2nd placings in the past few years from Sean Featherstone and Mark Mc Kinley to take the top spot and the Jim Traynor memorial trophy home.
Des Woods is in great form so far this season as is Jude Sands and Cathal Clarke. As are Juniors But home wins are hard to come by as the rest of the riders look to the promoting club to take up the riding so the Newry Wheelers will need to be on top of their game.
Newry Wheelers Line Up – Tour of the Mournes 2014
A1 Vet – Des Woods
A2 – Drew McKinley, Rory Farrell, Gareth McCullough
A3 – Barry Moaghan, Barry Convery, Declan Reid, Conor Curran, Cathal Clarke, Jude Sands, Gary Henning, James Mulligan,
Racing starts at 10.30a.m from Newry and will finish approx. 1.15/1.30 at the Mot test centre
