{"id":663558,"date":"2026-06-29T01:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T01:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/663558\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T01:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T01:00:15","slug":"heverin-crowned-irish-champ-this-one-is-for-shane-obrien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/663558\/","title":{"rendered":"Heverin crowned Irish champ | &#8220;This one is for Shane O&#8217;Brien&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-208192\" width=\"auto\" height=\"724\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1363\/897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/heverin-crowned-irish-champ-quot-this-one-is-for-shane-o-039-brien-quot.jpg\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Emer Hevrin (16) was out on her own at the end of the junior women&#8217;s road race at the National Road Championships in Cong, Co Mayo, today, Saturday (Photo: Toby Watson)<\/p>\n<p>Emer Heverin (CAMS Majaco) has emerged from her first appearance at the National Road Championships &#8211; for seniors and juniors &#8211; with two gold medals to add to the elite National Criterium Championships she won last month.<\/p>\n<p>The 16-year-old was out on her own at the end of the junior women&#8217;s race in Cong, Co Mayo, on Sunday morning, after having already won the junior women&#8217;s TT last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This one is for my team mate Shane, he was a great friend to us all and he is really missed,&#8221; she said of CAMS Majaco Irish junior<\/p>\n<p>Shane O&#8217;Brien who tragically lost his life in a training accident on the road just outside Lismore, Co Waterford, last Tuesday week.<\/p>\n<p>Heverin wore a black armband in the race today in memory of Shane, said the last couple of weeks had been tough, though she raced as hard as she could in his honour.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stickybottle.com\/races-results\/video-seth-dunwoody-powers-to-irish-elite-mens-road-race-title-208190\" aria-label=\"Video - Seth Dunwoody powers to Irish elite men&#039;s road race title\" class=\"block flex-shrink-0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/video-seth-dunwoody-powers-to-irish-elite-men-039-s-road-race-title.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full w-full h-auto !my-0\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" alt=\"Video - Seth Dunwoody powers to Irish elite men's road race title\"   loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stickybottle.com\/races-results\/ex-irish-international-takes-british-champs-silver-with-90km-solo-attack-208211\" aria-label=\"Ex-Irish international takes British champs silver with 90km solo attack\" class=\"block flex-shrink-0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ex-irish-international-takes-british-champs-silver-with-90km-solo-attack.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full w-full h-auto !my-0\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" alt=\"Ex-Irish international takes British champs silver with 90km solo attack\"   loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heverin said she &#8220;made a few moves at the start just to see&#8221; the response from the others in the field.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then around the back of the circuit, halfway through the first lap, I just pushed on up the hill and Aoife came with me,&#8221; she said, adding she then &#8220;went again&#8221;, going solo for about 40km.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was feeling good, I just made sure not to go too deep at the start and just keep it controlled,&#8221; she said, adding she did not feel pressurised by the fact people saw her as the clear favourite.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I knew I was feeling strong and I knew what I had to come and do,&#8221; she said of winning the event by 3:51 from the three-rider chasing group.<\/p>\n<p>From that group, Ffion Dolan (VW Breda) took the sprint from silver, with Aoife O&#8217;Donovan (Dungarvan CC) 3rd in what was a very tight finish with Ysabella Huele (Rudyco Cycling Team vzw).<\/p>\n<p>Heverin&#8217;s next assignment is the European Track Championships in just over one week&#8217;s time in Cottbus, Germany. Her focus will be on the individual pursuit, though she will also ride the omnium.<\/p>\n<p>She goes in with no pressure, saying she does not know where she will be in the European pecking order because &#8220;I&#8217;ve never done a big track race before&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Then she goes to Spain with her team for a three-week block of road racing, which will include three stage races, with some racing against U23s and elites.<\/p>\n<p>Junior Women&#8217;s Race (57.3km)<\/p>\n<p>Emer HEVERIN Camsmajaco 1:36:24<br \/>\nFfion DOLAN VW Breda +3:51<br \/>\nAoife O DONOVAN Dungarvan CC<br \/>\nYsabella HUELE Rudyco Cycling Team all same time<br \/>\nHolly MC CAFFREY Longcourt Hotel &#8211; NCW Wheelera +3:53<br \/>\nClodagh MOLYNEAUX Bohermeen CC 1:46:16<br \/>\nAoibhe REILLY Bohermeen CC 2:03:48<br \/>\nAmi FLAVIN Dungarvan CC 1:44:37<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emer Hevrin (16) was out on her own at the end of the junior women&#8217;s road race at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-663558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}