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Burren Cycling Club’s Paul Kennedy has described his second placed finish at the UCI World Time Trial Championships the best result of his career. Kennedy stated he was hoping for a top five finish with 46 competitors competing in the division with the Championships held in Italy. Kennedy secured silver in the 40-44 age category as he admits that after visiting the course five times in the lead-up to the event, he was surprised by alterations made to the layout prior to the commencement of the competition. “It was a strange Time Trial. I drove it five times the day before we competed. The organisers closed off the opposite side of the road than what I had expected so we had to drive the other side of the road. I expected to be going around the long side, but it was the same for everyone I imagine. I just had to get used to it as it went on.” After …
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