Ronan McLaughlin was the winner of the Donegal Atlantic Way Ultra 555 this morning with a record time to boot.
The Muff native completed the gruelling course in an excellent time of 17 hours, 21 minutes and 21 seconds, rolling into Letterkenny. McLaughlin beat the existing record of Cormac Keeney, set in 2018, by one hour and 22 minutes.
McLaughlin, in 2017, powered to victory in a time of 19 hours19 minutes 40 seconds.
Second to complete the course this morning was Glenswilly’s Mark McGinley, in a fantastic time of 18:21:15 – continuing the 21-year-old’s excellent progress in the saddle. Rory Devin from Buncrana was third in 18:36:10.
In the two-person event, Adrian Mc Dermott and Johnny Kane of Team LK Bikes were the winners in 17:46:41. Dean Lockhart’s crew won the four-person event in 16:22:24.
Results:
| 555K SOLO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Ronan Mc Laughlin | 17:21:21 | Finish | |||
| 16 | Mark Mc Ginley | 18:21:15 | Finish | |||
| 19 | Rory Devlin | 18:36:10 | Finish | |||
| 4 | Brendan Cassidy | 19:33:09 | Finish | |||
| 15 | Christopher Beattie | 19:34:32 | Finish | |||
| 2 | Aidan Fallon | 19:58:33 | Finish | |||
| 21 | Gavin O Connor | 21:02:43 | Finish | |||
| 18 | Colm Richardson | 21:04:12 | Finish | |||
| 10 | Alisdair Robinson | 21:53:42 | Finish | |||
| 14 | Paul Birchall | 22:29:30 | Finish | |||
| 24 | John Gilleran | 22:38:26 | Finish | |||
| 8 | Andrew Agnew | 22:38:31 | Finish | |||
| 17 | Adrian O Sullivan | 22:53:24 | Finish | |||
| 11 | Graham Sterritt | 23:11:27 | Finish | |||
| 13 | Ciaran Breslin | 23:26:23 | Finish | |||
| 6 | John McFadden | 24:44:15 | Finish | |||
| 20 | Conor Dunne | 24:59:04 | Finish | |||
| 22 | David Dougan | 25:13:59 | Finish | |||
| 5 | Gerard Callaghan | 25:39:32 | Finish | |||
| 3 | Patrick Morning | 26:31:54 | Finish | |||
| 9 | Chris Doherty | 27:29:10 | Finish | |||
| 7 | Francis Fury | 27:34:42 | Finish | |||
| 1 | Mike Burke | 28:47:07 | CP11 | |||
| 555K 2-PERSON TEAM | ||||||
| 30 | Team LK Bikes | 17:46:41 | Finish | |||
| 28 | McGreggor & O’Doherty | 17:48:15 | Finish | |||
| 32 | Team R & R | 18:53:59 | Finish | |||
| 27 | Galway DHKN Ltd | 20:23:46 | Finish | |||
| 26 | Fitton & Mannering | 20:32:48 | Finish | |||
| 25 | Smokey Spokes | 21:44:18 | Finish | |||
| 29 | Team Jack #85 | 25:06:25 | Finish | |||
| 555K 4-PERSON TEAM | ||||||
| 34 | Dean Lockart | 16:22:24 | Finish | |||
| 42 | Dads Army | 16:52:45 | Finish | |||
| 33 | The Friary Wheelers | 19:03:55 | Finish | |||
| 45 | Spin The Wheel | 19:32:45 | Finish | |||
| 36 | Team Ardera | 19:42:46 | Finish | |||
| 35 | The Cranford Chancers | 20:02:16 | Finish | |||
| 40 | The Pacers | 20:30:42 | Finish | |||
| 37 | Mountain Goats | 20:35:05 | Finish | |||
| 48 | Mc Cafferty’s | 21:17:24 | Finish | |||
| 39 | Team HEXAGONS | 22:48:14 | Finish | |||
| 41 | US Pulsetal | 22:56:17 | Finish | |||
| 44 | Team H8 Lawlors | 24:37:54 | Finish | |||
| 46 | The Lost Boys | 03:16:01 | CP2 | |||
