The OldVelos Vintage Classic Concours d’Elegance Awards 2019

This years Concours d’Elegance came to a very dramatic finale with the dramatic late arrival of the overall winner the magnificent Holdsworth Super Mistral restoration by Fintan Foley.

In the absence of the OldVelo Paul Musgrave, the regular and very fastidious adjudicator, we had to appoint two judges Eamon Hartley, Tom Beck of Cloyne. It was a very hard assignment to mark this years entries as the standard has really reached new heights. None the less all were in agreement that the awards went to the right bikes.

And here they are:-

Category	Bike	Owner
“Best Bike Before Brexit”	Holdsworth Professional 1969	Fintan Foley
Winner of the ‘Keeper of the Flame’ Perpetual Trophy made and sponsored by Donard Bikes	Genesis	Ronan Ryan
Best Peugeot *Sponsored by T & C Motors, Peugeot Dealers*	Peugeot 531 Professional	Gerard Murphy
Best Italian	Guerciotti Low-Profile Bike	Stan Christian
Best Irish *Sponsored by Café Velo*	The ‘Elite’ range by Donard Bikes	Owen Byrne
Best French Best Dutch / Belgium	Vitus ‘France-Loire’ 1982 Gazelle	Russell Treacy Stephen Wallis
Best Original *Sponsored by Metalman Brewing*	Chesini Olympiad 1986	Ken Hall
Best Restoration *Sponsored by Rebike*	TVT 1985	Ken Hall
People’s Choice *sponsored by Flogas Ireland*	Mercian Tandem	Alec & Nial Darragh
Best Trike	Higgins Lightweight	Malcolm Waters
DRUM ROLL…AND THE WINNER OF BEST IN SHOW IS….

Overall Winner of the *Longford Vintage Tractor Spares Perpetual Trophy* 2019	Holdsworth Professional 1969	Fintan Foley
OTHER CATEGORIES
“Who ate his porridge this morning” *sponsored by Flahavans*	John Barrons
The ‘Spirit of Cycling’ prize sponsored by Battaglin Bikes	The riders of the Rebike-OldVelos Tweed & Twine Cycle	Photograph: Rory O’Toole
Finest Barbecue after a Cycle	Coach House Coffee
Young Cyclist Award *sponsored by* *YoungVelos*	Damiano	Photograph: Rory O’Toole