THE backdrop of the New York skyline and the Statue of Liberty at the Longines Global Championship Tour of New York will simply never get old. For the riders who travel on the tour, the New York leg, held on the 172-acre Governor Island which is just 800 yards from Manhattan, is always the most jaw dropping.

There was plenty of Irish interest last week and both Eoin McMahon and Shane Breen scored five-star wins while Shane Sweetnam qualified for the GCT Super Grand Prix in Prague when fourth in Saturday night’s Grand Prix.