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Stage 1 - March 30: Dublin - Gorey, 65.3 miles
Stage 2 - March 31: Gorey - Gorey ITT, 4 miles
Stage 3 - March 31: Gorey circuit race, 60 miles
Stage 4 - April 1: Gorey - Dublin, 54 miles
By Tommy Campbell, Irish Independent/Evening Herald/Sunday Independent
The return of the 'King of the Classics', Sean Kelly to competive cycling yesterday did not have the desired effect that the majority would have wished for, but the Carrick-on-Suir man finished in the main group behind the stage winner, Paudi O'Brien.
Today's stage from Brittas in Co. Dublin to the sunny South East, Gorey in Co. Wexford was a particulrly fast stage with plenty of action all the way. For a time it looked as though the big bunch were in awe of the presence of Kelly who has been a household name in the sport before the majority of yesterdays' competitors were even born.
All of a sudden the main peloton swung into action shortly after Baltinglass and from there to the stage end it was all go.
At the finish it came down to one of the youngest competitor, Paudi O'Brien, snatching victory on the line from Ken Norgrove of the Dublin Wheeers. The duo had one second to spare over third placed Tony Doyle but in fourth place was Robert Whelan of Mayo Wheelers who led in a chasing group, 18 seconds in arrears of the winner.
Whelan's fourth place on the stage is interesting because he is on the team along with Kelly who left the bunch to hunt down the leaders. They were all of two minutes in arrears which is in itself a bonus for Whelan who has one of the most influential members in the pack now helping his cause.
So maybe the Mayo Wheelers have engineered a winning move which could ultimately decide the outcome of this event which finishes tomorrow ack on the outskirts of Dublin.
A number of eyes will be on Sean Kelly in tomorrow morning's the individual time trial. Ten Years ago he was a master, but with the passing of time it will be interesting to see how Sean squares up to the oppostition.
By Shane Stokes, Irishcycling.com
Junior rider Paudi O'Brien today handed out a lesson in bike racing to his more experienced competitors when he won the opening stage of the Dublin Skip Gorey 3 day race. At the end of the 66 mile stage the Kanturk rider outsprinted Ken Norgrove (Dublin Wheelers) to take his seventh consecutive win of the year, despite being hampered by the gear limitation imposed on junior riders.
O'Brien was active early on in the stage, going clear in a three man breakaway after Baltinglass. This group was joined by a 12 others after the long drag out of Hackettstown, and with no concerted chase behind, a decisive gap quickly opened. O'Brien tried to forge ahead again closer to the finish but his move was countered by the group; however the 15 rider break fragmented on the run-in to the line, greatly simplifying his task of taking the stage.
'I was away with three others before Hackettstown and then the other group came across to us. It was really organised so I knew that we were not going to get caught', O'Brien recounted afterwards. 'I tried to go away on the long drag about ten miles before the finish but got brought back - I then decided to wait until the sprint. It was a bit difficult for me at the end as I was limited to junior gears and we had a tailwind, but luckily I was able to come off his (Ken Norgrove's) wheel and take the stage.'
O'Brien says that he is not too worried about tomorrow's two stages, a 4 mile time trial and a 60 mile circuit race in the afternoon. 'I will give it a lash but it will be hard to do a good time trial if we have a tail wind (due to gear restrictions). To tell you the truth, I am happy to have done what I have done in the race. Anything else is a bonus', he said with a smile.
Even if tomorrow morning does bring a tailwind, O'Brien's chances of remaining close to yellow are considerably enhanced by the fact that just 14 other riders are anyway close to him in the overall standings. The main bunch finished two minutes and three seconds down today, with UCD's Alan Lane taking the gallop into Gorey and former world number one Sean Kelly riding prominently in his stage race comeback.
The Mayo Wheelers rider was 9th in that nervous, dangerous rush for the line, placing 24th on the stage but clearly enjoying his return. Three stages remain in the Dublin Skip Gorey 3 day, 3 stages which provide opportunity for 'Cannibal' Kelly to once again chase success in a bike race. The stakes are considerably smaller than in the old days, but one gets the impression that he might just have a go if the opportunity presents itself and the legs feel good.
Once an animal always an animal, you could say.
1 Paudi O'Brien (Kanturk CC) 2.43.43 (38.48 km/h) 2 Ken Norgrove (Dublin Wheelers) 3 Anthony Doyle (Team WORC) 0.01 4 Robert Whelan (Mayo Whlrs.) 0.08 5 Matt Dempsey (IMBRC) 6 Sean Lally (McNally Swords) 7 Fergal Cahill (Banteer) 8 David Byrne (Usher IRC) 9 Barry Woods (Killorglin) 10 Mark Quigley (Mayo Whlrs.) 11 Neil Martin (On The Edge R.T.) 12 Denis McCarthy (DPC First Legal) 0.12 13 Simon Moss (North. Bucks. Road Club) 0.21 14 Scott McDonald (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 0.23 15 Tom Fanning (IMBRC) 0.52 16 Alan Lane (UCD) 2.02 17 Anthony O'Brien (Leeside) 2.03 18 Conor Bartley (Fermoy CC) 19 Jonathan Cruise (Bray Wheelers CC) 20 Stephen Enright (Usher IRC) 21 Paul Teahan (Naas RC) 22 Sian Owens (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 23 Eamonn Prendergast (Bray Wheelers CC) 24 Sean Kelly (Mayo Whlrs.) 25 Tony Brabazon (Sorrento) 26 Tim Aherne (UCD) 27 Ciaran Farrell (Finglas Ravens) 28 Adam Kelly (Bray Wheelers CC) 29 William Moore (Cycleways Liverpool) 30 David Rawlins (Usher IRC) 31 Thomas Duggan (Leinster) 32 Ed Kelly (Kanturk CC) 33 Ian Ormond (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 34 Eugene Murtagh (Ravens Crt) 35 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 36 Alan Burke (Naas RC) 37 Noel McCarthy (Fermoy CC) 38 Willie Ormond (Mayo Whlrs.) 39 John Wall (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 40 John O'Brien (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 41 Noel Kelly (Stamullen) 42 Brendan Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 43 Shane Stokes (St. Tiernans) 44 Henry Crowley (Fermoy CC) 45 Bret Nelson (IMBRC) 46 Sean Tierney (McNally Swords) 47 Matt Kelly (Stamullen) 48 Terry McManus (Ravens Crt) 49 Basil Freeman (Eire Og) 50 Brian Hammond (Usher IRC) 51 Paul Doyle (Fermoy CC) 52 Shay Murphy (Stagg Lucan) 53 Ciaran Kelly (Usher IRC) 54 Peter Sharkey (Stamullen) 55 Dave King-Smith (Ravens Crt) 56 Russell Treacy (Banteer) 57 Keith Daly (McNally Swords) 58 Dave Elson (BH Raleigh) 59 Sean Bracken (Usher IRC) 60 Tom O'Toole (Mayo Whlrs.) 61 Wayne Maguire (North. Bucks. Road Club) 62 Noel Beggs (Stagg Lucan) 63 David Woods (Usher IRC) 64 Frank O'leary (Usher IRC) 65 James Hughes (Stagg Lucan) 66 Darragh Twomey (Banteer) 67 Alan Slevin (DPC First Legal) 68 Aidan Crowley (Banteer) 69 Roan Campbell (Galway CC) 70 Cathal Keane (Galway Bay) 71 Niall McGrath (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 72 Tommy McGowan (Ravens Crt) 73 Stephen Patton (Clann Eireann) 74 Derek Cunningham (Bray Wheelers CC) 75 Mark Cassidy (Leinster) 76 Sean Lally (McNally Swords) 77 Martin Caddow (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 78 Andrew McAllister (IMBRC) 79 Niall Quinlan (MAD Cycleways) 80 David Farrell (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 81 Theo Hardwick (Killorglin) 82 Mark Keegan (St. Tiernans) 83 Paul Reid (Ravens Crt) 84 Brendan Mulhare (Newbridge) 85 Stuart Gibson (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 86 Eoin Concannon (Killorglin) 87 Ronnie Brannigan (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 88 Oliver Gray (UCD) 89 Sean McGreevy (Phoenix CC) 90 Derek Irwin (BH Raleigh) 91 Declan Kinch (Bray Wheelers CC) 92 Aidan Hammond (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 93 Tom Baker (Fermoy CC) 94 Brian Taaffe (Dublin Wheelers) 95 John Dillon (Ravens Crt) 96 Derek King (Ravens Crt) 97 Jim Maguire (Stagg Lucan) 98 Justin McGee (BH Raleigh) 99 P.J. O'Malloran (Duhallow Wheelers) 100 Laurence Roche (BH Raleigh) 101 Finbarr Power (Unattached) 102 Mick Nulty (Stamullen) 103 Ciaran Steed (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 104 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 105 Paul Byrne (Dublin Wheelers) 106 Anto Moran (Ravens Crt) 107 Dave Ryan (Stagg Lucan) 108 Gearoid Loughnane (McNally Swords) 109 Phil Sinnett (North. Bucks. Road Club) 110 Fergus Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 111 Brendan Harte (Bohermeen) 112 John Carroll (Naas RC) 2.39 113 Jimmy Lawless (Leinster) 114 Tosh Lavery (DPC First Legal) 115 Kieran Smith (Autoview) 2.46 116 Willie Curtin (Kanturk CC) 3.42 117 Barry Flanaghan (Kanturk CC) 4.00 118 Karl Gallagher (DPC First Legal) 4.14 119 Paul Doyle (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 4.29 120 Joe Flood (Usher IRC) 4.32 121 Dave Walsh (Ravens Crt) 5.15 122 Cian Ryan (Bray Wheelers CC) 6.00 123 Kevin Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 6.39 124 Stephen O'Sullivan (Kanturk CC) 125 Anthony McMahon (McNally Swords) 6.44 126 Killian Deenihan (Tralee CC) 127 Tony O'Malley (McNally Swords) 9.32 128 Ciaran Fallon (Newbridge) 11.14 129 Andrew McQuaid (Emerald CC) 11.34 130 Brian Harris (Bray Wheelers CC) 131 Noor Hassan (Usher IRC) 132 Sean Duignan (Galway Bay) 133 Michael Concannon (Killorglin) 14.55 134 Padraig Dennehy (Killorglin) 135 Karl Brannigan (Naas RC) 136 Gary Elliott (North. Bucks. Road Club) 17.52 137 Andrew Duffin (Finglas Ravens) 138 Paul O'Donoghue (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 23.33 139 Cian Power (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 26.21 140 Michael Griffen (Fermoy CC) 141 Finbar O'Kane (Phoenix CC) 28.49 142 Alan Duffy (McNally Swords) 143 Paul O'Reilly (Usher IRC) 144 David Stapleton (Usher IRC) 145 Niall O'Leary (Usher IRC) 146 Leonard Carrigan (Dublin Wheelers) 147 Pat Ryan (Autoview) 29.14 148 David Conlon (IMBRC) 149 Sean Gibbons (Four Masters) 29.30 150 Donal Clancy (Four Masters) 151 Hill Julie (Cycleways Liverpool) 152 Gerard Lehane (Kanturk CC) 32.45 153 David Gleeson (Naas RC) 154 Eoin Redmond (IMBRC) 34.46 155 Gillian McDarby (IMBRC) 35.12 156 James Lattimore (Usher IRC) 35.31 157 Loius Casanova (Leeside Hope) 55.15 158 Mark McAlourm (Apollo) 56.27 159 Ciaran Duffy (Stagg Lucan) 160 John O'Regan (Ravens Crt) 161 Rebecca O'Connell (Bray Wheelers CC) 1.02.06 162 Paul Kelly (Ravens Crt) DNF R Reidy DNF R McClure Teams 1 Mayo Whlrs. 8.13.28 2 IMBRC 0.44 3 Dublin Wheelers 1.47 4 Usher IRC 1.55 5 McNally Swords 6 Banteer 7 Killorglin 8 North. Bucks. R 2.08 9 Orwell Whlrs. C 2.10 10 DPC First Legal 2.35 11 Kanturk CC 3.26 12 UCD 3.49 13 Bray Wheelers C 3.50 14 Cidona Carrick 15 Fermoy CC 16 Ravens Crt 17 Stamullen 18 Stagg Lucan 19 Hillcrest Hire 20 BH Raleigh 21 Naas RC 4.26 22 Leinster General classification after stage 1 1 Paudi O'Brien (Kanturk CC) 2.43.43 (38.48 km/h) 2 Ken Norgrove (Dublin Wheelers) 3 Anthony Doyle (Team WORC) 0.01 4 Robert Whelan (Mayo Whlrs.) 0.08 5 Matt Dempsey (IMBRC) 6 Sean Lally (McNally Swords) 7 Fergal Cahill (Banteer) 8 David Byrne (Usher IRC) 9 Barry Woods (Killorglin) 10 Mark Quigley (Mayo Whlrs.) 11 Neil Martin (On The Edge R.T.) 12 Denis McCarthy (DPC First Legal) 0.12 13 Simon Moss (North. Bucks. Road Club) 0.21 14 Scott McDonald (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 0.23 15 Tom Fanning (IMBRC) 0.52 16 Alan Lane (UCD) 2.02 17 Anthony O'Brien (Leeside) 2.03 18 Conor Bartley (Fermoy CC) 19 Jonathan Cruise (Bray Wheelers CC) 20 Stephen Enright (Usher IRC) 21 Paul Teahan (Naas RC) 22 Sian Owens (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 23 Eamonn Prendergast (Bray Wheelers CC) 24 Sean Kelly (Mayo Whlrs.) 25 Tony Brabazon (Sorrento) 26 Tim Aherne (UCD) 27 Ciaran Farrell (Finglas Ravens) 28 Adam Kelly (Bray Wheelers CC) 29 William Moore (Cycleways Liverpool) 30 David Rawlins (Usher IRC) 31 Thomas Duggan (Leinster) 32 Ed Kelly (Kanturk CC) 33 Ian Ormond (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 34 Eugene Murtagh (Ravens Crt) 35 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 36 Alan Burke (Naas RC) 37 Noel McCarthy (Fermoy CC) 38 Willie Ormond (Mayo Whlrs.) 39 John Wall (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 40 John O'Brien (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 41 Noel Kelly (Stamullen) 42 Brendan Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 43 Shane Stokes (St. Tiernans) 44 Henry Crowley (Fermoy CC) 45 Bret Nelson (IMBRC) 46 Sean Tierney (McNally Swords) 47 Matt Kelly (Stamullen) 48 Terry McManus (Ravens Crt) 49 Basil Freeman (Eire Og) 50 Brian Hammond (Usher IRC) 51 Paul Doyle (Fermoy CC) 52 Shay Murphy (Stagg Lucan) 53 Ciaran Kelly (Usher IRC) 54 Peter Sharkey (Stamullen) 55 Dave King-Smith (Ravens Crt) 56 Russell Treacy (Banteer) 57 Keith Daly (McNally Swords) 58 Dave Elson (BH Raleigh) 59 Sean Bracken (Usher IRC) 60 Tom O'Toole (Mayo Whlrs.) 61 Wayne Maguire (North. Bucks. Road Club) 62 Noel Beggs (Stagg Lucan) 63 David Woods (Usher IRC) 64 Frank O'leary (Usher IRC) 65 James Hughes (Stagg Lucan) 66 Darragh Twomey (Banteer) 67 Alan Slevin (DPC First Legal) 68 Aidan Crowley (Banteer) 69 Roan Campbell (Galway CC) 70 Cathal Keane (Galway Bay) 71 Niall McGrath (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 72 Tommy McGowan (Ravens Crt) 73 Stephen Patton (Clann Eireann) 74 Derek Cunningham (Bray Wheelers CC) 75 Mark Cassidy (Leinster) 76 Sean Lally (McNally Swords) 77 Martin Caddow (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 78 Andrew McAllister (IMBRC) 79 Niall Quinlan (MAD Cycleways) 80 David Farrell (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 81 Theo Hardwick (Killorglin) 82 Mark Keegan (St. Tiernans) 83 Paul Reid (Ravens Crt) 84 Brendan Mulhare (Newbridge) 85 Stuart Gibson (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 86 Eoin Concannon (Killorglin) 87 Ronnie Brannigan (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 88 Oliver Gray (UCD) 89 Sean McGreevy (Phoenix CC) 90 Derek Irwin (BH Raleigh) 91 Declan Kinch (Bray Wheelers CC) 92 Aidan Hammond (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 93 Tom Baker (Fermoy CC) 94 Brian Taaffe (Dublin Wheelers) 95 John Dillon (Ravens Crt) 96 Derek King (Ravens Crt) 97 Jim Maguire (Stagg Lucan) 98 Justin McGee (BH Raleigh) 99 P.J. O'Malloran (Duhallow Wheelers) 100 Laurence Roche (BH Raleigh) 101 Finbarr Power (Unattached) 102 Mick Nulty (Stamullen) 103 Ciaran Steed (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 104 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 105 Paul Byrne (Dublin Wheelers) 106 Anto Moran (Ravens Crt) 107 Dave Ryan (Stagg Lucan) 108 Gearoid Loughnane (McNally Swords) 109 Phil Sinnett (North. Bucks. Road Club) 110 Fergus Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 111 Brendan Harte (Bohermeen) 112 John Carroll (Naas RC) 2.39 113 Jimmy Lawless (Leinster) 114 Tosh Lavery (DPC First Legal) 115 Kieran Smith (Autoview) 2.46 116 Willie Curtin (Kanturk CC) 3.42 117 Barry Flanaghan (Kanturk CC) 4.00 118 Karl Gallagher (DPC First Legal) 4.14 119 Paul Doyle (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 4.29 120 Joe Flood (Usher IRC) 4.32 121 Dave Walsh (Ravens Crt) 5.15 122 Cian Ryan (Bray Wheelers CC) 6.00 123 Kevin Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 6.39 124 Stephen O'Sullivan (Kanturk CC) 125 Anthony McMahon (McNally Swords) 6.44 126 Killian Deenihan (Tralee CC) 127 Tony O'Malley (McNally Swords) 9.32 128 Ciaran Fallon (Newbridge) 11.14 129 Andrew McQuaid (Emerald CC) 11.34 130 Brian Harris (Bray Wheelers CC) 131 Noor Hassan (Usher IRC) 132 Sean Duignan (Galway Bay) 133 Michael Concannon (Killorglin) 14.55 134 Padraig Dennehy (Killorglin) 135 Karl Brannigan (Naas RC) 136 Gary Elliott (North. Bucks. Road Club) 17.52 137 Andrew Duffin (Finglas Ravens) 138 Paul O'Donoghue (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 23.33 139 Cian Power (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 26.21 140 Michael Griffen (Fermoy CC) 141 Finbar O'Kane (Phoenix CC) 28.49 142 Alan Duffy (McNally Swords) 143 Paul O'Reilly (Usher IRC) 144 David Stapleton (Usher IRC) 145 Niall O'Leary (Usher IRC) 146 Leonard Carrigan (Dublin Wheelers) 147 Pat Ryan (Autoview) 29.14 148 David Conlon (IMBRC) 149 Sean Gibbons (Four Masters) 29.30 150 Donal Clancy (Four Masters) 151 Hill Julie (Cycleways Liverpool) 152 Gerard Lehane (Kanturk CC) 32.45 153 David Gleeson (Naas RC) 154 Eoin Redmond (IMBRC) 34.46 155 Gillian McDarby (IMBRC) 35.12 156 James Lattimore (Usher IRC) 35.31 157 Loius Casanova (Leeside Hope) 55.15 158 Mark McAlourm (Apollo) 56.27 159 Ciaran Duffy (Stagg Lucan) 160 John O'Regan (Ravens Crt) 161 Rebecca O'Connell (Bray Wheelers CC) 1.02.06 162 Paul Kelly (Ravens Crt) DNF R Reidy DNF R McClure Veterans classification 1 Sean Kelly (Mayo Whlrs.) 2.45.46 2 William Moore (Cycleways Liverpool) 3 Noel McCarthy (Fermoy CC) 4 Sean Bracken (Usher IRC) 5 Tom O'Toole (Mayo Whlrs.) 6 David Woods (Usher IRC) 7 Sean Lally (McNally Swords) 8 Declan Kinch (Bray Wheelers CC) 9 Mick Nulty (Stamullen) 10 Tosh Lavery (DPC First Legal) 0.36 11 Karl Gallagher (DPC First Legal) 2.11 12 Anthony McMahon (McNally Swords) 4.41 13 Michael Griffen (Fermoy CC) 24.18 Category 3 classification 1 Conor Bartley (Fermoy CC) 2.45.46 2 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 3 John O'Brien (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 4 Noel Kelly (Stamullen) 5 Wayne Maguire (North. Bucks. Road Club) 6 Aidan Crowley (Banteer) 7 Roan Campbell (Galway CC) 8 Derek Cunningham (Bray Wheelers CC) 9 David Farrell (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 10 Brendan Mulhare (Newbridge) 11 Tom Baker (Fermoy CC) 12 P.J. O'Malloran (Duhallow Wheelers) 13 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 14 Phil Sinnett (North. Bucks. Road Club) 15 Kieran Smith (Autoview) 0.43 16 Joe Flood (Usher IRC) 2.29 17 Killian Deenihan (Tralee CC) 4.41 18 Sean Duignan (Galway Bay) 9.31 19 Gary Elliott (North. Bucks. Road Club) 15.49 20 Paul O'Donoghue (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 21.30 21 Paul O'Reilly (Usher IRC) 26.46 22 Pat Ryan (Autoview) 27.11 23 Donal Clancy (Four Masters) 27.27 24 Gerard Lehane (Kanturk CC) 30.42 Junior classification 1 Paudi O'Brien (Kanturk CC) 2.43.43 2 Stephen Enright (Usher IRC) 2.03 3 David Rawlins (Usher IRC) 4 Thomas Duggan (Leinster) 5 Ian Ormond (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 6 Keith Daly (McNally Swords) 7 Mark Cassidy (Leinster) 8 Jimmy Lawless (Leinster) 2.39 9 Andrew McQuaid (Emerald CC) 11.34 10 Cian Power (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 26.21 11 Alan Duffy (McNally Swords) 28.49 Lady classification 1 Hill Julie (Cycleways Liverpool) 3.13.13 2 Gillian McDarby (IMBRC) 5.42 3 Rebecca O'Connell (Bray Wheelers CC) 32.36 Team classification 1 Mayo Whlr 8.13.28 2 IMBRC 0.44 3 Dublin Wh 1.47 4 Usher IRC 1.55 5 McNally S 6 Banteer 7 Killorgli 8 North. Bu 2.08 9 Orwell Wh 2.10 10 DPC First 2.35 11 Kanturk C 3.26 12 UCD 3.49 13 Bray Whee 3.50 14 Cidona Ca 15 Fermoy CC 16 Ravens Cr 17 Stamullen 18 Stagg Luc 19 Hillcrest 20 BH Raleig 21 Naas RC 4.26 22 Leinster
1 John Wall (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 7.10.88 (53.74 km/h) 2 Paudi O'Brien (Kanturk CC) 0.05.94 3 Adam Kelly (Bray Wheelers CC) 0.11.05 4 Sean Bracken (Usher IRC) 0.12.85 5 Anthony Doyle (Team WORC) 0.16.51 6 Anto Moran (Ravens Crt) 0.17.09 7 Neil Martin (On The Edge R.T.) 0.18.60 8 Paul Teahan (Naas RC) 0.18.64 9 Tim Aherne (UCD) 0.20.36 10 Simon Moss (North. Bucks. Road Club) 0.21.22 11 Barry Woods (Killorglin) 0.21.29 12 Eugene Murtagh (Ravens Crt) 0.22.35 13 Robert Whelan (Mayo Whlrs.) 0.25.90 14 Alan Lane (UCD) 0.27.12 15 Aidan Hammond (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 0.27.21 16 Mark Quigley (Mayo Whlrs.) 0.27.37 17 Frank O'leary (Usher IRC) 0.27.44 18 David Byrne (Usher IRC) 0.27.55 19 Derek King (Ravens Crt) 0.28.08 20 Tosh Lavery (DPC First Legal) 0.28.98 21 Michael Concannon (Killorglin) 0.29.89 22 Theo Hardwick (Killorglin) 0.29.91 23 Scott McDonald (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 0.30.12 24 Ken Norgrove (Dublin Wheelers) 0.30.33 25 John Dillon (Ravens Crt) 0.30.48 26 Sean Lally (McNally Swords) 0.31.53 27 David Woods (Usher IRC) 0.32.25 28 Dave Ryan (Stagg Lucan) 0.33.61 29 Laurence Roche (BH Raleigh) 0.33.74 30 Sian Owens (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 0.35.40 31 Darragh Twomey (Banteer) 0.35.53 32 Derek Cunningham (Bray Wheelers CC) 0.35.82 33 Mark Keegan (St. Tiernans) 0.35.97 34 Mark Cassidy (Leinster) 0.36.13 35 Brian Taaffe (Dublin Wheelers) 0.37.26 36 Alan Slevin (DPC First Legal) 0.37.45 37 Denis McCarthy (DPC First Legal) 0.37.53 38 Jonathan Cruise (Bray Wheelers CC) 0.37.66 39 Paul Reid (Ravens Crt) 0.38.46 40 Karl Gallagher (DPC First Legal) 0.39.70 41 Ciaran Steed (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 0.40.42 42 Fergal Cahill (Banteer) 0.41.23 43 Sean McGreevy (Phoenix CC) 0.41.65 44 Andrew McAllister (IMBRC) 0.41.67 45 Justin McGee (BH Raleigh) 0.41.72 46 Joe Flood (Usher IRC) 0.41.76 47 Stephen Enright (Usher IRC) 0.41.79 48 Ed Kelly (Kanturk CC) 0.42.31 49 Russell Treacy (Banteer) 0.42.94 50 Eoin Concannon (Killorglin) 0.43.43 51 Ian Ormond (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 0.43.62 52 Tony O'Malley (McNally Swords) 0.43.97 53 Thomas Duggan (Leinster) 0.44.04 54 William Moore (Cycleways Liverpool) 0.44.09 55 Brian Hammond (Usher IRC) 0.44.12 56 Terry McManus (Ravens Crt) 0.46.02 57 Tom Fanning (IMBRC) 0.46.03 58 Alan Burke (Naas RC) 0.46.09 59 Cian Power (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 0.46.87 60 Peter Sharkey (Stamullen) 0.47.43 61 Declan Kinch (Bray Wheelers CC) 0.48.04 62 Phil Sinnett (North. Bucks. Road Club) 0.48.09 63 Aidan Crowley (Banteer) 0.48.73 64 David Rawlins (Usher IRC) 0.48.83 65 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 0.50.09 66 Jimmy Lawless (Leinster) 0.50.31 67 Tommy McGowan (Ravens Crt) 0.50.45 68 Paul Byrne (Dublin Wheelers) 0.50.73 69 Noor Hassan (Usher IRC) 0.51.95 70 Brian Harris (Bray Wheelers CC) 0.52.02 71 Eamonn Prendergast (Bray Wheelers CC) 0.52.62 72 Brendan Harte (Bohermeen) 73 Paul Doyle (Fermoy CC) 0.52.95 74 Ronnie Brannigan (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 0.52.98 75 Shane Stokes (St. Tiernans) 0.53.65 76 Noel McCarthy (Fermoy CC) 0.53.76 77 Stephen Patton (Clann Eireann) 0.53.81 78 Conor Bartley (Fermoy CC) 0.54.25 79 Derek Irwin (BH Raleigh) 0.55.11 80 Henry Crowley (Fermoy CC) 0.55.44 81 John Carroll (Naas RC) 0.55.54 82 Basil Freeman (Eire Og) 0.55.91 83 Brendan Mulhare (Newbridge) 0.57.85 84 Niall Quinlan (MAD Cycleways) 0.57.89 85 Matt Dempsey (IMBRC) 0.58.72 86 Niall O'Leary (Usher IRC) 0.59.41 87 Dave King-Smith (Ravens Crt) 1.00.11 88 Paul O'Donoghue (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 1.00.17 89 Andrew McQuaid (Emerald CC) 1.00.38 90 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 1.00.40 91 Stuart Gibson (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 1.00.44 92 Gearoid Loughnane (McNally Swords) 1.01.35 93 Alan Duffy (McNally Swords) 1.01.42 94 Bret Nelson (IMBRC) 1.03.00 95 Tom O'Toole (Mayo Whlrs.) 1.04.60 96 Noel Kelly (Stamullen) 1.04.66 97 P.J. O'Malloran (Duhallow Wheelers) 1.05.17 98 Karl Brannigan (Naas RC) 1.06.48 99 Mick Nulty (Stamullen) 1.06.83 100 Martin Caddow (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 1.07.59 101 Tony Brabazon (Sorrento) 1.08.29 102 Dave Elson (BH Raleigh) 1.08.51 103 Leonard Carrigan (Dublin Wheelers) 1.08.55 104 Oliver Gray (UCD) 1.09.06 105 Stephen O'Sullivan (Kanturk CC) 1.09.08 106 Keith Daly (McNally Swords) 1.09.38 107 Anthony O'Brien (Leeside) 1.09.45 108 Wayne Maguire (North. Bucks. Road Club) 1.09.72 109 Niall McGrath (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 1.10.41 110 Fergus Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 1.11.36 111 Cathal Keane (Galway Bay) 1.11.47 112 Ciaran Duffy (Stagg Lucan) 1.12.94 113 Eoin Redmond (IMBRC) 1.13.48 114 John O'Brien (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 1.13.92 115 Donal Clancy (Four Masters) 1.14.52 116 Cian Ryan (Bray Wheelers CC) 1.15.24 117 James Hughes (Stagg Lucan) 1.15.25 118 Jim Maguire (Stagg Lucan) 1.15.33 119 Ciaran Kelly (Usher IRC) 1.16.16 120 James Lattimore (Usher IRC) 1.16.71 121 Sean Duignan (Galway Bay) 1.17.69 122 Roan Campbell (Galway CC) 1.18.19 123 Gary Elliott (North. Bucks. Road Club) 1.18.27 124 Anthony McMahon (McNally Swords) 1.19.87 125 Paul O'Reilly (Usher IRC) 1.20.31 126 John O'Regan (Ravens Crt) 1.20.83 127 Andrew Duffin (Finglas Ravens) 1.21.76 128 Sean Tierney (McNally Swords) 1.21.91 129 Willie Ormond (Mayo Whlrs.) 1.22.30 130 Willie Curtin (Kanturk CC) 1.22.41 131 Barry Flanaghan (Kanturk CC) 1.23.48 132 David Farrell (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 1.23.73 133 Tom Baker (Fermoy CC) 1.27.01 134 Dave Walsh (Ravens Crt) 1.27.96 135 Noel Beggs (Stagg Lucan) 1.29.37 136 Sean Kelly (Mayo Whlrs.) 1.30.28 137 Shay Murphy (Stagg Lucan) 1.30.48 138 Finbar O'Kane (Phoenix CC) 1.31.77 139 Michael Griffen (Fermoy CC) 1.32.51 140 Ciaran Fallon (Newbridge) 1.33.36 141 Gerard Lehane (Kanturk CC) 1.33.93 142 Killian Deenihan (Tralee CC) 1.36.42 143 Paul Doyle (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 1.36.71 144 Padraig Dennehy (Killorglin) 1.37.58 145 Loius Casanova (Leeside Hope) 1.44.98 146 Hill Julie (Cycleways Liverpool) 1.45.14 147 Rebecca O'Connell (Bray Wheelers CC) 1.46.84 148 Gillian McDarby (IMBRC) 149 Finbarr Power (Unattached) 1.48.28 150 David Conlon (IMBRC) 1.48.43 151 Brendan Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 1.51.53 152 Paul Kelly (Ravens Crt) 1.53.11 153 Sean Gibbons (Four Masters) 2.02.82 154 Sean Lally (McNally Swords) 2.04.48 155 Kevin Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 2.25.58 156 Mark McAlourm (Apollo) 2.31.84 DNS Kieran Smith (Autoview) DNS David Stapleton (Usher IRC) DNS Matt Kelly (Stamullen) DNS Pat Ryan (Autoview) DNS Ciaran Farrell (Finglas Ravens) DNS David Gleeson (Naas RC) Teams 1 Ravens Crt 22.38 2 Usher IRC 0.01 3 Cidona Carrick 0.12 4 Killorglin 0.14 5 Bray Wheelers C 0.17 6 DPC First Legal 0.37 7 Orwell Whlrs. C 0.44 8 UCD 0.50 9 Kanturk CC 0.50 10 Mayo Whlrs. 0.51 11 Dublin Wheelers 0.52 12 Banteer 0.53 13 Naas RC 0.53 14 BH Raleigh 1.03 15 Leinster 1.04 16 McNally Swords 1.10 17 North. Bucks. R 1.12 18 IMBRC 1.19 19 Fermoy CC 1.34 20 Stagg Lucan 1.51 21 Stamullen 1.52 22 Hillcrest Hire 2.11 General classification after stage 2 1 Paudi O'Brien (Kanturk CC) 2.50.59 2 Anthony Doyle (Team WORC) 0.12 3 Neil Martin (On The Edge R.T.) 0.21 4 Barry Woods (Killorglin) 0.24 5 Ken Norgrove (Dublin Wheelers) 0.25 6 Robert Whelan (Mayo Whlrs.) 0.28 7 Mark Quigley (Mayo Whlrs.) 0.30 8 David Byrne (Usher IRC) 9 Sean Lally (McNally Swords) 0.34 10 Simon Moss (North. Bucks. Road Club) 0.37 11 Fergal Cahill (Banteer) 0.44 12 Denis McCarthy (DPC First Legal) 13 Scott McDonald (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 0.48 14 Matt Dempsey (IMBRC) 1.01 15 Tom Fanning (IMBRC) 1.03 16 John Wall (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 1.57 17 Adam Kelly (Bray Wheelers CC) 2.08 18 Sean Bracken (Usher IRC) 2.10 19 Anto Moran (Ravens Crt) 2.14 20 Paul Teahan (Naas RC) 2.16 21 Tim Aherne (UCD) 2.18 22 Eugene Murtagh (Ravens Crt) 2.20 23 Alan Lane (UCD) 2.24 24 Aidan Hammond (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 2.25 25 Frank O'leary (Usher IRC) 26 Derek King (Ravens Crt) 27 Theo Hardwick (Killorglin) 2.27 28 John Dillon (Ravens Crt) 2.28 29 David Woods (Usher IRC) 2.30 30 Dave Ryan (Stagg Lucan) 2.31 31 Laurence Roche (BH Raleigh) 32 Sian Owens (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 2.33 33 Darragh Twomey (Banteer) 34 Derek Cunningham (Bray Wheelers CC) 35 Mark Keegan (St. Tiernans) 36 Mark Cassidy (Leinster) 2.34 37 Brian Taaffe (Dublin Wheelers) 2.35 38 Alan Slevin (DPC First Legal) 39 Jonathan Cruise (Bray Wheelers CC) 40 Paul Reid (Ravens Crt) 2.36 41 Ciaran Steed (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 2.38 42 Sean McGreevy (Phoenix CC) 2.39 43 Andrew McAllister (IMBRC) 44 Justin McGee (BH Raleigh) 45 Stephen Enright (Usher IRC) 46 Ed Kelly (Kanturk CC) 2.40 47 Russell Treacy (Banteer) 48 Eoin Concannon (Killorglin) 2.41 49 Ian Ormond (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 50 Thomas Duggan (Leinster) 51 William Moore (Cycleways Liverpool) 52 Brian Hammond (Usher IRC) 2.42 53 Terry McManus (Ravens Crt) 2.43 54 Alan Burke (Naas RC) 55 Peter Sharkey (Stamullen) 2.45 56 Declan Kinch (Bray Wheelers CC) 57 Phil Sinnett (North. Bucks. Road Club) 58 Aidan Crowley (Banteer) 2.46 59 David Rawlins (Usher IRC) 60 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 2.47 61 Tommy McGowan (Ravens Crt) 2.48 62 Paul Byrne (Dublin Wheelers) 63 Eamonn Prendergast (Bray Wheelers CC) 2.50 64 Brendan Harte (Bohermeen) 65 Paul Doyle (Fermoy CC) 66 Ronnie Brannigan (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 67 Shane Stokes (St. Tiernans) 2.51 68 Noel McCarthy (Fermoy CC) 69 Stephen Patton (Clann Eireann) 70 Conor Bartley (Fermoy CC) 2.52 71 Derek Irwin (BH Raleigh) 72 Henry Crowley (Fermoy CC) 2.53 73 Basil Freeman (Eire Og) 74 Brendan Mulhare (Newbridge) 2.55 75 Niall Quinlan (MAD Cycleways) 76 Dave King-Smith (Ravens Crt) 2.57 77 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 2.58 78 Stuart Gibson (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 79 Gearoid Loughnane (McNally Swords) 2.59 80 Bret Nelson (IMBRC) 3.00 81 Tom O'Toole (Mayo Whlrs.) 3.02 82 Noel Kelly (Stamullen) 83 Tosh Lavery (DPC First Legal) 84 P.J. O'Malloran (Duhallow Wheelers) 3.03 85 Mick Nulty (Stamullen) 3.04 86 Martin Caddow (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 3.05 87 Tony Brabazon (Sorrento) 3.06 88 Dave Elson (BH Raleigh) 89 Oliver Gray (UCD) 90 Keith Daly (McNally Swords) 3.07 91 Anthony O'Brien (Leeside) 92 Wayne Maguire (North. Bucks. Road Club) 93 Niall McGrath (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 3.08 94 Fergus Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 3.09 95 Cathal Keane (Galway Bay) 96 John O'Brien (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 3.11 97 James Hughes (Stagg Lucan) 3.13 98 Jim Maguire (Stagg Lucan) 99 Ciaran Kelly (Usher IRC) 3.14 100 Roan Campbell (Galway CC) 3.16 101 Sean Tierney (McNally Swords) 3.19 102 Willie Ormond (Mayo Whlrs.) 3.20 103 David Farrell (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 3.21 104 Jimmy Lawless (Leinster) 3.24 105 Tom Baker (Fermoy CC) 106 Noel Beggs (Stagg Lucan) 3.27 107 Sean Kelly (Mayo Whlrs.) 3.28 108 Shay Murphy (Stagg Lucan) 109 John Carroll (Naas RC) 3.29 110 Finbarr Power (Unattached) 3.46 111 Brendan Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 3.49 112 Sean Lally (McNally Swords) 4.02 113 Karl Gallagher (DPC First Legal) 4.48 114 Willie Curtin (Kanturk CC) 4.59 115 Joe Flood (Usher IRC) 5.08 116 Barry Flanaghan (Kanturk CC) 5.18 117 Paul Doyle (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 6.00 118 Dave Walsh (Ravens Crt) 6.37 119 Cian Ryan (Bray Wheelers CC) 7.10 120 Stephen O'Sullivan (Kanturk CC) 7.42 121 Anthony McMahon (McNally Swords) 7.58 122 Killian Deenihan (Tralee CC) 8.15 123 Kevin Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 8.59 124 Tony O'Malley (McNally Swords) 10.10 125 Noor Hassan (Usher IRC) 12.20 126 Brian Harris (Bray Wheelers CC) 127 Andrew McQuaid (Emerald CC) 12.29 128 Ciaran Fallon (Newbridge) 12.42 129 Sean Duignan (Galway Bay) 12.46 130 Michael Concannon (Killorglin) 15.19 131 Karl Brannigan (Naas RC) 15.56 132 Padraig Dennehy (Killorglin) 16.27 133 Gary Elliott (North. Bucks. Road Club) 19.05 134 Andrew Duffin (Finglas Ravens) 19.08 135 Paul O'Donoghue (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 24.28 136 Cian Power (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 27.02 137 Michael Griffen (Fermoy CC) 27.48 138 Niall O'Leary (Usher IRC) 29.43 139 Alan Duffy (McNally Swords) 29.45 140 Leonard Carrigan (Dublin Wheelers) 29.52 141 Paul O'Reilly (Usher IRC) 30.04 142 Finbar O'Kane (Phoenix CC) 30.15 143 Donal Clancy (Four Masters) 30.39 144 David Conlon (IMBRC) 30.57 145 Hill Julie (Cycleways Liverpool) 31.10 146 Sean Gibbons (Four Masters) 31.27 147 Gerard Lehane (Kanturk CC) 34.13 148 Eoin Redmond (IMBRC) 35.54 149 James Lattimore (Usher IRC) 36.42 150 Gillian McDarby (IMBRC) 36.53 151 Loius Casanova (Leeside Hope) 56.54 152 Ciaran Duffy (Stagg Lucan) 57.34 153 John O'Regan (Ravens Crt) 57.42 154 Mark McAlourm (Apollo) 58.53 155 Rebecca O'Connell (Bray Wheelers CC) 1.03.47 156 Paul Kelly (Ravens Crt) 1.03.53 Veteran classification 1 Sean Bracken (Usher IRC) 2.53.09 2 David Woods (Usher IRC) 0.20 3 William Moore (Cycleways Liverpool) 0.31 4 Declan Kinch (Bray Wheelers CC) 0.35 5 Noel McCarthy (Fermoy CC) 0.41 6 Tom O'Toole (Mayo Whlrs.) 0.52 7 Tosh Lavery (DPC First Legal) 0.52 8 Mick Nulty (Stamullen) 0.54 9 Sean Kelly (Mayo Whlrs.) 1.18 10 Sean Lally (McNally Swords) 1.52 11 Karl Gallagher (DPC First Legal) 2.38 12 Anthony McMahon (McNally Swords) 5.48 13 Michael Griffen (Fermoy CC) 25.38 Category 3 classification 1 Derek Cunningham (Bray Wheelers CC) 2.53.32 2 Phil Sinnett (North. Bucks. Road Club) 0.12 3 Aidan Crowley (Banteer) 0.13 4 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 0.14 5 Conor Bartley (Fermoy CC) 0.19 6 Brendan Mulhare (Newbridge) 0.22 7 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 0.25 8 Noel Kelly (Stamullen) 0.29 9 P.J. O'Malloran (Duhallow Wheelers) 0.30 10 Wayne Maguire (North. Bucks. Road Club) 0.34 11 John O'Brien (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 0.38 12 Roan Campbell (Galway CC) 0.43 13 David Farrell (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 0.48 14 Tom Baker (Fermoy CC) 0.51 15 Joe Flood (Usher IRC) 2.35 16 Killian Deenihan (Tralee CC) 5.42 17 Sean Duignan (Galway Bay) 10.13 18 Gary Elliott (North. Bucks. Road Club) 16.32 19 Paul O'Donoghue (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 21.55 20 Paul O'Reilly (Usher IRC) 27.31 21 Donal Clancy (Four Masters) 28.06 22 Gerard Lehane (Kanturk CC) 31.40 Junior classification 1 Paudi O'Brien (Kanturk CC) 2.50.59 2 Barry Woods (Killorglin) 0.24 3 Mark Cassidy (Leinster) 2.34 4 Stephen Enright (Usher IRC) 2.39 5 Ian Ormond (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 2.41 6 Thomas Duggan (Leinster) 2.41 7 David Rawlins (Usher IRC) 2.46 8 Keith Daly (McNally Swords) 3.07 9 Jimmy Lawless (Leinster) 3.24 10 Andrew McQuaid (Emerald CC) 12.29 11 Cian Power (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 27.02 12 Alan Duffy (McNally Swords) 29.45 Lady classification 1 Hill Julie (Cycleways Liverpool) 3.22.09 2 Gillian McDarby (IMBRC) 5.43 3 Rebecca O'Connell (Bray Wheelers CC) 32.37 Team classification 1 Mayo Whlr 8.36.57 2 IMBRC 0.43 3 Usher IRC 1.05 4 Killorgli 1.18 5 Dublin Wh 1.48 6 Banteer 1.57 7 Orwell Wh 2.03 8 McNally S 2.14 9 DPC First 2.21 10 North. Bu 2.29 11 Ravens Cr 2.59 12 Cidona Ca 3.11 13 Bray Whee 3.16 14 Kanturk C 3.25 15 UCD 3.48 16 BH Raleig 4.02 17 Naas RC 4.28 18 Fermoy CC 4.33 19 Leinster 4.39 20 Stagg Luc 4.50 21 Stamullen 4.51 22 Hillcrest 5.10
By Tommy Campbell, Irish Independent/Evening Herald/Sunday Independent
All of 29 years ago, a young junior by the name of Sean Kelly won the Gorey Three Day and today another junior, Paudi O'Brien from the Kanturk Credit Union Cycling Club will do likewise, all going well.
No doubt Paudi has been the revelation of this years event, which has seen the great cyclist himself Sean Kelly, come out of retirement to participate at a high level of competition after an absence of seven years.
Whereas Sean is not enjoying the best of competition because of a lack of fitness, the same cannot be said of young O'Brien, who has taken the challenge to the remainder of the competitors.
On Saturday, O'Brien won the opening stage from Brittas to the Co. Wexford town of Gorey. Yesterday he was still in fine fettle, as he reproduced his form by claiming two second places. In the morning time trial, O'Brien had to settle for second place behind John Wall of the Cidona Carrick team. In the afternoon stage on the 60 mile road stage around the general area of Gorey, he was again second to Sean Bracken.
O'Brien strengthened his lead at the top of the leaderboard by over two minutes. This margin should be sufficient to win the Gorey, which has received a lot of publicity this year because of the presence of Sean Kelly, thus ensuing cycling of a knock-on effect.
1 Sean Bracken (Usher IRC) 2.33.23 (53.74 km/h) 2 Paudi O'Brien (Kanturk CC) 3 Scott McDonald (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 2.05 4 Ken Norgrove (Dublin Wheelers) 5 David Byrne (Usher IRC) 2.07 6 Tim Aherne (UCD) 7 Neil Martin (On The Edge R.T.) 8 Wayne Maguire (North. Bucks. Road Club) 3.27 9 Brendan Harte (Bohermeen) 10 Tom Fanning (IMBRC) 11 Peter Sharkey (Stamullen) 12 Fergus Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 13 Anthony Doyle (Team WORC) 14 Frank O'leary (Usher IRC) 15 Tosh Lavery (DPC First Legal) 16 Ed Kelly (Kanturk CC) 17 Simon Moss (North. Bucks. Road Club) 18 Mark Quigley (Mayo Whlrs.) 19 Russell Treacy (Banteer) 20 Matt Dempsey (IMBRC) 21 Theo Hardwick (Killorglin) 22 Gearoid Loughnane (McNally Swords) 23 Derek Cunningham (Bray Wheelers CC) 24 Barry Woods (Killorglin) 25 Anthony O'Brien (Leeside) 26 Alan Lane (UCD) 27 David Woods (Usher IRC) 28 Eugene Murtagh (Ravens Crt) 29 Dave Ryan (Stagg Lucan) 30 Robert Whelan (Mayo Whlrs.) 31 Sean Lally (McNally Swords) 32 Anto Moran (Ravens Crt) 33 Paul Teahan (Naas RC) 4.37 34 Brendan Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 35 Jonathan Cruise (Bray Wheelers CC) 36 Henry Crowley (Fermoy CC) 37 Conor Bartley (Fermoy CC) 38 Sean Kelly (Mayo Whlrs.) 39 Andrew McQuaid (Emerald CC) 40 William Moore (Cycleways Liverpool) 41 Sian Owens (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 42 John O'Brien (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 43 Denis McCarthy (DPC First Legal) 44 Oliver Gray (UCD) 45 Adam Kelly (Bray Wheelers CC) 46 Eoin Concannon (Killorglin) 47 David Rawlins (Usher IRC) 48 Cathal Keane (Galway Bay) 49 Tom O'Toole (Mayo Whlrs.) 50 Ian Ormond (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 51 Tony Brabazon (Sorrento) 52 Tom Baker (Fermoy CC) 53 Gary Elliott (North. Bucks. Road Club) 54 Niall Quinlan (MAD Cycleways) 55 Noel McCarthy (Fermoy CC) 56 Noor Hassan (Usher IRC) 57 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 58 Aidan Crowley (Banteer) 59 Darragh Twomey (Banteer) 60 Dave Elson (BH Raleigh) 61 Ciaran Duffy (Stagg Lucan) 62 Shane Stokes (St. Tiernans) 63 Ronnie Brannigan (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 64 Mark Cassidy (Leinster) 65 Noel Beggs (Stagg Lucan) 66 Niall McGrath (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 67 James Hughes (Stagg Lucan) 68 John Carroll (Naas RC) 69 Terry McManus (Ravens Crt) 70 Declan Kinch (Bray Wheelers CC) 71 Aidan Hammond (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 72 Ciaran Steed (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 73 Paul Byrne (Dublin Wheelers) 74 Sean Lally (McNally Swords) 75 John Dillon (Ravens Crt) 76 Anthony McMahon (McNally Swords) 77 Alan Burke (Naas RC) 78 P.J. O'Malloran (Duhallow Wheelers) 79 Mick Nulty (Stamullen) 80 Laurence Roche (BH Raleigh) 81 Stuart Gibson (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 82 Mark McAlourm (Apollo) 83 Stephen Patton (Clann Eireann) 6.13 84 Bret Nelson (IMBRC) 9.09 85 Noel Kelly (Stamullen) 10.31 86 Mark Keegan (St. Tiernans) 12.41 87 Willie Ormond (Mayo Whlrs.) 13.02 88 Fergal Cahill (Banteer) 14.49 89 Sean McGreevy (Phoenix CC) 90 Cian Power (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 91 Martin Caddow (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 19.41 92 Barry Flanaghan (Kanturk CC) 20.21 93 Ciaran Kelly (Usher IRC) 22.27 94 Derek King (Ravens Crt) 95 Jimmy Lawless (Leinster) 96 Brian Hammond (Usher IRC) 97 Dave King-Smith (Ravens Crt) 98 Keith Daly (McNally Swords) 99 Andrew McAllister (IMBRC) 100 Alan Slevin (DPC First Legal) 101 Karl Gallagher (DPC First Legal) 102 Eamonn Prendergast (Bray Wheelers CC) 103 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 104 Roan Campbell (Galway CC) 105 Andrew Duffin (Finglas Ravens) 106 Jim Maguire (Stagg Lucan) 107 Ciaran Fallon (Newbridge) 108 Donal Clancy (Four Masters) 109 James Lattimore (Usher IRC) 110 Phil Sinnett (North. Bucks. Road Club) 111 Stephen O'Sullivan (Kanturk CC) 112 Tony O'Malley (McNally Swords) 113 David Farrell (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 114 Sean Tierney (McNally Swords) 115 Brian Taaffe (Dublin Wheelers) 116 Sean Duignan (Galway Bay) 117 Basil Freeman (Eire Og) 118 Leonard Carrigan (Dublin Wheelers) 119 Dave Walsh (Ravens Crt) 27.49 120 Paul Reid (Ravens Crt) 121 Finbar O'Kane (Phoenix CC) 28.47 122 Killian Deenihan (Tralee CC) 123 Michael Griffen (Fermoy CC) 124 Hill Julie (Cycleways Liverpool) 125 Gerard Lehane (Kanturk CC) 126 Sean Gibbons (Four Masters) 127 Finbarr Power (Unattached) 37.40 128 Tommy McGowan (Ravens Crt) 129 Brendan Mulhare (Newbridge) 130 David Conlon (IMBRC) 39.30 131 Loius Casanova (Leeside Hope) 44.30 132 Alan Duffy (McNally Swords) 133 Gillian McDarby (IMBRC) 58.03 134 Kevin Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 59.09 General Classification after stage 3 1 Paudi O'Brien (Kanturk CC) 5.22.24 2 Sean Bracken (Usher IRC) 2.10 3 Neil Martin (On The Edge R.T.) 2.28 4 Ken Norgrove (Dublin Wheelers) 2.30 5 David Byrne (Usher IRC) 2.37 6 Scott McDonald (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 2.53 7 Anthony Doyle (Team WORC) 3.39 8 Barry Woods (Killorglin) 3.51 9 Robert Whelan (Mayo Whlrs.) 3.55 10 Mark Quigley (Mayo Whlrs.) 3.57 11 Sean Lally (McNally Swords) 4.01 12 Simon Moss (North. Bucks. Road Club) 4.04 13 Tim Aherne (UCD) 4.25 14 Matt Dempsey (IMBRC) 4.28 15 Tom Fanning (IMBRC) 4.30 16 Denis McCarthy (DPC First Legal) 5.21 17 Anto Moran (Ravens Crt) 5.41 18 Eugene Murtagh (Ravens Crt) 5.47 19 Alan Lane (UCD) 5.51 20 Frank O'leary (Usher IRC) 5.52 21 Theo Hardwick (Killorglin) 5.54 22 David Woods (Usher IRC) 5.57 23 Dave Ryan (Stagg Lucan) 5.58 24 Derek Cunningham (Bray Wheelers CC) 6.00 25 Ed Kelly (Kanturk CC) 6.07 26 Russell Treacy (Banteer) 6.07 27 Peter Sharkey (Stamullen) 6.12 28 Brendan Harte (Bohermeen) 6.17 29 Gearoid Loughnane (McNally Swords) 6.26 30 Tosh Lavery (DPC First Legal) 6.29 31 Anthony O'Brien (Leeside) 6.34 32 Wayne Maguire (North. Bucks. Road Club) 6.34 33 Fergus Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 6.36 34 Adam Kelly (Bray Wheelers CC) 6.45 35 Paul Teahan (Naas RC) 6.53 36 Aidan Hammond (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 7.02 37 John Dillon (Ravens Crt) 7.05 38 Laurence Roche (BH Raleigh) 7.08 39 Sian Owens (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 7.10 40 Darragh Twomey (Banteer) 7.10 41 Mark Cassidy (Leinster) 7.11 42 Jonathan Cruise (Bray Wheelers CC) 7.12 43 Ciaran Steed (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 7.15 44 Eoin Concannon (Killorglin) 7.18 45 Ian Ormond (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 7.18 46 William Moore (Cycleways Liverpool) 7.18 47 Terry McManus (Ravens Crt) 7.20 48 Alan Burke (Naas RC) 7.20 49 Declan Kinch (Bray Wheelers CC) 7.22 50 Aidan Crowley (Banteer) 7.23 51 David Rawlins (Usher IRC) 7.23 52 Paul Byrne (Dublin Wheelers) 7.25 53 Ronnie Brannigan (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 7.27 54 Shane Stokes (St. Tiernans) 7.28 55 Noel McCarthy (Fermoy CC) 7.28 56 Conor Bartley (Fermoy CC) 7.29 57 Henry Crowley (Fermoy CC) 7.30 58 Niall Quinlan (MAD Cycleways) 7.32 59 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 7.35 60 Stuart Gibson (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 7.35 61 Tom O'Toole (Mayo Whlrs.) 7.39 62 P.J. O'Malloran (Duhallow Wheelers) 7.40 63 Mick Nulty (Stamullen) 7.41 64 Tony Brabazon (Sorrento) 7.43 65 Dave Elson (BH Raleigh) 7.43 66 Oliver Gray (UCD) 7.43 67 Niall McGrath (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 7.45 68 Cathal Keane (Galway Bay) 7.46 69 John O'Brien (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 7.48 70 James Hughes (Stagg Lucan) 7.50 71 Tom Baker (Fermoy CC) 8.01 72 Noel Beggs (Stagg Lucan) 8.04 73 Sean Kelly (Mayo Whlrs.) 8.05 74 John Carroll (Naas RC) 8.06 75 Brendan Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 8.26 76 Sean Lally (McNally Swords) 8.39 77 Stephen Patton (Clann Eireann) 9.04 78 Bret Nelson (IMBRC) 12.09 79 Anthony McMahon (McNally Swords) 12.35 80 Noel Kelly (Stamullen) 13.33 81 Mark Keegan (St. Tiernans) 15.14 82 Fergal Cahill (Banteer) 15.33 83 Willie Ormond (Mayo Whlrs.) 16.22 84 Noor Hassan (Usher IRC) 16.57 85 Andrew McQuaid (Emerald CC) 17.06 86 Sean McGreevy (Phoenix CC) 17.28 87 Martin Caddow (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 22.46 88 Gary Elliott (North. Bucks. Road Club) 23.42 89 Derek King (Ravens Crt) 24.52 90 Brian Taaffe (Dublin Wheelers) 25.02 91 Alan Slevin (DPC First Legal) 25.02 92 Karl Gallagher (DPC First Legal) 25.04 93 Andrew McAllister (IMBRC) 25.06 94 Brian Hammond (Usher IRC) 25.09 95 Phil Sinnett (North. Bucks. Road Club) 25.12 96 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 25.14 97 Eamonn Prendergast (Bray Wheelers CC) 25.17 98 Basil Freeman (Eire Og) 25.20 99 Dave King-Smith (Ravens Crt) 25.24 100 Keith Daly (McNally Swords) 25.34 101 Barry Flanaghan (Kanturk CC) 25.39 102 Jim Maguire (Stagg Lucan) 25.40 103 Ciaran Kelly (Usher IRC) 25.41 104 Roan Campbell (Galway CC) 25.43 105 Sean Tierney (McNally Swords) 25.46 106 David Farrell (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 25.48 107 Jimmy Lawless (Leinster) 25.51 108 Stephen O'Sullivan (Kanturk CC) 30.09 109 Paul Reid (Ravens Crt) 30.25 110 Tony O'Malley (McNally Swords) 32.37 111 Dave Walsh (Ravens Crt) 34.26 112 Ciaran Fallon (Newbridge) 35.09 113 Sean Duignan (Galway Bay) 35.13 114 Killian Deenihan (Tralee CC) 37.02 115 Tommy McGowan (Ravens Crt) 40.28 116 Brendan Mulhare (Newbridge) 40.35 117 Finbarr Power (Unattached) 41.26 118 Andrew Duffin (Finglas Ravens) 41.35 119 Cian Power (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 41.51 120 Leonard Carrigan (Dublin Wheelers) 52.19 121 Donal Clancy (Four Masters) 53.06 122 Michael Griffen (Fermoy CC) 56.35 123 Finbar O'Kane (Phoenix CC) 59.02 124 James Lattimore (Usher IRC) 59.09 125 Hill Julie (Cycleways Liverpool) 59.57 126 Sean Gibbons (Four Masters) 1.00.14 127 Ciaran Duffy (Stagg Lucan) 1.02.11 128 Gerard Lehane (Kanturk CC) 1.03.00 129 Mark McAlourm (Apollo) 1.03.30 130 Kevin Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 1.08.08 131 David Conlon (IMBRC) 1.10.27 132 Alan Duffy (McNally Swords) 1.14.15 133 Gillian McDarby (IMBRC) 1.34.56 134 Loius Casanova (Leeside Hope) 1.41.24 Veteran overall GC Sean Bracken (Usher IRC) 5.26.32 Neil Martin (On The Edge R.T.) 0.18 David Woods (Usher IRC) 3.47 Tosh Lavery (DPC First Legal) 4.19 William Moore (Cycleways Liverpool) 5.08 Declan Kinch (Bray Wheelers CC) 5.12 Noel McCarthy (Fermoy CC) 5.18 Tom O'Toole (Mayo Whlrs.) 5.29 Mick Nulty (Stamullen) 5.31 Sean Kelly (Mayo Whlrs.) 5.55 Sean Lally (McNally Swords) 6.29 Anthony McMahon (McNally Swords) 10.25 Karl Gallagher (DPC First Legal) 22.54 Michael Griffen (Fermoy CC) 54.25 Category 3 overall GC Derek Cunningham (Bray Wheelers CC) 5.30.22 Wayne Maguire (North. Bucks. Road Club) 1.34 Aidan Crowley (Banteer) 1.23 Conor Bartley (Fermoy CC) 1.29 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 1.35 P.J. O'Malloran (Duhallow Wheelers) 1.40 John O'Brien (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 1.48 Tom Baker (Fermoy CC) 2.01 Noel Kelly (Stamullen) 7.33 Gary Elliott (North. Bucks. Road Club) 17.42 Phil Sinnett (North. Bucks. Road Club) 19.12 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 19.14 Roan Campbell (Galway CC) 19.43 David Farrell (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 19.48 Sean Duignan (Galway Bay) 29.13 Killian Deenihan (Tralee CC) 31.02 Brendan Mulhare (Newbridge) 34.35 Donal Clancy (Four Masters) 47.06 Gerard Lehane (Kanturk CC) 57.00 Junior overall GC Paudi O'Brien (Kanturk CC) 5.24.22 Barry Woods (Killorglin) 3.51 Theo Hardwick (Killorglin) 5.54 Mark Cassidy (Leinster) 7.11 Eoin Concannon (Killorglin) 7.18 Ian Ormond (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 7.18 David Rawlins (Usher IRC) 7.23 Andrew McQuaid (Emerald CC) 17.06 Keith Daly (McNally Swords) 25.34 Jimmy Lawless (Leinster) 25.51 Cian Power (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 41.51 Alan Duffy (McNally Swords) 1.14.15 Women overall GC Julie Hill (Cycleways Liverpool) 6.24.19 Gillian McDarby (IMBRC) 34.59 Team General Classification 1 Usher IRC 16.23.45 2 Mayo Whlr 4.52 3 Killorgli 6.10 4 Orwell Wh 6.43 5 McNally S 7.06 6 UCD 7.20 7 North. Bu 7.21 8 Ravens Cr 7.51 9 Banteer 7.59 10 Bray Whee 9.18 11 Stagg Luc 9.42 12 IMBRC 10.07 13 Naas RC 11.04 14 Fermoy CC 11.45 15 Stamullen 16.47 16 Kanturk C 20.34 17 Cidona Ca 20.35 18 Dublin Wh 24.18 19 DPC First 25.37 20 Hillcrest 30.12 Results courtesy of Seamus Shortall
By Tommy Campbell, Irish Independent/Evening Herald/Sunday Independent
Paudi O'Brien scooped the biggest prize of his cycling career to date when he won outright the Gorey Dublin Skip Three Day, which finished up in Brittas, Co. Dublin. Over three days of competition and four stages the junior from Kanturk was always in the thick of the action. He certainly laid claim to the overall prize when he won the first stage into Gorey on Saturday. His two second placings in the time trial and the road stage on Sunday copper-fastened his lead at the head of the race.
In the final stage from the Co. Wexford town to Brittas, a distance of 54 miles, he sat comfortably in the big bunch and was observant of all the moves that were going around him. He was not in the least perturbed when Tim Aherne a former Junior Tour winner moved ahead to win the stage by a margin of 42 seconds from Frank O'Leary of the Usher IRC team who claimed the team prize. Paudi finished in 35th place all of 48 seconds in arrears of the stage winner, his worst placing over the three days, but then again he knew it was a fait accomplir.
The event was all the richer for the participation of Sean Kelly who came out of retirement to pit his talent against opposition who were not born when he won this event back in 1973.
By Shane Stokes, Irishcycling.com
Overnight leader Paudi O'Brien today won the Dublin Skip Gorey 3 Day race, finishing safely alongside all his main rivals in the main bunch at the finish near Blessington. The 58 mile stage from Gorey back to Dublin was run off in difficult cold and wet conditions but as anticipated beforehand the Kanturk CC rider had no major difficulties in protecting his sizeable lead.
The sole change in the top ten placings of the general classification was Tim Ahern's jump to eighth place overall, overtaking Killorglin rider Barry Woods and, more importantly, capturing the final stage with a storming solo ride. The UCD rider went clear with Leinster"s James Lawless inside the final 20 miles, forged ahead alone shortly afterwards and reached the finish line 42 seconds clear of Frank O'Leary of Usher IRC. Ahern"s team mate Alan Lane rode well to take 3rd place, a further 2 seconds back, DPC First Legal's Alan Slevin was 4th and Brendan Harte of Bohermeen won the bunch sprint for fifth.
"I am delighted to win", said Paudi O'Brien afterwards. "I didn't feel too bad today, everyone was tired. There was a lot of jumping around early on, so I was happy when Tim Ahern went away - that settled things down a bit."
"I had no major worries in the stage - Anthony Doyle (Team WORC) had a few go's but there was no problems. My Kanturk team rode very well to keep things together. It is great to win the Gorey, it is my first time to take the overall in a stage race."
So what are O'Brien"s targets for the rest of the season? "I won't really aim for one event in particular - I would rather be going well all year, but one goal is to try to finish in the top twenty in the world championships. I would also like to try a few other races abroad - there is a chance I might go to Holland for two to three weeks in May but that hasn't been finalised yet."
As for stage winner Ahern, the FBD Milk Rás is one contest he hopes to ride this season. "I will hopefully do the Rás. I have college exams (second year commerce in UCD) until May 17th, and the Rás starts on May 19th. So it is a bit tight - hopefully it works out okay. I would also like to do well in the Under 23 National Championships later in the season. The aim this year is to get recognised and then hopefully, in the next year or two, I will go on to do well in bigger races."
"Today's win was a big encouragement. I got third two years ago on the final stage so it was nice to go better today. I felt a bit ropey for the first 30 miles because it was wet and cold, but once we got on the main road I felt a lot better. I had planned to hang back until Poulaphuca but after Baltinglass I went clear with James Lawless."
"We were riding hard for a few miles, then I did a big turn and when I looked back he was gone, so I just kept pushing it from there. A few miles later I was told I had a minute's lead, so I knew that I was set to win the stage as long as I didn't blow. I just kept the pace steady and got to the line without any problems"
1 Tim Aherne (UCD) 2.19.06 (37.53 km/h) 2 Frank O'leary (Usher IRC) 0.42 3 Alan Lane (UCD) 0.44 4 Alan Slevin (DPC First Legal) 0.45 5 Brendan Harte (Bohermeen) 0.48 6 Tosh Lavery (DPC First Legal) 7 Peter Sharkey (Stamullen) 8 Mark Quigley (Mayo Whlrs.) 9 David Rawlins (Usher IRC) 9 Jimmy Lawless (Leinster) 9 James Hughes (Stagg Lucan) 9 Ciaran Duffy (Stagg Lucan) 9 Brendan Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 9 Kevin Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 9 Fergus Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 9 Dave Ryan (Stagg Lucan) 9 Wayne Maguire (North. Bucks. Road Club) 9 Simon Moss (North. Bucks. Road Club) 9 Gary Elliott (North. Bucks. Road Club) 9 Gearoid Loughnane (McNally Swords) 9 Sean Tierney (McNally Swords) 9 Sean Lally (McNally Swords) 9 Bret Nelson (IMBRC) 9 Tom Fanning (IMBRC) 9 Andrew McAllister (IMBRC) 9 Barry Flanaghan (Kanturk CC) 9 Ed Kelly (Kanturk CC) 9 Stephen O'Sullivan (Kanturk CC) 9 Paudi O'Brien (Kanturk CC) 9 Noel McCarthy (Fermoy CC) 9 Conor Bartley (Fermoy CC) 9 Henry Crowley (Fermoy CC) 9 Tom Baker (Fermoy CC) 9 Anthony O'Brien (Leeside) 9 Paul Byrne (Dublin Wheelers) 9 Ken Norgrove (Dublin Wheelers) 9 Basil Freeman (Eire Og) 9 Aidan Hammond (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 9 Ronnie Brannigan (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 9 Stuart Gibson (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 9 Niall McGrath (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 9 Martin Caddow (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 9 Scott McDonald (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 9 Brian Hammond (Usher IRC) 9 Sean Bracken (Usher IRC) 9 Noor Hassan (Usher IRC) 9 Derek Cunningham (Bray Wheelers CC) 9 Noel Beggs (Stagg Lucan) 9 Mark Keegan (St. Tiernans) 9 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 9 Brendan Mulhare (Newbridge) 9 Brian Taaffe (Dublin Wheelers) 9 Mick Nulty (Stamullen) 9 David Farrell (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 9 Jim Maguire (Stagg Lucan) 9 Stephen Patton (Clann Eireann) 9 Neil Martin (On The Edge R.T.) 9 Laurence Roche (BH Raleigh) 9 Andrew McQuaid (Emerald CC) 9 Darragh Twomey (Banteer) 9 Aidan Crowley (Banteer) 9 Fergal Cahill (Banteer) 9 Russell Treacy (Banteer) 9 Cathal Keane (Galway Bay) 9 Tony Brabazon (Sorrento) 9 Eoin Concannon (Killorglin) 9 Barry Woods (Killorglin) 9 Theo Hardwick (Killorglin) 9 Anthony McMahon (McNally Swords) 9 Ciaran Kelly (Usher IRC) 9 Dave Elson (BH Raleigh) 9 Roan Campbell (Galway CC) 9 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 9 Niall Quinlan (MAD Cycleways) 9 Willie Ormond (Mayo Whlrs.) 9 Sean Kelly (Mayo Whlrs.) 9 Robert Whelan (Mayo Whlrs.) 9 Mark Cassidy (Leinster) 9 Eugene Murtagh (Ravens Crt) 9 Derek King (Ravens Crt) 9 Anto Moran (Ravens Crt) 9 Paul Reid (Ravens Crt) 9 John Dillon (Ravens Crt) 9 Terry McManus (Ravens Crt) 9 Dave King-Smith (Ravens Crt) 9 John Carroll (Naas RC) 9 Paul Teahan (Naas RC) 9 Keith Daly (McNally Swords) 9 Denis McCarthy (DPC First Legal) 9 David Byrne (Usher IRC) 9 Anthony Doyle (Team WORC) 9 Karl Gallagher (DPC First Legal) 9 Ian Ormond (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 9 Sian Owens (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 9 Sean Gibbons (Four Masters) 9 Donal Clancy (Four Masters) 9 Adam Kelly (Bray Wheelers CC) 98 Gerard Lehane (Kanturk CC) 6.24 99 John O'Brien (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 8.56 99 Sean Duignan (Galway Bay) 101 James Lattimore (Usher IRC) 10.27 102 Leonard Carrigan (Dublin Wheelers) 11.58 103 Phil Sinnett (North. Bucks. Road Club) 14.21 104 Tom O'Toole (Mayo Whlrs.) 18.08 105 Finbarr Power (Unattached) 18.18 105 Michael Griffen (Fermoy CC) 105 Killian Deenihan (Tralee CC) 105 Hill Julie (Cycleways Liverpool) 105 William Moore (Cycleways Liverpool) 105 Alan Burke (Naas RC) 105 Gillian McDarby (IMBRC) 105 Cian Power (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 113 Alan Duffy (McNally Swords) 18.36 114 Dave Walsh (Ravens Crt) 19.53 115 Noel Kelly (Stamullen) 21.24 116 David Conlon (IMBRC) 21.50 116 Mark McAlourm (Apollo) DNF P.J. O'Malloran (Duhallow Wheelers) DNF Jonathan Cruise (Bray Wheelers CC) DNF Shane Stokes (St. Tiernans) DNF Ciaran Steed (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) DNF David Woods (Usher IRC) DNS Sean Lally (McNally Swords) DNS Tony O'Malley (McNally Swords) DNS Eamonn Prendergast (Bray Wheelers CC) DNS Declan Kinch (Bray Wheelers CC) DNS Matt Dempsey (IMBRC) DNS Oliver Gray (UCD) DNS Sean McGreevy (Phoenix CC) DNS Finbar O'Kane (Phoenix CC) DNS Ciaran Fallon (Newbridge) DNS Andrew Duffin (Finglas Ravens) DNS Tommy McGowan (Ravens Crt) DNS Loius Casanova (Leeside Hope) Teams 1 Usher IRC 6.59.36 2 DPC First Legal 0.03 3 Mayo Whlrs. 0.06 4 Banteer 4 Dublin Wheelers 4 Fermoy CC 4 IMBRC 4 Kanturk CC 4 Killorglin 4 McNally Swords 4 Naas RC 4 North. Bucks. R 4 Orwell Whlrs. C 4 Ravens Crt 4 Stagg Lucan 16 Cidona Carrick 17.36 17 Stamullen 20.42 Final general classification 1 Paudi O'Brien (Kanturk CC) 2 Sean Bracken (Usher IRC) 2.10 3 Neil Martin (On The Edge R.T.) 2.28 4 Ken Norgrove (Dublin Wheelers) 2.30 5 David Byrne (Usher IRC) 2.37 6 Scott McDonald (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 2.53 7 Tim Aherne (UCD) 3.37 8 Anthony Doyle (Team WORC) 3.39 9 Barry Woods (Killorglin) 3.51 10 Robert Whelan (Mayo Whlrs.) 3.55 11 Mark Quigley (Mayo Whlrs.) 3.57 12 Simon Moss (North. Bucks. Road Club) 4.04 13 Tom Fanning (IMBRC) 4.30 14 Denis McCarthy (DPC First Legal) 5.21 15 Anto Moran (Ravens Crt) 5.41 16 Frank O'leary (Usher IRC) 5.46 17 Alan Lane (UCD) 5.47 18 Eugene Murtagh (Ravens Crt) 5.47 19 Theo Hardwick (Killorglin) 5.54 20 Dave Ryan (Stagg Lucan) 5.58 21 Derek Cunningham (Bray Wheelers CC) 6.00 22 Ed Kelly (Kanturk CC) 6.07 23 Russell Treacy (Banteer) 6.07 24 Peter Sharkey (Stamullen) 6.12 25 Brendan Harte (Bohermeen) 6.17 26 Gearoid Loughnane (McNally Swords) 6.26 27 Tosh Lavery (DPC First Legal) 6.29 28 Anthony O'Brien (Leeside) 6.34 29 Wayne Maguire (North. Bucks. Road Club) 6.34 30 Fergus Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 6.36 31 Adam Kelly (Bray Wheelers CC) 6.45 32 Paul Teahan (Naas RC) 6.53 33 Aidan Hammond (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 7.02 34 John Dillon (Ravens Crt) 7.05 35 Laurence Roche (BH Raleigh) 7.08 36 Sian Owens (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 7.10 37 Darragh Twomey (Banteer) 7.10 38 Mark Cassidy (Leinster) 7.11 39 Eoin Concannon (Killorglin) 7.18 40 Ian Ormond (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 7.18 41 Terry McManus (Ravens Crt) 7.20 42 Aidan Crowley (Banteer) 7.23 43 David Rawlins (Usher IRC) 7.23 44 Paul Byrne (Dublin Wheelers) 7.25 45 Ronnie Brannigan (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 7.27 46 Noel McCarthy (Fermoy CC) 7.28 47 Conor Bartley (Fermoy CC) 7.29 48 Henry Crowley (Fermoy CC) 7.30 49 Niall Quinlan (MAD Cycleways) 7.32 50 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 7.35 51 Stuart Gibson (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 7.35 52 Mick Nulty (Stamullen) 7.41 53 Tony Brabazon (Sorrento) 7.43 54 Dave Elson (BH Raleigh) 7.43 55 Niall McGrath (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 7.45 56 Cathal Keane (Galway Bay) 7.46 57 James Hughes (Stagg Lucan) 7.50 58 Tom Baker (Fermoy CC) 8.01 59 Noel Beggs (Stagg Lucan) 8.04 60 Sean Kelly (Mayo Whlrs.) 8.05 61 John Carroll (Naas RC) 8.06 62 Brendan Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 8.26 63 Sean Lally (McNally Swords) 8.39 64 Stephen Patton (Clann Eireann) 9.04 65 Bret Nelson (IMBRC) 12.09 66 Anthony McMahon (McNally Swords) 12.35 67 Mark Keegan (St. Tiernans) 15.14 68 Fergal Cahill (Banteer) 15.33 69 John O'Brien (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 15.56 70 Willie Ormond (Mayo Whlrs.) 16.22 71 Noor Hassan (Usher IRC) 16.57 72 Andrew McQuaid (Emerald CC) 17.06 73 Martin Caddow (Orwell Whlrs. CC) 22.46 74 Gary Elliott (North. Bucks. Road Club) 23.42 75 William Moore (Cycleways Liverpool) 24.48 76 Alan Burke (Naas RC) 24.50 77 Derek King (Ravens Crt) 24.52 78 Alan Slevin (DPC First Legal) 24.59 79 Tom O'Toole (Mayo Whlrs.) 24.59 80 Brian Taaffe (Dublin Wheelers) 25.02 81 Karl Gallagher (DPC First Legal) 25.04 82 Andrew McAllister (IMBRC) 25.06 83 Brian Hammond (Usher IRC) 25.09 84 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 25.14 85 Basil Freeman (Eire Og) 25.20 86 Dave King-Smith (Ravens Crt) 25.24 87 Keith Daly (McNally Swords) 25.34 88 Barry Flanaghan (Kanturk CC) 25.39 89 Jim Maguire (Stagg Lucan) 25.40 90 Ciaran Kelly (Usher IRC) 25.41 91 Roan Campbell (Galway CC) 25.43 92 Sean Tierney (McNally Swords) 25.46 93 David Farrell (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 25.48 94 Jimmy Lawless (Leinster) 25.51 95 Stephen O'Sullivan (Kanturk CC) 30.09 96 Paul Reid (Ravens Crt) 30.25 97 Noel Kelly (Stamullen) 34.09 98 Phil Sinnett (North. Bucks. Road Club) 38.45 99 Brendan Mulhare (Newbridge) 40.35 100 Sean Duignan (Galway Bay) 43.21 101 Donal Clancy (Four Masters) 53.06 102 Dave Walsh (Ravens Crt) 53.31 103 Killian Deenihan (Tralee CC) 54.32 104 Finbarr Power (Unattached) 58.56 105 Cian Power (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 59.21 106 Sean Gibbons (Four Masters) 1.00.14 107 Ciaran Duffy (Stagg Lucan) 1.02.11 108 Leonard Carrigan (Dublin Wheelers) 1.03.29 109 Kevin Whelan (Stagg Lucan) 1.08.08 110 Gerard Lehane (Kanturk CC) 1.08.36 111 James Lattimore (Usher IRC) 1.08.48 112 Michael Griffen (Fermoy CC) 1.14.05 113 Hill Julie (Cycleways Liverpool) 1.17.27 114 Mark McAlourm (Apollo) 1.24.32 115 David Conlon (IMBRC) 1.31.29 116 Alan Duffy (McNally Swords) 1.32.03 117 Gillian McDarby (IMBRC) 1.52.26 Veteran classification 1 Sean Bracken (Usher IRC) 7.46.26 2 Neil Martin (On The Edge R.T.) 0.18 3 Tosh Lavery (DPC First Legal) 4.19 4 Noel McCarthy (Fermoy CC) 5.18 5 Mick Nulty (Stamullen) 5.31 6 Sean Kelly (Mayo Whlrs.) 5.55 7 Sean Lally (McNally Swords) 6.29 8 Anthony McMahon (McNally Swords) 10.25 9 William Moore (Cycleways Liverpool) 22.38 10 Tom O'Toole (Mayo Whlrs.) 22.49 11 Karl Gallagher (DPC First Legal) 22.54 12 Michael Griffen (Fermoy CC) 1.11.55 Category 3 classification 1 Derek Cunningham (Bray Wheelers CC) 7.50.16 2 Wayne Maguire (North. Bucks. Road Club) 0.34 3 Aidan Crowley (Banteer) 1.23 4 Conor Bartley (Fermoy CC) 1.29 5 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 1.35 6 Tom Baker (Fermoy CC) 2.01 7 John O'Brien (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 9.56 8 Gary Elliott (North. Bucks. Road Club) 17.42 9 Bill Miller (Carlow RC) 19.14 10 Roan Campbell (Galway CC) 19.43 11 David Farrell (Hillcrest Hire Kilcul) 19.48 12 Noel Kelly (Stamullen) 28.09 13 Phil Sinnett (North. Bucks. Road Club) 32.45 14 Brendan Mulhare (Newbridge) 34.35 15 Sean Duignan (Galway Bay) 37.21 16 Donal Clancy (Four Masters) 47.06 17 Killian Deenihan (Tralee CC) 48.32 18 Gerard Lehane (Kanturk CC) 1.02.36 Junior classification 1 Paudi O'Brien (Kanturk CC) 7.44.16 2 Barry Woods (Killorglin) 3.51 3 Theo Hardwick (Killorglin) 5.54 4 Mark Cassidy (Leinster) 7.11 5 Eoin Concannon (Killorglin) 7.18 6 Ian Ormond (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 7.18 7 David Rawlins (Usher IRC) 7.23 8 Andrew McQuaid (Emerald CC) 17.06 9 Keith Daly (McNally Swords) 25.34 10 Jimmy Lawless (Leinster) 25.51 11 Cian Power (Cidona Carrick Wheelers) 59.21 12 Alan Duffy (McNally Swords) 1.32.03 Lady classification 1 Hill Julie (Cycleways Liverpool) 9.01.43 2 Gillian McDarby (IMBRC) 34.59 Team classification 1 Usher IRC 23.23.21 2 Mayo Whlr 4.58 3 Killorgli 6.16 4 Orwell Wh 6.49 5 McNally S 7.12 6 North. Bu 7.27 7 Ravens Cr 7.57 8 Banteer 8.05 9 Stagg Luc 9.48 10 IMBRC 10.13 11 Naas RC 11.10 12 Fermoy CC 11.51 13 Kanturk C 20.40 14 Dublin Wh 24.24 15 DPC First 25.40 16 Stamullen 37.29 17 Cidona Ca 38.11 Courtesy of Seamus Shortall