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M. Donnelly Junior Tour of Ireland - NE
Ireland, August 5-10, 2003
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Stage 4 - August 8: Carrick on Suir Circuit, 54 miles
Anthony wins, Reus stays in yellow
By Shane Stokes
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US rider Jesse Anthony sprinted to a fine win on today's fourth stage of the M. Donnelly Junior Tour, edging out Frenchman Olivier Costechareyre and Team Ireland-Stena Line rider Barry Woods at the end of the 54 mile stage.
The race was based on a tough hilly circuit around Carrick On Suir and offered the first real chance to reshuffle the general classification, but although a group of 22 riders got clear on the final lap, there was little change in the overall standings. Dutch rider Kai Reus continues to lead overall, two minutes and ten seconds ahead of Anthony and one further second in advance of South African Leon Nel. Mark Cavandish of the Dataphonics team did however drop away, resulting in Ireland-Stena Line's Barry Woods moving back up into fourth. Fellow Irishmen Richard Maes (Killarney CC) and Paul McMahon (Bray Wheelers) also move up, breaking into the top ten overall.
The stage began with the now-customary early attack by Usher IRC's James Lawless, who burst from the pack with Frenchman Gwenael Conte within the first mile. Lawless fell away after two miles but Conte climbed strongly up the stage's first category climb, a heavily-wooded 3 mile gradient, and crested the summit one minute clear. He was however hauled back by the end of that lap, paving the way for an attack by Maarte Mandemakers and Brad Viera, who pooled their strength in a Dutch-American alliance and opened up a near two minute lead.
Swords rider Paul Brady shot clear of the main bunch on the fast descent towards Carrick and, riding impressively, got to within twenty seconds of the leading duo. His charge was cut short by the cruel slopes of the first category climb, which saw him drop back again and be mopped up by the main bunch. Race leader Reus and second-placed Anthony both had riders from their team in the break, but their own tussle saw them set a rapid pace up the climb and force a 22 rider split, spelling the end of the general classification ambitions for many riders and, indirectly, the chances of Mandemakes and Viera up front. The two doggedly raced towards the line in Carrick On Suir but were absorbed with just one kilometre remaining, paving the way for the big group finish.
South Africa's Juan Van Heerden was first into the final corner, and with the line just 100 metres after that, his advantage looked sufficient to take the stage. However he overshot the bend and glanced off a car, enabling Anthony, Costechareyre, Woods and the rest of the riders to get by him and fight it out for the honours. Mark Nestor of the Stamullen M. Donnelly team was a fine eighth, while Maes, McMahon, Mark Cassidy, Theo Harwick (both Ireland Stena Line) and Peter Hawkins (Cycling Ulster) were the five other Irish riders in that 22 rider move which finished over a minute clear of the bunch.
"I am really glad to win a stage here in the Junior Tour," said Anthony. "I am second overall too, so it has been good for me. I took it easy for the first two laps, as no real dangerous riders went clear, but then went for it a bit on the last lap. I didn't want to do too much as I had a team-mate up the road, but at the same time I wanted to try to get time on some of the other riders in the general classification."
One of those he would have liked to have distanced was Reus, but the Dutchman showed little sign of weakness. He remains two minutes and ten seconds clear of Anthony, and with just two stages left, is increasingly likely to run out as the winner of the six-day contest. The M. Donnelly Junior Tour continues tomorrow with a 55 mile race, which both starts and finishes in Clonmel. The prestigious international contest finishes on Sunday in Waterford.
Results
1 Jesse J Anthony (USA) 2.19.06 2 Olivier Costechareyre (VC D'Annemasse A) 3 Barry Woods (Stena Team Ireland) 4 Franck Blanchard (VC D'Annemasse A) 5 Leon Nel (South Africa Academy A) 6 Ryan Bonser (North West Division BCF) 7 Quie Ferreira (South Africa Academy A) 8 Mark Nestor (Stamullen MDRC) 9 Ben Crawforth (London Team) 10 Kai Reus (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 11 Roderick Muscat (Malta) 12 Maarte Mandemakers (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 13 Richard Maes (Killarney CC) 14 Theo Hardwick (Stena Team Ireland) 15 Daniel Martin (Team South West RICCI) 16 Paul McMahon (Bray Wheelers) 17 Jerome Coppel (VC D'Annemasse A) 18 Brad Viera (USA) 19 Mark Cassidy (Stena Team Ireland) 20 Peter Hawkins (Cycling Ulster) 21 Rob Partridge (Wales) 22 Juan Van Heerden (South Africa Academy B) 23 James Stewart (North West Division BCF) 1.11 24 Ricard Bowen (North West Division BCF) 25 Jochem Ponten (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 26 Egan Tarr (South Africa Academy B) 27 David Pomeroy (Bray Wheelers) 28 Gwenael Conte (VC D'Annemasse A) 29 Chris Opie (Team South West RICCI) 30 Bruce Edgar (Dataphonics) 31 Derek Bourke (Swords McNally) 32 Ben Simmons (Wales) 33 Michael Lucey (Killarney CC) 34 Chris Gould (Wales) 35 Joe Liversidge (Dataphonics) 36 Eoin Concannon (Killorglin CUCC) 37 Patrick Van Leeuwen (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 38 Brendan Lacey (Earl of Desmond) 39 Ian Ormond (Kanturk CUCC) 40 Paul Brady (Swords McNally) 41 Stephane Dubois (VC D'Annemasse B) 42 Mark Cavandish (Dataphonics) 43 David Watson (Cycling Ulster) 44 Thomas Duggan (Bray Wheelers) 45 Pete Williams (North West Division BCF) 46 Christy Higgins (Kanturk CUCC) 47 Ruan Buys (South Africa Academy C) 48 Zach Bolian (USA) 49 Zach Taylor (USA) 50 Richard Wakor (CCB 2000) 2.24 51 John Opie (Team South West RICCI) 52 Colm Crawley (Stamullen MDRC) 2.30 53 Marco Rodriques (South Africa Academy B) 4.22 54 Imiel Visser (South Africa Academy A) 7.20 55 Michael Mulvenna (Cycling Ulster) 7.22 56 Stephen McKenna (Stamullen MDRC) 8.26 57 Chris Edwards (Team South West RICCI) 9.56 58 Keith Daly (Swords McNally) 10.01 59 Daniel Davies (Wales) 10.30 60 Jamie Barlow (Stamullen MDRC) 12.57 61 Willem Jan Smits (Tempo BMV Veldhoven B) 62 Sam Sturgeon (London Team) 14.28 63 Tim Smith (London Team) 64 Henco Vanwyk (South Africa Academy A) 14.32 65 Richard Price (Bray Wheelers) 18.44 66 Ray Cullen (Kanturk CUCC) 67 Neil Cooper (Reading) 68 Fraser Duncan (Stena Team Ireland) 69 Aidan O'Shea (Killorglin CUCC) 70 Andrew Hoey (NICF) 71 Chris McCaughan (NICF) 72 John O'Mahony (Swords McNally) 73 Eddie Knowler (Dataphonics) 74 Fredoe Van Niekerk (South Africa Academy B) 33.54 75 David Dougan (NICF) 76 James Lawless (Usher Irish Road Club) 41.24 77 Scott Milton (London Team) 50.24 78 Gerard Carroll (Killarney CC) 79 Danny O'Connor (Kanturk CUCC) 54.44 80 Laurens Badenhorst (South Africa Academy C) 81 Lionel Pinto (South Africa Academy C) Mountains KOM Cat 1 at KOM #1 1 Gwenael Conte (VC D'Annemasse A) 12 pts 2 Paul McMahon (Bray Wheelers) 10 3 Juan Van Heerden (South Africa Academy B) 8 4 Olivier Costechareyre (VC D'Annemasse A) 6 5 Jesse J Anthony (USA) 4 KOM Cat 3 at KOM #2 1 Gwenael Conte (VC D'Annemasse A) 5 pts 2 Leon Nel (South Africa Academy A) 3 3 Jesse J Anthony (USA) 1 KOM Cat 1 at KOM #3 1 Peter Hawkins (Cycling Ulster) 12 pts 2 Quie Ferreira (South Africa Academy A) 10 3 Jesse J Anthony (USA) 8 4 Gwenael Conte (VC D'Annemasse A) 6 5 Leon Nel (South Africa Academy A) 4 KOM Cat 3 at KOM #4 1 Maarte Mandemakers (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 5 pts 2 Brad Viera (USA) 3 3 Leon Nel (South Africa Academy A) 1 KOM Cat 1 at KOM #5 1 Maarte Mandemakers (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 12 pts 2 Brad Viera (USA) 10 3 Olivier Costechareyre (VC D'Annemasse A) 8 4 Leon Nel (South Africa Academy A) 6 5 Jesse J Anthony (USA) 4 KOM Cat 3 at KOM #6 1 Maarte Mandemakers (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 5 pts 2 Brad Viera (USA) 3 3 Leon Nel (South Africa Academy A) 1 Teams 1 VC D'Annemasse A 6.57.18 2 Stena Team Ireland 3 Tempo BMV Veldhoven A 1.11 4 USA 5 North West Division BCF 2.22 6 Bray Wheelers 7 Wales 8 Dataphonics 3.33 9 Team South West RICCI 3.35 10 South Africa Academy B 5.33 11 South Africa Academy A 7.20 12 Cycling Ulster 8.33 13 Stamullen MDRC 10.56 14 Swords McNally 12.23 15 Kanturk CUCC 21.06 16 London Team 28.56 17 Killarney CC 51.35 18 NICF 1.11.22 19 South Africa Academy C 1.50.39 General classification after stage 4 1 Kai Reus (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 7.40.05 2 Jesse J Anthony (USA) 2.10 3 Leon Nel (South Africa Academy A) 2.11 4 Barry Woods (Stena Team Ireland) 2.35 5 Ben Crawforth (London Team) 2.36 6 Roderick Muscat (Malta) 2.37 7 Jerome Coppel (VC D'Annemasse A) 8 Richard Maes (Killarney CC) 9 Paul McMahon (Bray Wheelers) 10 Brad Viera (USA) 11 Theo Hardwick (Stena Team Ireland) 2.38 12 Juan Van Heerden (South Africa Academy B) 13 Maarte Mandemakers (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 2.39 14 Rob Partridge (Wales) 2.40 15 Mark Nestor (Stamullen MDRC) 16 Peter Hawkins (Cycling Ulster) 2.41 17 Quie Ferreira (South Africa Academy A) 18 Daniel Martin (Team South West RICCI) 19 Mark Cassidy (Stena Team Ireland) 2.42 20 Franck Blanchard (VC D'Annemasse A) 2.43 21 Ryan Bonser (North West Division BCF) 2.44 22 Olivier Costechareyre (VC D'Annemasse A) 3.01 23 Mark Cavandish (Dataphonics) 3.44 24 Gwenael Conte (VC D'Annemasse A) 3.47 25 Patrick Van Leeuwen (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 3.48 26 Thomas Duggan (Bray Wheelers) 27 Egan Tarr (South Africa Academy B) 3.49 28 Zach Taylor (USA) 29 Ricard Bowen (North West Division BCF) 3.50 30 Paul Brady (Swords McNally) 3.51 31 Jochem Ponten (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 32 Michael Lucey (Killarney CC) 33 Christy Higgins (Kanturk CUCC) 34 Pete Williams (North West Division BCF) 3.52 35 David Watson (Cycling Ulster) 36 Ben Simmons (Wales) 3.53 37 Stephane Dubois (VC D'Annemasse B) 3.54 38 Chris Gould (Wales) 3.55 39 Derek Bourke (Swords McNally) 3.57 40 James Stewart (North West Division BCF) 41 Brendan Lacey (Earl of Desmond) 3.58 42 Joe Liversidge (Dataphonics) 4.11 43 Eoin Concannon (Killorglin CUCC) 4.17 44 David Pomeroy (Bray Wheelers) 5.22 45 Imiel Visser (South Africa Academy A) 9.57 46 Michael Mulvenna (Cycling Ulster) 10.03 47 Zach Bolian (USA) 11.25 48 Bruce Edgar (Dataphonics) 13.35 49 Ruan Buys (South Africa Academy C) 16.24 50 Henco Vanwyk (South Africa Academy A) 18.41 51 Marco Rodriques (South Africa Academy B) 19.04 52 Willem Jan Smits (Tempo BMV Veldhoven B) 19.09 53 Chris Opie (Team South West RICCI) 22.47 54 Richard Wakor (CCB 2000) 25.48 55 Jamie Barlow (Stamullen MDRC) 28.10 56 Daniel Davies (Wales) 32.12 57 Neil Cooper (Reading) 36.47 58 Tim Smith (London Team) 39.44 59 Keith Daly (Swords McNally) 41.31 60 Sam Sturgeon (London Team) 42.55 61 Chris Edwards (Team South West RICCI) 43.00 62 Colm Crawley (Stamullen MDRC) 44.32 63 Richard Price (Bray Wheelers) 44.58 64 Stephen McKenna (Stamullen MDRC) 45.22 65 John Opie (Team South West RICCI) 53.08 66 John O'Mahony (Swords McNally) 54.48 67 Chris McCaughan (NICF) 55.44 68 Fraser Duncan (Stena Team Ireland) 55.57 69 Ian Ormond (Kanturk CUCC) 57.01 70 Aidan O'Shea (Killorglin CUCC) 1.01.13 71 David Dougan (NICF) 1.10.53 72 Andrew Hoey (NICF) 1.13.07 73 Fredoe Van Niekerk (South Africa Academy B) 1.15.04 74 Eddie Knowler (Dataphonics) 1.23.35 75 Ray Cullen (Kanturk CUCC) 1.32.24 76 Laurens Badenhorst (South Africa Academy C) 1.49.41 77 James Lawless (Usher Irish Road Club) 1.54.58 78 Lionel Pinto (South Africa Academy C) 1.58.17 79 Gerard Carroll (Killarney CC) 2.09.46 80 Scott Milton (London Team) 2.10.05 81 Danny O'Connor (Kanturk CUCC) 2.14.27 Points classification 1 Kai Reus (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 48 pts 2 Jesse J Anthony (USA) 45 3 Mark Cavandish (Dataphonics) 38 4 Ben Crawforth (London Team) 36 5 Leon Nel (South Africa Academy A) 32 6 Barry Woods (Stena Team Ireland) 28 7 Juan Van Heerden (South Africa Academy B) 25 8 Franck Blanchard (VC D'Annemasse A) 24 9 Roderick Muscat (Malta) 23 10 Gwenael Conte (VC D'Annemasse A) 21 11 Brad Viera (USA) 19 12 Richard Maes (Killarney CC) 18 13 Ryan Bonser (North West Division BCF) 16 14 Olivier Costechareyre (VC D'Annemasse A) 14 15 Zach Taylor (USA) 13 16 Quie Ferreira (South Africa Academy A) 12 17 Paul Brady (Swords McNally) 10 18 Bruce Edgar (Dataphonics) 9 19 Jerome Coppel (VC D'Annemasse A) 8 20 Mark Nestor (Stamullen MDRC) 8 21 David Watson (Cycling Ulster) 7 22 Jochem Ponten (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 6 23 Laurens Badenhorst (South Africa Academy C) 5 24 Maarte Mandemakers (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 4 25 Paul McMahon (Bray Wheelers) 3 26 Ricard Bowen (North West Division BCF) 3 27 Theo Hardwick (Stena Team Ireland) 2 28 Imiel Visser (South Africa Academy A) 2 29 Daniel Martin (Team South West RICCI) 1 30 Patrick Van Leeuwen (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 1 31 Egan Tarr (South Africa Academy B) 1 Mountains classification 1 Gwenael Conte (VC D'Annemasse A) 32 pts 2 Leon Nel (South Africa Academy A) 30 3 Quie Ferreira (South Africa Academy A) 23 4 Maarte Mandemakers (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 22 5 Olivier Costechareyre (VC D'Annemasse A) 19 6 Jesse J Anthony (USA) 18 7 Brad Viera (USA) 16 8 Juan Van Heerden (South Africa Academy B) 14 9 Peter Hawkins (Cycling Ulster) 12 10 Paul McMahon (Bray Wheelers) 10 11 Kai Reus (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 8 12 Roderick Muscat (Malta) 5 13 Jerome Coppel (VC D'Annemasse A) 3 14 Franck Blanchard (VC D'Annemasse A) 3 15 Jochem Ponten (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 1 Teams classification 1 Tempo BMV Veldhoven A 23.06.42 2 VC D'Annemasse A 1.26 3 Stena Team Ireland 1.27 4 USA 2.09 5 North West Division BCF 3.59 6 Wales 7 Bray Wheelers 5.20 8 South Africa Academy A 8.19 9 South Africa Academy B 8.31 10 Cycling Ulster 10.09 11 Dataphonics 15.01 12 Swords McNally 28.25 13 Team South West RICCI 46.01 14 Stamullen MDRC 50.50 15 London Team 1.18.48 16 Killarney CC 2.09.47 17 Kanturk CUCC 2.26.08 18 NICF 3.09.03 19 South Africa Academy C 3.57.55
