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M. Donnelly Junior Tour of Ireland - NE
Ireland, August 5-10, 2003
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Stage 6 - August 10: Waterford - Fiddown, 50.2 miles
Reus wins M Donnelly Junior Tour; Van Heerden takes final stage
By Shane Stokes
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The highly promising Dutch rider Kai Reus comfortably held onto the yellow jersey on today's final stage of the M. Donnelly Junior Tour, a fifty mile road race which started and finished in Waterford. A constant stream of attacks were launched during the high-speed, aggressive stage but Reus calmly sat in the midst of the bunch and bided his time before making a daring bid for success with one kilometre to go.
He raced clear with a strong surge but was overhauled with just 100 metres remaining, when South African rider Juan Van Heerden nipped by to take a fine win. Second place on the stage went to London Team rider Ben Crawforth, with Reus taking third and thus securing victory in the points classification.
Colm Crawley (Stamullen M. Donnelly) was best of the Irish in placing fifth on the stage, while Killarney's Richard Maes was one place further back in sixth.
In the overall standings, Theo Hardwick of the Ireland Stena Line team was the leading home rider in fifth place. His team-mate Barry Woods was sixth, and both of them also took stage wins during the prestigious six day event. South African Leon Nel won the mountains classification while Crawforth was best first year junior. The Tempo BMV Veldhoven squad were first in the team rankings, ahead of Ireland Stena Line.
Today's action began with a flurry of attacks, moves which opened gaps over the main field but which were soon hauled back. Ireland Stena Line's Mark Cassidy jumped clear at the drop of the flag, and once he was hauled in his team-mate Barry Woods raced away on a short-lived attack. However the first significant move did not occur until 17 miles into the stage, when six riders opened up a 22 second gap. Three Irish were present - Eoin Concannon (Killorglin), Paul Brady (McNally Swords) and Bray Wheelers' David Pomeroy, and together with Egan Tarr (South Africa B), Jerome Copple (VC D'Annemasse) and Ryan Bonser of the North West Division squad, they held the bunch at bay for several miles.
Brady had the misfortune to drop out of the break with mechanical problems, but Cycling Ulster's Peter Hawkins brought their number back up to six when he succeed in bridging across the diminishing gap just after the riders completed the first of two laps. The effort was however in vain; two miles into the second lap, the bunch closed down the move.
A succession of small attacks followed, with Irish representation by James Lawless (Usher IRC), Aidan O'Shea (Killorglin), Hawkins and Pomeroy, but these too were short-lived. A significant move did however go with seven miles remaining, when yellow jersey Reus, Woods and USA rider Jesse Anthony combined to rip clear of the field. All stage winners in this year's race, the firepower was certainly there to go all the way to the finish but after two miles the frantically-chasing main field succeeded in getting across.
Dataphonics rider Bruce Edgar launched an impressive counter-attack on the long downhill run towards the line but he too had little joy. With one mile remaining Reus tried once more, seeking to take his third stage win of the race, but the yellow jersey was dramatically overhauled inside the final 100 metres by the speeding South African Juan Van Heerden. Five lengths clear at the line, the jubilant first year junior was delighted to get the win, particularly as he missed out due to a near crash two days ago.
"I am really happy to get this win", he said. "I was clear with 100 metres to go in Carrick on Suir (on Friday) but a car got in my way on the last corner. I glanced off the side of it and while I didn't fall, I lost all my momentum and the other riders in the break got by me."
"My speciality probably is in the hills but I decided to have a go today with one kilometre remaining as I was trying to make up the two seconds gap on the first-year junior leader. Kai Reus went as we were approaching the line, but I was able to get across and by him and got the stage. Today was very fast and there was a lot of attacks but my team did a lot of work to keep it together. I had good legs and got the stage win."
"I really enjoyed the race, even if it was different than I expected. We came thinking it would be easier, but the standard and the course made it quite hard. It was very good, though - very well organised, and with a good route."
Reus was similarly pleased. The promising second-year junior took two stages, the points jersey and the overall victory. He is currently second in the world junior rankings and is clearly one to watch for the future.
"I was aiming to do well today as I was trying to get more points for the green jersey competition", he said. "I have really enjoyed the Junior Tour...it was a bit strange at first as there was a very different racing pattern than what I am used to. But as the week went on I got used to the style of racing and was able to relax a bit."
"I would like to come back and race in Ireland again in the future. It has been a great experience, and I would like to thank the organisers for their kindness and for putting on a great event."
Photography
Images by M. Donnelly Junior Tour
- Juan Van Heerden (South Africa) wins the final stage ahead of Ben Crawforth and Kai Reus
- The final podium of the M. Donelly Junior Tour (L to R): Stage winner Juan Van Heerden, King of the Mountains Leon Nel (South Africa), race winner Kai Reus (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A), best young rider Ben Crawforth (London Team)
Results
1 Juan Van Heerden (South Africa Academy B) 1.54.48 2 Ben Crawforth (London Team) 3 Kai Reus (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 4 Mark Cavandish (Dataphonics) 5 Colm Crawley (Stamullen MDRC) 6 Richard Maes (Killarney CC) 7 Barry Woods (Stena Team Ireland) 8 Jesse J Anthony (USA) 9 Gwenael Conte (VC D'Annemasse A) 10 Neil Cooper (Reading) 11 Olivier Costechareyre (VC D'Annemasse A) 12 Ricard Bowen (North West Division BCF) 13 Jamie Barlow (Stamullen MDRC) 14 Roderick Muscat (Malta) 15 Quie Ferreira (South Africa Academy A) 16 David Watson (Cycling Ulster) 17 Michael Mulvenna (Cycling Ulster) 18 Leon Nel (South Africa Academy A) 19 Theo Hardwick (Stena Team Ireland) 20 Maarte Mandemakers (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 21 Brad Viera (USA) 22 Bruce Edgar (Dataphonics) 23 Mark Nestor (Stamullen MDRC) 24 Michael Lucey (Killarney CC) 25 Eoin Concannon (Killorglin CUCC) 26 Derek Bourke (Swords McNally) 27 Brendan Lacey (Earl of Desmond) 28 Chris McCaughan (NICF) 29 James Stewart (North West Division BCF) 30 Ryan Bonser (North West Division BCF) 31 Stephen McKenna (Stamullen MDRC) 32 Ian Ormond (Kanturk CUCC) 33 Henco Vanwyk (South Africa Academy A) 34 Andrew Hoey (NICF) 35 Joe Liversidge (Dataphonics) 36 Richard Price (Bray Wheelers) 37 Fredoe Van Niekerk (South Africa Academy B) 38 Chris Edwards (Team South West RICCI) 39 Franck Blanchard (VC D'Annemasse A) 40 Jerome Coppel (VC D'Annemasse A) 41 Marco Rodriques (South Africa Academy B) 42 Egan Tarr (South Africa Academy B) 43 David Pomeroy (Bray Wheelers) 44 Pete Williams (North West Division BCF) 45 Chris Gould (Wales) 46 Sam Sturgeon (London Team) 47 Patrick Van Leeuwen (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 48 Paul McMahon (Bray Wheelers) 49 John Opie (Team South West RICCI) 50 David Dougan (NICF) 51 Stephane Dubois (VC D'Annemasse B) 52 Lionel Pinto (South Africa Academy C) 53 Zach Taylor (USA) 54 Ben Simmons (Wales) 55 Rob Partridge (Wales) 56 Jochem Ponten (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 57 Daniel Martin (Team South West RICCI) 58 Paul Brady (Swords McNally) 59 Christy Higgins (Kanturk CUCC) 60 Willem Jan Smits (Tempo BMV Veldhoven B) 61 Zach Bolian (USA) 62 Daniel Davies (Wales) 63 Mark Cassidy (Stena Team Ireland) 64 Ray Cullen (Kanturk CUCC) 65 Ruan Buys (South Africa Academy C) 66 Thomas Duggan (Bray Wheelers) 67 Imiel Visser (South Africa Academy A) 68 Peter Hawkins (Cycling Ulster) 69 Laurens Badenhorst (South Africa Academy C) 70 John O'Mahony (Swords McNally) 0.20 71 Richard Wakor (CCB 2000) 0.59 72 James Lawless (Usher Irish Road Club) 2.14 73 Tim Smith (London Team) 2.39 74 Aidan O'Shea (Killorglin CUCC) 2.58 75 Eddie Knowler (Dataphonics) 3.03 76 Danny O'Connor (Kanturk CUCC) 3.38 77 Scott Milton (London Team) 5.13 Teams 1 Stamullen MDRC 5.44.24 2 VC D'Annemasse A 3 Dataphonics 4 South Africa Academy A 5 Tempo BMV Veldhoven A 6 North West Division BCF 7 South Africa Academy B 8 USA 9 Stena Team Ireland 10 Cycling Ulster 11 NICF 12 Bray Wheelers 13 Team South West RICCI 14 Wales 15 Kanturk CUCC 16 South Africa Academy C 17 Swords McNally 0.20 18 London Team 2.39 Final general classification 1 Kai Reus (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 11.54.07 2 Jesse J Anthony (USA) 2.10 3 Leon Nel (South Africa Academy A) 2.11 4 Brad Viera (USA) 2.28 5 Theo Hardwick (Stena Team Ireland) 2.29 6 Barry Woods (Stena Team Ireland) 2.35 7 Ben Crawforth (London Team) 2.36 8 Roderick Muscat (Malta) 2.37 9 Jerome Coppel (VC D'Annemasse A) 10 Richard Maes (Killarney CC) 11 Paul McMahon (Bray Wheelers) 12 Juan Van Heerden (South Africa Academy B) 2.38 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 Stephane Dubois (VC D'Annemasse B) 3.54 37 Chris Gould (Wales) 3.55 38 Derek Bourke (Swords McNally) 3.57 39 James Stewart (North West Division BCF) 40 Brendan Lacey (Earl of Desmond) 3.58 41 Joe Liversidge (Dataphonics) 4.11 42 Eoin Concannon (Killorglin CUCC) 4.17 43 David Pomeroy (Bray Wheelers) 5.22 44 Michael Mulvenna (Cycling Ulster) 10.03 45 Zach Bolian (USA) 11.25 46 Bruce Edgar (Dataphonics) 13.35 47 Ruan Buys (South Africa Academy C) 16.24 48 Henco Vanwyk (South Africa Academy A) 18.41 49 Marco Rodriques (South Africa Academy B) 19.04 50 Willem Jan Smits (Tempo BMV Veldhoven B) 19.09 51 Ben Simmons (Wales) 19.34 52 Imiel Visser (South Africa Academy A) 25.38 53 Richard Wakor (CCB 2000) 27.07 54 Daniel Davies (Wales) 32.12 55 Jamie Barlow (Stamullen MDRC) 40.50 56 Sam Sturgeon (London Team) 42.55 57 Richard Price (Bray Wheelers) 44.58 58 Stephen McKenna (Stamullen MDRC) 45.22 59 John O'Mahony (Swords McNally) 55.08 60 Ian Ormond (Kanturk CUCC) 57.01 61 Tim Smith (London Team) 58.04 62 Chris Edwards (Team South West RICCI) 58.41 63 Neil Cooper (Reading) 59.03 64 Colm Crawley (Stamullen MDRC) 1.00.13 65 John Opie (Team South West RICCI) 1.00.31 66 Aidan O'Shea (Killorglin CUCC) 1.04.11 67 Chris McCaughan (NICF) 1.18.00 68 Andrew Hoey (NICF) 1.28.48 69 Fredoe Van Niekerk (South Africa Academy B) 1.30.45 70 David Dougan (NICF) 1.33.09 71 Ray Cullen (Kanturk CUCC) 1.54.40 72 Eddie Knowler (Dataphonics) 1.57.19 73 Laurens Badenhorst (South Africa Academy C) 2.43.57 74 James Lawless (Usher Irish Road Club) 2.48.58 75 Lionel Pinto (South Africa Academy C) 2.52.33 76 Scott Milton (London Team) 3.08.34 77 Danny O'Connor (Kanturk CUCC) 3.09.51 Points classification 1 Kai Reus (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 72 pts 2 Ben Crawforth (London Team) 63 3 Jesse J Anthony (USA) 61 4 Mark Cavandish (Dataphonics) 57 5 Juan Van Heerden (South Africa Academy B) 52 6 Barry Woods (Stena Team Ireland) 46 7 Richard Maes (Killarney CC) 38 8 Brad Viera (USA) 33 9 Leon Nel (South Africa Academy A) 32 10 Gwenael Conte (VC D'Annemasse A) 28 11 Roderick Muscat (Malta) 25 12 Franck Blanchard (VC D'Annemasse A) 24 13 Olivier Costechareyre (VC D'Annemasse A) 21 14 Zach Taylor (USA) 18 15 Theo Hardwick (Stena Team Ireland) 17 16 Ryan Bonser (North West Division BCF) 16 17 Bruce Edgar (Dataphonics) 15 18 Quie Ferreira (South Africa Academy A) 13 19 Jerome Coppel (VC D'Annemasse A) 11 20 Ricard Bowen (North West Division BCF) 11 21 Colm Crawley (Stamullen MDRC) 11 22 Paul Brady (Swords McNally) 10 23 Mark Nestor (Stamullen MDRC) 8 24 David Watson (Cycling Ulster) 7 25 Jochem Ponten (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 6 26 Neil Cooper (Reading) 6 27 Laurens Badenhorst (South Africa Academy C) 5 28 Maarte Mandemakers (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 4 29 Paul McMahon (Bray Wheelers) 3 30 Jamie Barlow (Stamullen MDRC) 3 31 Imiel Visser (South Africa Academy A) 2 32 Daniel Martin (Team South West RICCI) 1 33 Patrick Van Leeuwen (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 1 34 Egan Tarr (South Africa Academy B) 1 35 Michael Mulvenna (Cycling Ulster) 1 Mountains classification 1 Leon Nel (South Africa Academy A) 42 pts 2 Gwenael Conte (VC D'Annemasse A) 40 3 Maarte Mandemakers (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 32 4 Quie Ferreira (South Africa Academy A) 23 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 Barry Woods (Stena Team Ireland) 6 13 Roderick Muscat (Malta) 5 14 Theo Hardwick (Stena Team Ireland) 4 15 Jerome Coppel (VC D'Annemasse A) 3 16 Franck Blanchard (VC D'Annemasse A) 3 17 Jochem Ponten (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A) 1 First year junior classification 1 Ben Crawforth (London Team) 11.56.43 2 Roderick Muscat (Malta) 0.01 3 Jerome Coppel (VC D'Annemasse A) 4 Richard Maes (Killarney CC) 5 Paul McMahon (Bray Wheelers) 6 Juan Van Heerden (South Africa Academy B) 0.02 7 Mark Nestor (Stamullen MDRC) 0.04 8 Daniel Martin (Team South West RICCI) 0.05 9 Gwenael Conte (VC D'Annemasse A) 1.11 10 Zach Taylor (USA) 1.13 11 Ricard Bowen (North West Division BCF) 1.14 12 Michael Lucey (Killarney CC) 1.15 13 Pete Williams (North West Division BCF) 1.16 14 David Watson (Cycling Ulster) 15 Stephane Dubois (VC D'Annemasse B) 1.18 16 Chris Gould (Wales) 1.19 17 Derek Bourke (Swords McNally) 1.21 18 Joe Liversidge (Dataphonics) 1.35 19 Michael Mulvenna (Cycling Ulster) 7.27 20 Zach Bolian (USA) 8.49 21 Ruan Buys (South Africa Academy C) 13.48 22 Henco Vanwyk (South Africa Academy A) 16.05 23 Marco Rodriques (South Africa Academy B) 16.28 24 Ben Simmons (Wales) 16.58 25 Daniel Davies (Wales) 29.36 26 Richard Price (Bray Wheelers) 42.22 27 Stephen McKenna (Stamullen MDRC) 42.46 28 Chris Edwards (Team South West RICCI) 56.05 29 John Opie (Team South West RICCI) 57.55 30 Aidan O'Shea (Killorglin CUCC) 1.01.35 31 Andrew Hoey (NICF) 1.26.12 32 Fredoe Van Niekerk (South Africa Academy B) 1.28.09 33 Eddie Knowler (Dataphonics) 1.54.43 34 Lionel Pinto (South Africa Academy C) 2.49.57 35 Scott Milton (London Team) 3.05.58 36 Danny O'Connor (Kanturk CUCC) 3.07.15 Teams classification 1 Tempo BMV Veldhoven A 35.48.48 2 Stena Team Ireland 1.18 3 VC D'Annemasse A 1.26 4 USA 2.00 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 28.45 13 Stamullen MDRC 1.03.30 14 Team South West RICCI 1.09.05 15 London Team 1.37.08 16 Kanturk CUCC 2.48.24 17 NICF 4.09.16 18 South Africa Academy C 5.46.27
