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FBD Milk Rás - 2.5
Ireland, May 18-25, 2003
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Stage 3 - May 20: Clifden – Ballina, 142km
Power sprints to first ever stage win
By Shane Stokes, Irishcycling.com
There was further success for the Team Ireland squad on today's third stage of the FBD Milk Ras, when Ciaran Power was first across the line in Ballina. The Irish professional benefited from fine work by his team to haul in lone breakaway Mark Lovatt before the finish, and then took the uphill sprint with some ease ahead of Kerryman Eugene Moriarty (Meath Lee Strand Cycleways) and the former top professional Malcolm Elliott (London Irish).
The victory is Power's first ever stage win in his five participations in the event. He has won the race itself twice, in 1998 and again last year, but a stage victory always eluded him. Last year he was second on three occasions, beaten each time by Great Britain rider Chris Newton, but today finally added such a win to his palmarès. In doing so, he also took his second professional win.
The day was a good one for Power’s Team Ireland squad. Evans retained his yellow jersey, David O’Loughlin finished eighth in the bunch gallop and the quintet continue to lead the International team classification. The three riders are all amongst the 16 left in contention, with Power and O’Loughlin 30 seconds behind Evans. All in all, team manager Frankie Campbell has a lot to smile about.
The opposite was true in the early stages of today’s 90.3 mile race from Clifden to Ballina. A big crash at the start caused disarray and then, sixteen miles into the stage, Mark Lovatt (Lancaster Life Repair Group), Chris Newton (Great Britain), Jonas Holmkvist (Bianchi Scandinavia-Sweden) and Tipperary Dan Morrissey’s Richie Cahill broke clear. Aided by a thundering tailwind which helped their speeds rise to forty miles an hour, the dangerous breakaway gained time and forced the Ireland riders to mount a hectic chase.
Hurtling along roads which passed through some of the most striking countryside in Ireland, the race had mist-shrouded lakes and stony mountains as its backdrop. The film The Field was made here, and parallels could be drawn between its story and what was happening on the road, vis-à-vis Irishmen clashing with foreign visitors. Thankfully things didn’t go quite as far as in the film.
After twelve miles of frantic pursuit, the front group was finally hauled back but an energized Lovatt forged clear again, this time with Swede Thomas Lovkvist and 2001 winner Paul Manning. The Team Ireland squad were ready, though; David O’Loughlin slipped into the move and Power later managed to jump across, in turn sparking off a reaction from behind and forming an eventual fifty man front group.
Present were most of the main contenders, including Evans, but behind the remainder of the field were splintered into small, suffering packs. Once through Westport Lovatt tried again, and opened up a substantial gap. The surge was one too many and the field chose not to react, enabling the former yellow jersey wearer to build a one and a half minute solo lead.
For the next 46 miles he bravely plugged away, trying to maintain his advantage in the hope of landing a first-ever stage win. Team Ireland’s Andrew Donnellan and Vincent Gleeson were sent to the front of the chasing group and rode tempo in order to keep Lovatt somewhat in check. He did manage to maintain his ninety second lead to the top of the day’s sole categorised climb, twenty-seven miles from the finish, but on the flat, exposed plain after Keenagh the conditions changed. Racing along past bogs of heather and gorse, with long legs pumping and head bobbing, Lovatt’s speed slowed as the road turned towards the wind.
With 25 miles to go he had less than a minute’s advantage; ten miles later, an Irish/Danish alliance at the head of the bunch cut this in half. And, despite a brave, defiant bid to stay clear, the disappointed rider was overhauled with just one mile remaining.
Power was ready for his chance. Assisted by Evans and Gleeson, he scythed his way through the bunch and manoeuvred his way towards the front. Newton went early, trying to line Manning up for the win, but Power was in close attendance. When he finally kicked for home, his velocity carried him clear to what appeared an easy victory.
Second place went to the impressive Meath Lee Strand Cycleways rider Eugene Moriarty, who sprinted in ahead of former top professional Malcolm Elliott, Paul Manning, and the rest of the front group.
"This feels great...just great," Power said afterwards. "I am so happy now. I have ridden the race five times and this is my first stage. The team were absolutely fantastic today, Andrew (Donnellan) and Vincent (Gleeson) rode very strongly to bring back Lovatt. Tommy Evans helped me get position, and once I got onto Manning’s wheel, I knew I had it."
If Power was the happiest man in the race, Evans was probably next in the smiling stakes. On Sunday he won the opening stage, but insisted that it was too early in the race for the Irish team to consider defending the yellow jersey. Two days later, he is still wearing that golden fleece. There may be a long way to go yet in this race, but two stages, the overall lead and their position as best international team is a huge boost for the Ireland squad, who are up against perhaps the toughest foreign opposition yet assembled.
Next up for the riders is tomorrow’s mainly-flat 107 mile stage to Letterkenny, the final day’s racing before the field heads into the mountains on Thursday and Friday. Sixteen riders lie within thirty seconds of Evans’ lead, and so the next few days will be crucial.
Results
1 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 3.27.24 (38.40 km/h) 2 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 3 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 4 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 5 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 6 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under 7 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena Line 8 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 10 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 11 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 12 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 13 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 14 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 15 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 16 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 17 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 18 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 19 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 20 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn 21 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group 22 Ross Muir (GBr) Lincoln 23 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group 24 Gary Dodd (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 25 John Charlesworth (GBr) primera-bournemouth 26 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 27 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 28 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 29 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Life Repair Group 30 Christopher Belsham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 31 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 32 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 33 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 34 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 35 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC 36 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division 37 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 38 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 39 Neil Smith (GBr) Lincoln 40 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Jylland-Fyn 41 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 42 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 43 Bryan Steel (GBr) Great Britain 44 David Harrigan (Aus) Team Down Under 45 Brian Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 0.44 46 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC 0.54 47 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.10 48 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations 8.47 49 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 50 Neil Swithenbank (GBr) North West Division 51 Richard Eastham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 52 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 53 Sven Biermann (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 54 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 55 Roger Morgan (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 56 Jorg Scherf (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 57 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 58 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 59 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 60 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena Line 61 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena Line 62 Gareth Jones (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 63 Jeff Howes (RSA) Team HSBC 64 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 65 Justin Hoy (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 66 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under 67 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 14.43 68 Rob Enslin (RSA) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 69 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Team HSBC 70 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 71 Jeff Capper (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 72 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group 73 Nick Kenwright (GBr) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 74 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip 75 David Berkeley (NZl) Team gbcycles.co.uk 76 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North 77 Stephen Gibson (GBr) primera-bournemouth 78 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 79 Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 80 Ben Hallam (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 81 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 82 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 15.21 83 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 32.45 84 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 85 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 86 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip 87 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 88 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell 89 Matt Svatek (USA) Sportsbook.com 90 Isaiah Adams (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 91 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North 92 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group 93 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 94 Dara McCaughley (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 95 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 96 Greg Roche (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 97 Nat Brindley (GBr) Lincoln 98 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 99 Lawrence Perera (USA) Sportsbook.com 100 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 101 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 102 James Dobbin (GBr) Lincoln 103 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com 104 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 105 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 106 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell 107 Ross Hooker (Can) Kildare HirEquip 108 Matt Melville (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 109 Bill Nickson (GBr) North West Division 110 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Down Under 111 Denis Markouris (Aus) Kildare Newbridge 112 Christopher Varley (GBr) North West Division 113 Ryan Leech (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 114 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 115 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 116 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 117 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com 118 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip 119 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 120 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North 121 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 122 James Ball (RSA) Team HSBC 123 Declan Kinch (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 124 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 125 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 126 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 127 Stephen Howells (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 39.50 128 Paul Mulligan (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 129 Sean Furley (Irl) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 43.52 130 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell 131 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell 132 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under 44.06 133 George Rose (GBr) Stena Line DNF Daniel Hohmann (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim DNF Bert Fox (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim DNF Rory Wyley (Irl) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc DNF Peter Hey (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia DNF Alastair Kay (GBr) primera-bournemouth DNF Mark Kelly (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics DNF Cian Lynch (Irl) Kildare North DNS Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Stena Line DNS Iain Roche (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia DNS David Everett (GBr) North West Division Points 1 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 15 pts 2 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 14 3 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 13 4 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 12 5 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 11 6 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under 10 7 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena Line 9 8 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 8 9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 7 10 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 6 11 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 5 12 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 4 13 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 3 14 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 2 15 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 1 Mountains Keenagh - Cat. 3 1 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group 5 pts 2 David Harrigan (Aus) Team Down Under 4 3 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 3 4 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 2 County rider 1 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 3.27.24 2 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 3 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 4 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 5 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 6 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 7 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 8 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 9 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 10 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 11 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.10 12 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations 8.47 13 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 14 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 15 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 16 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 17 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 18 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 19 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 14.43 20 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip 21 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North 22 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 23 Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 24 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 15.21 25 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 32.45 26 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 27 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 28 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip 29 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 30 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell 31 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North 32 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 33 Dara McCaughley (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 34 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 35 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 36 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 37 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 38 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 39 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 40 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell 41 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 42 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 43 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 44 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip 45 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North 46 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 47 Declan Kinch (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 48 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 49 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 50 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 51 Paul Mulligan (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 39.50 52 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell 43.52 53 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell Teams 1 Ireland - Irish Sports Council 10.22.12 2 Sweden Bianchi Scandinavia 3 Great Britain 4 Lancaster Life Repair Group 5 Denmark Jylland-Fyn 0.44 6 Kazakhstan 8.47 7 Surrey Team gbcycles.co.uk 8 England primera-bournemouth 9 Australia Team Down Under 10 South Africa Team HSBC 9.41 11 Germany Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 17.34 12 Wales Stena Line 13 Lincoln 32.45 14 England North West Division 41.32 15 Cambridge Team Dataphonics 44.09 16 Wales Energy Cycles Principia 56.15 17 USA Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 1.20.13 18 London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 1.23.42 19 USA Team Sportsbook.com 1.38.15 County Team 1 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 10.23.22 2 Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 7.37 3 Dublin Usher Insulations 4 Dublin Iarnród Eireann 16.24 5 Dublin Skip 46.18 6 Kildare HirEquip 7 Mayo Galway Bay 55.05 8 Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.13.07 9 Kildare North 1.19.03 10 Dublin Orwell 1.37.05 11 Kildare Newbridge 12 Wicklow Sahara General classification after stage 3 1 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 12.07.05 2 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn 0.04 3 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 0.27 4 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 0.29 5 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 0.30 6 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 7 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 8 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 9 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 10 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 11 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group 12 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 13 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 14 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division 15 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 16 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group 17 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 18 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC 1.24 19 Gary Dodd (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 9.03 20 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 9.17 21 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 22 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 9.44 23 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena Line 12.30 24 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 25 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 26 Neil Smith (GBr) Lincoln 27 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 28 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North 15.13 29 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Team HSBC 30 David Harrigan (Aus) Team Down Under 31 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under 15.14 32 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 15.18 33 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 34 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 35 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 36 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 37 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Life Repair Group 38 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 39 Bryan Steel (GBr) Great Britain 40 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 41 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 42 John Charlesworth (GBr) primera-bournemouth 43 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 44 Christopher Belsham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 45 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 46 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC 47 Brian Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 16.02 48 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 16.28 49 Ross Muir (GBr) Lincoln 16.39 50 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 51 Sven Biermann (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 17.50 52 Roger Morgan (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 21.17 53 Richard Eastham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 24.05 54 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 55 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 56 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations 57 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under 58 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena Line 59 Jeff Howes (RSA) Team HSBC 60 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 61 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 62 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 24.24 63 Gareth Jones (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 25.26 64 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 30.01 65 Jeff Capper (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 66 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip 67 David Berkeley (NZl) Team gbcycles.co.uk 68 Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 69 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 70 Rob Enslin (RSA) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 71 Ben Hallam (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 72 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Jylland-Fyn 31.44 73 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 32.00 74 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 32.01 75 Matt Svatek (USA) Sportsbook.com 33.15 76 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com 77 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena Line 41.34 78 Jorg Scherf (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 79 Justin Hoy (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 42.55 80 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com 44.26 81 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Down Under 45.15 82 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell 83 Neil Swithenbank (GBr) North West Division 45.41 84 Nick Kenwright (GBr) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 47.30 85 Greg Roche (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 48.03 86 Matt Melville (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 87 Ross Hooker (Can) Kildare HirEquip 88 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 89 Lawrence Perera (USA) Sportsbook.com 90 James Ball (RSA) Team HSBC 91 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip 92 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 93 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group 48.51 94 Stephen Gibson (GBr) primera-bournemouth 95 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group 49.24 96 James Dobbin (GBr) Lincoln 97 Denis Markouris (Aus) Kildare Newbridge 98 Paul Mulligan (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 55.08 99 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 57.41 100 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 101 Nat Brindley (GBr) Lincoln 102 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under 59.23 103 George Rose (GBr) Stena Line 59.24 104 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.00.43 105 Christopher Varley (GBr) North West Division 1.05.05 106 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 1.05.30 107 Dara McCaughley (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.05.32 108 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip 1.06.08 109 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.07.32 110 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 1.07.41 111 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North 1.12.40 112 Stephen Howells (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 1.13.58 113 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.14.07 114 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 1.14.52 115 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.15.10 116 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 117 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 118 Ryan Leech (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 1.19.08 119 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 1.21.35 120 Isaiah Adams (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 1.23.37 121 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 122 Bill Nickson (GBr) North West Division 1.27.08 123 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 1.28.46 124 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 1.32.57 125 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 126 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 127 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.44.04 128 Declan Kinch (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 1.46.20 129 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 1.47.13 130 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.50.45 131 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North 1.55.10 132 Sean Furley (Irl) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 2.11.03 133 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell 2.24.50 Points classification 1 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 35 pts 2 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 32 3 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 26 4 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under 23 5 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn 21 6 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 18 7 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 16 8 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 16 9 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 14 10 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 14 11 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 13 12 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC 13 13 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North 12 14 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 11 15 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 10 16 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under 10 17 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena Line 9 18 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division 8 19 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 8 20 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com 7 21 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group 6 22 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 6 23 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 5 24 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Team HSBC 5 25 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 5 26 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 4 27 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 3 28 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Down Under 3 29 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 2 30 Gary Dodd (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 2 31 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 2 32 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1 Mountains classification 1 David Harrigan (Aus) Team Down Under 8 pts 2 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 6 3 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group 5 4 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 5 5 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 2 6 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 2 U23 classification 1 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 12.07.32 2 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 0.02 3 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 0.03 4 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 5 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 6 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 8.50 7 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 14.51 8 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 9 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 16.12 10 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 23.57 11 Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 29.34 12 Ben Hallam (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 13 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group 48.24 14 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group 48.57 15 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 57.14 16 Christopher Varley (GBr) North West Division 1.04.38 County rider classification 1 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 12.07.35 2 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 3 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 8.47 4 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 12.00 5 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North 14.43 6 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 14.48 7 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 8 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 9 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 10 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 11 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 12 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 13 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 15.58 14 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 23.35 15 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 16 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations 17 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 18 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 19 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 29.31 20 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip 21 Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 22 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 31.30 23 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 31.31 24 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell 44.45 25 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 47.33 26 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip 27 Paul Mulligan (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 54.38 28 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 57.11 29 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 30 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.00.13 31 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 1.05.00 32 Dara McCaughley (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.05.02 33 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip 1.05.38 34 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.07.02 35 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 1.07.11 36 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North 1.12.10 37 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.13.37 38 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 1.14.22 39 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.14.40 40 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 41 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 42 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 1.21.05 43 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 1.23.07 44 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 1.28.16 45 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 1.32.27 46 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 47 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 48 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.43.34 49 Declan Kinch (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 1.45.50 50 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 1.46.43 51 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.50.15 52 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North 1.54.40 53 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell 2.24.20 CI Category 2 classification 1 Dara McCaughley (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 13.12.37 2 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 2.00 3 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 9.20 4 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 9.38 5 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 6 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 18.05 7 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 23.14 8 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 27.25 9 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 10 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 11 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell 38.32 12 Declan Kinch (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 40.48 13 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.19.18 Teams classification 1 Ireland - Irish Sports Council 36.22.25 2 Sweden Bianchi Scandinavia 0.20 3 Great Britain 4 Lancaster Life Repair Group 15.08 5 Kazakhstan 18.21 6 South Africa Team HSBC 24.49 7 Denmark Jylland-Fyn 30.20 8 Surrey Team gbcycles.co.uk 41.40 9 Australia Team Down Under 50.43 10 England primera-bournemouth 53.31 11 Germany Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 56.03 12 Wales Stena Line 59.30 13 Lincoln 1.17.23 14 England North West Division 1.28.30 15 Cambridge Team Dataphonics 1.28.53 16 Wales Energy Cycles Principia 1.40.59 17 USA Team Sportsbook.com 1.49.49 18 London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 2.17.07 19 USA Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 3.29.05 County team classification 1 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 37.05.31 2 Dublin Iarnród Eireann 4.24 3 Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 10.25 4 Dublin Usher Insulations 5 Dublin Skip 34.18 6 Kildare HirEquip 49.06 7 Mayo Galway Bay 52.43 8 Kildare North 1.23.31 9 Meath Donnelly Avonmore 2.06.08 10 Dublin Orwell 2.48.03 11 Kildare Newbridge 3.03.25 12 Wicklow Sahara 3.36.48 Courtesy of fbdmilkras.com
