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FBD Milk Rás - 2.5
Ireland, May 18-25, 2003
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Stage 5 - May 22: Letterkenny – Buncrana, 146km
Irish Challenge collapses as Newton seizes control
By Shane Stokes, Irishcycling.com
Hopes of a home win in the FBD Milk Ras went totally astray on today's first real mountain stage of the race. The Irish Team had the yellow jersey and two other contenders for overall victory, David O'Loughlin and last year's winner Ciaran Power, but all failed in their bid to mount a challenge.
It was a tale of woe for the Irish team. Power and Evans missed a vital breakaway move, while O'Loughlin got into the group but blew up drastically on the gruelling Gap of Mamore. A year to the day after pulling out with food poisoning, the luckless Mayo rider suffered the effects of overnight fever in fading dramatically at the end of the day.
The stage to Buncrana was won by Great Britain rider Chris Newton, who also seized yellow and is now favourite to win overall. Kerryman Eugene Moriarty was an excellent seventh on the stage, while Evans remains best of the Irish in the general classification. However the 1996 winner is now five and a half minutes adrift and all Irish hopes of taking the race are surely gone.
Looking back, the first hour bore portents that the most crucial stage might not go their way. First O'Loughlin, then Power and finally Andrew Donnellan suffered punctures and lost vital energy in chasing back on. The need to reel in a number of breakaway attempts further sapped their strength, and when South African professional Daniel Spence and Irish county riders Eugene Moriaty and Ray Clarke sparked off a major move after 18 miles, things really started to unravel.
Coming out of the village of Muff a total of 19 riders were clear, eleven of which were in the top twenty and nine were within thirty seconds of Evans' overall lead. The most dangerous of these was second-placed Ari Højgaard, just four seconds behind, but so too John Tanner, Hamish Hayes, Tobias Lergard, Mark Lovatt and the Great Britain trio of Chris Newton, Kieran Page and 2001 winner Paul Manning. It was a case of deja-vu: for the second day running the Irish team had only O'Loughlin in the move. And while he was considered a real contender, it emerged after the stage that the Mayo rider had been ill during the night with fever.
With Power and Evans unable to cross to the move and little hope of getting a successful chase underway, team manager Frankie Campbell was forced to rely on O'Loughlin. "David felt very cold at the end of yesterday's stage and then had a fever during the night,' he said afterwards. "But when he got into the break he said that he felt good and so for a while we hoped things would work out okay.'
With the Irish team not chasing, Irish county squads Dublin Iarnród Eireann and Dublin Skip started working at the head of the bunch. Both had contenders who missed the break, namely Paul Griffin and Paddy Moriarty. Yet despite the assistance of a couple of riders from the Swedish team, the greater horsepower up front meant that the gap continued to soar.
After fifty-four miles the break reached the first category slopes of Ballagh Hill and here the Kazakh duo Maxim Iglinskiv and Andrey Medyannikov raced clear. Both were well down overall and of no threat to the other contenders, and so they were given a little leeway in their move. The duo worked well together and opened a lead of one minute and twenty seconds before the start of the day's climb, the feared one-in-four legbreaker Mamore Gap. With the rest of the Team Ireland - Irish Sports Council squad over three minutes behind, hopes were high that O'Loughlin could go clear of the other contenders and take yellow. But he slipped back dramatically on the early slopes and blew.
Instead, it was Newton was the one who made the crucial move on the savage climb. Striking out early on, he raced up through the cheering throng of spectators and dropped the other riders. Climbing powerfully, he closed up to the Kazakh pair and finally made contact on the following ascent of Pinch Hill. The Swede Tobias Lergard also made it across, and together the four plunged down to the finish in Buncrana.
Lergard and Newton started the day with the same time, but the former was better placed due to his points total. If he was to take yellow, it was vital that the Englishman could gain an advantage before the line. Here the world track points Newton showed his speed, bursting clear in the final three hundred metres with a great surge and grabbing both stage and jersey. Iglinskiv was a second slower, while Medyannikov and Lergard were five down. Best of the Irish for the second day running was Eugene Moriaty, who led in a small group to finish seventh, one minute and fifteen seconds down, while Evans came in six minutes in arrears. But the big shock was the time lost by Power and O'Loughlin, who finished together seventeen minutes down, well behind several Irish county riders on the stage.
And so their FBD Milk Rás dream is over, three days from the end, and just a few hours after it seemed like they were in an ideal position. This morning the squad had three riders who looked like potential winners; now, Evans is five minutes and thirty-three seconds back in ninth. Power and O'Loughlin are twentieth and twenty-first overall.
It is an utterly unexpected turnaround for the team. Last year Chris Newton led, but lost yellow before the end of the race. This time around, he has turned the tables on the Team Ireland squad and now holds the lead going into tomorrow's mountainous stage to Donegal.
"I came into this race with form that was no-where near that of last year, but as the week has gone on I have got stronger,' he said. "I was just trying to duck and dive (into moves) at the start of the week but felt strong today. I knew I had to go hard from the bottom of the climb if I was to do serious damage and so attacked hard once we got onto the slopes. The Danish guy got onto my wheel but had a very big gear on, and so he couldn't react when I went for it towards the top.'
"I'd like to try to keep the jersey. There are three days left to go, and anything can happen. But I will ride as best as I can.' Given the stomping display he put on today, few will doubt that he is capable of going all the way.
Another who was happy was Eugene Moriaty, who showed great form today. "I was actually planning an easy day, as I was very tired from being up the road yesterday. But it worked out differently. After the first KOH I get away with an American rider from the Sportsbook.com professional team. I then saw a South African attacking and was just in the right position to get across to his wheel. When the big group came across to us I thought that I was finished, but took it easy in the break and gradually felt better. I tapped through for a while but suffered a lot on the first category climb. Later on, though, I got over Mamore okay.'
"My legs were definitely stronger towards the end. I climbed well and couldn't believe my legs when I was sprinting for the finish. I think the difference is that I haven't actually raced a whole lot this year...I did some racing in Australia and in America, but also had to take a lot of March off as I had a virus. I think that freshness is helping me now.'
If Moriaty had a good day, Team Ireland manager Frankie Campbell had one he will want to forget. "It is really unfortunate how things worked out. With three guys up there it looked like we would get something from it, but that is not the way things happened. David punctured, Ciarán punctured and Andrew punctured in the first fifteen miles. Ciarán and Tommy just missed getting across to the move...they were marked quite a bit during the early part of the stage and that group managed to get away from them. David was up there and while he was sick last night, he said he felt okay once he was in the break. But as time went on he felt weaker, and when he hit the bottom of the climb he didn't have anything left.'
"Tommy (Evans) is the most annoyed. He thought we had a very strong chance. We played the game all week of having three guys in it, but unfortunately it didn't work out that way today.'
And so Newton is at the top with three days left. Tomorrow's 104 mile stage has four climbs, including the tough category one ascent of Glengesh, but many - including Great Britain manager John Herety - believe that the team should be strong enough to defend. The Bianchi Scandinavia team of Tobias Lergard will, however, be doing their utmost to make sure this isn't the case.
Results
1 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 3.24.46 (39.96 km/h) 2 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 0.01 3 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 0.05 4 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 5 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group 0.38 6 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn 7 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 1.15 8 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena Line 9 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division 10 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group 11 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC 12 Roger Morgan (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 13 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 14 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com 1.22 15 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 3.58 16 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC 5.38 17 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 6.03 18 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 19 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 20 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 21 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 22 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Jylland-Fyn 23 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 24 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 25 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 26 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 27 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 7.22 28 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 7.24 29 David Berkeley (NZl) Team gbcycles.co.uk 7.26 30 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena Line 7.30 31 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 32 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 33 Neil Swithenbank (GBr) North West Division 34 David Harrigan (Aus) Team Down Under 8.06 35 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 8.08 36 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 37 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 38 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North 39 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Life Repair Group 40 Neil Smith (GBr) Lincoln 41 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 42 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 43 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 44 Lawrence Perera (USA) Sportsbook.com 45 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 46 John Charlesworth (GBr) primera-bournemouth 47 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 48 Sven Biermann (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 49 Jeff Howes (RSA) Team HSBC 50 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 51 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 52 Richard Eastham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 8.36 53 Gareth Jones (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 10.48 54 Brian Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 55 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 12.37 56 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 16.48 57 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 58 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group 19.41 59 Christopher Belsham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 60 Rob Enslin (RSA) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 61 Matt Melville (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 62 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 25.44 63 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations 64 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 65 Greg Roche (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 66 Gary Dodd (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 67 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 68 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group 69 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip 70 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 25.59 71 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 72 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 73 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 74 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 75 Matt Svatek (USA) Sportsbook.com 76 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip 77 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 26.49 78 Stephen Gibson (GBr) primera-bournemouth 79 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 80 James Dobbin (GBr) Lincoln 81 Justin Hoy (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 82 Ben Hallam (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 83 Christopher Varley (GBr) North West Division 84 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Down Under 85 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell 86 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 87 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 88 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 89 Nick Kenwright (GBr) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 90 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North 91 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 92 Ryan Leech (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 93 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena Line 94 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com 27.48 95 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 29.22 96 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip 97 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 98 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 99 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 100 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 101 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell 102 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 103 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North 104 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under 105 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 106 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 33.12 107 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under 37.38 108 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under 109 Isaiah Adams (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 42.57 110 Sean Furley (Irl) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 43.51 111 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey TC George Rose (GBr) Stena Line 51.47 TC Stephen Howells (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 54.56 TC Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell 56.09 TC Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell TC Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 54.56 TC Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay TC Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara TC Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara TC Declan Kinch (Irl) Wicklow Sahara DNF Dara McCaughley (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore DNS James Ball (RSA) Team HSBC DNS Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip DNS Paul Mulligan (Irl) Kildare HirEquip DNS Ross Hooker (Can) Kildare HirEquip DNS Ross Muir (GBr) Lincoln DNS Nat Brindley (GBr) Lincoln Points 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 15 pts 2 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 14 3 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 13 4 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 12 5 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group 11 6 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn 10 7 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 9 8 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena Line 8 9 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division 7 10 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group 6 11 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC 5 12 Roger Morgan (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 4 13 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 3 14 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com 2 15 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 1 Mountains Maghera - Cat 3 1 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under 5 pts 2 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC 4 3 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 3 4 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com 2 Bradagh - Cat 3 1 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 5 pts 2 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group 4 3 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 3 4 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC 2 Ballagh Hill - Cat 1 1 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 15 pts 2 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 12 3 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com 10 4 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn 8 5 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 6 6 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division 5 7 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC 3 Mamore - Cat 1 1 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 15 pts 2 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 12 3 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 10 4 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 8 5 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn 6 6 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group 5 7 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division 3 8 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC Pinch Hill - Cat 3 1 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 5 pts 2 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 4 3 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 3 4 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 2 County rider 1 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 3.26.01 2 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 2.43 3 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 4.48 4 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 6.09 5 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 6.53 6 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 7 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 8 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North 9 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 10 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 11 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 12 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 13 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 24.29 14 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations 15 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 16 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 17 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip 18 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 24.44 19 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 20 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 21 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 22 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 23 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip 24 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 25.34 25 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 26 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell 27 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 28 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 29 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 30 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North 31 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 32 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 28.07 33 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip 34 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 35 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 36 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 37 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 38 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell 39 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 40 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North 41 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 42 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 31.57 43 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 42.36 Teams 1 Kazakhstan 10.20.27 2 Great Britain 1.09 3 Lancaster Life Repair Group 3.52 4 Denmark Jylland-Fyn 6.35 5 Sweden Bianchi Scandinavia 7.29 6 Surrey Team gbcycles.co.uk 8.35 7 South Africa Team HSBC 8.52 8 Ireland - Irish Sports Council 24.50 9 USA Team Sportsbook.com 29.20 10 England North West Division 29.25 11 Wales Stena Line 12 England primera-bournemouth 30.16 13 Cambridge Team Dataphonics 39.16 14 Australia Team Down Under 58.08 15 USA Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 30.26 County Teams 1 Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 10.27.39 2 Dublin Iarnród Eireann 27.55 3 Dublin Usher Insulations 28.39 4 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 32.17 5 Dublin Skip 44.10 6 Kildare North 47.35 7 Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.07.59 8 Mayo Galway Bay 1.08.49 9 Dublin Orwell 1.12.12 General classification after stage 5 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 19.44.03 2 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 0.05 3 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn 0.12 4 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group 0.38 5 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 1.15 6 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group 7 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division 8 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC 2.09 9 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 5.33 10 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 6.02 11 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 6.03 12 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 13 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 14 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 7.12 15 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 7.22 16 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 7.24 17 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 7.27 18 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena Line 13.15 19 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 14.32 20 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 16.48 21 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 22 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 17.22 23 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 18.03 24 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 18.46 25 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 19.30 26 Neil Smith (GBr) Lincoln 20.08 27 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 28 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Life Repair Group 20.26 29 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC 30 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 20.51 31 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 21.15 32 Roger Morgan (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 22.02 33 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 22.47 34 David Harrigan (Aus) Team Down Under 22.49 35 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North 22.51 36 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 22.56 37 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 38 John Charlesworth (GBr) primera-bournemouth 39 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 23.55 40 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 24.17 41 Sven Biermann (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 25.28 42 Brian Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 26.20 43 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 27.25 44 Jeff Howes (RSA) Team HSBC 31.43 45 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 46 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 47 Richard Eastham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 32.11 48 Gary Dodd (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 34.17 49 Christopher Belsham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 34.29 50 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 35.34 51 Gareth Jones (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 35.44 52 David Berkeley (NZl) Team gbcycles.co.uk 36.57 53 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Jylland-Fyn 37.17 54 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under 44.06 55 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 44.10 56 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena Line 48.34 57 Rob Enslin (RSA) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 49.12 58 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 49.19 59 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations 60 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 50.24 61 Neil Swithenbank (GBr) North West Division 52.41 62 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 53.36 63 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip 55.15 64 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 55.41 65 Lawrence Perera (USA) Sportsbook.com 66 Ben Hallam (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 56.20 67 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 58.20 68 Matt Svatek (USA) Sportsbook.com 58.44 69 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 59.49 70 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.00.52 71 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com 1.03.45 72 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under 1.03.56 73 Matt Melville (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 1.07.14 74 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group 1.08.35 75 Justin Hoy (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 1.09.14 76 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Down Under 1.11.34 77 Greg Roche (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 1.13.17 78 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip 1.13.32 79 Nick Kenwright (GBr) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 1.13.49 80 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group 1.14.05 81 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.14.07 82 James Dobbin (GBr) Lincoln 1.15.43 83 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena Line 1.20.02 84 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 1.24.00 85 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 1.25.16 86 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.29.35 87 Christopher Varley (GBr) North West Division 1.31.24 88 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 1.31.49 89 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 1.33.10 90 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com 1.33.40 91 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip 1.35.00 92 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under 1.36.31 93 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 1.38.53 94 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North 1.38.59 95 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.40.14 96 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.40.39 97 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 98 Stephen Gibson (GBr) primera-bournemouth 1.40.56 99 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 1.47.54 100 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 1.48.51 101 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.49.32 102 Ryan Leech (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 1.54.33 103 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 1.58.11 104 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 2.06.49 105 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 2.16.35 106 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 2.19.37 107 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 2.41.49 108 Isaiah Adams (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 2.46.04 109 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 2.59.44 110 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North 3.04.02 111 Sean Furley (Irl) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 3.34.24 Points classification 1 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 45 pts 2 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 40 3 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 35 4 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 31 5 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn 31 6 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 31 7 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 27 8 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 26 9 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under 23 10 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 21 11 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 21 12 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC 18 13 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena Line 17 14 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Life Repair Group 15 15 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 15 16 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division 15 17 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 15 18 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 14 19 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 14 20 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 14 21 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group 12 22 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North 12 23 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group 11 24 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 11 25 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under 10 26 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 7 27 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com 7 28 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 6 29 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 6 30 Sven Biermann (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 6 31 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 5 32 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 5 33 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 4 34 Roger Morgan (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 4 35 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 3 36 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Down Under 3 37 Gary Dodd (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 2 38 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com 2 39 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 1 Mountains classification 1 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 45 pts 2 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 38 3 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 19 4 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group 14 5 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn 14 6 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 10 7 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com 10 8 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division 8 9 David Harrigan (Aus) Team Down Under 8 10 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 6 11 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC 6 12 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under 5 13 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Life Repair Group 4 14 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC 3 15 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 3 16 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 3 17 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 2 18 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 2 19 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com 2 U23 classification 1 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 19.50.05 2 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 0.01 3 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 4 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1.10 5 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 1.20 6 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 1.25 7 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 16.45 8 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 17.53 9 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 18.15 10 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 21.23 11 Ben Hallam (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 50.18 12 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group 1.02.33 13 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group 1.08.03 14 Christopher Varley (GBr) North West Division 1.25.22 15 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 2.00.47 County rider classification 1 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 19.50.06 2 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 1.21 3 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 8.29 4 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 12.43 5 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 14.05 6 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 16.44 7 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North 16.48 8 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 16.53 9 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 10 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 25.40 11 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 12 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 38.07 13 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 43.16 14 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations 15 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 44.21 16 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip 49.12 17 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 49.38 18 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 52.17 19 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 53.46 20 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 54.49 21 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip 1.07.29 22 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.08.04 23 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 1.17.57 24 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 1.19.13 25 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.23.32 26 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 1.25.46 27 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 1.27.07 28 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip 1.28.57 29 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 1.32.50 30 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North 1.32.56 31 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.34.11 32 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.34.36 33 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 34 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 1.41.51 35 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 1.42.48 36 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.43.29 37 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 1.52.08 38 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 2.00.46 39 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 2.10.32 40 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 2.13.34 41 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 2.35.46 42 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 2.53.41 43 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North 2.57.59 CI Category 2 classification 1 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 21.24.17 2 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 0.25 3 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 8.37 4 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 17.57 5 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 36.21 6 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.01.35 Teams classification 1 Great Britain 59.19.27 2 Sweden Bianchi Scandinavia 6.20 3 Lancaster Life Repair Group 15.01 4 Kazakhstan 15.12 5 Ireland - Irish Sports Council 23.21 6 South Africa Team HSBC 32.12 7 Denmark Jylland-Fyn 35.26 8 Surrey Team gbcycles.co.uk 48.46 9 England primera-bournemouth 1.22.18 10 Australia Team Down Under 1.47.22 11 England North West Division 1.56.26 12 Wales Stena Line 1.57.04 13 Cambridge Team Dataphonics 2.06.40 14 USA Team Sportsbook.com 2.39.36 15 USA Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 5.47.08 County Teams classification 1 Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 60.17.10 2 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 23.23 3 Dublin Iarnród Eireann 23.25 4 Dublin Usher Insulations 30.10 5 Dublin Skip 1.09.34 6 Mayo Galway Bay 2.28.52 7 Kildare North 2.42.12 8 Meath Donnelly Avonmore 3.05.13 9 Dublin Orwell 4.01.58 Courtesy of fbdmilkras.com
