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FBD Milk Rás - 2.5
Ireland, May 18-25, 2003
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Stage 8 - May 25: Phoenix Park Circuit, 40km
Newton wins FBD Milk Ras
By Shane Stokes, Irishcycling.com
Chris Newton today became the second English rider to win the FBD Milk Rás, successfully defending his race leader's yellow jersey on the concluding stage in Dublin's Phoenix Park. Newton's Great Britain team were of vital help in controlling the flat-out one hour circuit race, as Swedish rider Tobias Lergard and Dane Ari Højgaard were just five and twelve seconds back respectively.
Lergard made a big effort to go clear close to the end of today's race, but Newton's team hauled him back and paved the way for a bunch finish. US professional Adam Hodges Myerson (Sportsbook.com) won what was a hard-fought, dangerous sprint, with former Tour of Spain points winner Nalco Elliott pipping Ireland's Ciarán Power to take second on the stage. Elliott was, by his reckoning, heading for the first big win of his racing comeback but was impeded by a rider in the dash for the line. He had to use his shoulder and head to prevent the rider from ushering him into the barriers, but was able to regain enough momentum to hold off a fast-finishing Power.
Eugene Moriarty of the Meath Lee Strand Cycleways Team was fifth on the stage, taking the best county rider award for a remarkable sixth day in succession. Also finishing in the top ten was his team-mate Ray Clarke, while Colm Bracken (Dublin Iarnród Eireann), Tommy Evans (Ireland - Irish Sports Council), Brian Ahern (Kildare HirEquip), Kieran McMahon (Dublin Iarnród Eireann) and Aidan Crowley (Meath Lee Strand Cycleways) all placed in the top twenty.
"I had a hard time on some of the stages this week, with the weather, wind and a bit of food poisoning, but was really aiming to do well today," said the victorious Hodges Myerson. "It is more my kind of event. The race itself was very hard; I am about ten pounds lighter and one hundred times fitter after this week of racing, but it should be good preparation for the US professional championships next week."
"That's why I had to keep going, even though I was dropped a few times in the race. It is a long way to come too, so we weren't going to go home early. I stuck in there and today shows the value of perseverance."
Nalco Elliott was frustrated with his third place on the stage, although happy to have finished the FBD Milk Rás in good shape. "Eight days of racing was always going to be a big test for me, not having raced and trained in six years. Having gone so close on the last day is a good sign, but it could have been that little bit sweeter."
"I got leaned on in the sprint by one of the riders from the Team Down Under squad. I was going by him and his sprint was starting to die - I think he decided not to let anyone else by. I was able to get by him, but it cost me a bit. I don't often say 'I'd have won that race' but I think today I would have got it all right."
His compatriot Chris Newton was more than happy with things, now joining his team-mate Paul Manning as the only two Englishmen to have won the race. "I was a bit nervous this morning as I had such a slender lead, but with just an hour of racing I knew the only way I could lose it was through a puncture or a crash," he said. "My team-mates controlled things today and though Lergard got clear at one point, we were in control. We left him out there for a while so he wouldn't try it again, and were then able to bring him back. The crowds were really fantastic around the park, it was a nice end to the race."
"Winning the Rás is great, and it is all the more sweeter after going close last year. When I was in second (12 months ago) there was not much pressure at all; taking the jersey this time brought a lot of pressure, but to have that and get the win is very rewarding."
Best of the Irish in the overall standings was the former yellow jersey Tommy Evans, who finished five minutes and five seconds behind Newton in eighth. Irish-based Paddy Moriarty had a great ride to take tenth overall, and was best of the county riders in the overall standings.
"It was a hard race - I just hung on in there as long as I could. The day to Clifden was an example...it wasn't really a matter of picking the right move, it was more about staying up there as long as possible. What I think is the big difference is that the foreign lads have savage recovery. That's a big difference by the end of the race. You can see the county riders getting more and more tired as the week goes on but the internationals are still going well."
One who bucked this trend was Eugene Moriarty, who was best county rider on six consecutive stages. He also finished second on the third stage, and clearly benefited from his racing in Australia and America this year. "I knew since I got back from America that I should be going well in the race. I was disappointed to lose time on the stage to Clifden - I missed a split and also stopped to put on a rain jacket...I was that cold that I had to do it."
"I felt very comfortable on today's stage. I knew the best place to be would be behind the yellow jersey as it would be safest, and that his team would be controlling the pace. My legs felt good and I was hoping to get up in the sprint, but things got very hectic before the finish. There was a lot of fighting for positions and so I was back a little."
And so the FBD Milk Rás ends for another year. It was a fine race, albeit one hampered by some pretty terrible weather, but a well-run and most interesting contest. Newton carries off the top honours, while Jonas Holmkvist of the Bianchi Scandinavia team takes home the points jersey. The Kazakh Maxim Iglinskiv was King of the Mountains. Holmkvist's team-mate Thomas Lovkvist was leading under 23 rider and they took best International team, while the Meath Lee Strand Cycleways squad were first county team. Tony Brady won the tussle to become best second category in the race.
Credit too to all the county riders who got through what was a very difficult eight days. Those such as Orwell's Martin Caddow, Cathal Keane (Mayo Galway Bay) and Sean Furley (London Irish) dug deep to survive against professional and international teams; that kind of courageous perseverance is an important part of the event, and something which they can be proud of.
Photos
Images by Gerry McManus
- With the whirr of 102 cyclists going like the clappers, it's just a quiet day in the park.
- The moment riders who wish for an easy stage detest - the first attack.
- The boys from Great Britain were doing their best to keep the race in control for their man and race leader Chris Newton.
- Surveying the damage done after a hard attack.
- There was no stopping Isaiah Adams (Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj) from launching a successful breakaway - apart from 101 other bike riders.
- Malcolm Elliott (London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc) was looking particularly trim after an extensive lay-off.
- Elliot breaks free from the bunch in an attempt to steal the stage victory.
- Once the prince of sprinters in Great Britain, Malcolm Elliott's choice of bike frame is more than appropriate.
- Team GB boys take control, setting a fearsome pace at the front of the bunch.
- Points leader Jonas Holmkvist (Bianchi Scandinavia) secures his spot at the top of the standings after taking the first prime.
- Mountains winner Maxim Iglinskiv (Kazakhstan) could well be the next Andrei Kivilev.
- Chris Newton (Great Britain) swamped with his winner's wreath, trophy, pot plants and applause.
- Maxim Iglinskiv (Kazakhstan) shows the peloton he's not just a mountain goat.
- The Danes had a solid by slightly uneventful Milk Ras.
- In the final sprint, it's Adam Hodges Myerson (Sportsbook.com, M) who takes the stage from Malcolm Elliott (London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc, L) and Ciarán Power (Ireland - Irish Sports Council, R).
- Stage winner Adam Hodges Myerson (Sportsbook.com) gives off the evil eye.
- Ever popular Malcolm Elliott (London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc) was back on the podium after placing second on the final stage.
- Patrick Moriaty (Dublin Skip) looking very pleased with himself after taking the county rider classification.
- Points winner Jonas Holmkvist (Bianchi Scandinavia) a little over-enthusiastic with the podium girls.
- Jonas Holmkvist (Bianchi Scandinavia) behaving himself.
- Best international team was Sweden Bianchi Scandinavia, finished ahead of Australia Team Down Under and Kazakhstan.
- Best county rider was Eugene Moriaty (Meath Lee Strand Cycleways).
- The Meath Lee Strand Cycleways boys stand tall on the podium after winning the county team classification.
- The multitude of classification winners salute the crowd after the finish of the final stage around the Phoenix Park Circuit.
Results
1 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com 1.11.58 2 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 3 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 4 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under 5 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 6 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 7 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 8 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 9 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 10 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 11 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 12 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 13 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 14 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 15 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 16 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 17 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 18 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under 19 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 20 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group 21 Gary Dodd (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 22 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 23 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC 24 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 25 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 26 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 27 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena Line 28 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 29 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 30 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Down Under 31 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 32 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena Line 33 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 34 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 35 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 36 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 37 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 38 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations 39 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn 40 Justin Hoy (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 41 John Charlesworth (GBr) primera-bournemouth 42 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 43 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 44 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 45 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 46 Christopher Belsham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 47 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell 48 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 49 Roger Morgan (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 50 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 51 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division 52 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC 53 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 54 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group 55 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 56 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group 57 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 58 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 59 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 60 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under 61 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 62 Jeff Howes (RSA) Team HSBC 63 Richard Eastham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 64 Neil Smith (GBr) Lincoln 65 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip 66 Gareth Jones (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 67 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 68 David Berkeley (NZl) Team gbcycles.co.uk 69 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 70 Matt Svatek (USA) Sportsbook.com 71 Rob Enslin (RSA) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 72 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 73 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 74 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 75 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 76 Brian Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 77 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 78 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 79 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Jylland-Fyn 80 Isaiah Adams (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 81 Nick Kenwright (GBr) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 82 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North 83 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip 84 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 85 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com 86 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 87 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group 88 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip 0.53 89 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 1.00 90 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 1.06 91 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell 92 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell 93 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 2.15 94 Lawrence Perera (USA) Sportsbook.com 4.00 95 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 96 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 5.00 97 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 7.20 98 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North 8.30 99 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 10.00 100 Sean Furley (Irl) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 101 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell 11.00 102 Matt Melville (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics Points 1 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com 15 pts 2 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 14 3 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 13 4 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under 12 5 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 11 6 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 10 7 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 9 8 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 8 9 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 7 10 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 6 11 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 5 12 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 4 13 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 3 14 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 2 15 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 1 Primes Grant Thornton Prime at Lap 2 1 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia Cycleways Prime at Lap 4 1 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia Cycleways Prime at Lap 6 1 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com Grant Thornton Prime at Lap 8 1 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia Cycleways Prime at Lap 10 1 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan Cycleways Prime at Lap 12 1 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan Grant Thornton Prime at Lap 14 1 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc County rider 1 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 1.11.58 2 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 3 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 4 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 5 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 6 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 7 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 8 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 9 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 10 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 11 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 12 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 13 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations 14 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 15 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 16 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 17 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell 18 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 19 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 20 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 21 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 22 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 23 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 24 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 25 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip 26 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 27 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 28 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 29 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 30 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 31 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 32 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 33 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North 34 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip 35 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 36 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 37 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip 0.53 38 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 1.06 39 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell 40 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell 41 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 4.00 42 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 5.00 43 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 7.20 44 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North 8.30 45 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 10.00 46 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell 11.00 Teams 1 Sweden Bianchi Scandinavia 3.35.54 2 Australia Team Down Under 3 Kazakhstan 4 Ireland - Irish Sports Council 5 Surrey Team gbcycles.co.uk 6 Denmark Jylland-Fyn 7 Lancaster Life Repair Group 8 South Africa Team HSBC 9 England primera-bournemouth 10 USA Team Sportsbook.com 11 Great Britain 1.00 12 Cambridge Team Dataphonics 11.00 County Teams 1 Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 3.35.54 2 Dublin Iarnród Eireann 3 Dublin Usher Insulations 4 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 5 Meath Donnelly Avonmore 6 Dublin Skip 7 Dublin Orwell 1.06 8 Mayo Galway Bay 9 Wicklow Sahara 5.00 10 Kildare North 15.50 Final general classification 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 29.10.10 2 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 0.05 3 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn 0.12 4 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group 0.34 5 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group 1.15 6 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division 7 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC 2.09 8 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 5.05 9 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 5.35 10 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 6.03 11 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 6.59 12 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 7.12 13 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 7.24 14 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 7.49 15 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 12.39 16 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 14.32 17 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 17.22 18 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 18.03 19 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC 20.22 20 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 20.51 21 Neil Smith (GBr) Lincoln 21.54 22 Roger Morgan (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 22.02 23 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 22.47 24 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 23.55 25 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 23.56 26 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 24.46 27 John Charlesworth (GBr) primera-bournemouth 25.04 28 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 25.20 29 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 26.42 30 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 29.30 31 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 31.18 32 Richard Eastham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 32.11 33 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 32.12 34 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 32.53 35 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 35.12 36 David Berkeley (NZl) Team gbcycles.co.uk 36.57 37 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 37.22 38 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 37.36 39 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Jylland-Fyn 37.40 40 Jeff Howes (RSA) Team HSBC 38.17 41 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 39.25 42 Brian Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 40.50 43 Gary Dodd (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 44.14 44 Gareth Jones (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 45.41 45 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under 54.03 46 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena Line 54.23 47 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 55.41 48 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 56.15 49 Rob Enslin (RSA) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 59.09 50 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 59.36 51 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 59.49 52 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 1.00.21 53 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1.00.28 54 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip 1.02.25 55 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 1.04.05 56 Christopher Belsham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 1.06.25 57 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 1.08.17 58 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com 1.13.42 59 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.14.47 60 Matt Svatek (USA) Sportsbook.com 1.18.39 61 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under 1.19.34 62 Lawrence Perera (USA) Sportsbook.com 1.19.36 63 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.24.04 64 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 1.27.21 65 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 1.27.38 66 Matt Melville (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 1.28.11 67 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Down Under 1.31.29 68 Nick Kenwright (GBr) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 1.33.44 69 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations 1.33.46 70 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena Line 1.39.57 71 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group 1.43.04 72 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 1.48.28 73 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North 1.48.56 74 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.49.30 75 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.51.30 76 Justin Hoy (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 1.53.41 77 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 1.55.03 78 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com 1.56.54 79 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip 1.57.59 80 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group 1.58.32 81 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 1.59.44 82 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 2.00.34 83 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under 2.00.35 84 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 2.08.08 85 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 2.09.05 86 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 2.11.43 87 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip 2.23.37 88 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 2.26.37 89 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 2.32.21 90 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 2.58.36 91 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 3.07.23 92 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell 3.11.19 93 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 3.11.50 94 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 3.16.18 95 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 3.19.19 96 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 3.35.17 97 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell 3.47.02 98 Isaiah Adams (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 4.31.45 99 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North 4.40.54 100 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell 4.54.14 101 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 4.56.52 102 Sean Furley (Irl) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 5.35.32 Points classification 1 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 81 pts 2 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 64 3 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 64 4 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 48 5 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 47 6 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under 47 7 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 40 8 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 39 9 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 38 10 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn 31 11 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 29 12 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com 28 13 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 28 14 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 24 15 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group 23 16 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 21 17 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 19 18 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC 18 19 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 18 20 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 16 21 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group 15 22 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division 15 23 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 15 24 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 14 25 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under 13 26 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 13 27 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 12 28 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC 11 29 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 11 30 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under 10 31 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 8 32 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 8 33 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 4 34 Roger Morgan (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 4 35 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 4 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 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 1 40 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 1 Mountains classification 1 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 45 pts 2 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 43 3 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 39 4 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 39 5 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 34 6 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 19 7 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 19 8 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 19 9 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com 18 10 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 15 11 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under 15 12 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group 14 13 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn 14 14 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 11 15 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 9 16 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division 8 17 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC 6 18 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 4 19 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC 3 20 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 3 21 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 3 22 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com 2 U23 classification 1 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 29.15.45 2 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 1.24 3 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1.37 4 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 17.12 5 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 18.20 6 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 19.11 7 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 25.43 8 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 29.37 9 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 31.47 10 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 54.53 11 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group 1.37.29 12 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group 1.52.57 13 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 2.53.01 CI Category 2 classification 1 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 31.01.40 2 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 8.14 3 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 16.38 4 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 1.20.20 5 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.24.48 6 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 1.27.49 7 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 1.43.47 8 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.55.32 9 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell 3.02.44 10 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 3.05.22 County rider classification 1 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 29.16.13 2 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 1.21 3 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 8.29 4 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 16.44 5 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 19.17 6 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 20.39 7 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 23.27 8 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 26.09 9 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 26.50 10 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 49.38 11 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 50.12 12 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 53.46 13 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 54.18 14 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip 56.22 15 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 58.02 16 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 1.02.14 17 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.08.44 18 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.18.01 19 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 1.21.18 20 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 1.21.35 21 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations 1.27.43 22 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 1.42.25 23 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North 1.42.53 24 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.43.27 25 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.45.27 26 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 1.49.00 27 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip 1.51.56 28 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 1.53.41 29 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.54.31 30 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 2.02.05 31 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 2.03.02 32 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 2.05.40 33 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip 2.17.34 34 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 2.20.34 35 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 2.26.18 36 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 2.52.33 37 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 3.01.20 38 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell 3.05.16 39 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 3.05.47 40 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 3.10.15 41 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 3.13.16 42 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 3.29.14 43 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell 3.40.59 44 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North 4.34.51 45 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell 4.48.11 46 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 4.50.49 Teams classification 1 Sweden Bianchi Scandinavia 87.43.13 2 Kazakhstan 9.47 3 Ireland - Irish Sports Council 13.19 4 Great Britain 17.26 5 South Africa Team HSBC 33.17 6 Denmark Jylland-Fyn 34.57 7 Surrey Team gbcycles.co.uk 43.21 8 Lancaster Life Repair Group 44.01 9 England primera-bournemouth 1.50.57 10 Australia Team Down Under 2.27.27 11 Cambridge Team Dataphonics 2.34.11 12 USA Team Sportsbook.com 3.23.58 County Team classification 1 Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 88.42.05 2 Dublin Iarnród Eireann 27.44 3 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 29.57 4 Dublin Usher Insulations 45.25 5 Dublin Skip 1.21.03 6 Meath Donnelly Avonmore 3.49.20 7 Mayo Galway Bay 4.15.30 8 Kildare North 4.47.05 9 Dublin Orwell 5.31.44 10 Wicklow Sahara 7.18.06 Courtesy of fbdmilkras.com
