Ras Mumhan - NE

Ireland, April 10-12, 2004

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Stage 3 - April 11: Beaufort - Killorglin ITT, 6 miles

O'Laughlin breaks Downing grip

By Tommy Campbell

David O'Loughlin of the Hibernian Team Ireland put a halt to the dominance of the Recycling.Co.Uk/MG XPower outfit when he won the individual time trial against the clock on the Beaufort/Killorglin 10 kilometre test yesterday morning. There was a slight headwind against the competitors but O'Loughlin a noted tt exponent showed his grit by clawing back time on the overall leader, Russell Downing. Russell is still in pole position but his advantage is now down to a mere five seconds with this afternoon's criterium in Killarney. Overall the top three on General Classification are separated by a tantalising 10 seconds. Dean Downing the winner of the first stage is third overall.

Results

1 David O'Loughlin, (Hibernian Team Ireland)           0.14.51
2 Andrew Roche (Isle of Man)                              0.06
3 James Millard (Dataphonics)                             0.08
4 B. Hallam (Dataphonics)                                 0.11
5 D. McCann (Hibernian Team Ireland)
6 A. Malarczyk (Dataphonics)                              0.14
7 D. Downing (Recycling.Co.Uk./MG XPower)                 0.21
8 R. Downing (Recycling.Co.Uk./MG XPower)                 0.24