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53rd FBD Insurance Rás - 2.2
Ireland, May 22-29, 2005
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Stage 2 - May 23: Emyvale - Tubbercurry, 165 km
Newton takes stage and yellow jersey
By Shane Stokes in Tubbercurry
In terms of career results, two riders in particular stand out from the field in this year's FBD Insurance Rás. 2003 champion Chris Newton has racked up two world championship golds plus Olympic silver and bronze medals on the track, while Malcolm Elliott's previous incarnation as a top European professional saw him capture stage wins plus the overall points title in the Tour of Spain.
Pretty impressive stuff. Today, that class rose to the top, the two English competitors finishing well clear of the rest of the field and sprinting it out for the stage win between them. Elliott looked to have the victory all sewn up, only for his rival to nip around him with fifty metres remaining and scoop both the stage honours and the overall race lead.
That Elliott went so close to taking the win is further testimony to his remarkable longevity as an endurance athlete. The Yorkshire-Trinity Capital rider is now 43 years of age, but is clearly in great shape. And while he says that his climbing is probably not strong enough to challenge for overall honours, he will continue trying to add to the two stage victories he took last year.
The Yorkshire-Trinity Capital rider wasn't the only veteran in form on the undulating leg to Tubbercurry. Double Rás champion Philip Cassidy (Meath-Cycleways.com) was in the thick of things once more, forging ahead with Newton, Elliott and Ireland-Grant Thornton rider Conor Murphy inside the final thirty kilometres and losing sight of the stage win only inside the last eight. Murphy and Cassidy, who like Elliott is 43 years young, hung on to take third and fourth, while the overall race leader Morten Hegreberg finished 2 minutes and 26 seconds down and drops to third overall.
Stage one winner Roger Aiken (Louth-Safe Cycling) also lost considerable time, crossing the line as part of the main bunch some 5 minutes and 51 seconds after Newton and Elliott tussled it out for the day's honours. Like the majority of riders in the race, his overall aspirations are now over.
How it unfolded
Today's stage saw the riders tackle two categorised climbs along the 160 kilometres from Emyvale to Tubbercurry. The first came just five kilometres after the start and saw Meath-Cycleways rider Eugene Moriarty solo off the front to scoop maximum points. Moriarty had started the day in the King of the Mountains jersey but only by virtue of the fact that classification leader Hegreberg was wearing yellow. However, that prime win plus a later victory at the top of Bellavalley Gap saw him move a healthy ten points clear in that classification.
Once past the summit, US Guinness rider Donald Reeb (US-Guinness) shot clear. While his solo lead was a relatively short-lived one, his aggression acted as a catalyst for the day's big move. Eight riders-Newton, Elliott, Cassidy, Murphy, Zach Bell (Canada-Jet Fuel Coffee), Gabriel Rasch (Norway-Sparebanken Vest), Eoin Whelan (Louth-Safe Cycling) and Gary Dodd (Surrey Racing League) succeeded in bridging the gap and opened up a big lead over the main field.
Sensing danger, Kristian House (Britain-Fujibikes), Newton's team-mate Paul Manning and Craig Sweetman (Meath-M. Donnelly) set off in pursuit but they were unable to bridge the gap.
Tim Barry (Tipperary Dan Morrissey) then did what he could to get across, first joining forces with Evan Oliphant (Scotland) and then pressing on ahead alone. However he too was unable to reel in the break, spelling an end to his chances of taking yellow.
Like Barry, (and Elliott and Newton), Rasch was also in yesterday's escape and so was in the running for the overall lead. However the Norwegian had the misfortune to puncture just before Newton, Elliott, Murphy and Cassidy turned the screw at 27 kilometres to go and blew the front group apart.
He, along with Bell, Reeb, Whelan and Dodd were mopped up by a chase group comprising John Dempsey (Ireland-Grant Thornton), yellow jersey Morten Hegreberg (Norway-Sparebanken Vest), Alex Coutts (Scotland), Yanto Barker (Wales-Stena Line), Rob Sharman (GB-Recycling.co.uk), John Tanner, Kevin Dawson, Mark Lovatt (Yorkshire-Trinity Capital), Denis Lynch (Cork-Kanturk), Sean Lacey (Meath-M. Donnelly) and Barry.
Despite the charge behind, there was no way that the four up front would be overhauled before the line. With approximately eight kilometres remaining Newton and Elliott forged ahead, shedding the two Irish riders, and these raced on into the finish in Tubbercurry together.
There Newton proved marginally quicker, taking the stage and, by virtue of his eight second advantage going into the stage, the yellow jersey.
"Taking the lead on day two is a bit earlier than I planned but when I found myself out front, I decided to go for it," he said. "If the overall doesn't work out then at least I have the insurance of having landed a stage win. It takes the pressure off as well."
Elliott rued the missed opportunity, saying that mechanical problems prevented him from properly finishing off his sprint. "I felt pretty good. I started the sprint quite early and wanted to shift up a gear inside the final 50 metres. I changed the gear but all the rain today meant that the mechanism didn't work quite right. I had to ease back on the pedals to allow the chain to drop down a sprocket, but having lost that momentum I couldn't get it going again before the line.
"I don't think I am climbing well enough to be in the running for the overall classification. I think I will lose time on the mountains. Stage wins are what I came for but unfortunately it didn't work out today. I will try again later in the week...there will hopefully be a few more chances."
Third on the stage went to Ireland-Stena Line rider Conor Murphy. He was relatively satisfied with his placing. "The hill near the end was what caused my legs to seize up," he said. "I am happy to hang on for third on the stage, I don't think I would have done anything in the sprint against those two guys if I had stayed with them, I was pretty tired by that stage."
1983 and 1999 overall winner Philip Cassidy crossed the line just behind Murphy, taking fourth. "It was kind of a plan to try today. The goal was to get into a group in the first half of the week and see what we could take out of it. I was quite pleased today, even though they got rid of me on the last climb with about eight or ten kilometres to go. If I am lucky enough to get clear in two or three days time I should be better, as I was quite tired starting the race. I had a heavy week last week, work-wise, so my legs weren't in the best of shape yesterday. But they felt better today.
"It is going to be hard for the teams to control the race if the weather is bad. If it is not nice and sunny, it is much harder to keep a grip on the race. We'll see how things work out, but if the legs are good I'll certainly try again."
The FBD Insurance Rás continue tomorrow with a 156 kilometre leg to Lisdoonvarna. The second category climb of Corkscrew Hill comes eleven kilometres from the finish, and may well act as a springboard for stage honours. However, with Newton and Elliott now over two minutes clear of the rest of the field, it is likely that yellow will rest with one or the other. For the immediate future, at least.
Results
1 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 4.11.11
2 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital
3 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 1.12
4 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 1.49
5 John Tanner (GBr) Trinity Capital 2.21
6 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk
7 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital
8 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey
9 Gary Dodd (GBr) SurreyRacing League 2.26
10 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena
11 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly
12 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Trinity Capital
13 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest
14 John Dempsey (Irl) Grant Thornton
15 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk
16 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sparebanken Vest
17 Zach Bell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 3.30
18 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 4.19
19 Stuart MacGregor (GBr) Scotland West
20 Jan Novak (Cze) Elmarco KK
21 Roger Morgan (GBr) SurreyRacing League
22 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF
23 Michael Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 4.22
24 Sheldon Deeny (USA) TIAA-CREF
25 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland
26 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 5.30
27 Nathan Mitchell (USA) TIAA-CREF 5.51
28 Richard Kooijman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland
29 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Nucleus
30 Mike Barton (USA) Boston Scientific
31 Chris Belsham (GBr) Angliasport
32 Kieran Keane (Irl) Exel Ravens
33 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M Donnelly
34 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest
35 Dave Reilly (Irl) IRC Moy Isover
36 Chris McNamara (GBr) SurreyRacing League
37 Kenny Williams (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage
38 Tom Hemmant (GBr) Exel Ravens
39 Brian Truman (Irl) Dan Morrissey
40 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys
41 Martin Snizek (Cze) Elmarco KK
42 Hugo Keetman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland
43 Kristian House (GBr) Fujibikes
44 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens von Hacht
45 Simon McNamara (GBr) Angliasport
46 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK
47 Mick Hennessy (Irl) Nucleus
48 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland
49 Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens von Hacht
50 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn
51 Ken Norgrove (Irl) Whs. All Systems
52 Michal Stastny (Cze) Elmarco KK
53 David Smith (GBr) Scotland
54 David Peelo (Irl) Whs. All Systems
55 Robert Moore (Irl) M Donnelly
56 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Usher Insulations
57 Ryan Connor (GBr) Usher Insulations
58 Simon Saunders (GBr) SurreyRacing League
59 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton
60 Jiri Korbel (Cze) Elmarco KK
61 Chris Daddy (GBr) NE England
62 Menno de Boer (Ned) BRC Kennemerland
63 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee
64 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow North
65 Philip Finegan (Irl) Usher Insulations
66 Eddie O'Donoghue (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn
67 Bill Moore (Irl) M Donnelly
68 Ian MacGregor (USA) TIAA-CREF
69 Mark Pozniak (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee
70 John Mason (Irl) Worldwide Cycles
71 Stephen Enright (Irl) IRC Moy Isover
72 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens von Hacht
73 Paddy Kelly (Irl) Wicklow South
74 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles
75 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena
76 Stian Remme (Nor) Sparebanken Vest
77 Robert Partridge (GBr) Stena
78 Aidan Crowley (Irl) cycleways.com
79 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate
80 Nobby O'Reilly (Irl) Ventilux First Mortgage
81 Adam Kelly (Irl) Wicklow North
82 John Horgan (Irl) Nucleus
83 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland
84 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Dan Morrissey
85 Mark Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com
86 Greg Roche (GBr) Fujibikes
87 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena
88 Paul Coats (GBr) Scotland West
89 Ciaran Farrell (Irl) Whs. All Systems
90 Steve Kenny (GBr) NE England
91 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dundrum Shopping
92 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England
93 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk
94 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk
95 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Kanturk
96 Ciaran Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys
97 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Kanturk
98 Tino Haakman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland
99 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton
100 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling
101 Gareth Jones (GBr) Fujibikes
102 Brian Keane (Irl) Grant Thornton
103 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) cycleways.com
104 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) Ena Loakman
105 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena
106 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Kanturk
107 Stephan Wolfer (GBr) Fujibikes
108 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest
109 Eoin Whelan (Irl) Safe Cycling
110 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus
111 Shaun Snodden (GBr) Recycling.co.uk
112 Richard Cartland (GBr) Angliasport
113 John O'Shea (Irl) Dan Morrissey
114 Todd Duncan (USA) Guinness
115 Myles McCorry (Irl) Safe Cycling
116 Timothy Dunford (GBr) SurreyRacing League
117 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com
118 James Cusick (GBr) Scotland West
119 Thomas Evans (Irl) Trinity Capital
120 Rory Wyley (Irl) Dan Morrissey
121 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nucleus
122 David Robinson (USA) TIAA-CREF 6.16
123 Thomas Lavery (Irl) Kerry 7.34
124 Barry Meehan (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 8.00
125 Eoin Concannon (Irl) Kanturk 8.32
126 Fred Stamm (USA) McGuire Cycles 8.40
127 Andri Lebedev (Est) Kalev Chocolate 8.53
128 Donald Reeb (USA) Guinness 8.58
129 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 11.37
130 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 17.15
131 Dan O'Sullivan (USA) McGuire Cycles 18.55
132 Ian Paine (GBr) Exel Ravens
133 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Fujibikes
134 John Paul Lynch (Irl) Wicklow North
135 Keith Griffin (Irl) Worldwide Cycles
136 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate
137 Tom Greene (Irl) Ena Loakman
138 Chris Harnish (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB
139 William Byrne (Irl) Murphy Surveys
140 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Ena Loakman
141 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Exel Ravens
142 Brian Stewart (GBr) Usher Insulations
143 Marcus Smith (GBr) Scotland West
144 Simon Mulvany (Irl) M Donnelly
145 Fergus O'Connor (Irl) Whs. All Systems
146 Francis Ennis (Irl) Dundrum Shopping
147 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow South
148 Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee
149 Ronnie Batey (GBr) NE England 19.12
150 Richard Eastham (GBr) Angliasport 22.01
151 Cian Crowley (Irl) Wicklow South 30.12
152 Max Spirin (USA) McGuire Cycles 34.44
153 John Wall (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 34.47
154 Dave Buchan (GBr) NE England
155 Brian Taafe (Irl) Whs. All Systems 34.56
156 Richard Malone (Irl) Ena Loakman 46.49
157 Jason Bethel (GBr) Ventilux First Mortgage
158 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dundrum Shopping
159 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Safe Cycling
160 Jeff Craddock (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB
161 David Klipper (USA) Guinness
162 Peter Vermeulen (Ned) BRC Kennemerland
163 Michael O'Donnell (Irl) Wicklow North
164 Mick Walsh (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage
165 Morgan Fox (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn
166 Mark King (USA) Guinness 59.07
167 Thad LaVallee (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 1.00.38
168 Peter Sleight (USA) Boston Scientific
169 Karl Dolan (Irl) Safe Cycling
170 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn
171 Karl Elliott (Irl) IRC Moy Isover
172 Jeremy Burton (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB
173 Peter Hey (GBr) Angliasport
174 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) IRC Moy Isover
175 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Stevens von Hacht
176 Gerard Ivory (Irl) Wicklow South
177 Conor Coffey (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB
178 Dave Early (Irl) Ena Loakman
179 Emmet Hogan (Irl) McGuire Cycles
180 Barry Donnelly (Irl) Murphy Surveys
181 John O'Brien (Irl) Kerry
182 J Skiles Keith (USA) Guinness
183 Eamonn Prendergast (Irl) Wicklow South
184 Kacey Chamberlin (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage
185 Michael Elliott (Irl) IRC Moy Isover
186 Aaron Beardsley (USA) McGuire Cycles
187 Eldon Looney (Irl) Kerry
188 Alan Potter (USA) Boston Scientific
189 Justin Lillie (USA) Boston Scientific
190 Niall Jenkins (Irl) Wicklow North
DNF Chris Smart (GBr) Scotland West
DNF Tony Devane (Irl) Kerry
DNS Michael Horgan (Irl) Kerry
Points
1 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 15 pts
2 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 14
3 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 13
4 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 12
5 John Tanner (GBr) Trinity Capital 11
6 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 10
7 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 9
8 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 8
9 Gary Dodd (GBr) SurreyRacing League 7
10 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 6
11 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly 5
12 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Trinity Capital 4
13 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 3
14 John Dempsey (Irl) Grant Thornton 2
15 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 1
Mountains
KOM Cat 3 at Corraghduff
1 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 5 pts
2 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 4
3 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 3
4 Stian Remme (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 2
KOM Cat. 2 at Bellavalley Gap
1 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 10 pts
2 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 8
3 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 6
4 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 4
5 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 3
County rider
1 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 4.13.00
General classification after stage 2
1 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 7.04.29
2 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 0.08
3 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 2.16
4 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Trinity Capital 2.23
5 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 2.32
6 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey
7 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 2.37
8 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sparebanken Vest
9 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 4.20
10 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 4.30
11 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 4.57
12 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 5.29
13 John Tanner (GBr) Trinity Capital
14 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly 5.34
15 Gary Dodd (GBr) SurreyRacing League
16 John Dempsey (Irl) Grant Thornton
17 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk
18 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 5.41
19 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 5.42
20 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 6.01
21 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 6.02
22 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK
23 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles
24 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 6.03
25 Stuart MacGregor (GBr) Scotland West 7.27
26 Jan Novak (Cze) Elmarco KK
27 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland
28 Roger Morgan (GBr) SurreyRacing League
29 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 7.30
30 Michael Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 8.26
31 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 8.56
32 Aidan Crowley (Irl) cycleways.com 8.57
33 Mick Hennessy (Irl) Nucleus 8.58
34 Richard Kooijman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 8.59
35 Chris Belsham (GBr) Angliasport
36 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Nucleus
37 Mike Barton (USA) Boston Scientific
38 Tom Hemmant (GBr) Exel Ravens
39 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M Donnelly
40 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens von Hacht
41 Eddie O'Donoghue (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn
42 Brian Truman (Irl) Dan Morrissey
43 Kristian House (GBr) Fujibikes
44 Mark Pozniak (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee
45 Chris Daddy (GBr) NE England
46 Ken Norgrove (Irl) Whs. All Systems
47 Kieran Keane (Irl) Exel Ravens
48 Kenny Williams (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage
49 Robert Moore (Irl) M Donnelly
50 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens von Hacht
51 Simon Saunders (GBr) SurreyRacing League
52 Simon McNamara (GBr) Angliasport
53 Jiri Korbel (Cze) Elmarco KK
54 Martin Snizek (Cze) Elmarco KK
55 Michal Stastny (Cze) Elmarco KK
56 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow North
57 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton
58 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee
59 Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens von Hacht
60 Ciaran Farrell (Irl) Whs. All Systems
61 Chris McNamara (GBr) SurreyRacing League
62 Steve Kenny (GBr) NE England
63 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest
64 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk
65 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Usher Insulations
66 Stephen Enright (Irl) IRC Moy Isover
67 Bill Moore (Irl) M Donnelly
68 Ian MacGregor (USA) TIAA-CREF
69 Menno de Boer (Ned) BRC Kennemerland
70 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys
71 Todd Duncan (USA) Guinness
72 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England
73 Gareth Jones (GBr) Fujibikes
74 David Smith (GBr) Scotland
75 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dundrum Shopping
76 David Peelo (Irl) Whs. All Systems
77 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena
78 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena
79 Robert Partridge (GBr) Stena
80 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Kanturk
81 Stian Remme (Nor) Sparebanken Vest
82 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland
83 Tino Haakman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland
84 Shaun Snodden (GBr) Recycling.co.uk
85 Richard Cartland (GBr) Angliasport
86 Ryan Connor (GBr) Usher Insulations
87 John Mason (Irl) Worldwide Cycles
88 Greg Roche (GBr) Fujibikes
89 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate
90 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) Ena Loakman
91 Mark Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com
92 Eoin Whelan (Irl) Safe Cycling
93 Myles McCorry (Irl) Safe Cycling
94 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus
95 John Horgan (Irl) Nucleus
96 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Kanturk
97 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Kanturk
98 Thomas Evans (Irl) Trinity Capital
99 Rory Wyley (Irl) Dan Morrissey
100 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk
101 Stephan Wolfer (GBr) Fujibikes
102 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) cycleways.com
103 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nucleus
104 James Cusick (GBr) Scotland West
105 Timothy Dunford (GBr) SurreyRacing League
106 David Robinson (USA) TIAA-CREF 9.24
107 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 9.26
108 Brian Keane (Irl) Grant Thornton 9.38
109 Barry Meehan (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 11.08
110 Eoin Concannon (Irl) Kanturk 11.40
111 Fred Stamm (USA) McGuire Cycles 11.48
112 Andri Lebedev (Est) Kalev Chocolate 12.01
113 Donald Reeb (USA) Guinness 12.06
114 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 14.45
115 Sheldon Deeny (USA) TIAA-CREF 17.04
116 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 20.23
117 Nathan Mitchell (USA) TIAA-CREF 21.41
118 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 22.03
119 John Paul Lynch (Irl) Wicklow North
120 Dan O'Sullivan (USA) McGuire Cycles
121 Marcus Smith (GBr) Scotland West
122 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow South
123 Chris Harnish (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB
124 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Ena Loakman
125 Tom Greene (Irl) Ena Loakman
126 Brian Stewart (GBr) Usher Insulations
127 Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee
128 Ronnie Batey (GBr) NE England 22.20
129 Richard Eastham (GBr) Angliasport 25.09
130 Dave Reilly (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 28.13
131 Hugo Keetman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland
132 Philip Finegan (Irl) Usher Insulations
133 Ciaran Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys
134 Zach Bell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 34.30
135 Paddy Kelly (Irl) Wicklow South 36.51
136 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Dan Morrissey
137 John O'Shea (Irl) Dan Morrissey
138 John Wall (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 37.55
139 Brian Taafe (Irl) Whs. All Systems 38.04
140 William Byrne (Irl) Murphy Surveys 41.17
141 Francis Ennis (Irl) Dundrum Shopping
142 Keith Griffin (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 49.55
143 Ian Paine (GBr) Exel Ravens
144 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Exel Ravens
145 Simon Mulvany (Irl) M Donnelly 49.57.00
146 Fergus O'Connor (Irl) Whs. All Systems 55.42
147 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 57.06
148 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Fujibikes 59.51
149 Max Spirin (USA) McGuire Cycles
150 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn
151 Nobby O'Reilly (Irl) Ventilux First Mortgage
152 Adam Kelly (Irl) Wicklow North 1.01.34
153 Paul Coats (GBr) Scotland West 1.03.46
154 Thomas Lavery (Irl) Kerry
155 Justin Lillie (USA) Boston Scientific
156 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn
157 J Skiles Keith (USA) Guinness
158 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Stevens von Hacht
159 Barry Donnelly (Irl) Murphy Surveys 1.05.47
160 Kacey Chamberlin (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 1.09.11
161 Dave Buchan (GBr) NE England 1.12.51
162 Richard Malone (Irl) Ena Loakman 1.17.49
163 Cian Crowley (Irl) Wicklow South
164 David Klipper (USA) Guinness
165 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Safe Cycling
166 Jason Bethel (GBr) Ventilux First Mortgage
167 Jeff Craddock (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 1.22.48
168 Peter Vermeulen (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 1.23.00
169 Peter Sleight (USA) Boston Scientific
170 Karl Dolan (Irl) Safe Cycling 1.30.07
171 Dave Early (Irl) Ena Loakman 1.31.38
172 Mark King (USA) Guinness
173 Thad LaVallee (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB
174 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) IRC Moy Isover
175 Jeremy Burton (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB
176 Karl Elliott (Irl) IRC Moy Isover
177 Peter Hey (GBr) Angliasport
178 John O'Brien (Irl) Kerry
179 Conor Coffey (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB
180 Eamonn Prendergast (Irl) Wicklow South
181 Aaron Beardsley (USA) McGuire Cycles
182 Michael Elliott (Irl) IRC Moy Isover
183 Eldon Looney (Irl) Kerry 1.36.24
184 Alan Potter (USA) Boston Scientific 1.40.28
185 Niall Jenkins (Irl) Wicklow North 1.40.49
186 Emmet Hogan (Irl) McGuire Cycles
187 Michael O'Donnell (Irl) Wicklow North
188 Mick Walsh (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 1.54.38
189 Morgan Fox (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn
190 Gerard Ivory (Irl) Wicklow South
Points classification
1 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 27 pts
2 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 24
3 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 17
4 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Trinity Capital 17
5 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 16
6 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 15
7 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 13
8 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 13
9 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 12
10 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 12
11 John Tanner (GBr) Trinity Capital 11
12 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 11
13 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 9
14 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 9
15 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 8
16 Gary Dodd (GBr) SurreyRacing League 7
17 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly 5
18 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 5
19 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 3
20 John Dempsey (Irl) Grant Thornton 2
21 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 2
22 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 1
23 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 1
Mountains classification
1 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 19 pts
2 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 9
3 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 8
4 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 7
5 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 5
6 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 4
7 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 3
8 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 2
9 Stian Remme (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 2
U23 classification
1 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 7.08.59
2 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 3.00
3 Mark Pozniak (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 4.29
4 Jiri Korbel (Cze) Elmarco KK
5 Martin Snizek (Cze) Elmarco KK
6 Michal Stastny (Cze) Elmarco KK
7 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk
8 Stephen Enright (Irl) IRC Moy Isover
9 Ian MacGregor (USA) TIAA-CREF
10 Menno de Boer (Ned) BRC Kennemerland
County rider classification
1 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 7.07.01
2 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 2.25
3 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly 3.02
4 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk
5 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 3.10
6 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 3.30
7 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 3.31
8 Michael Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 5.54
9 Aidan Crowley (Irl) cycleways.com 6.25
10 Mick Hennessy (Irl) Nucleus 6.26
CI Cat. 2 classification
1 Ciaran Farrell (Irl) Whs. All Systems 7.13.28
2 Stephen Enright (Irl) IRC Moy Isover
3 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nucleus
4 Barry Meehan (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 2.09
5 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Ena Loakman 13.04
6 Tom Greene (Irl) Ena Loakman
7 Dave Reilly (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 19.14
8 Keith Griffin (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 40.56
9 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Exel Ravens
10 Thomas Lavery (Irl) Kerry 52.35
International Team classification
1 Trinity Capital 21.21.29
2 Sparebanken Vest 3.04
3 Recycling.co.uk 3.30
4 Grant Thornton 10.51
5 Stena 12.33
6 Scotland 12.57
7 TIAA-CREF
8 Surrey Racing League 13.58
9 Elmarco KK Cube 14.26
10 Jet Fuel Coffee 16.34
11 Scotland West 17.23
12 Kalev Chocolate 18.39
13 Angliasport 18.55
14 NE England
15 Stevens von Hacht
16 Kennemerland
17 Fujibikes
18 Guinness 1.03.00
19 McGuire Cycles 1.22.55
20 Ventilux First Mortgag 1.27.45
21 Boston Scientific 2.27.31
22 Tradewind Sports-CCB 3.03.28
County Team classification
1 cycleways.com 21.33.28
2 Dan Morrissey 0.29
3 M Donnelly 3.31
4 Kanturk
5 Safe Cycling 3.49
6 Worldwide Cycles 6.08
7 Murphy Surveys 6.23
8 Whs. All Systems 6.56
9 Nucleus
10 Usher Insulations
11 Ena Loakman Remax 33.04
12 Team Murphy & Gunn 35.52
13 Exel Ravens 47.52
14 Wicklow North 52.38
15 Dundrum Shopping Centre 1.20.12
16 Wicklow South 1.40.05
17 IRC Moy Isover 1.48.49
18 Kerry 3.21.49
