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53rd FBD Insurance Rás - 2.2
Ireland, May 22-29, 2005
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Stage 3 - May 24: Tubbercurry - Lisdoonvarna, 156 km
Newton once again
By Shane Stokes in Lisdoonvarna
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Déjà vu. Twenty-four hours after taking stage two and seizing the FBD Insurance Rás yellow jersey, British rider Chris Newton once again outsprinted former Tour of Spain points victor Malcolm Elliott to win today's third stage of the race. Newton, Elliott and nine others broke the rest of the field on the day's final climb of Corkscrew Hill, racing clear over the top of the switchbacked climb and plunging down into the finish in Lisdoonvarna.
Third on the stage was Malte Urban (Germany - Stevens von Hacht), with Morten Hegreberg (Norway - Sparebanken Vest) fourth and Irish duo Tim Barry (Tipperary Dan Morrissey) and Stephen Gallagher (Ireland - Grant Thornton) fifth and sixth.
'My team-mates did a tremendous job today,' the former world points champion said afterwards. 'After controlling things all day, they lit the race up by going very hard on the last climb and causing a split.'
'I didn't intend going for the stage, really, but it was kind one of those slightly uphill finishes were everyone fanned across the road. I found myself in a good position and just went for it. It is great to win another stage - you have to take the chances when you can in this race, as it is so unpredictable.'
Today's result saw Newton preserve his eight second lead over Elliott, with Hegreberg remaining 2 minutes and 16 seconds back in third. Barry's fine ride saw him move up two places to fourth, overtaking Rob Sharman (GB - Recycling.co.uk) and Kevin Dawson (Yorkshire - Trinity Capital).
Compatriot Eugene Moriarty (Meath - Cycleways) also rode well to hold on to his lead in the King of the Mountains competition. The Kerryman finished second on the day's first climb and while he missed out on Corkscrew Hill, he carries a six-point advantage over Hegreberg into tomorrow's fourth stage.
How it unfolded
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188 riders lined out for the start of day three of the 2005 FBD Insurance Rás, a mainly flat 156 kilometre leg from Tubbercurry to Lisdoonvarna. After a one minute silence for the victims of a bus crash near Navan yesterday, which claimed the lives of five schoolgirls, the riders got things underway. Menno de Boer of the Netherlands - Kennemerland team opened up a brief 13 second lead over the peloton, but he was hauled back before the category 3 climb of Lurga. First to the top here was the 2000 Rás champion Julian Winn (Wales - Stena Line), who outsprinted KOH leader Eugene Moriarty (Meath - Cycleways.com) and Ireland - Grant Thornton's Stephen Gallagher for maximum points.
Several attacks followed but it wasn't until 40 kilometres into the stage that anything of significance got away. Mark Lovatt (Yorkshire Trinity Capital) and Paul Healion (Dublin Usher Insulations) forged clear and built a lead of 40 seconds but, with the first half of the stage on wide open dual carriageways, they had little chance of eluding the bunch.
After a fruitless 100 kilometres out front waiting for reinforcements, the duo were hauled back just after Oranmore. Next to try were Stian Remme (Norway - Sparebanken Vest), Gary Hand (Scotland), Paul Sheppard (Wales - Stena Line), Mick Hennessy (Cork Nucleus), Rory Wyley (Tipperary Dan Morrissey) and John Mason (Tipperary Worldwide Cycles), the sextet building a half-minute lead and stayed out in front until fifteen kilometres to go. Here, Newton's GB Recycling.co.uk team hauled everything back together just before Corkscrew Hill.
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A big crash just before the ascent split the bunch, and when the Recycling boys put the hammer down, it caused a further reduction in numbers. Just 10 riders were left at the top, with Morten Hegreberg (Norway - Sparebanken Vest) taking maximum points. This rest of the selection included: Newton and Malcolm Elliott (Yorkshire - Trinity Capital), the first and second riders overall; Gabriel Rasch, Rob Sharman (GB - Recycling.co.uk); John Tanner, Malte Urban (Germany - Stevens von Hacht); Yanto Barker (Wales - Stena Line) plus the Irish duo of Tim Barry (Tipperary Dan Morrissey) and Stephen Gallagher (Ireland - Grant Thornton). They were joined after the top by Evan Oliphant (Scotland), while Winn and Moriarty, first and second over the day's other climb, just missed out. They crossed the summit just behind the leaders, but as was the case with all the other riders behind, were unable to get back on terms before the finish.
The 11 leaders tore into the streets of Lisdoonvarna to settle the stage win between them. Newton said afterwards that he would have been happy to roll in with the group, but when he found himself in a good position with 200 metres to go, he floored it and took his second successive stage.
Elliott took second, repeating yesterday's result, while Urban, Hegreberg, Barry and Gallagher filled the top six places. 1997 race winner Andrew Roche won the sprint from the chasing group for twelfth on the stage, 41 seconds down.
The net result was that Newton and Elliott remained on top, separated by the same eight seconds which divided them 24 hours earlier.
Stage 4 - May 25: Lisdoonvarna - Templemore, 162 km
The battle will continue tomorrow on a 162 kilometre stage from Lisdoonvarna to Templemore. There are four third-category climbs along the way, at Formoyle (70.8 kilometres), Ballybrack (78.5), Lackamore (102.1) and Curreeney Cross (129.5).
Post race quotes
Chris Newton, stage winner and yellow jersey
'My legs were heavy at the start, as you might expect. It was a fast day and everyone was up for racing so it was good. I knew we had to try to contain it all, perhaps sacrificing a couple of guys before the climb. Fortunately we have a couple of guys who are a bit lower in the general classification so they did a tremendous job. My other team-mates then lit it up by going very hard on the last climb, causing a split.'
'It was just a matter of working from there. I didn't intend going for the stage, really, but it was kind one of those slightly uphill finishes were everyone fanned across the road. So you may as well go for it then. If it was a fast one, I think I would have sat there and just rolled in with the group.'
'But it is nice to take another stage. You have to do it when you can in this race, as it can be quite up and down. You can have good days and bad days, so it was nice to get the win today.'
'I didn't know much about the climb beforehand. I knew it would be quite hard, but I've never raced up it before. The name Corkscrew Hill suggested it would be really steep but it was quite a fast climb. With the switchbacks on the climb, it was enjoyable.'
'I wasn't watching anyone in particular today - I think you have got to watch everyone, really. I know I have got two and a half minutes on third place, but it is still all up for racing. Two and a half minutes is not much if a group goes up the road and you have to defend it. So you have to watch everyone, really.'
Malcolm Elliott, second on stage and second overall
'I felt okay out there but just tired a bit toward the end. That blunts the speed a little bit. The climb got rid of most of the sprinters, but unfortunately there was another one left! I am pretty happy with the way the race is going, it is certainly a whole lot more than I expected coming here.'
Tim Barry, fifth on the stage and best Irishman overall in fourth
'I was happy enough to hang in with them going up the Corkscrew. There were only ten of us left at the top. There was a bit of madness from about 20 kilometres before the climb because you had to constantly move up, move around people in order to stay in position. The Corkscrew is relatively short compared to what is to come later this week, but I am happy with things so far.'
'I had good form going into the Tour of Turkey, because I trained specifically for this period of the year. I only found out I was riding that race two weeks beforehand as the Murphy and Gunn team were stuck for a rider. Otherwise I probably would have been racing here. The Tour of Turkey was my first time getting top ten overall in a 2.2 ranked race - I was seventh - so it gave me good form for this.'
'I was pretty confident heading into the Rás that I had good condition, but you need a lot of good luck too in this race. The Tour of Turkey was different - it was controlled on the flat stages, whereas the Rás is different. On the first stage, the break went on a flat road. Yesterday, it was the same. In other international races, the breaks go on climbs, but in the Rás they go outside garages and schools!'
Eugene Moriarty, King of the Mountains leader
'It was good to get some points on the first climb, that helps things. The German was up there on the Corkscrew Hill, though, so he would have got some back. It was a bit unfortunate on the climb - I was marking Julian Winn on that and we crossed the top just after the leaders. I think someone let a wheel go, that is how the gap opened. We were pretty close to them over the summit but we couldn't get across.'
Photography
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Images by INPHO/Lorraine O'Sullivan
- Members of the Meath MJ Donnelly team wear black armbands as the race observes a minute's silence in memory of the five schoolgirls killed in yesterday's accident in Meath.
- Race leader Chris Newton (Recycling.co.uk) on the road to Lisdoonvarna.
- Chris Newton (Recycling.co.uk) wins the stage into Lisdoonvarna.
Results
1 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 3.29.55 2 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 3 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 4 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 5 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 6 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 7 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 8 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 9 John Tanner (GBr) Trinity Capital 10 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 11 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 12 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 0.41 13 Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 14 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus 15 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 16 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Trinity Capital 17 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 18 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 19 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly 20 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 21 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 22 Tino Haakman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 23 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 24 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 25 John Dempsey (Irl) Grant Thornton 26 John Horgan (Irl) Nucleus 27 Stian Remme (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 28 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 29 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 30 Ian MacGregor (USA) TIAA-CREF 31 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 32 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 33 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 34 Ken Norgrove (Irl) Whs. All Systems 1.23 35 Donald Reeb (USA) Guinness 1.24 36 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 1.25 37 Mike Barton (USA) Boston Scientific 38 Greg Roche (GBr) Fujibikes 39 Chris Belsham (GBr) Angliasport 40 Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 41 Stephan Wolfer (GBr) Fujibikes 42 Kristian House (GBr) Fujibikes 43 Jan Novak (Cze) Elmarco KK 44 Nathan Mitchell (USA) TIAA-CREF 45 Michal Stastny (Cze) Elmarco KK 46 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena 47 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) cycleways.com 48 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England 49 Emmet Hogan (Irl) McGuire Cycles 50 Robert Partridge (GBr) Stena 51 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 52 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 53 Mark Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 54 Thomas Evans (Irl) Trinity Capital 55 Ryan Connor (GBr) Usher Insulations 1.32 56 Mark King (USA) Guinness 1.43 57 Chris Daddy (GBr) NE England 58 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M Donnelly 59 Sheldon Deeny (USA) TIAA-CREF 60 Mark Pozniak (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 61 Martin Snizek (Cze) Elmarco KK 62 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 63 Robert Moore (Irl) M Donnelly 64 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 65 Barry Meehan (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 66 David Peelo (Irl) Whs. All Systems 67 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 68 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 69 John Mason (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 70 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 71 John O'Shea (Irl) Dan Morrissey 72 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 73 Chris McNamara (GBr) SurreyRacing League 74 Todd Duncan (USA) Guinness 75 Jiri Korbel (Cze) Elmarco KK 76 John Wall (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 77 Kieran Keane (Irl) Exel Ravens 78 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Usher Insulations 79 Brian Truman (Irl) Dan Morrissey 2.43 80 Timothy Dunford (GBr) SurreyRacing League 81 Fred Stamm (USA) McGuire Cycles 82 Paddy Kelly (Irl) Wicklow South 83 Rory Wyley (Irl) Dan Morrissey 84 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 85 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 86 Roger Morgan (GBr) SurreyRacing League 87 Eddie O'Donoghue (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 88 Aidan Crowley (Irl) cycleways.com 89 Mick Hennessy (Irl) Nucleus 90 Richard Cartland (GBr) Angliasport 91 Bill Moore (Irl) M Donnelly 92 Gary Dodd (GBr) SurreyRacing League 93 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 94 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena 95 Brian Taafe (Irl) Whs. All Systems 96 Jeremy Burton (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 3.46 97 Stuart MacGregor (GBr) Scotland West 98 Chris Harnish (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 99 Dan O'Sullivan (USA) McGuire Cycles 100 Michael Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 101 David Robinson (USA) TIAA-CREF 102 Ronnie Batey (GBr) NE England 103 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 104 Ciaran Farrell (Irl) Whs. All Systems 105 Conor Coffey (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 106 William Byrne (Irl) Murphy Surveys 107 Tom Greene (Irl) Ena Loakman 108 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Ena Loakman 109 James Cusick (GBr) Scotland West 110 Adam Kelly (Irl) Wicklow North 111 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow North 112 Simon McNamara (GBr) Angliasport 113 Myles McCorry (Irl) Safe Cycling 114 Ciaran Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 115 Peter Hey (GBr) Angliasport 116 Brian Keane (Irl) Grant Thornton 117 Mick Walsh (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 118 Eoin Whelan (Irl) Safe Cycling 119 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 120 Andri Lebedev (Est) Kalev Chocolate 121 Steve Kenny (GBr) NE England 122 Max Spirin (USA) McGuire Cycles 123 Shaun Snodden (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 124 Eoin Concannon (Irl) Kanturk 125 Richard Kooijman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 126 Karl Dolan (Irl) Safe Cycling 127 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Fujibikes 128 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nucleus 129 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 130 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 131 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Kanturk 132 Stephen Enright (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 4.13 133 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Dan Morrissey 4.18 134 John Paul Lynch (Irl) Wicklow North 135 Cian Crowley (Irl) Wicklow South 136 Kenny Williams (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 137 Barry Donnelly (Irl) Murphy Surveys 138 Dave Early (Irl) Ena Loakman 139 Marcus Smith (GBr) Scotland West 140 Keith Griffin (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 141 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) Ena Loakman 142 Thomas Lavery (Irl) Kerry 143 Francis Ennis (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 144 John O'Brien (Irl) Kerry 145 Aaron Beardsley (USA) McGuire Cycles 4.56 146 Brian Stewart (GBr) Usher Insulations 5.03 147 Eldon Looney (Irl) Kerry 5.08 148 Tom Hemmant (GBr) Exel Ravens 6.11 149 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Nucleus 150 Menno de Boer (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 151 Fergus O'Connor (Irl) Whs. All Systems 152 Ian Paine (GBr) Exel Ravens 6.18 153 Peter Sleight (USA) Boston Scientific 6.23 154 Simon Saunders (GBr) SurreyRacing League 6.25 155 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 6.48 156 Niall Jenkins (Irl) Wicklow North 7.37 157 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Exel Ravens 7.40 158 Kacey Chamberlin (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 7.42 159 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Safe Cycling 7.43 160 Zach Bell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 7.46 161 J Skiles Keith (USA) Guinness 7.48 162 Richard Eastham (GBr) Angliasport 8.49 163 Dave Reilly (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 9.32 164 Karl Elliott (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 9.40 165 Richard Malone (Irl) Ena Loakman 166 Simon Mulvany (Irl) M Donnelly 167 Jeff Craddock (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 168 Dave Buchan (GBr) NE England 169 Jason Bethel (GBr) Ventilux First Mortgage 170 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow South 10.07 171 Peter Vermeulen (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 10.44 172 Paul Coats (GBr) Scotland West 11.24 173 David Klipper (USA) Guinness 13.54 174 Alan Potter (USA) Boston Scientific 14.15 175 Justin Lillie (USA) Boston Scientific 14.21 176 Morgan Fox (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 177 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 178 Michael O'Donnell (Irl) Wicklow North 14.41 179 Michael Elliott (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 180 Philip Finegan (Irl) Usher Insulations 15.45 181 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 182 Hugo Keetman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 16.43 183 David Smith (GBr) Scotland 22.17 184 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 45.35 185 Eamonn Prendergast (Irl) Wicklow South 50.55 186 Thad LaVallee (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 187 Gerard Ivory (Irl) Wicklow South 51.30 DNF Nobby O'Reilly (Irl) Ventilux First Mortgage DNS Gareth Jones (GBr) Fujibikes DNS Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Kanturk Points 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 15 pts 2 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 14 3 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 13 4 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 12 5 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 11 6 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 10 7 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 9 8 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 8 9 John Tanner (GBr) Trinity Capital 7 10 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 6 11 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 5 12 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 4 13 Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 3 14 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus 2 15 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 1 Mountains Lurga, Cat 3 1 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 2 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 3 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 4 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest Corkscrew, Cat 2 1 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 2 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 3 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 4 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 5 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 6 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey General classification after stage 2 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 10.34.24 2 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 0.08 3 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 2.16 4 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 2.32 5 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 6 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 2.37 7 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 8 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Trinity Capital 3.04 9 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 5.01 10 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 5.11 11 John Tanner (GBr) Trinity Capital 5.29 12 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 6.01 13 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly 6.15 14 John Dempsey (Irl) Grant Thornton 15 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 6.22 16 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 6.40 17 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 6.43 18 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 19 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 20 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 6.44 21 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 6.54 22 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 8.11 23 Gary Dodd (GBr) SurreyRacing League 8.17 24 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 8.25 25 Jan Novak (Cze) Elmarco KK 8.52 26 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 8.59 27 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 9.20 28 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 9.37 29 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 9.40 30 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 31 Ian MacGregor (USA) TIAA-CREF 32 Tino Haakman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 33 Stian Remme (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 34 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus 35 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 36 John Horgan (Irl) Nucleus 37 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 10.07 38 Roger Morgan (GBr) SurreyRacing League 10.10 39 Ken Norgrove (Irl) Whs. All Systems 10.22 40 Chris Belsham (GBr) Angliasport 10.24 41 Mike Barton (USA) Boston Scientific 42 Kristian House (GBr) Fujibikes 43 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 44 Michal Stastny (Cze) Elmarco KK 45 Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 46 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England 47 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena 48 Greg Roche (GBr) Fujibikes 49 Robert Partridge (GBr) Stena 50 Mark Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 51 Stephan Wolfer (GBr) Fujibikes 52 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) cycleways.com 53 Thomas Evans (Irl) Trinity Capital 54 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 55 Ryan Connor (GBr) Usher Insulations 10.31 56 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M Donnelly 10.42 57 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 58 Mark Pozniak (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 59 Chris Daddy (GBr) NE England 60 Robert Moore (Irl) M Donnelly 61 Martin Snizek (Cze) Elmarco KK 62 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 63 Kieran Keane (Irl) Exel Ravens 64 Jiri Korbel (Cze) Elmarco KK 65 Chris McNamara (GBr) SurreyRacing League 66 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Usher Insulations 67 David Peelo (Irl) Whs. All Systems 68 Todd Duncan (USA) Guinness 69 John Mason (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 70 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 71 Stuart MacGregor (GBr) Scotland West 11.13 72 Aidan Crowley (Irl) cycleways.com 11.40 73 Mick Hennessy (Irl) Nucleus 11.41 74 Brian Truman (Irl) Dan Morrissey 11.42 75 Eddie O'Donoghue (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 76 Bill Moore (Irl) M Donnelly 77 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena 78 Richard Cartland (GBr) Angliasport 79 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 80 Rory Wyley (Irl) Dan Morrissey 81 Timothy Dunford (GBr) SurreyRacing League 82 Michael Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 12.12 83 Richard Kooijman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 12.45 84 Simon McNamara (GBr) Angliasport 85 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow North 86 Ciaran Farrell (Irl) Whs. All Systems 87 Steve Kenny (GBr) NE England 88 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 89 Shaun Snodden (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 90 Eoin Whelan (Irl) Safe Cycling 91 Myles McCorry (Irl) Safe Cycling 92 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Kanturk 93 James Cusick (GBr) Scotland West 94 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nucleus 95 Barry Meehan (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 12.51 96 David Robinson (USA) TIAA-CREF 13.10 97 Stephen Enright (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 13.12 98 Kenny Williams (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 13.17 99 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) Ena Loakman 100 Brian Keane (Irl) Grant Thornton 13.24 101 Donald Reeb (USA) Guinness 13.30 102 Fred Stamm (USA) McGuire Cycles 14.31 103 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Nucleus 15.10 104 Tom Hemmant (GBr) Exel Ravens 105 Menno de Boer (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 106 Simon Saunders (GBr) SurreyRacing League 15.24 107 Eoin Concannon (Irl) Kanturk 15.26 108 Andri Lebedev (Est) Kalev Chocolate 15.47 109 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 110 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 16.28 111 Sheldon Deeny (USA) TIAA-CREF 18.47 112 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 20.23 113 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 21.48 114 Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 22.44 115 Nathan Mitchell (USA) TIAA-CREF 23.06 116 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 23.46 117 Dan O'Sullivan (USA) McGuire Cycles 25.49 118 Chris Harnish (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 119 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Ena Loakman 120 Tom Greene (Irl) Ena Loakman 121 Ronnie Batey (GBr) NE England 26.06 122 John Paul Lynch (Irl) Wicklow North 26.21 123 Marcus Smith (GBr) Scotland West 124 Brian Stewart (GBr) Usher Insulations 27.06 125 David Smith (GBr) Scotland 31.16 126 Ciaran Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 31.59 127 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow South 32.10 128 Richard Eastham (GBr) Angliasport 33.58 129 Dave Reilly (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 37.45 130 John O'Shea (Irl) Dan Morrissey 38.34 131 Paddy Kelly (Irl) Wicklow South 39.34 132 John Wall (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 39.38 133 Brian Taafe (Irl) Whs. All Systems 40.47 134 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Dan Morrissey 41.09 135 Zach Bell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 42.16 136 Philip Finegan (Irl) Usher Insulations 43.58 137 Hugo Keetman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 44.56 138 William Byrne (Irl) Murphy Surveys 45.03 139 Francis Ennis (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 45.35 140 Keith Griffin (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 54.13 141 Fergus O'Connor (Irl) Whs. All Systems 56.06 142 Ian Paine (GBr) Exel Ravens 56.13 143 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Exel Ravens 57.35 144 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Fujibikes 59.28 145 Simon Mulvany (Irl) M Donnelly 59.35 146 Max Spirin (USA) McGuire Cycles 1.00.52 147 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 1.03.37 148 Adam Kelly (Irl) Wicklow North 149 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 1.05.42 150 Thomas Lavery (Irl) Kerry 1.05.52 151 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 1.06.29 152 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 1.07.32 153 Barry Donnelly (Irl) Murphy Surveys 1.08.04 154 Paul Coats (GBr) Scotland West 1.11.15 155 Kacey Chamberlin (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 1.11.28 156 J Skiles Keith (USA) Guinness 1.11.34 157 Dave Buchan (GBr) NE England 1.15.27 158 Cian Crowley (Irl) Wicklow South 1.17.09 159 Justin Lillie (USA) Boston Scientific 1.18.07 160 Richard Malone (Irl) Ena Loakman 1.18.51 161 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Safe Cycling 1.25.32 162 Karl Dolan (Irl) Safe Cycling 1.26.46 163 Dave Early (Irl) Ena Loakman 1.27.18 164 Jeff Craddock (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 1.27.29 165 Jason Bethel (GBr) Ventilux First Mortgage 166 Peter Vermeulen (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 1.28.33 167 Peter Sleight (USA) Boston Scientific 1.29.11 168 David Klipper (USA) Guinness 1.31.43 169 Mark King (USA) Guinness 1.31.50 170 Jeremy Burton (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 1.35.24 171 Conor Coffey (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 172 Peter Hey (GBr) Angliasport 173 John O'Brien (Irl) Kerry 1.35.56 174 Aaron Beardsley (USA) McGuire Cycles 1.36.34 175 Eldon Looney (Irl) Kerry 1.36.46 176 Karl Elliott (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 1.41.18 177 Emmet Hogan (Irl) McGuire Cycles 1.41.53 178 Niall Jenkins (Irl) Wicklow North 1.44.01 179 Mick Walsh (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 1.44.35 180 Alan Potter (USA) Boston Scientific 1.45.53 181 Michael Elliott (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 1.46.19 182 Morgan Fox (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 1.55.10 183 Michael O'Donnell (Irl) Wicklow North 1.55.30 184 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 2.17.13 185 Thad LaVallee (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 2.22.33 186 Eamonn Prendergast (Irl) Wicklow South 187 Gerard Ivory (Irl) Wicklow South 2.46.08 Points classification 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 42 pts 2 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 38 3 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 29 4 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 23 5 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 21 6 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 20 7 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 19 8 John Tanner (GBr) Trinity Capital 18 9 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Trinity Capital 17 10 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 15 11 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 13 12 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 13 13 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 12 14 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 11 15 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 10 16 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 9 17 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 9 18 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 8 19 Gary Dodd (GBr) SurreyRacing League 7 20 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 6 21 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly 5 22 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 5 23 Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 3 24 John Dempsey (Irl) Grant Thornton 2 25 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus 2 26 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 1 27 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 1 28 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 1 Mountains classification 1 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 23 pts 2 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 16 3 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 10 4 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 10 5 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 9 6 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 7 7 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 6 8 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 5 9 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 4 10 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 4 11 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 3 12 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 3 13 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 2 14 Stian Remme (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 2 15 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 1 Under 23 classification 1 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 10.39.35 2 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 3.00 3 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 4.29 4 Ian MacGregor (USA) TIAA-CREF 5 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 4.56 6 Michal Stastny (Cze) Elmarco KK 5.13 7 Robert Partridge (GBr) Stena 8 Mark Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 9 Ryan Connor (GBr) Usher Insulations 5.20 10 Mark Pozniak (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 5.31 County Rider classification 1 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 10.36.56 2 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly 3.43 3 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 4.08 4 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 4.11 5 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 4.12 6 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 5.53 7 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 6.48 8 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus 7.08 9 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 10 John Horgan (Irl) Nucleus CI Cat2 classification 1 Ciaran Farrell (Irl) Whs. All Systems 10.47.09 2 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 3 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nucleus 4 Barry Meehan (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 0.06 5 Stephen Enright (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 0.27 6 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Ena Loakman 13.04 7 Tom Greene (Irl) Ena Loakman 8 Dave Reilly (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 25.00 9 Keith Griffin (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 41.28 10 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Exel Ravens 44.50 International Team classification 1 Trinity Capital 31.51.55 2 Sparebanken Vest 3.04 3 Recycling.co.uk 3.30 4 Grant Thornton 11.32 5 Stena 13.58 6 TIAA-CREF 15.03 7 Scotland 15.40 8 Elmarco KK Cube 17.16 9 Jet Fuel Coffee 19.42 10 Surrey Racing League 20.26 11 Stevens von Hacht 21.22 12 Kalev Chocolate 22.05 13 Fujibikes 22.29 14 NE England 25.08 15 Angliasport 26.08 16 Scotland West 28.32 17 Kennemerland 28.52 18 Guinness 1.07.09 19 McGuire Cycles 1.30.08 20 Ventilux First Mortgage 1.42.50 21 Boston Scientific 2.48.53 22 Tradewind Sports-CCB 3.14.05 County Team classification 1 cycleways.com 32.06.44 2 Dan Morrissey 1.24 3 M Donnelly 4.07 4 Worldwide Cycles 6.44 5 Nucleus 7.30 6 Kanturk 8.13 7 Usher Insulations 8.23 8 Whs. All Systems 9.14 9 Safe Cycling 10.33 10 Murphy Surveys 14.10 11 Team Murphy & Gunn 40.33 12 Ena Loakman Remax 41.23 13 Exel Ravens 58.33 14 Wicklow North 1.00.57 15 Dundrum Shopping Centre 1.40.30 16 Wicklow South 1.53.42 17 IRC Moy Isover 2.08.43 18 Kerry 3.32.02
