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53rd FBD Insurance Rás - 2.2
Ireland, May 22-29, 2005
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Stage 7 - May 28: Rathdrum - Wicklow Town, 138 km
Newton poised for Ras victory
By Shane Stokes in Wicklow Town
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FBD Insurance Rás leader Chris Newton looks set to become the first overseas rider to win two editions of the race, with just a one hour criterium stage tomorrow separating him from the final yellow jersey.
Newton, who has won Olympic medals and world titles on the track, showed his all round versatility today when he matched his main rivals pedal-stroke for pedal-stroke on the mountains of county Wicklow. In all, the riders faced seven categorised climbs on the 138 kilometre stage from Rathdrum to Wicklow Town, including the first cat ascents of Slieveman, Sally Gap and Lugalla.
The day was marked by a nine man breakaway group containing four Irish riders - Denis Lynch (Cork - Kanturk), Philip Finegan (Dublin - Usher Insulations), Sean Lacey and Bill Moore (both Meath - M. Donnelly). Also present was stage 5 winner Morten Christiansen (Norway - Sparebanken Vest), Duncan Urquhart (Scotland), Steve Kenny (NE England), Andrew Roche (Tipperary - Worldwide Cycles) and Yorkshire - Trinity Capital rider Mark Lovatt, who scored heavily on the day's climbs to win the King of the Mountains competition. Kerryman Eugene Moriarty had started the day second overall in that classification but slipped out of the top three.
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Lynch, Lovatt and Duncan Urquhart (Scotland) pressed on near the end as a chase group containing Newton and the other overall contenders started to close. The three leaders were caught with just three kilometres remaining, paving the way for a sprint finish and Hegreberg's win. Former top professional sprinter Malcolm Elliott (Yorkshire - Trinity Capital) was second while Yanto Barker (Wales - Stena Line) was third. Moriarty was best Irish rider in fifth.
The 2005 FBD Insurance Rás concludes tomorrow afternoon with an hour-long criterium stage in Dublin's Phoenix Park. Newton holds a fourteen second lead over closest rival Elliott and, barring a crash or mechanical mishap, is assured of victory. He first won the race in 2003.
Tipperary Dan Morrissey rider Tim Barry is best Irishman overall in sixth.
How it unfolded
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The penultimate stage of the FBD Insurance Rás was seen as the big showdown, with just a one hour criterium to follow on Sunday. Former Tour of Spain points winner Malcolm Elliott started the day eight seconds behind Newton overall, and knew that if he was to stand a chance of winning the race, he had to make his move today. So too Morten Hegreberg, who was over two minutes back but who, with the backing of his strong Norway - Sparebanken Vest team, had arguably a better chance of staging a big upset.
However, much would depend on their tactics: the Norwegians had ridden for long stretches of time on the front during stage 6, opting for a possible stage win rather than leaving it all up to Newton's GB - Recycling.co.uk team. This played perfectly into the race leader's hands. Vastly different tactics would be needed today if they were to aim for yellow.
The seventh stage was seen as the hardest of the race, with seven categorised climbs crammed into the 138 kilometres between Rathdrum and Wicklow Town. The first of these came immediately after the start, making a decent warm-up imperative for the 158 riders who were left in the Rás.
Here, mountains leader Julian Winn (Wales - Stena Line) got his defence off to a good start when he won the first prime on Ballygannon Hill ahead of closest challenger Eugene Moriarty, Paul Healion (Dublin - Usher Insulations) and Stephen Gallagher (Ireland - Grant Thornton). Sensing that he may have trouble getting the better of Winn each time, Moriarty opted to go for broke and attacked before the day's second climb, the cat 1 ascent of Slieveman (14.8 km).
The Listowel rider was joined soon afterwards by Duncan Urquhart (Scotland) but despite his help in opening up a seven second lead, the duo were hauled back after a couple of kilometres of freedom. Urquhart duly went again, taking Tino Haakman (Netherlands - Kennemerland) and Moriarty's Meath - Cycleways.com team-mate Philip Cassidy for company. The trio opened up a 20 second lead over lone chaser Max Spirin (US - McGuire Cycles), with the bunch a further eight seconds back. However, a strong headwind on the climb made things difficult for the leaders, with Spirin being caught very quickly and Haakman - who had unshipped his chain - plus Cassidy suffering a similar fate.
Winn decided that aggression was the best form of defence and leaped out of the bunch to Urquhart. They were caught halfway up the climb, but he still had enough left in the tank to take the prime ahead of Hegreberg and Morten Christiansen (Norway - Sparebanken Vest). Further back, the bunch was splitting into many fragmented groups, with a lead group of approximately 35 riders going clear over the top of the mountain. This first group contained most of the strong riders, with the exception of Tommy Evans (Yorkshire Trinity Capital), who had punctured halfway up.
Shortly afterwards, Winn led Hegreberg and Rob Sharman (GB - Recycling.co.uk) over the summit of the category 3 Barnameelia climb. A regrouping then took place at the head of the race, with a peloton of approximately 80 riders forming. Shortly afterwards Morten Christiansen (Norway - Sparebanken Vest) and Sean Lacey (Meath - M. Donnelly) jumped away, and were then joined by Duncan Urquhart (Scotland), Mark Lovatt (Yorkshire - Trinity Capital), Steve Kenny (NE England), Denis Lynch (Cork - Kanturk), Philip Finegan (Dublin - Usher Insulations), Bill Moore (both Meath - M. Donnelly) and Andrew Roche (Tipperary - Worldwide Cycles).
Encouraged by the fact that the best placed rider overall, Lacey, was 6 minutes and 37 seconds back in twelfth place and Newton's team would be unlikely to chase, the nine riders sped onwards and built a lead of two and a half minutes shortly after the 50 kilometre point. From this point on the lead began to fall, the gap dropping to 1 minute and 11 seconds just before the top of the category three climb of Lackan (85.1 kilometres). Lacey was in trouble here, slipping back temporarily, while Philip Finegan (Dublin - Usher Insulations) got top points ahead of Lovatt, Urquhart and Roche.
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Lovatt and Finegan pulled clear on the next climb, Ballyward, and were fifty metres ahead starting the descent down to Ballysmutton Bridge. However, Finegan got it wrong around a tight left hand bend, overshooting it and nearly going down. He stayed upright but appeared to lose some of his momentum, riding less strongly on the long, exposed run up to Sally Gap.
Newton's chase group had closed to 40 seconds approximately one third of the way up the climb, but when the race leader punctured the break was able to pull out a little more time. Newton quickly got a wheel from a team-mate and raced back on, while ahead Lacey, Moore, Kenny and then Finegan started to lose contact with the others in the front group.
First over the top of the barren, wind-blasted climb was Lynch, Lovatt netting more mountain points in second place, and after the summit the two of these pressed on ahead with Urquhart. Things were starting to heat up behind, with eleven riders setting off in pursuit. The chasers were Hegreberg, Newton, Elliott, Christiansen, Gabriel Rasch (Norway - Sparebanken Vest), Yanto Barker (Wales - Stena Line), Stuart Gillespie (US - TIAA CREF), Robin Sharman (GB - Recycling.co.uk), John Tanner (Yorkshire - Trinity Capital), Roger Aiken (Louth - Safe Cycling), Tim Barry (Tipperary - Dan Morrissey) and Roche, who had been picked up by the chase.
Lovatt sealed his win in the King of the Hills competition when he took first on Lugalla, ahead of Urquhart and Lynch. The three continued to ride flat out, holding eighteen seconds of a lead for quite some time. The trio sped through Roundwood and then down the so-called Easy Devils Glen, where they actually increased their lead, bringing it back up to 30 seconds as they ripped through Ashford. Just seven kilometres remained at that point.
However, under the impetus of teams such as Norway - Sparebanken Vest the gap tumbled. The trio were caught with two kilometres to go, and when a counter-attack by leading under 23 rider Stuart Gillespie (US - TIAA CREF) was covered, the scene was set for a big group sprint. Elliott was aiming to take his second stage win of the race but in the end it was Hegreberg who had the jump today, crossing the line just ahead of his English rival and improving on his second place of 24 hours earlier. Wales - Stena Line rider Wales rider Yanto Barker was next in, sprinting home ahead of Tanner and Moriarty.
Newton was back in tenth, but happy. Barring a crash or mechanical problem, he should win the 2005 FBD Insurance Rás. 'It is looking good for the overall,' he said. 'I hope it all works out okay tomorrow. This is a great race and it would be fantastic to win it again.'
'The wind was a big factor today. There was a block headwind on the early climbs, so that made things very hard for guys to get away. My team was strong and rode well. There are a couple of young riders in there and while they were a bit inexperienced at the start of the race, they learned real quick as the week went on. Paul Manning helped a lot with that, and was going very well himself.'
'My biggest fear today was a puncture or a crash. I had a flat on Sally Gap but my team-mate gave me his wheel and things worked out fine. When the break went there were a whole load of sub-plots going on; some riders further down in the overall were risking losing their place, so their teams had to ride. So too the Wales team, as they were trying to set up Julian Winn for the climbs. We had to calculate all that, to work out who would ride and play off that. It was pretty tactical, like chess on wheels.'
Frank Campbell, manager of the Yorkshire - Trinity Capital team, was happy with Lovatt's performance. 'It is a great day for us,' he said. 'It wasn't a plan for Mark to go too early, the idea was that he would wait until the flatter roads in the middle of the stage and then see how things were. Normally Tommy (Evans) would have gone too but he punctured early on and lost out on his chance. But Mark had a great day in the mountains and took the climber's jersey.'
Photography: Stages 1-7
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Images by INPHO/Lorraine O'Sullivan
- Medical staff pick up the pieces after a crash on Stage 1.
- Race doctor Dr.Phil Brady helps Morgan Fox of the Dublin Murphy and Gunn team after he crashed.
- A bird's eye view of the main peloton on the road to Emyvale.
- Roger Aiken of the Co. Louth team wins Stage 1.
- As the race observes a minute's silence before the start of Stage 3, members of the Meath MJ Donnelly team wear black armbands in memory of the five schoolgirls killed in Monday's road accident in Meath.
- A cyclist on the Meath MJ Donnelly team wears a black armband in memory of the five schoolgirls killed in Monday's road accident in Meath.
- Adrian Hedderman of the Dublin Murphy and Gunn team gets a massage before the race start in Tubbercurry on day 2.
- Race leader Chris Newton on the road to Lisdoonvarna.
- The race heads up the Corkscrew on the way to Lisdoonvarna.
- Chris Newton wins Stage 3 into Lisdoonvarna.
- Scotland's Duncan Urquart has a close brush with a hedge on the way to Templemore.
- The peloton on the road to Templemore.
- Race leader Chris Newtons' team-mates control the race from the front to maintain their hold on the yellow jersey.
- Malcolm Elliott wins Stage 4 from Chris Newton (L).
- Eugene Moriarty of the Meath Cycleways team and Vincent Gleeson of the Tipperary Dan Morrissey team give a talk to primary schoolchildren in Lisdoonvarna about cycling.
- Race leader Chris Newton rides at the front of the main bunch heading towards Abbeyleix on Stage 5.
- The race heads up the Butts in County Carlow.
- Morten Hegrebrand of the Norwegian team leads Chris Newton in the climb up the Butts on Stage 5.
- Morten Christiansen of the Norwegian team wins Stage 5.
- Ireland's Brian Keane leading an early break on Stage 6.
- Paudi O'Brien looks for a new bike after coming a cropper.
- The race on the road through Bunclody.
- The cannons in Gorey as the race passes through the town.
- Race leader Chris Newton wins his third stage of the race finishing in Rathdrum.
- Ireland's Stephen Gallagher leads the race up Slieveman on Stage 7.
- Race leader Chris Newton shadowed by his closest rival for the yellow jersey, Malcolm Elliott (in green).
- The leaders head up the Sally Gap.
- Morten Hegreberg of the Norwegian team wins Stage 7.
Results
1 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 3.29.36 2 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 3 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 4 John Tanner (GBr) Trinity Capital 5 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 6 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus 7 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 8 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 9 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 10 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 11 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 12 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 13 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 14 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 15 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 16 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 17 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 18 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 19 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 20 Jan Novak (Cze) Elmarco KK 21 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 22 Tino Haakman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 23 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 24 Rory Wyley (Irl) Dan Morrissey 25 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 0.07 26 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 27 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 28 Stian Remme (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 29 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 30 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 0.39 31 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 1.07 32 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 2.03 33 Martin Snizek (Cze) Elmarco KK 34 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 35 Gary Dodd (GBr) SurreyRacing League 36 Philip Finegan (Irl) Usher Insulations 37 Steve Kenny (GBr) NE England 38 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 39 David Robinson (USA) TIAA-CREF 2.46 40 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Trinity Capital 41 Mark Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 42 Ian Paine (GBr) Exel Ravens 4.12 43 Brian Truman (Irl) Dan Morrissey 44 Richard Cartland (GBr) Angliasport 45 Chris McNamara (GBr) SurreyRacing League 46 Thomas Evans (Irl) Trinity Capital 47 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly 48 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 4.36 49 Kristian House (GBr) Fujibikes 4.47 50 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) cycleways.com 4.48 51 Greg Roche (GBr) Fujibikes 52 Ken Norgrove (Irl) Whs. All Systems 53 Tom Hemmant (GBr) Exel Ravens 54 Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 55 Stephan Wolfer (GBr) Fujibikes 56 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Kanturk 57 John Horgan (Irl) Nucleus 58 Jiri Korbel (Cze) Elmarco KK 59 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 60 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 61 Stuart MacGregor (GBr) Scotland West 6.23 62 Timothy Dunford (GBr) SurreyRacing League 8.15 63 Mike Barton (USA) Boston Scientific 64 Michal Stastny (Cze) Elmarco KK 65 Barry Meehan (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 10.08 66 Bill Moore (Irl) M Donnelly 67 Ryan Connor (GBr) Usher Insulations 68 Chris Belsham (GBr) Angliasport 11.11 69 Zach Bell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 12.02 70 Eoin Whelan (Irl) Safe Cycling 71 Michael Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 13.40 72 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena 16.07 73 Robert Partridge (GBr) Stena 74 Emmet Hogan (Irl) McGuire Cycles 19.07 75 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M Donnelly 76 David Peelo (Irl) Whs. All Systems 77 Eddie O'Donoghue (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 78 Aidan Crowley (Irl) cycleways.com 79 James Cusick (GBr) Scotland West 80 John Mason (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 81 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 82 Roger Morgan (GBr) SurreyRacing League 83 Chris Daddy (GBr) NE England 84 Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 85 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England 86 Mark Pozniak (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 87 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 88 John Dempsey (Irl) Grant Thornton 89 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Exel Ravens 20.05 90 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena 20.57 91 Adam Kelly (Irl) Wicklow North 22.49 92 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 93 Tom Greene (Irl) Ena Loakman 94 Paddy Kelly (Irl) Wicklow South 95 Myles McCorry (Irl) Safe Cycling 96 Chris Harnish (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 97 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Nucleus 98 Menno de Boer (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 99 Andri Lebedev (Est) Kalev Chocolate 100 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Fujibikes 101 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow South 102 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 103 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 104 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 105 Nathan Mitchell (USA) TIAA-CREF 106 Conor Coffey (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 107 Shaun Snodden (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 108 Ronnie Batey (GBr) NE England 109 John O'Shea (Irl) Dan Morrissey 110 Stephen Enright (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 27.25 111 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) Ena Loakman 112 Dan O'Sullivan (USA) McGuire Cycles 29.20 113 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 114 Ciaran Farrell (Irl) Whs. All Systems 115 Max Spirin (USA) McGuire Cycles 116 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 117 Hugo Keetman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 118 Fred Stamm (USA) McGuire Cycles 119 Jeremy Burton (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 120 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Usher Insulations 121 William Byrne (Irl) Murphy Surveys 122 Donald Reeb (USA) Guinness 123 Mick Hennessy (Irl) Nucleus 124 Todd Duncan (USA) Guinness 125 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 126 Simon Saunders (GBr) SurreyRacing League 127 Karl Elliott (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 128 Dave Reilly (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 129 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Safe Cycling 130 Simon McNamara (GBr) Angliasport 131 Simon Mulvany (Irl) M Donnelly 132 Peter Hey (GBr) Angliasport 133 John Wall (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 134 Fergus O'Connor (Irl) Whs. All Systems 135 Karl Dolan (Irl) Safe Cycling 136 Brian Taafe (Irl) Whs. All Systems 137 Richard Kooijman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 138 Barry Donnelly (Irl) Murphy Surveys 139 Kenny Williams (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 140 Brian Keane (Irl) Grant Thornton 141 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 142 Thomas Lavery (Irl) Kerry 143 Richard Eastham (GBr) Angliasport 144 Jason Bethel (GBr) Ventilux First Mortgage 145 Justin Lillie (USA) Boston Scientific 146 Eoin Concannon (Irl) Kanturk 147 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Dan Morrissey 148 Richard Malone (Irl) Ena Loakman 149 Dave Early (Irl) Ena Loakman 150 Mick Walsh (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 151 Aaron Beardsley (USA) McGuire Cycles 152 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Ena Loakman 153 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nucleus 154 Francis Ennis (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 155 Dave Buchan (GBr) NE England 156 Ian MacGregor (USA) TIAA-CREF 157 Marcus Smith (GBr) Scotland West DNF John Paul Lynch (Irl) Wicklow North DNS Paul Coats (GBr) Scotland West DNS John O'Brien (Irl) Kerry Points 1 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 15 pts 2 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 14 3 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 13 4 John Tanner (GBr) Trinity Capital 12 5 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 11 6 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus 10 7 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 9 8 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 8 9 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 7 10 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 6 11 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 5 12 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 4 13 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 3 14 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 2 15 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 1 Mountains Primes KOM Cat 3 at Ballygannon Hill 1 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 5 pts 2 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 4 3 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 3 4 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 2 KOM Cat 1 at Slieveman 1 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 15 pts 2 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 12 3 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 10 5 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 6 6 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 5 KOM Cat 3 at Barnameela 1 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 5 pts 2 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 4 3 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 3 KOM Cat 3 at Lackan 1 Philip Finegan (Irl) Usher Insulations 5 pts 2 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 4 3 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 3 4 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 2 KOM Cat 2 at Ballyward 1 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 10 pts 2 Philip Finegan (Irl) Usher Insulations 8 3 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 6 4 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 4 5 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 3 6 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 1 KOM Cat 1 at Sally Gap 1 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 15 pts 2 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 12 3 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 10 4 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 8 5 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 6 6 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 5 7 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 3 KOM Cat 1 at Lugalla 1 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 15 pts 2 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 12 3 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 10 4 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 8 5 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 6 County Rider 1 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 3.29.36 CI Cat2 1 Barry Meehan (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 3.39.44 2 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Exel Ravens 9.57 3 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 12.41 General classification after stage 7 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 25.31.25 2 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 0.14 3 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 2.21 4 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 2.42 5 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 2.43 6 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 7 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 2.59 8 John Tanner (GBr) Trinity Capital 5.40 9 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 10 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Trinity Capital 6.19 11 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 6.35 12 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 6.49 13 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 6.51 14 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 6.53 15 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 6.59 16 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 7.01 17 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 7.20 18 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 8.33 19 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 8.40 20 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 9.10 21 Tino Haakman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 9.53 22 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus 10.02 23 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 10.14 24 Stian Remme (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 10.37 25 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly 10.49 26 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 10.57 27 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 11.01 28 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 11.19 29 Rory Wyley (Irl) Dan Morrissey 12.24 30 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 13.00 31 Martin Snizek (Cze) Elmarco KK 13.07 32 Mark Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 13.32 33 John Horgan (Irl) Nucleus 14.59 34 Jan Novak (Cze) Elmarco KK 15.02 35 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 15.18 36 Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 15.47 37 Greg Roche (GBr) Fujibikes 38 Kristian House (GBr) Fujibikes 15.57 39 Gary Dodd (GBr) SurreyRacing League 16.04 40 Chris McNamara (GBr) SurreyRacing League 16.25 41 Richard Cartland (GBr) Angliasport 16.29 42 Jiri Korbel (Cze) Elmarco KK 16.50 43 Thomas Evans (Irl) Trinity Capital 17.58 44 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 18.32 45 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 18.51 46 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 19.03 47 Timothy Dunford (GBr) SurreyRacing League 20.19 48 Tom Hemmant (GBr) Exel Ravens 20.48 49 Steve Kenny (GBr) NE England 21.06 50 Ken Norgrove (Irl) Whs. All Systems 21.09 51 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) cycleways.com 21.30 52 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 21.33 53 Brian Truman (Irl) Dan Morrissey 21.57 54 David Robinson (USA) TIAA-CREF 22.10 55 Bill Moore (Irl) M Donnelly 22.21 56 Stuart MacGregor (GBr) Scotland West 23.39 57 Mike Barton (USA) Boston Scientific 24.53 58 John Dempsey (Irl) Grant Thornton 26.04 59 Robert Partridge (GBr) Stena 27.33 60 Chris Belsham (GBr) Angliasport 28.57 61 Barry Meehan (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 29.02 62 John Mason (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 30.31 63 Eoin Whelan (Irl) Safe Cycling 31.05 64 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 32.41 65 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena 33.10 66 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 33.15 67 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Kanturk 33.49 68 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 34.25 69 Michael Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 35.21 70 Roger Morgan (GBr) SurreyRacing League 35.27 71 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M Donnelly 35.44 72 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England 35.49 73 David Peelo (Irl) Whs. All Systems 36.07 74 Ryan Connor (GBr) Usher Insulations 36.48 75 Eddie O'Donoghue (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 38.07 76 James Cusick (GBr) Scotland West 38.10 77 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 39.06 78 Ian MacGregor (USA) TIAA-CREF 39.22 79 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena 39.23 80 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 39.49 81 Mark Pozniak (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 39.57 82 Stephan Wolfer (GBr) Fujibikes 40.15 83 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 41.52 84 Myles McCorry (Irl) Safe Cycling 85 Michal Stastny (Cze) Elmarco KK 42.00 86 Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 42.41 87 Chris Daddy (GBr) NE England 44.35 88 Andri Lebedev (Est) Kalev Chocolate 44.54 89 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 45.58 90 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 46.04 91 Philip Finegan (Irl) Usher Insulations 46.43 92 Aidan Crowley (Irl) cycleways.com 47.18 93 Mick Hennessy (Irl) Nucleus 47.19 94 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Usher Insulations 47.20 95 Simon McNamara (GBr) Angliasport 48.23 96 Richard Kooijman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 48.44 97 Kenny Williams (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 49.31 98 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) Ena Loakman 50.13 99 Simon Saunders (GBr) SurreyRacing League 51.02 100 Nathan Mitchell (USA) TIAA-CREF 51.28 101 Donald Reeb (USA) Guinness 51.34 102 Shaun Snodden (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 54.08 103 Tom Greene (Irl) Ena Loakman 55.17 104 Brian Keane (Irl) Grant Thornton 56.05 105 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 56.33 106 Dan O'Sullivan (USA) McGuire Cycles 1.01.12 107 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Nucleus 1.02.54 108 Ronnie Batey (GBr) NE England 1.05.26 109 Menno de Boer (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 1.05.31 110 Stephen Enright (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 1.08.47 111 Fred Stamm (USA) McGuire Cycles 1.08.54 112 Ian Paine (GBr) Exel Ravens 1.09.54 113 Todd Duncan (USA) Guinness 1.17.21 114 Eoin Concannon (Irl) Kanturk 1.17.40 115 Richard Eastham (GBr) Angliasport 1.20.52 116 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 1.22.07 117 Zach Bell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 1.22.13 118 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Ena Loakman 1.24.39 119 John O'Shea (Irl) Dan Morrissey 1.26.26 120 Brian Taafe (Irl) Whs. All Systems 1.26.38 121 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nucleus 1.31.14 122 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 1.31.46 123 Hugo Keetman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 1.39.19 124 Max Spirin (USA) McGuire Cycles 1.40.51 125 Ciaran Farrell (Irl) Whs. All Systems 1.46.31 126 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 1.49.49 127 Chris Harnish (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 1.53.19 128 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Dan Morrissey 1.55.45 129 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Fujibikes 1.57.58 130 Fergus O'Connor (Irl) Whs. All Systems 2.01.45 131 William Byrne (Irl) Murphy Surveys 2.03.11 132 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow South 2.03.30 133 Conor Coffey (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 2.04.31 134 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Exel Ravens 2.05.39 135 Simon Mulvany (Irl) M Donnelly 2.05.40 136 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 2.11.46 137 Paddy Kelly (Irl) Wicklow South 2.13.50 138 John Wall (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 2.14.30 139 Marcus Smith (GBr) Scotland West 2.20.05 140 Justin Lillie (USA) Boston Scientific 2.22.16 141 Adam Kelly (Irl) Wicklow North 2.22.23 142 Dave Buchan (GBr) NE England 2.24.04 143 Barry Donnelly (Irl) Murphy Surveys 2.26.43 144 Dave Reilly (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 2.32.09 145 Emmet Hogan (Irl) McGuire Cycles 2.37.00 146 Jeremy Burton (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 2.38.16 147 Mick Walsh (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 2.39.36 148 Karl Dolan (Irl) Safe Cycling 2.41.07 149 Peter Hey (GBr) Angliasport 2.49.34 150 Thomas Lavery (Irl) Kerry 2.49.40 151 Karl Elliott (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 2.49.52 152 Francis Ennis (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 2.57.02 153 Jason Bethel (GBr) Ventilux First Mortgage 3.03.29 154 Aaron Beardsley (USA) McGuire Cycles 3.11.46 155 Dave Early (Irl) Ena Loakman 3.13.41 156 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Safe Cycling 3.28.11 157 Richard Malone (Irl) Ena Loakman 3.38.51 Points classification 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 83 pts 2 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 81 3 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 71 4 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 58 5 John Tanner (GBr) Trinity Capital 46 6 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 43 7 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 35 8 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 33 9 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 32 10 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 32 Mountains classification 1 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 72 pts 2 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 60 3 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 56 4 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 53 5 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 38 6 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 35 7 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 33 8 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 28 9 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 27 10 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 26 U23 classification 1 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 25.37.05 2 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 2.53 3 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 7.20 4 Martin Snizek (Cze) Elmarco KK 7.27 5 Mark Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 7.52 6 Jiri Korbel (Cze) Elmarco KK 11.10 7 David Robinson (USA) TIAA-CREF 16.30 8 Robert Partridge (GBr) Stena 21.53 9 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Kanturk 28.09 10 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 28.45 County Rider classification 1 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 25.34.08 2 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 4.06 3 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 4.16 4 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 5.57 5 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus 7.19 6 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 7.31 7 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly 8.06 8 Rory Wyley (Irl) Dan Morrissey 9.41 9 Mark Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 10.49 10 John Horgan (Irl) Nucleus 12.16 CI Cat. 2 classification 1 Barry Meehan (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 26.00.27 2 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 12.50 3 Tom Greene (Irl) Ena Loakman 26.15 4 Stephen Enright (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 39.45 5 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Ena Loakman 55.37 6 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nucleus 1.02.12 7 Ciaran Farrell (Irl) Whs. All Systems 1.17.29 8 Fergus O'Connor (Irl) Whs. All Systems 1.32.43 9 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Exel Ravens 1.36.37 10 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 1.42.44 International Team classification 1 Trinity Capital 76.43.39 2 Sparebanken Vest 3.08 3 Recycling.co.uk 10.25 4 Grant Thornton 14.37 5 Scotland 18.17 6 Elmarco KK Cube 19.30 7 Stena 31.51 8 Stevens von Hacht 35.07 9 Fujibikes 38.22 10 Surrey Racing League 41.52 11 TIAA-CREF 46.21 12 Jet Fuel Coffee 57.34 13 Kalev Chocolate 1.01.23 14 NE England 1.23.15 15 Angliasport 1.23.21 16 Kennemerland 1.43.07 17 Scotland West 2.02.23 18 McGuire Cycles 3.20.08 19 US - Ventilux First Mortgage 4.49.24 20 US - Tradewind Sports-CCB 6.12.53 County Team classification 1 Dan Morrissey 77.10.19 2 cycleways.com 1.47 3 Usher Insulations 18.25 4 Kanturk 23.17 5 Nucleus 29.38 6 Worldwide Cycles 30.28 7 M Donnelly 31.50 8 Safe Cycling 45.43 9 Whs. All Systems 1.18.30 10 Exel Ravens 1.52.08 11 Murphy Surveys 2.21.56 12 Ena Loakman Remax 2.32.53 13 Team Murphy & Gunn 2.37.20 14 IRC Moy Isover 5.54.44
