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54th FBD Insurance Rás - 2.2
Ireland, May 21-28, 2006
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Stage 1 - May 21: Dublin - Enniscorthy, 121 km
Newton wins, Evans loses out on opening Rás stage
Defending champion back in yellow
By Shane Stokes
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No matter how experienced the rider, there is always the chance that a fast approaching finish line and the anticipation of a big victory can combine to cause what is an elementary error. It's happened to riders such as Erik Zabel in the past, the German losing out on certain victory in the 2004 Milan San Remo, and also to many others around the world. Today, it was the turn of Dublin IRC Usher Insulations' Tommy Evans.
The 1996 Rás winner lost out by the smallest of margins at the end of the opening stage of the FBD Insurance Rás to Enniscorthy, throwing his arms in the air before the finish line and thus enabling a fast-closing Chris Newton to lunge by at the line. Evans lost out on a sixth Rás stage win by the width of a tyre, while Newton got the defence of his title off to a perfect shot with a victory and the first yellow jersey of the race.
The double world track champion was delighted with how things turned out. "I thought my team-mate Rob Sharman would get it but Tommy countered," said Newton. "It was looking good for him but I started my sprint from 300 metres out and just got by him at the line."
"It's great to get yellow," he added, smiling. "I've seen the weather reports for the week so it will be good to have another clean jersey!"
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Evans regretted what could have been. "I made a mess of it," he admitted after the prize presentation. "Newton's team-mate Rob Sharman went with about 1600 metres to go, I set off in pursuit with about a kilometre remaining and passed him 600 metres from the line. My legs were tying up all the way to the line…I could see Newton closing but it looked like he was going to try to get by on the right. I moved over slightly, closing the door a little on him, and thought that was enough. But I put my arms up too early. I'm really annoyed with myself."
"I have won five Rás stages in my career and made a boo-boo in two others," he continued. "Today is one, and the other was in Donegal a couple of years ago when I pulled my foot out of the pedal just before the line. I actually felt rough today, really bad – I had a cold after the Tour of Ulster and took a week completely off the bike. My goal here is to target a stage win…I had a great chance today, it's a pity I messed it up."
Two seconds after their sprint, Joe McDonnell (Australia FRF Couriers) led home the main bunch of riders. He, Evans and Newton had been part of a ten man break which was clear in the closing stages, the bunch finally getting up to them in the sprint.
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Bartlomiej Matysiak (Poland Legia Bazylisek) was fourth, with Benjamin Hill (Germany Stevens) and Morten Hegreberg (Norway Sparebanken Vest) filling the other places in the top six. Sharman, who may have won had Evans not succeeded in bringing him back, took seventh.
The 121 kilometre stage from Tallaght to Enniscorthy was run off in brutal weather conditions, 144 riders braving the elements for nearly three hours while sporting fixtures were being cancelled all around the country. After a number of early moves failed to stay clear, Evans, Martin Prazdnovsky (Norway Sparebanken Vest) and Bartlomiej Matysiak (Poland Legia Bazylisek) surged with 30 kilometres remaining and opened up a decisive lead. They were caught eleven kilometres from the line by seven others, Newton and Sharman included, and rode flat out from there until the finish in order to fend off a frantic chase behind.
The Ireland Grant Thornton team of David O'Loughlin and double Rás champion Ciarán Power's Éireann Dan Morrissey squad joined forces and brought the lead down to 150 metres with 2 kilometres remaining. However a slight stall was all Sharman, Evans and Newton needed to fight it out for the stage win, the latter making the most of his world track champion speed and experience to take both the victory and race lead.
Evans is second overall heading into tomorrow's 180 kilometre leg to Cobh, four seconds back, while Power and Paídi O'Brien (Ireland Grant Thornton) are third and ninth due to time bonuses gained during the stage. Power is leading the King of the Mountains classification.
How it unfolded
144 riders lined out in wet conditions for the opening stage of the FBD Insurance Rás. Starting in Tallaght, the first leg took them on a mainly flat route from there to Enniscorthy, covering 121 kilometres and two categorised climbs along the way.
The first of these, the category two ascent of the Embankment, started after just 1.2 kilometres of racing and these slopes plus an attack by Johannes Sickmuller (Germany Team Stevens) put some riders out the back very early on. Sickmuller was caught soon afterwards, after which Ciarán Power (Éireann Dan Morrissey), Lukasz Modzelewski, Bartlomiej Matysiak and Jaroslaw Welniak (all Poland Legia Bazylisek) took the KOM points at the summit. The prime line was also acting as a Hot Spot Sprint so the first three riders took bonuses of three, two and one seconds.
Next to attack was 2001 US under 23 champion Mike Friedman (USA TIAA-CREF), who launched an attack shortly after the top and quickly opened a lead of 15 seconds. Paídi O'Brien (Ireland Grant Thornton), Bartlomiej Matysiak (Poland Legia Bazylisek) and Tamas Lengyel (Norway Sparebanken Vest) set off in pursuit, but road and track rider Friedman's speed saw the 23 year old pull further and further ahead.
By Naas, 28 kilometres after the start, he had 1 minute and 15 seconds over the three chasers and 1 minute and 40 seconds on the main bunch. O'Brien, Matysiak and Tamas Lengyel were recaptured soon afterwards, while Friedman pressed on and took three seconds in time bonuses at the Hot Spot Sprint in Kilcullen (40 kilometres). Double FBD Ras champion Ciarán Power took second here, adding to what he collected in the first sprint, while Modzelewski did likewise by netting third.
After 1 hour of racing a tailwind-assisted Friedman had covered a very fast 48.3 kilometres and was 1 minute and 2 seconds clear. However, the main field were making inroads and after 50 kilometres of racing they had reduced his advantage to 54 seconds.
This lead continued to fall and approximately 8 kilometres before Castledermot (66 kilometres) he was caught. He had been clear for just over an hour and had picked up a hard-fought three bonus seconds, but also showed that he is one to watch this week.
The next King of the Mountains/Hot Spot Sprint combination came on the far side of Castledermot, where Morten Hegreberg (Norway Sparebanken Vest) took full points at the top of the category three climb. Power was second once again, while O'Brien took third ahead of Sickmuller. Martin Prazdnovsky (Norway Sparebanken Vest) went clear shortly afterwards and opened a lead of 20 seconds, but was recaptured after about fifteen minutes.
Vincent Gleeson (Kerry Earl of Desmond) then tried his luck but was soon hauled back. However a move by Martin Prazdnovsky (Norway Sparebanken Vest), Bartlomiej Matysiak (Poland Legia Bazylisek) and Tommy Evans (Dublin IRC Usher Insulations) worked out better, the trio going clear shortly after it was announced that the riders had covered 91.5 kilometres in the first two hours of racing.
With 25 kilometres to go the trio had 55 seconds and this increased to their maximum advantage of one minute by Bunclody. Five kilometres later the lead had dropped slightly, the riders being 54 seconds ahead of lone pursuer Evan Oliphant (Britain Recycling.co.uk), who made an unsuccessful attempt to get across by himself.
Seven others then made their move, Chris Newton and Rob Sharman (Britain Recycling.co.uk), Joe McDonnell (Australia FRF Couriers Caravel), Jehudi Schoonacker (Belgium M. Donnelly Sean Kelly), Brad Fairall (Canada Symmetrics), Morten Hegreberg (Norway Sparebanken Vest) and Dan Bowman (USA TIAA CREF) clipping away from the main bunch. They worked well together and closed up to the leaders with about eleven kilometres remaining.
Behind, warning signals were sounding for the other GC contenders. Newton has won the race twice, in 2003 and 2005, and it was playing with fire to allow him to get a gap on the first day. The Ireland Grant Thornton team came to the front, driving the pace up, and reducing the lead to 19 seconds with ten kilometres to go. With three kilometres remaining the break still had fifteen seconds, but the Éireann Dan Morrissey team of Ciarán Power joined forces with the Ireland riders and injected a little more pace.
A kilometre later, the break had just 150 metres lead. However the bunch stalled somewhat, enabling Sharman to bolt clear and make a dash for the line. Evans had something left in the tank, though, and he set off in pursuit, overhauling Sharman with about 600 metres remaining. He thundered up the main street and threw his arms skywards as he crossed the finish, sure he had done enough to win. However Newton was closing all the way to the line and got his front wheel fractionally ahead of Evans, who had eased back a moment too soon and thus lost out on the stage and the first yellow jersey of the race.
Two seconds later McDonnell led home Matysiak, Benjamin Hill (Germany Team Stevens), Hegreberg, Sharman, Joshua Marden, Cody Stevenson (both Australia FRF Couriers) and Schoonacker plus 94 others, the bunch catching the break in the sprint. However it was fractionally too late, as Newton and Evans had already flown and were scrapping it out for the win between them.
Photography
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Images by Shane Stokes
- Tommy Evans (IRC Usher Insuls.) was ahead in the sprint
- Chris Newton (Recycling.co.uk) was getting closer
- and closer...
- Evans starts to put his arms up
- Newton passes Evans just before the line. Here, 20 metres later, he's well clear.
- Happy with the stage win
- "This is how it happened"
- "..and then I got by"
- To his credit, Evans was able to smile afterwards
- Chris Newton certainly found it easy to do so!
- The podium
- Best young rider Lukasz Modzelewski
Results
1 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 2.48.37 2 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 3 Joe McDonnell (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 0.02 4 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 5 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens 6 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 7 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 8 Joshua Marden (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 9 Cody Stevenson (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 10 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 11 Dan Bowman (USA) TIAA-CREF 12 Florian Schroder (Ger) Stevens 13 Przemyslaw Pietrzak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 14 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 15 Brad Fairall (Can) Symmetrics 16 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 17 Tim Cassidy (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 18 Mike Friedman (USA) TIAA-CREF 19 Danny Pate (USA) TIAA-CREF 20 Morgan Fox (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 21 Mehall Fitzgerald (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 22 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 23 Wayne Randle (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 24 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Sparebanken Vest 25 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Stevens 26 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 27 Kurt Bogaerts (Bel) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 28 Bryan Smith (USA) TIAA-CREF 29 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M. Donnelly 30 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Grant Thornton 31 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 32 Brandon Crichton (Can) Symmetrics 33 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics 34 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 35 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 36 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 37 Ray Clarke (Irl) Dan Morrissey 38 Tamas Lengyel (Hun) Sparebanken Vest 39 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 40 Gavin Evans (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 41 Alex Hagman (USA) Surrey Racing League 42 Bill Moore (Irl) M. Donnelly 43 Lucas Euser (USA) TIAA-CREF 44 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 45 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 46 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Whs. All Systems 47 John Dempsey (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 48 Simon Saunders (GBr) Surrey Racing League 49 Brian Kenneally (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 50 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Biznet Solutions 51 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 52 David Lane (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 53 Sean Lacey (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 54 Johannes Sickmüller (Ger) Stevens 55 Josh James (Can) Endeavour Cycling 56 Christopher Belsham (GBr) JE James RT 57 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 58 Aidan Crowley (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 59 John Lynch (Irl) Murphy Surveys 60 Dieter Droger (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 61 Daniel Duguid (GBr) Surrey Racing League 62 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 63 Jeff Sherstobitoff (Can) Symmetrics 64 Mick Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 65 Myles Crory (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 66 Michael Hennessey (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 67 Ryan Connor (Irl) Grant Thornton 68 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 69 Paul Hanna (Irl) Biznet Solutions 70 Mark Cassidy (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 71 Stephen McKenna (Irl) Biznet Solutions 72 Myles Kirby (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 73 Kurt Anders Fostervold (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 74 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 75 Michal Pawlyta (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 76 Bryan Keane (Irl) Whs. All Systems 77 Gary Crory (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 78 Noel Moloney (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 79 Eoin Whelan (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 80 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 81 Micheal Concannon (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 82 Martin O'Loughlin (Irl) Dan Morrissey 83 Emmett Murphy (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 84 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 85 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Whs. All Systems 86 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 87 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 88 Llewellyn Byrne (GBr) JE James RT 89 Simon Whelan (Irl) Whs. All Systems 90 Peter O'Connor (Irl) M. Donnelly 91 Mike Harrison (GBr) JE James RT 92 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics 93 Karl Dolan (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 94 Greg Swinard (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 95 Denis Lynch (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 96 Peter Hey (GBr) JE James RT 97 Toby Neave (GBr) Surrey Racing League 98 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 99 Simon Mulvany (Irl) M. Donnelly 100 Roger Aiken (Irl) Grant Thornton 101 David Peelo (Irl) Murphy Surveys 102 Rory Wyley (Irl) Dan Morrissey 103 Adrian Crowley (Irl) Velotec.ie 104 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Velotec.ie 105 John Mason (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 0.37 106 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Biznet Solutions 0.44 107 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 0.47 108 Greg Reian (Can) Stevens 0.51 109 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 110 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 0.54 111 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 112 Tony Kemp (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 1.01 113 Mathew Ward (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 1.09 114 Jaco Ehlers (RSA) Surrey Racing League 1.13 115 Richard Malone (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 1.22 116 John O'Shea (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 2.20 117 David Sachs (USA) Endeavour Cycling 2.25 118 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 5.00 119 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 5.03 120 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 6.04 121 Seamus Kelly (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 11.01 122 David McLoughlin (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 14.58 123 Graham Howard (USA) Endeavour Cycling 15.13 124 Jason O'Callaghan (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 125 John O'Brien (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 126 Will Byrne (Irl) Murphy Surveys 127 Frank O'Connor (Irl) M. Donnelly 128 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 129 Eldon Looney (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 130 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 20.35 131 Ashley Brown (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 132 Matthew Melville (GBr) JE James RT 133 Keith Griffin (Irl) Velotec.ie 134 Kevin Lynch (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 135 Drew McKinley (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 136 Isaiah Adams (USA) Endeavour Cycling 29.47 137 Brian Murphy (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 138 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Biznet Solutions 139 Gordon Tangney (Irl) Whs. All Systems 140 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 141 David Rawlins (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 142 Phil Maher (Irl) Velotec.ie 143 Frank Dunne (Irl) Velotec.ie DNF F McCormack (Irl) E. Loakman Remax Points 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 15 pts 2 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 14 3 Joe McDonnell (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 13 4 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 12 5 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens 11 6 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 10 7 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 9 8 Joshua Marden (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 8 9 Cody Stevenson (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 7 10 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 6 11 Dan Bowman (USA) TIAA-CREF 5 12 Florian Schroder (Ger) Stevens 4 13 Przemyslaw Pietrzak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 3 14 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 2 15 Brad Fairall (Can) Symmetrics 1 Mountains Embankment - Cat. 2 1 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 10 pts 2 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 8 3 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 6 4 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 4 Knocknacree - Cat. 3 1 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 5 pts 2 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 4 3 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 3 4 Johannes Sickmüller (Ger) Stevens 2 Sprints Embankment 1 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 3 pts 2 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 2 3 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 1 Kilcullen 1 Mike Friedman (USA) TIAA-CREF 3 pts 2 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 2 3 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 1 Knocknacree 1 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 3 pts 2 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 2 3 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 1 Cuchalainn Crystal County Rider 1 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 2.48.37 2 Mehall Fitzgerald (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 0.02 3 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M. Donnelly International Team 1 Recycling.co.uk 8.25.55 2 FRF Couriers-Caravello 0.02 3 Stevens 4 TIAA-CREF 5 M.Donnelly S.Kelly 6 Sparebanken Vest 7 Legia Bazylisek 8 Symmetrics 9 Dan Morrissey 10 Murphy & Gunn 11 Grant Thornton 12 Doncaster Stena Line 13 Surrey Racing League 14 JE James RT 15 Endeavour Cycling 17.36 County Team 1 IRC Usher Insuls. 8.25.55 2 MyHome.ie Cycleways 0.02 3 Earl Of Desmond 4 Dundrum Town Ctr. 5 M. Donnelly 6 Biznet Solutions 7 Murray Ford Develops. 8 Murphy Surveys 9 Whs. All Systems 10 Cúchulainn Crystal 11 Nat. Safety & Training 1.50 12 E. Loakman Remax 2.07 13 Eurocycles Eurobaby 15.13 14 Velotec.ie 20.35 General classification after stage 1 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 2.48.27 2 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 0.04 3 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 0.05 4 Joe McDonnell (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 0.08 5 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 0.09 6 Mike Friedman (USA) TIAA-CREF 7 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 8 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 0.11 9 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 10 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens 0.12 11 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 12 Joshua Marden (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 13 Cody Stevenson (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 14 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 15 Dan Bowman (USA) TIAA-CREF 16 Florian Schroder (Ger) Stevens 17 Przemyslaw Pietrzak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 18 Brad Fairall (Can) Symmetrics 19 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 20 Tim Cassidy (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 21 Danny Pate (USA) TIAA-CREF 22 Morgan Fox (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 23 Mehall Fitzgerald (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 24 Wayne Randle (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 25 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Sparebanken Vest 26 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Stevens 27 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 28 Kurt Bogaerts (Bel) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 29 Bryan Smith (USA) TIAA-CREF 30 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M. Donnelly 31 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Grant Thornton 32 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 33 Brandon Crichton (Can) Symmetrics 34 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics 35 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 36 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 37 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 38 Ray Clarke (Irl) Dan Morrissey 39 Tamas Lengyel (Hun) Sparebanken Vest 40 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 41 Gavin Evans (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 42 Alex Hagman (USA) Surrey Racing League 43 Bill Moore (Irl) M. Donnelly 44 Lucas Euser (USA) TIAA-CREF 45 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 46 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 47 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Whs. All Systems 48 John Dempsey (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 49 Simon Saunders (GBr) Surrey Racing League 50 Brian Kenneally (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 51 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Biznet Solutions 52 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 53 David Lane (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 54 Sean Lacey (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 55 Johannes Sickmüller (Ger) Stevens 56 Josh James (Can) Endeavour Cycling 57 Christopher Belsham (GBr) JE James RT 58 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 59 Aidan Crowley (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 60 John Lynch (Irl) Murphy Surveys 61 Dieter Droger (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 62 Daniel Duguid (GBr) Surrey Racing League 63 Jeff Sherstobitoff (Can) Symmetrics 64 Mick Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 65 Myles Crory (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 66 Michael Hennessey (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 67 Ryan Connor (Irl) Grant Thornton 68 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 69 Paul Hanna (Irl) Biznet Solutions 70 Mark Cassidy (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 71 Stephen McKenna (Irl) Biznet Solutions 72 Myles Kirby (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 73 Kurt Anders Fostervold (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 74 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 75 Michal Pawlyta (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 76 Bryan Keane (Irl) Whs. All Systems 77 Gary Crory (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 78 Noel Moloney (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 79 Eoin Whelan (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 80 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 81 Micheal Concannon (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 82 Martin O'Loughlin (Irl) Dan Morrissey 83 Emmett Murphy (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 84 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 85 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Whs. All Systems 86 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 87 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 88 Llewellyn Byrne (GBr) JE James RT 89 Simon Whelan (Irl) Whs. All Systems 90 Peter O'Connor (Irl) M. Donnelly 91 Mike Harrison (GBr) JE James RT 92 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics 93 Karl Dolan (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 94 Greg Swinard (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 95 Denis Lynch (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 96 Peter Hey (GBr) JE James RT 97 Toby Neave (GBr) Surrey Racing League 98 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 99 Simon Mulvany (Irl) M. Donnelly 100 Roger Aiken (Irl) Grant Thornton 101 David Peelo (Irl) Murphy Surveys 102 Rory Wyley (Irl) Dan Morrissey 103 Adrian Crowley (Irl) Velotec.ie 103 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Velotec.ie 105 John Mason (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 0.47 106 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Biznet Solutions 0.54 107 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 0.57 108 Greg Reian (Can) Stevens 1.01 109 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 110 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 1.04 111 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 112 Tony Kemp (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 1.11 113 Mathew Ward (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 1.19 114 Jaco Ehlers (RSA) Surrey Racing League 1.23 115 Richard Malone (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 1.32 116 John O'Shea (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 2.30 117 David Sachs (USA) Endeavour Cycling 2.35 118 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 5.10 119 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 5.13 120 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 6.14 121 Seamus Kelly (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 11.11 122 David McLoughlin (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 15.08 123 Graham Howard (USA) Endeavour Cycling 15.23 124 Jason O'Callaghan (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 125 John O'Brien (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 126 Will Byrne (Irl) Murphy Surveys 127 Frank O'Connor (Irl) M. Donnelly 128 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 129 Eldon Looney (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 130 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 131 Ashley Brown (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 132 Matthew Melville (GBr) JE James RT 133 Keith Griffin (Irl) Velotec.ie 134 Kevin Lynch (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 135 Drew McKinley (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 136 Isaiah Adams (USA) Endeavour Cycling 29.57 137 Brian Murphy (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 138 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Biznet Solutions 139 Gordon Tangney (Irl) Whs. All Systems 140 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 141 David Rawlins (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 142 Phil Maher (Irl) Velotec.ie 143 Frank Dunne (Irl) Velotec.ie Points classification 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 15 pts 2 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 14 3 Joe McDonnell (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 13 4 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 12 5 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens 11 6 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 10 7 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 9 8 Joshua Marden (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 8 9 Cody Stevenson (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 7 10 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 6 11 Dan Bowman (USA) TIAA-CREF 5 12 Florian Schroder (Ger) Stevens 4 13 Przemyslaw Pietrzak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 3 14 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 2 15 Brad Fairall (Can) Symmetrics 1 Mountains classification 1 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 14 pts 2 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 8 3 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 6 4 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 5 5 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 4 6 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 3 7 Johannes Sickmüller (Ger) Stevens 2 Ben McKenna Trophy U23 Rider classification 1 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 2.48.36 2 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 0.02 3 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 4 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens 0.03 5 Florian Schroder (Ger) Stevens 6 Przemyslaw Pietrzak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 7 Brad Fairall (Can) Symmetrics 8 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 9 Brandon Crichton (Can) Symmetrics 10 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Biznet Solutions 11 Josh James (Can) Endeavour Cycling 12 Ryan Connor (Irl) Grant Thornton 13 Paul Hanna (Irl) Biznet Solutions 14 Mark Cassidy (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 15 Micheal Concannon (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 16 Graham Howard (USA) Endeavour Cycling 15.14 17 David Rawlins (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 29.48 CI Category 2 classification 1 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 2.48.39 2 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 3 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Whs. All Systems 4 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 5 Myles Kirby (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 6 Noel Moloney (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 7 Emmett Murphy (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 8 Simon Whelan (Irl) Whs. All Systems 9 Peter O'Connor (Irl) M. Donnelly 10 Adrian Crowley (Irl) Velotec.ie 11 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Biznet Solutions 0.42 12 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 0.49 13 Tony Kemp (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 0.59 14 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 6.02 15 David McLoughlin (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 14.56 16 Jason O'Callaghan (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 15.11 17 Will Byrne (Irl) Murphy Surveys 18 Frank O'Connor (Irl) M. Donnelly 19 Eldon Looney (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 20 Keith Griffin (Irl) Velotec.ie 20.33 21 Brian Murphy (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 29.45 22 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Biznet Solutions 23 Gordon Tangney (Irl) Whs. All Systems 24 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 25 David Rawlins (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 26 Phil Maher (Irl) Velotec.ie Cycleways County Rider classification 1 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 2.48.31 2 Mehall Fitzgerald (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 0.08 3 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M. Donnelly 4 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 5 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 6 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 7 Bill Moore (Irl) M. Donnelly 8 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 9 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Whs. All Systems 10 Brian Kenneally (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways International Team classification 1 Recycling.co.uk 8.25.55 2 FRF Couriers-Caravello 0.02 3 Stevens 4 TIAA-CREF 5 M.Donnelly S.Kelly 6 Sparebanken Vest 7 Legia Bazylisek 8 Symmetrics 9 Dan Morrissey 10 Murphy & Gunn 11 Grant Thornton 12 Doncaster Stena Line 13 Surrey Racing League 14 JE James RT 15 Endeavour Cycling 17.36 County Team classification 1 IRC Usher Insuls. 8.25.55 2 MyHome.ie Cycleways 0.02 3 Earl Of Desmond 4 Dundrum Town Ctr. 5 M. Donnelly 6 Biznet Solutions 7 Murray Ford Develops. 8 Murphy Surveys 9 Whs. All Systems 10 Cúchulainn Crystal 11 Nat. Safety & Training 1.50 12 E. Loakman Remax 2.07 13 Eurocycles Eurobaby 15.13 14 Velotec.ie 20.35 Courtesy of fbdinsuranceras.com
