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54th FBD Insurance Rás - 2.2
Ireland, May 21-28, 2006
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Stage 3 - May 23: Cobh - An Daingean, 173 km
Friedman takes over as leaders falter
By Shane Stokes
Just when it looked like a pattern was emerging, a reshuffle once more. On Monday four riders had finished well clear of the other main contenders, former world under 23 time trial champion Danny Pate (TIAA-CREF) taking over the FBD Insurance Rás yellow jersey. He, Martin Pradznovsky (Sparebanken Vest), Wayne Randle (Doncaster Stena Line) and Rob Sharman (Recycling.co.uk) had a three minute cushion on the rest of the field and the expectations were that the final race winner could come from this group.
All bets are off now, however. Stage three of the race to An Daingean was a very aggressive and decisive day, at the end of which Joshua Marden (FRF Couriers) won a 28 man sprint to take the victory and the first four in GC lost practically everything they had gained one day earlier. Pate, Pradznovsky, Randle and Sharman all came in 3 minutes and 30 seconds down, dropping to third, tenth, 12th and 13th overall. As a result of today’s stage, the first thirteen are all within 1 minute and ten seconds of each other, so things are wide open once again.
Marden’s victory came after 23 year old outgalloped Polish rider Lukasz Modzelewski, Irishman Mehall Fitzgerald (MyHome.ie/Cycleways), American Mike Friedman (TIAA-CREF), Paul Healion (Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group), 2003 and 2005 Rás champion Chris Newton (Recycling.co.uk) plus the rest of the breakaway group to take the win.
Friedman had started the day fifth overall and he jumped into the race lead as a result of his presence in the break. He ended the day 22 seconds ahead of defending champion Chris Newton (Recycling.co.uk), a further second ahead of Pate, and 30 seconds up on the best Irish rider, fourth-placed Tommy Evans. Morten Hegreberg (Sparebanken Vest) and Simon Kelly (Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group) are also poised to strike in the top six.
As expected, he was very happy with yellow. “I am excited and nervous, and freezing right now, too,” he said after the presentation, shivering at the end of what was a cold, damp day in the saddle. “It is a good feeling, I haven’t been in a yellow jersey for quite a few years. I had the lead in the Tour de l’Abitibi a long time ago, that is a junior stage race. I went to school after that, stopped cycling…I was bigger when I got out of school, because of the junk food! I started racing track two years ago and then this year I got picked up by TIAA-CREF to do the track, mostly. But I am starting to find I like the road more!”
“We were not too worried about defending Danny’s lead,” he continued. “This morning we still had seven stages to go, so there wasn’t a real rush,” he stated. “There wasn’t a real worry. We could play two cards, and things are even better now. Either myself or Danny can go for it, whoever. It worked out in our favour, but it is not anything that we were really working for.
“Having the lead is good for morale, for me and the team. We have a strong team here, there are a lot of other strong guys here too…I don’t know some of the guys, it is the first time I have got to ride with them. It has been an honour so far.”
Today’s move came about 50 kilometres out, a 20 man chase group setting off in pursuit of what was an established breakaway. This bunch quickly caught nine out of the ten riders up front and then reeled in the final one, Ray Clarke (Dan Morrissey), who was a further 30 seconds up.
Chris Newton’s Britain Recycling.co.uk team then knuckled down to draw out the biggest possible lead over the Pate chase group. They succeed in gaining the necessary time, and also kept the front bunch together until the finish. Here, Marden galloped up the drag to the line to take stage honours, after which he spoke about what the day was like.
“It was tough, given the conditions and the wind, but that is the same for everybody,” he stated. “Everybody has to do it,” he said. “We studied the finish the night before and I knew that if I was in a break, I had a good chance being a sprinter. So that is how it worked out. I had two guys in the break to help me, they could shelter me most of the day and then coming into the finish, they were able to lead it out for me.”
“I will try again this week, if it comes down to a sprint we have a very good chance because we are a strong sprinting team. Myself and another guy are good finishers.”
So too Mehall Fitzgerald, who was best placed of the Irish in third. He was disappointed he didn’t get the stage win he was aiming for. “I followed Newton into the corner and I was about sixth at that point,” he said. “Gaps opened up there as guys let wheels go and the rider who won the stage got a good head start on me. By the time I got going, it was too late. But I will definitely try again this week.”
“Hopefully I will get a stage before the week is over, that would make my week, to be honest. I don’t have the preparation races or enough in me to do better GC wise, but if I can get a stage that would be fantastic.
“I haven’t targeted any stage in particular, with this race you just don’t know which way things will go. I will try to get up the road again to a group that will get me to the finish, rather than trying to get from behind up to the front. I have taken five stages in the past and it would be great to get another one. I hope to get some legs out of this for the rest of the year, too.”
Fitzgerald said Newton’s squad were very strong. “Recycling did most of the work coming in the road. Murphy and Gunn did a little bit in the last few kilometres, they are probably hoping to get Paul Healion up for the finish. But it was mainly the British team.”
Also finishing to the fore was Healion (Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group, 5th), plus Simon Kelly (Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group, 8th) and Tommy Evans (Usher Insulations, 10th). So too many of the overall contenders. The race is suddenly wide open again. As a result of today’s stage, the first thirteen are all within 1 minute and ten seconds of each other, including Irishmen Evans, Simon Kelly, O’Loughlin and Brian Kenneally.
The latter’s sometime-training partner Ciarán Power (Dan Morrissey) held onto his King of the Mountains jersey, although Morten Hegreberg has moved equal with him. Newton has fortified his hold on the points jersey.
<h4>How it unfolded</h4>
The third stage of the FBD Insurance Rás took the riders 173 kilometres to An Daingean, otherwise known as Dingle. The peloton set off from the start in Cobh (the final departure point for the Titanic) in bright weather, morale boosted by the sun. Christopher Belsham (JE James RT) was first to attack and got 50 metres, but was recaptured soon afterwards.
Ryan Connor (Grant Thornton), Peter McDonald (FRF Couriers), Eoin Whelan (IRC Usher Insulations) and Ray Clarke (Dan Morrissey) were next to try, and were soon joined by nine others - Evan Oliphant (Recycling.co.uk), David O’Loughlin (Grant Thornton), Wayne Randle (Doncaster Stena Line), Jehudi Schoonacker (M.Donnelly Sean Kelly), Johannes Sickmuller (Stevens), Paul Healion (Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group), Jaroslaw Welniak (Legia Bazylisek), Mike Friedman (TIAA-CREF) and Tommy Evans (IRC Usher Insulations).
The group got 20 seconds but the Norwegian Sparebanken Vest team hauled them back just before the Jack Lynch tunnel, which came 17 kilometres into the stage.
Shortly after, three other riders went clear. John O’Shea (Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group), John Dempsey (Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group) and last year’s stage 8 winner, Bill Moore (M. Donnelly) built a few seconds lead, and a small group got across to them. But this was brought back, as was a subsequent mass attack containing approximately 30 riders.
A strong headwind was blowing and this settled things down for a while. Then after 50 kilometres of racing, eight riders went clear, namely Evan Oliphant (Recycling.co.uk), Mark Lovatt, Deiter Droger (Doncaster Stena Line), Peter Herzig (FRF Couriers), Fabian Brzezinski (Stevens), David Sachs (Endeavour Cycling), Christopher Belsham (JE James RT) and Craig Sweetman (M. Donnelly).
They opened up a 1 minute 20 second lead over the main bunch, after which Denis Lynch (Murray Ford Developments) set off in pursuit. He was joined by Ashley Brown (Recycling.co.uk), Peter McDonald (FRF Couriers), Tim Cassidy (M. Donnelly Sean Kelly),Brandon Crichton (Symmetrics) and Denis Lynch (Murray Ford Developments).
The Poland Legia Bazylisek team were driving the main field along at this point, trying to stay in contact. Up front, the break split on the category 3 County Bounds climb, with four going ahead. Herzig, Brzezinski, Lovatt and Oliphant went across the summit in that order, while the other riders were caught by the bunch soon afterwards.
Seven riders set off in pursuit, John O’Shea (Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group), Peter Hey (JE James RT), Michael Hennessy (Murray Ford Developments), Michael O’Reilly (Velotec.ie), Sean Lacey (Earl of Desmond), Mehall Fitzgerald (MyHome.ie Cycleways.com) and Ray Clarke (Dan Morrissey) making good inroads into the front four. Hey was dropped, but the others successfully bridged up on the outskirts of Killarney, after 106 kilometres of racing. The gap at this point was a considerable 2 minutes and 40 seconds about five kilometres before the third category ascent of Crohane.
Herzig once again took top KOH points when he was first to the summit. O’Reilly, Hennessy and Lacey were next and, shortly afterwards, Ray Clarke attacked and opened up a good lead. Further back, a large group of riders clipped away from the bunch and started closing up towards the break. The group comprised Chris Newton, Kristian House, Robert Partridge (Recycling.co.uk), David O’Loughlin, Paídi O’Brien (Grant Thornton), Peter McDonald, Joshua Marden (FRF Couriers), Mark Cassidy (M. Donnelly Sean Kelly), Brandon Crichton (Symmetrics), Simon Kelly, Paul Healion (Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group), Morten Hegreberg, Kurt Anders Fostervold, Lukasz Modzelewski (Legia Bazylisek), Lucas Euser (TIAA-CREF), Mike Friedman (TIAA-CREF), Tommy Evans (IRC Usher Insulations), John Lynch (Murphy), Brian Kennedy (MyHome.ie Cycleways.com) and Tim Barry (Dan Morrissey). It was a strong bunch of riders and, crucially, the first four in the general classification had all missed out. That gave a considerable motivation to the chasers to catch all of those up front and then to eke out a bigger advantage on the rest of the field.
Clarke built an advantage of 30 seconds but he was finally caught about 36 kilometres from the end of the stage, meaning that there was a big group of about 30 riders hurtling in towards An Daingean. Shortly afterwards the gap back to the main bunch was timed at a minute. The riders from the Poland Legia Bazylisek team, the USA TIAA-CREF squad and the Ireland M. Donnelly Sean Kelly selection were driving the chase but despite their efforts, the break pulled further and further ahead.
Sensing that the bunch was going to lose more and more time, Jehudi Schoonacker, Miceal Concannon (M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) and Martin O’Loughlin (Dan Morrissey) clipped away with about 25 kilometres left and were then joined by Simon Whelan (Wheelers All Systems) and Stephen O’Sullivan (MyHome.ie Cycleways.com). They were 1 minute and 38 seconds back at this point, with the bunch now 2 minutes and 5 seconds down. But try as they did, it was impossible to close up to the speeding front group.
The riders crossed the third category climb of An Draighneain with 20 kilometres to go, Peter Herzig taking top points from Hegreberg, Evans and Friedman. The first two placings were reversed on the final climb of the day, the third cat An Bharog Bheag, which came 13.5 kilometres from the finish. McDonald and Evans were third and fourth here. At this point the small group of chasers was 2 minutes and 30 seconds back, while the Norway Sparebanken Vest-led peloton was three minutes in arrears.
The yellow jersey was all but guaranteed to change hands and this meant that riders such as Newton’s Recycling.co.uk team continued to drive as hard as possible. They knew that Friedman would take over at the top but also that Newton would be right back in the running, so that was plenty of incentive. The constant driving at the front meant that anything other than a bunch sprint was unlikely, and although riders such as Tim Barry tried to clip away near the end, they had little chance.
Instead it was Marden who took the stage, outkicking the others in the uphill drag to the line. He came in just ahead of Modzelweski and Fitzgerald, with new yellow jersey Friedman fourth, Paul Healion fifth and Newton sixth. Peter Herzig, Simon Kelly, Morten Hegreberg (Sparebanken Vest) and Tommy Evans (Usher) rounded out the top ten. Hegreberg’s consistency on the climbs saw him move equal on points with Power in the mountains classification, but the latter stays in the jersey on countback. Newton moved further ahead in the points classification, while his Recycling.co.uk squad took over from Norway Sparebanken Vest in the teams’ classification.
Meath MyHome.ie Cycleways flipped places with Dublin IRC Usher Insulations, taking the lead in the county team standings. Evans, John McCarthy (Earl of Desmond) and Robert Partridge ended the day at the top of the Cycleways county rider, the Cycling Ireland category 2 classification and the Ben McKenna Under 23 standings respectively.
Tomorrow’s stage: The 2006 FBD Insurance Rás continues with a hilly 150 kilometre stage from An Daingean to Listowel. The riders will face four third category climbs, one second cat and the first category ascent of The Maum, which comes just 27 kilometres from the line.
Results
1 Joshua Marden (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 4.42.49 (39.32 km/h) 2 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 3 Mehall Fitzgerald (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 4 Mike Friedman (USA) TIAA-CREF 5 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 6 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 7 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 8 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 9 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 10 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 11 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Grant Thornton 12 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Stevens 13 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 14 Ray Clarke (Irl) Dan Morrissey 15 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 16 Brandon Crichton (Can) Symmetrics 17 Brian Kenneally (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 18 Lucas Euser (USA) TIAA-CREF 19 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 20 John Lynch (Irl) Murphy Surveys 21 Kurt Anders Fostervold (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 22 Mark Cassidy (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 23 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 24 Michael Hennessey (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 25 John O'Shea (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 26 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 27 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 28 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 29 Sean Lacey (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 0.58 30 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 3.30 31 Florian Schroder (Ger) Stevens 32 Wayne Randle (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 33 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Sparebanken Vest 34 Danny Pate (USA) TIAA-CREF 35 Cody Stevenson (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 36 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 37 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens 3.37 38 Greg Reian (Can) Stevens 39 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 40 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 41 Joe McDonnell (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 42 Tim Cassidy (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 43 Paul Hanna (Irl) Biznet Solutions 44 Morgan Fox (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 45 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 46 Aidan Crowley (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 47 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 48 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Whs. All Systems 49 Mathew Ward (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 50 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 51 Mick Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 52 Gavin Evans (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 53 Matthew Melville (GBr) JE James RT 54 Ashley Brown (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 55 Dan Bowman (USA) TIAA-CREF 56 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 57 Johannes Sickmüller (Ger) Stevens 58 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 59 Bryan Smith (USA) TIAA-CREF 60 Christopher Belsham (GBr) JE James RT 61 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 62 Tamas Lengyel (Hun) Sparebanken Vest 63 Greg Swinard (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 64 Simon Saunders (GBr) Surrey Racing League 65 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 66 Adrian Crowley (Irl) Velotec.ie 67 Jeff Sherstobitoff (Can) Symmetrics 68 Przemyslaw Pietrzak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 69 Emmett Murphy (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 70 Daniel Duguid (GBr) Surrey Racing League 71 Alex Hagman (USA) Surrey Racing League 72 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 73 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M. Donnelly 74 Jaco Ehlers (RSA) Surrey Racing League 75 Michal Pawlyta (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 76 John Dempsey (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 77 John O'Brien (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 78 Stephen McKenna (Irl) Biznet Solutions 79 Mike Harrison (GBr) JE James RT 80 Karl Dolan (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 81 David Peelo (Irl) Murphy Surveys 82 Martin O'Loughlin (Irl) Dan Morrissey 83 Myles Kirby (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 84 Rory Wyley (Irl) Dan Morrissey 85 Peter O'Connor (Irl) M. Donnelly 86 Bill Moore (Irl) M. Donnelly 87 David Lane (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 88 Micheal Concannon (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 89 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 90 Eoin Whelan (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 91 Noel Moloney (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 92 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 93 Jason O'Callaghan (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 94 John Mason (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 95 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 96 Dieter Droger (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 97 Brad Fairall (Can) Symmetrics 98 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 99 Gordon Tangney (Irl) Whs. All Systems 100 Kurt Bogaerts (Bel) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 101 Simon Whelan (Irl) Whs. All Systems 102 Ryan Connor (Irl) Grant Thornton 103 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Whs. All Systems 104 Bryan Keane (Irl) Whs. All Systems 105 Roger Aiken (Irl) Grant Thornton 106 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 107 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics 108 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics 109 Seamus Kelly (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 110 Josh James (Can) Endeavour Cycling 6.53 111 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Velotec.ie 10.13 112 Brian Murphy (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 18.45 113 David McLoughlin (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 114 David Sachs (USA) Endeavour Cycling 115 Drew McKinley (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 116 Peter Hey (GBr) JE James RT 117 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 118 Richard Malone (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 119 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Biznet Solutions 120 Frank Dunne (Irl) Velotec.ie 121 Frank O'Connor (Irl) M. Donnelly 122 Simon Mulvany (Irl) M. Donnelly 123 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 124 Kevin Lynch (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 125 Keith Griffin (Irl) Velotec.ie 126 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 127 Llewellyn Byrne (GBr) JE James RT 128 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 129 Eldon Looney (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 130 Denis Lynch (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 131 Gary Crory (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 132 Toby Neave (GBr) Surrey Racing League 133 Isaiah Adams (USA) Endeavour Cycling 27.23 134 Graham Howard (USA) Endeavour Cycling 135 Tony Kemp (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 136 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Biznet Solutions 137 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 138 David Rawlins (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 139 Phil Maher (Irl) Velotec.ie Points 1 Joshua Marden (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 15 pts 2 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 14 3 Mehall Fitzgerald (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 13 4 Mike Friedman (USA) TIAA-CREF 12 5 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 11 6 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 10 7 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 9 8 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 8 9 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 7 10 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 6 11 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Grant Thornton 5 12 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Stevens 4 13 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 3 14 Ray Clarke (Irl) Dan Morrissey 2 15 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 1 Mountains County Bounds - Cat. 3 1 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 5 pts 2 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Stevens 4 3 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 3 4 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 2 Crohane - Cat. 3 1 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 5 pts 2 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Velotec.ie 4 3 Michael Hennessey (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 3 4 Sean Lacey (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 2 An Draighneain - Cat. 3 1 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 5 pts 2 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 4 3 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 3 4 Mike Friedman (USA) TIAA-CREF 2 An Bharog Bheag - Cat. 3 1 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 5 pts 2 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 4 3 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 3 4 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 2 Cuchalainn Crystal County Rider 1 Mehall Fitzgerald (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 4.42.49 2 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 3 Brian Kenneally (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways International Team 1 FRF Couriers-Caravello 14.08.27 2 Murphy & Gunn 3 Recycling.co.uk 4 TIAA-CREF 3.30 5 Sparebanken Vest 6 Dan Morrissey 3.37 7 Grant Thornton 8 Stevens 7.07 9 M.Donnelly S.Kelly 10 Doncaster Stena Line 11 Legia Bazylisek 7.14 12 Symmetrics 13 JE James RT 10.51 14 Surrey Racing League 15 Endeavour Cycling 53.01 County Team 1 MyHome.ie Cycleways 14.12.04 2 Murphy Surveys 3.37 3 IRC Usher Insuls. 4 Murray Ford Develops. 5 Earl Of Desmond 4.35 6 Dundrum Town Ctr. 7.14 7 M. Donnelly 8 Whs. All Systems 9 Eurocycles Eurobaby 10 Biznet Solutions 22.22 11 E. Loakman Remax 12 Velotec.ie 28.58 13 Nat. Safety & Training 37.30 14 Cúchulainn Crystal General classification after stage 4 1 Mike Friedman (USA) TIAA-CREF 12.05.50 2 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 0.22 3 Danny Pate (USA) TIAA-CREF 0.23 4 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 0.30 5 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 6 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 0.38 7 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Grant Thornton 8 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 9 Brian Kenneally (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 10 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Sparebanken Vest 0.50 11 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 0.54 12 Wayne Randle (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 13 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 1.04 14 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 3.57 15 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 4.03 16 Joshua Marden (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 4.04 17 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 18 Lucas Euser (USA) TIAA-CREF 19 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 4.08 20 Joe McDonnell (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 4.11 21 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 22 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 5.07 23 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 5.19 24 Greg Reian (Can) Stevens 6.02 25 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 7.27 26 Micheal Concannon (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 7.34 27 Tamas Lengyel (Hun) Sparebanken Vest 7.37 28 Tim Cassidy (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 7.41 29 Bryan Smith (USA) TIAA-CREF 30 Simon Saunders (GBr) Surrey Racing League 31 Alex Hagman (USA) Surrey Racing League 32 Jeff Sherstobitoff (Can) Symmetrics 33 Ryan Connor (Irl) Grant Thornton 34 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 8.10 35 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics 8.17 36 Michael Hennessey (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 37 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Stevens 11.19 38 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 11.27 39 Mehall Fitzgerald (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 11.30 40 Ray Clarke (Irl) Dan Morrissey 41 Brandon Crichton (Can) Symmetrics 42 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 43 Mark Cassidy (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 44 Kurt Anders Fostervold (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 45 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens 12.08 46 Gavin Evans (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 47 Johannes Sickmüller (Ger) Stevens 48 Mick Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 49 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 50 Dieter Droger (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 51 Martin O'Loughlin (Irl) Dan Morrissey 52 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 53 Sean Lacey (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 12.28 54 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 13.29 55 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 13.32 56 John O'Shea (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 13.48 57 Florian Schroder (Ger) Stevens 15.00 58 Cody Stevenson (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 59 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M. Donnelly 15.02 60 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 15.07 61 Morgan Fox (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 62 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 63 Dan Bowman (USA) TIAA-CREF 64 Przemyslaw Pietrzak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 65 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Whs. All Systems 66 Aidan Crowley (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 67 Christopher Belsham (GBr) JE James RT 68 Paul Hanna (Irl) Biznet Solutions 69 Daniel Duguid (GBr) Surrey Racing League 70 John Dempsey (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 71 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 72 Bill Moore (Irl) M. Donnelly 73 Myles Kirby (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 74 Kurt Bogaerts (Bel) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 75 Michal Pawlyta (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 76 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 77 Mike Harrison (GBr) JE James RT 78 David Lane (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 79 Karl Dolan (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 80 Stephen McKenna (Irl) Biznet Solutions 81 David Peelo (Irl) Murphy Surveys 82 Eoin Whelan (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 83 Greg Swinard (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 84 Bryan Keane (Irl) Whs. All Systems 85 Simon Whelan (Irl) Whs. All Systems 86 Noel Moloney (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 87 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 88 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics 89 John Mason (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 15.42 90 Roger Aiken (Irl) Grant Thornton 15.56 91 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 16.17 92 Jaco Ehlers (RSA) Surrey Racing League 16.18 93 John Lynch (Irl) Murphy Surveys 20.00 94 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 25.04 95 Adrian Crowley (Irl) Velotec.ie 25.37 96 Rory Wyley (Irl) Dan Morrissey 97 Brad Fairall (Can) Symmetrics 25.43 98 Seamus Kelly (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 26.06 99 Mathew Ward (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 26.44 100 John O'Brien (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 27.19 101 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 30.15 102 Toby Neave (GBr) Surrey Racing League 103 Peter Hey (GBr) JE James RT 104 Gary Crory (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 105 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 106 Denis Lynch (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 107 Jason O'Callaghan (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 30.18 108 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 31.00 109 David Sachs (USA) Endeavour Cycling 32.38 110 Emmett Murphy (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 34.37 111 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 34.48 112 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Whs. All Systems 35.36 113 Josh James (Can) Endeavour Cycling 38.08 114 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 39.34 115 Llewellyn Byrne (GBr) JE James RT 40.45 116 Simon Mulvany (Irl) M. Donnelly 117 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Velotec.ie 41.26 118 David McLoughlin (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 45.11 119 Frank O'Connor (Irl) M. Donnelly 45.26 120 Matthew Melville (GBr) JE James RT 46.10 121 Peter O'Connor (Irl) M. Donnelly 49.25 122 Ashley Brown (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 55.03 123 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 55.32 124 Eldon Looney (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 55.56 125 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Biznet Solutions 1.03.55 126 Richard Malone (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 1.05.04 127 Kevin Lynch (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 1.10.34 128 Keith Griffin (Irl) Velotec.ie 1.11.12 129 Drew McKinley (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 1.11.16 130 Tony Kemp (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 1.14.25 131 Graham Howard (USA) Endeavour Cycling 1.14.28 132 Gordon Tangney (Irl) Whs. All Systems 1.19.12 133 Brian Murphy (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 1.19.30 134 Frank Dunne (Irl) Velotec.ie 1.26.02 135 Isaiah Adams (USA) Endeavour Cycling 1.31.47 136 Phil Maher (Irl) Velotec.ie 1.42.06 137 David Rawlins (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 1.42.27 138 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 1.43.04 139 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Biznet Solutions 1.43.07 Points Competition 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 35 pts 2 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 27 3 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 26 4 Joshua Marden (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 23 5 Mike Friedman (USA) TIAA-CREF 23 6 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 21 7 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 20 8 Joe McDonnell (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 18 9 Danny Pate (USA) TIAA-CREF 15 10 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Sparebanken Vest 14 11 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 14 12 Wayne Randle (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 13 13 Mehall Fitzgerald (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 13 14 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 12 15 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens 11 16 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 11 17 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 10 18 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Grant Thornton 9 19 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 9 20 Cody Stevenson (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 7 21 Dan Bowman (USA) TIAA-CREF 5 22 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Stevens 4 23 Florian Schroder (Ger) Stevens 4 24 Brian Kenneally (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 3 25 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 3 26 Przemyslaw Pietrzak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 3 27 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 2 28 Ray Clarke (Irl) Dan Morrissey 2 29 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 1 30 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 1 31 Brad Fairall (Can) Symmetrics 1 Mountains Competition 1 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 20 pts 2 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 20 3 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 19 4 Danny Pate (USA) TIAA-CREF 16 5 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Sparebanken Vest 15 6 Wayne Randle (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 9 7 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 8 8 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 6 9 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 5 10 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 5 11 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 4 12 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Stevens 4 13 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Velotec.ie 4 14 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 3 15 Tamas Lengyel (Hun) Sparebanken Vest 3 16 Michael Hennessey (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 3 17 Przemyslaw Pietrzak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 3 18 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 3 Ben McKenna Trophy U23 Rider GC 1 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 12.09.47 2 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 0.06 3 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 0.14 4 Micheal Concannon (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 3.37 5 Ryan Connor (Irl) Grant Thornton 3.44 6 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 7.30 7 Brandon Crichton (Can) Symmetrics 7.33 8 Mark Cassidy (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 9 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens 8.11 10 Florian Schroder (Ger) Stevens 11.03 11 Przemyslaw Pietrzak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 11.10 12 Paul Hanna (Irl) Biznet Solutions 13 Brad Fairall (Can) Symmetrics 21.46 14 Josh James (Can) Endeavour Cycling 34.11 15 Graham Howard (USA) Endeavour Cycling 1.10.31 16 David Rawlins (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 1.38.30 CI Category Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 1 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 12.13.17 2 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 7.40 3 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Whs. All Systems 4 Myles Kirby (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 5 Simon Whelan (Irl) Whs. All Systems 6 Noel Moloney (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 7 Adrian Crowley (Irl) Velotec.ie 18.10 8 Jason O'Callaghan (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 22.51 9 Emmett Murphy (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 27.10 10 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 27.21 11 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 32.07 12 David McLoughlin (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 37.44 13 Frank O'Connor (Irl) M. Donnelly 37.59 14 Peter O'Connor (Irl) M. Donnelly 41.58 15 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 48.05 16 Eldon Looney (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 48.29 17 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Biznet Solutions 56.28 18 Kevin Lynch (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 1.03.07 19 Keith Griffin (Irl) Velotec.ie 1.03.45 20 Drew McKinley (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 1.03.49 21 Tony Kemp (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 1.06.58 22 Gordon Tangney (Irl) Whs. All Systems 1.11.45 23 Brian Murphy (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 1.12.03 24 Phil Maher (Irl) Velotec.ie 1.34.39 25 David Rawlins (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 1.35.00 26 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 1.35.37 27 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Biznet Solutions 1.35.40 Cycleways County Rider classification 1 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 12.06.20 2 Brian Kenneally (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 0.08 3 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 6.57 4 Michael Hennessey (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 8.01 5 Mehall Fitzgerald (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 11.00 6 Mick Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 11.38 7 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 8 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 9 Sean Lacey (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 11.58 10 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M. Donnelly 14.32 International Team classification 1 Recycling.co.uk 36.16.14 2 Sparebanken Vest 3.18 3 TIAA-CREF 5.46 4 FRF Couriers-Caravello 6.52 5 Grant Thornton 13.39 6 M.Donnelly S.Kelly 17.02 7 Doncaster Stena Line 18.52 8 Legia Bazylisek 21.24 9 Murphy & Gunn 21.55 10 Stevens 27.01 11 Symmetrics 28.44 12 Dan Morrissey 29.34 13 Surrey Racing League 31.45 14 JE James RT 46.37 15 Endeavour Cycling 2.26.30 County Team classification 1 MyHome.ie Cycleways 36.44.45 2 IRC Usher Insuls. 3.35 3 Murray Ford Develops. 5.32 4 Earl Of Desmond 7.47 5 Murphy Surveys 8.31 6 M. Donnelly 18.01 7 Dundrum Town Ctr. 18.06 8 Whs. All Systems 9 E. Loakman Remax 35.19 10 Eurocycles Eurobaby 52.58 11 Biznet Solutions 1.06.12 12 Cúchulainn Crystal 1.08.08 13 Nat. Safety & Training 1.28.40 14 Velotec.ie 1.51.00 Courtesy fbdinsurance.com
