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54th FBD Insurance Rás - 2.2
Ireland, May 21-28, 2006
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Stage 4 - May 24: An Daingean - Listowel, 150 km
Power gets his stage win, Pate and O'Loughlin tussle for yellow
Heading into the race, two time FBD Insurance Rás champion Ciarán Power said that he was gunning for a stage win rather than the overall classification in the Irish tour. The Waterford rider, who normally competes for the Navigators Insurance professional team, was returning after an operation earlier this year to correct endofibrosis, a blood flow obstruction which was leading to numbness and a loss of power when racing.
He resumed competition less than a month ago and, being conscious that he is short of race fitness, aimed to take a stage victory while guesting with the Éireann Dan Morrissey squad in the 2.2 ranked event. Power duly delivered yesterday, riding with confidence and strength on the 150 kilometre leg to Listowel and easily outsprinting breakaway companion Lukasz Modzelewski (Poland Legia Bazylisek) to the line.
A second separated the two, then David O'Loughlin (Ireland Grant Thornton) thundered home a further three seconds later. He too normally races with Navigators and went close to making it a dual celebration for the team, ending the day just one second behind new leader Danny Pate (USA) in the general classification. Like Power, Modzelewski and O'Loughlin, the former world under 23 time trial champion had been part of a long breakaway which took 7 minutes and 50 seconds out of a main bunch which contained the race leader, his team-mate Mike Friedman, and defending Rás champion Chris Newton, who had started the day second overall.
O'Loughlin had attacked in pursuit of Power and Modzelewski on the run in to the finish and crossed the line 14 seconds clear of chasers Tommy Evans (Dublin IRC Usher Insulations), Pate, Kristian House (Britain Recycling.co.uk) and Morten Hegreberg (Norway Sparebanken Vest). This was almost enough of a margin for O'Loughlin to take yellow, but Pate had started the day 15 seconds ahead and consequently found himself back in the yellow jersey he had lost one day previously.
O'Loughlin was happy to hold off for another day. "It is better not to have the jersey yet, definitely," he stated. "We will see how it goes. Tomorrow is a hard day, then there is the team time trial and then there is the day into Westport, which is also a hard stage. I will take it as it comes.
"I was feeling good today, I have been feeling good all week. I haven't raced properly in about six weeks so I am riding into it, feeling better each day."
He described how he got away. "There were a couple of drags and Tommy [Evans] put an effort in," he stated. "I think Danny Pate closed it down. I just waited for him to make the effort and then I jumped hard on the right side…there was no response. I got close to the others, but I am delighted for Ciarán, it is great that he got the stage."
Needless to say, Power was also pretty pleased. "It was a fantastic day," he said. "We were away with a group of six early on and then the main contenders came across. I still had some legs and I managed to get away in the last few kilometres. I then held off the Pole in the sprint."
"I am thrilled to get the win as this is one of my first races back after an operation earlier this year. I will probably take it easy tomorrow and then we will see what happens after that."
"Today and tomorrow were the two stages I was looking to maybe do something…I got the win today, so I don't have to worry about tomorrow. It is great to get the victory, I am over the moon. To be cycling again is good, but to get the win is fantastic. Especially after I said I wanted to get one, that is great."
As the two normally race on the same team, that played out in their favour. "In the last kilometre, I made the Pole aware that I ride on the same team as David," he said. "I told him that it didn't make a difference to me if he (David) came across or not, so that put added pressure on him to stay on front in the last kilometre. Everything worked out well."
Power had started the day in the King of the Mountains jersey, lost it to Peter Herzig (Australia FRF Couriers), but said that he wasn't that concerned. "Coming into the race I had no interest in that jersey, I just wanted to get it because Keegan [his son] was coming to the stage finishes. Then when I had the jersey, I said I may as well go for it. But today was a bit of a hassle because the riders who were actually aiming for that competition were chasing me down. It took a long time to get out of the bunch as a result of that but when I did, I had good legs."
Ireland manager Frank Campbell was very pleased with O'Loughlin's ride. "We had a bit of misfortune the first day because we missed the group and had to do a lot of riding. That labelled us as being keen," he said. "But since then it has nearly gone exactly to plan. We knew it was a real race, it is the Rás, it is an proper international race."
"The other guys on the team are motivated, they have been about, they know what is going on. Conor Murphy had a magnificent ride today for David O'Loughlin. He was driving it, he just drove, drove, drove all day.
"I am actually happy we didn't take the jersey. We are as close as possible to taking it without having it, so that is perfect. We didn't want that just yet as it is a young team and nobody has held the jersey for two days here in this race. So I am quite happy to take that jersey Saturday afternoon."
On Friday the squad will have a big test against the clock. An important ride there is important. "The team time trial is probably the biggest drawback we have because the team was only pulled together for this event," said Campbell. "But they are five strong lads and David is in magnificent form. He will be there or thereabouts when the race is over. We are not worried about winning the team time trial, anyway, we are happy to ride well and be up there close to the others."
Given that he gave up international duties since moving back to Ireland from France a couple of years ago, Tommy Evans is riding exceptionally well. He was fourth today and is now third overall, just 7 seconds off the race lead. He also took over in the points jersey and was interviewed on the stage end platform. "We got a good group away, that was very fortunate. I punctured early on but was able to get back up there. I got in a good group and it worked out well."
Apart from Pate and O'Loughlin, four other riders are in the running for the final win. Morten Hegreberg (Norway Sparebanken Vest) is level with Evans, Kristian House is 15 seconds away from yellow, Simon Kelly (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group) is performing very well and is just a minute away from the lead, and Peter Herzig is 1 minute and 16 seconds back. The rest of the field are at least 4 minutes and 45 seconds back, so it's hard to see anyone else being in with a shout.
As regards the other classifications, Evans is best county rider, John McCarthy (Kerry Earl of Desmond) was tenth today and has fortified his lead in the category 2 competition and Paídi O'Brien (Ireland Grant Thornton) is best in the Ben McKenna trophy for Under 23 riders. Norway Sparebanken Vest are top International team and Evans' Dublin IRC Usher Insulations squad lead the County Team classification.
How it happened
138 riders lined out in damp, cold conditions for the fourth stage of the FBD Insurance Rás. The 150 kilometre race from An Daingean (Dingle) to Listowel was seen as perhaps the hardest of the race, with seven categorised climbs and many undulating roads coming along the way.
Ray Clarke (Éireann Dan Morrissey) launched the first attack of the day, shortly after the end of the neutralised section. He was brought back soon afterwards, after which Cody Stevenson (Australia FRF Couriers), Jehudi Schoonacker (Ireland M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) and Martin O'Loughlin (Éireann Dan Morrissey) went away. Joined by Denis Lynch (Cork Murray Ford Developments), the quartet opened up a 30 seconds advantage. Lynch took top points on the day's first climb, the category 3 ascent at Fahan (12.3 km), with Stephenson, O'Loughlin and Schoonacker next across the prime line.
Some chasers then join before the day's second climb, the category 3 Baile Icin (17.5 km). Peter Herzig (Australia FRF Couriers) sprinted over ahead of Ciarán Power (Éireann Dan Morrissey), with an unidentifiable Germany Stevens rider taking third, his number obscured by his rain jacket. Fabian Brzezinski (Germany Stevens) is fourth. The whole group is however brought back by the peloton soon afterwards.
Next to try was Dieter Droger (Britain Doncaster Stena Line), who was soon joined by Herzig. After taking first on the previous climb, he was equal with Power in the King of the Mountains ranking and was keen to move ahead. Although he and Droger were caught and Johannes Sickmuller (Germany Stevens) went clear to take top points at the category 3 KOH at Casadh na Graige (21 km), Herzig took second ahead of Joe McDonnell (Australia FRF Couriers) and Ciarán Power (Éireann Dan Morrissey) 2. He thus became the new KOM leader on the road.
Shortly afterwards, Mark Lovatt (Britain Doncaster Stena Line) attacked. Mehall Fitzgerald (Meath MyHome.ie Cycleways.com), third yesterday, set off in pursuit. However he was not able to make it across. Lovatt took top points on the day's fourth climb, the category 2 Baile na hÁith, while Power regained the KOM lead when he went clear and took second. McDonald, Sickmuller, Herzig and Newton were the others in the top six. Power then went back to the bunch, which passed again through the start village of An Daingean after the 38.5 kilometre loop.
Leading category 2 rider John McCarthy (Kerry Earl of Desmond) showed his determination when he set off in pursuit of Lovatt soon afterwards. He was picked up by three chasers - Peter Herzig (Australia FRF Couriers), Denis Lynch and his Cork Murray Ford Developments team-mate Michael Fitzgerald, and these four then caught Lovatt to make it five ahead.
Lovatt led Herzig, Fitzgerald, and McCarthy across the prime line at the category 3 climb of Garraí na dTor (49.9 km), and the five then pressed onwards. It was raining heavily now and the temperatures was an unseasonably low nine degrees.
Herzig added to his KOM total when he was first to the top of the cat 3 climb at An Draighneain (59 km), leading Lovatt, McCarthy and Fitzgerald over the line. Power was aware that he was losing his chance of holding onto the mountains jersey and so he bridged soon afterwards with Greg Reian (Germany Stevens). Jaroslaw Welniak (Poland Legia Bazylisek) was also trying to get across and closed to within 46 seconds, the main field at this point being 1 minute 15 seconds back. However the Pole soon realised it was an impossible task and so he sat up and went back to the bunch.
The gap went out to 1 minute and 30 seconds and continued to rise. The US TIAA-CREF team of race leader Mike Friedman wasn't prepared to send its riders to the front so several other teams put a rider or two at the head of the field. However, realising the race was going away from them, ten riders clipped away and tried to bridge the gap.
Evan Oliphant (Britain Doncaster Stena Line), Ryan Connor (Ireland Grant Thornton), yesterday's stage winner Joshua Marden (Australia FRF Couriers), Are Andresen (Norway Sparebanken Vest), Lukasz Modzelewski, Jaroslaw Welniak (Poland Legia Bazylisek), Bryan Smith (USA TIAA-CREF), Alex Hagman (Surrey Racing League), Eoin Whelan (Dublin IRC Usher Insulations) and Ray Clarke (Éireann Dan Morrissey) got clear but were soon hauled back.
However Clarke was determined and went clear again almost immediately with Conor Murphy (Ireland Grant Thornton) and Cody Stephenson (Australia FRF Couriers). Nine others joined up while, up front, the leaders were heading through Castlemaine (82.3 km).
The additions to the chase bunch were Kristian House (Britain Recycling.co.uk), David O'Loughlin, Simon Kelly (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group), Morten Hegreberg (Norway Sparebanken Vest), Lukasz Modzelewski (Poland Legia Bazylisek), Danny Pate, Bryan Smith (USA TIAA-CREF), Tommy Evans (Dublin IRC Usher Insulations) and Mehall Fitzgerald (Meath MyHome.ie Cycleways.com). The ten riders had soon opened a minute's lead on the peloton, which seemed to have lost all impetus, and continued to make progress.
They had plenty of motivation to work, as those lying third to eight on GC were there, as well as 11th placed Cody Stephenson. Yellow Jersey Mike Friedman had missed the move, and so too defending Rás champion Chris Newton. After 92 kilometres of racing they were 1 minute and 15 seconds back, and continued to make up ground.
In contrast, the peloton was going backwards and so several riders tried to get away. Eight went clear in what was the third group on the road - Robin Sharman (Britain Recycling.co.uk), Paidi O'Brien (Ireland Grant Thornton), Wayne Randle (Britain Doncaster Stena Line), Kurt Anders Fostervold, Are Andresen (Norway Sparebanken Vest), Eoin Whelan (Dublin IRC Usher Insulations), Colm Bracken (Kildare) and Stephen O'Sullivan (Meath MyHome.ie Cycleways.com). But with a gap of 2 minutes and 43 seconds to close, it was a tough task.
With about ten kilometres to go until the start of the first category Maum climb, Evan Oliphant crashed in the chase group and was delayed while waiting for a new bike. Meanwhile his group had been getting ever closer to the front seven and the junction was finally made just before the Maum, after about 108 kilometres of racing. Straight away some of the more fatigued riders started going out the back of the climb including Murphy, who had been doing major work to try to help his team leader O'Loughlin.
Bryan Smith, Denis Lynch and Mehall Fitzgerald were also in trouble, while Ray Clarke briefly lost contact on the steep climb, but then got back on. Lukasz Modzelewski was first over the prime line, followed by Herzig, who was boosting his lead over Power. Greg Reian was giving chase, while Power, Evans, O'Louglin and House were a little further back and crested in that order.
Modzelewski had a lead of about ten seconds on the next riders heading along the plateau at the top, but there was a regrouping of sorts inside the final 20 kilometres of racing. With about 14 kilometres to go Modzelewski and Power jumped away and quickly opened a ten second lead over a five man chasing group, namely House, O'Loughlin, Hegreberg, Pate and Evans.
With eight kilometres to go the leading duo were 40 seconds ahead. O'Loughlin knew he had to get as close to yellow as possible and he managed to give Pate the slip, setting off in pursuit of Power and Modzelewski. With five kilometres to go he was 36 seconds back but he narrowed the gap all the way to the line, getting within a handful of seconds of the leading two before the line.
Power was in the process of winning the stage, fulfilling a target he had set himself before the FBD Insurance Rás started, while Modzelewski crossed the line a second back. O'Loughlin raced in a further three seconds later, determination written all over his face, but Evans, Pate, House and Hegreberg were within fourteen seconds of him, the American just managing to regain the yellow jersey he had lost on Tuesday's stage.
Stevenson led in the next bunch a minute and 3 seconds after Power's victory, while the deposed race leader Friedman and his closest rival Newton came in a whole 7 minutes and 50 seconds down, any ambitions of winning the race now dashed.
As was the case for the past three days, each stage has seen several key riders lose their chance of taking the final yellow jersey. The race has been a process of elimination and now, after stage four, just six other riders are within a minute of Pate's yellow jersey.
Tomorrow's stage may reduce that further. After a transfer by ferry, the riders will set out from Kilrush with 178 kilometres ahead of them. They will travel through towns such as Milltown Malbay, Lahinch, Ennistymon, Kinvara and Oughterard along the way to An Cheathú Rua (Carraroe), crossing just one categorised climb, but as this year's race has proven, it is the fast, aggressive and tactical racing rather than the hills which seems to be causing the big time gaps.
Results
1 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 3.42.42 (40.36 km/h) 2 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 0.01 3 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Grant Thornton 0.04 4 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 0.18 5 Danny Pate (USA) TIAA-CREF 6 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 7 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 8 Cody Stevenson (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 1.03 9 Greg Reian (Can) Stevens 10 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 11 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 12 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 13 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 14 Ray Clarke (Irl) Dan Morrissey 15 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 16 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 4.12 17 Bryan Smith (USA) TIAA-CREF 18 Wayne Randle (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 4.29 19 Kurt Anders Fostervold (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 20 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 21 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 22 Denis Lynch (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 23 Mehall Fitzgerald (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 6.29 24 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 25 Martin O'Loughlin (Irl) Dan Morrissey 26 Eoin Whelan (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 27 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 28 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 29 Florian Schroder (Ger) Stevens 7.31 30 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Stevens 7.50 31 John Lynch (Irl) Murphy Surveys 32 Mathew Ward (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 33 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens 34 Jaco Ehlers (RSA) Surrey Racing League 35 Joshua Marden (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 36 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 37 Tamas Lengyel (Hun) Sparebanken Vest 38 Joe McDonnell (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 39 Daniel Duguid (GBr) Surrey Racing League 40 Mick Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 41 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 42 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Sparebanken Vest 43 Jeff Sherstobitoff (Can) Symmetrics 44 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 45 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 46 Gavin Evans (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 47 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 48 Myles Kirby (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 49 Mike Friedman (USA) TIAA-CREF 50 Lucas Euser (USA) TIAA-CREF 51 Dan Bowman (USA) TIAA-CREF 52 Alex Hagman (USA) Surrey Racing League 53 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics 54 Johannes Sickmüller (Ger) Stevens 55 Mike Harrison (GBr) JE James RT 56 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 57 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 58 Michal Pawlyta (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 59 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 60 Stephen McKenna (Irl) Biznet Solutions 61 Toby Neave (GBr) Surrey Racing League 62 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 63 Brandon Crichton (Can) Symmetrics 64 Przemyslaw Pietrzak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 65 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 66 Bryan Keane (Irl) Whs. All Systems 67 Micheal Concannon (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 68 John Dempsey (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 69 Rory Wyley (Irl) Dan Morrissey 70 Tim Cassidy (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 71 Brian Kenneally (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 72 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 73 Ryan Connor (Irl) Grant Thornton 74 Mark Cassidy (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 75 David Peelo (Irl) Murphy Surveys 76 Ashley Brown (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 11.37 77 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 78 Christopher Belsham (GBr) JE James RT 79 Greg Swinard (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 80 John Mason (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 81 Adrian Crowley (Irl) Velotec.ie 82 Karl Dolan (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 83 Dieter Droger (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 84 John O'Brien (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 85 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 86 Simon Saunders (GBr) Surrey Racing League 87 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 88 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Whs. All Systems 89 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Whs. All Systems 90 David Lane (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 91 Morgan Fox (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 92 John O'Shea (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 93 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M. Donnelly 94 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 95 Paul Hanna (Irl) Biznet Solutions 96 Bill Moore (Irl) M. Donnelly 97 Kurt Bogaerts (Bel) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 98 Roger Aiken (Irl) Grant Thornton 99 Gary Crory (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 100 Seamus Kelly (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 101 Sean Lacey (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 15.05 102 Aidan Crowley (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 103 Brad Fairall (Can) Symmetrics 20.56 104 David Sachs (USA) Endeavour Cycling 34.09 105 Noel Moloney (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 106 Emmett Murphy (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 40.18 107 Peter O'Connor (Irl) M. Donnelly 108 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 109 Peter Hey (GBr) JE James RT 110 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 111 Frank O'Connor (Irl) M. Donnelly 112 Gordon Tangney (Irl) Whs. All Systems 113 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 114 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Velotec.ie 115 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics 116 David McLoughlin (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 40.50 117 Frank Dunne (Irl) Velotec.ie 118 Jason O'Callaghan (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 119 Michael Hennessey (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 41.03 120 Brian Murphy (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 42.44 121 Phil Maher (Irl) Velotec.ie 122 Keith Griffin (Irl) Velotec.ie 123 Richard Malone (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 124 Drew McKinley (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 125 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Biznet Solutions 126 Josh James (Can) Endeavour Cycling 127 Simon Whelan (Irl) Whs. All Systems 128 Llewellyn Byrne (GBr) JE James RT 129 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Biznet Solutions 130 Matthew Melville (GBr) JE James RT 131 Eldon Looney (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 132 Isaiah Adams (USA) Endeavour Cycling 48.38 133 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 134 Kevin Lynch (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 135 Tony Kemp (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 136 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 137 Simon Mulvany (Irl) M. Donnelly DNF Graham Howard (USA) Endeavour Cycling DNS David Rawlins (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby Mountains Fahan - Cat. 3 1 Denis Lynch (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 5 pts 2 Cody Stevenson (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 4 3 Martin O'Loughlin (Irl) Dan Morrissey 3 4 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 2 Baile Icín - Cat. 3 1 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 5 pts 2 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 4 4 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Stevens 2 Casadh na Graige - Cat. 3 1 Johannes Sickmüller (Ger) Stevens 5 pts 2 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 4 3 Joe McDonnell (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 3 4 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 2 Baile na hÁith - Cat. 2 1 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 10 pts 2 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 8 3 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 6 4 Johannes Sickmüller (Ger) Stevens 4 5 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 3 6 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 1 Garraí na dTor - Cat. 3 1 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 5 pts 2 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 4 3 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 3 4 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 2 An Draighneain - Cat. 3 1 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 5 pts 2 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 4 3 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 3 4 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 2 The Maum - Cat. 1 1 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 15 pts 2 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 12 3 Greg Reian (Can) Stevens 10 4 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 8 5 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 6 6 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Grant Thornton 5 7 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 3 Cuchalainn Crystal County Rider 1 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 3.43.00 2 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 0.45 3 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. International Team 1 Dan Morrissey 11.15.38 2 Grant Thornton 1.13 3 Sparebanken Vest 1.44 4 FRF Couriers-Caravello 2.24 5 TIAA-CREF 4.48 6 Doncaster Stena Line 5.50 7 Recycling.co.uk 7.05 8 Legia Bazylisek 8.09 9 Stevens 8.52 10 Murphy & Gunn 12.58 11 Surrey Racing League 15.58 12 Symmetrics 13 M.Donnelly S.Kelly 14 JE James RT 52.13 15 Endeavour Cycling 1.57.59 County Team 1 Murray Ford Develops. 11.21.28 2 IRC Usher Insuls. 1.15 3 Earl Of Desmond 3.21 4 MyHome.ie Cycleways 7.26 5 Murphy Surveys 8.47 6 Dundrum Town Ctr. 17.42 7 Whs. All Systems 8 Biznet Solutions 48.49 9 M. Donnelly 50.10 10 E. Loakman Remax 52.36 11 Eurocycles Eurobaby 1.13.14 12 Velotec.ie 1.19.23 13 Cúchulainn Crystal 1.21.17 14 Nat. Safety & Training 1.49.58 General Classification after stage 4 1 Danny Pate (USA) TIAA-CREF 15.49.13 2 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Grant Thornton 0.01 3 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 0.07 4 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 5 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 0.15 6 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 1.00 7 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 1.16 8 Wayne Randle (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 9 Greg Reian (Can) Stevens 6.24 10 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 6.52 11 Mike Friedman (USA) TIAA-CREF 7.09 12 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 7.29 13 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 7.31 14 Brian Kenneally (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 7.47 15 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 7.49 16 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 7.51 17 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Sparebanken Vest 7.59 18 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 8.55 19 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 10.47 20 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 11.06 21 Joshua Marden (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 11.13 22 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 23 Lucas Euser (USA) TIAA-CREF 24 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 11.17 25 Joe McDonnell (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 11.20 26 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 27 Bryan Smith (USA) TIAA-CREF 11.22 28 Ray Clarke (Irl) Dan Morrissey 11.52 29 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 12.28 30 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 31 Micheal Concannon (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 14.43 32 Tamas Lengyel (Hun) Sparebanken Vest 14.46 33 Tim Cassidy (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 14.50 34 Alex Hagman (USA) Surrey Racing League 35 Jeff Sherstobitoff (Can) Symmetrics 36 Ryan Connor (Irl) Grant Thornton 37 Kurt Anders Fostervold (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 15.18 38 Cody Stevenson (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 15.22 39 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics 15.26 40 Mehall Fitzgerald (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 17.18 41 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 17.56 42 Martin O'Loughlin (Irl) Dan Morrissey 43 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Stevens 18.28 44 Simon Saunders (GBr) Surrey Racing League 18.37 45 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 18.38 46 Brandon Crichton (Can) Symmetrics 18.39 47 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 48 Mark Cassidy (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 49 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens 19.17 50 Gavin Evans (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 51 Mick Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 52 Johannes Sickmüller (Ger) Stevens 53 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 20.41 54 Eoin Whelan (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 20.55 55 Florian Schroder (Ger) Stevens 21.50 56 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 22.05 57 Dan Bowman (USA) TIAA-CREF 22.16 58 Przemyslaw Pietrzak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 59 Daniel Duguid (GBr) Surrey Racing League 60 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 61 Myles Kirby (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 62 John Dempsey (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 63 Michal Pawlyta (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 64 Mike Harrison (GBr) JE James RT 65 Stephen McKenna (Irl) Biznet Solutions 66 David Peelo (Irl) Murphy Surveys 67 Bryan Keane (Irl) Whs. All Systems 68 Dieter Droger (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 23.04 69 Jaco Ehlers (RSA) Surrey Racing League 23.27 70 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 24.25 71 John O'Shea (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 24.44 72 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 25.26 73 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M. Donnelly 25.58 74 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 26.03 75 Morgan Fox (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 76 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Whs. All Systems 77 Christopher Belsham (GBr) JE James RT 78 Paul Hanna (Irl) Biznet Solutions 79 Bill Moore (Irl) M. Donnelly 80 Kurt Bogaerts (Bel) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 81 David Lane (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 82 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 83 Karl Dolan (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 84 Greg Swinard (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 85 John Mason (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 26.38 86 Sean Lacey (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 26.52 87 Roger Aiken (Irl) Grant Thornton 88 John Lynch (Irl) Murphy Surveys 27.09 89 Aidan Crowley (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 29.31 90 Rory Wyley (Irl) Dan Morrissey 32.46 91 Mathew Ward (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 33.53 92 Denis Lynch (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 34.03 93 Adrian Crowley (Irl) Velotec.ie 36.33 94 Seamus Kelly (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 37.02 95 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 37.24 96 Toby Neave (GBr) Surrey Racing League 97 John O'Brien (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 38.15 98 Gary Crory (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 41.11 99 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 45.44 100 Brad Fairall (Can) Symmetrics 45.58 101 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Whs. All Systems 46.32 102 Noel Moloney (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 48.35 103 Michael Hennessey (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 48.53 104 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 54.44 105 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics 106 Simon Whelan (Irl) Whs. All Systems 57.10 107 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 1.02.41 108 Ashley Brown (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 1.05.59 109 David Sachs (USA) Endeavour Cycling 1.06.06 110 Peter Hey (GBr) JE James RT 1.09.52 111 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 112 Jason O'Callaghan (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 1.10.27 113 Emmett Murphy (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 1.14.24 114 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 1.18.57 115 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 1.19.11 116 Josh James (Can) Endeavour Cycling 1.20.11 117 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Velotec.ie 1.21.03 118 Llewellyn Byrne (GBr) JE James RT 1.22.48 119 Frank O'Connor (Irl) M. Donnelly 1.25.03 120 David McLoughlin (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 1.25.20 121 Matthew Melville (GBr) JE James RT 1.28.13 122 Simon Mulvany (Irl) M. Donnelly 1.28.42 123 Peter O'Connor (Irl) M. Donnelly 1.29.02 124 Eldon Looney (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 1.37.59 125 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Biznet Solutions 1.45.58 126 Richard Malone (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 1.47.07 127 Keith Griffin (Irl) Velotec.ie 1.53.15 128 Drew McKinley (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 1.53.19 129 Kevin Lynch (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 1.58.31 130 Gordon Tangney (Irl) Whs. All Systems 1.58.49 131 Brian Murphy (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 2.01.33 132 Tony Kemp (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 2.02.22 133 Frank Dunne (Irl) Velotec.ie 2.06.11 134 Isaiah Adams (USA) Endeavour Cycling 2.19.44 135 Phil Maher (Irl) Velotec.ie 2.24.09 136 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Biznet Solutions 2.25.10 137 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby Points Competition 1 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 39 pts 2 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 35 3 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 35 4 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 28 5 Danny Pate (USA) TIAA-CREF 26 6 Joshua Marden (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 23 7 Mike Friedman (USA) TIAA-CREF 23 8 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Grant Thornton 22 9 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 21 10 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 20 11 Joe McDonnell (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 18 12 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 17 13 Cody Stevenson (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 15 14 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Sparebanken Vest 14 15 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 13 16 Wayne Randle (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 13 17 Mehall Fitzgerald (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 13 18 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 12 19 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens 11 20 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 11 21 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 10 22 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 10 23 Greg Reian (Can) Stevens 7 24 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 6 25 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 5 26 Dan Bowman (USA) TIAA-CREF 5 27 Ray Clarke (Irl) Dan Morrissey 4 28 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Stevens 4 29 Florian Schroder (Ger) Stevens 4 30 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 4 31 Brian Kenneally (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 3 32 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 3 33 Przemyslaw Pietrzak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 3 34 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 1 35 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 1 36 Brad Fairall (Can) Symmetrics 1 Mountains Competition 1 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 52 pts 2 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 42 3 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 23 4 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 22 5 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 20 6 Danny Pate (USA) TIAA-CREF 16 7 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Sparebanken Vest 15 8 Johannes Sickmüller (Ger) Stevens 11 9 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 11 10 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 11 11 Greg Reian (Can) Stevens 10 12 Wayne Randle (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 9 13 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 6 14 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Stevens 6 15 Denis Lynch (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 5 16 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Grant Thornton 5 17 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 5 18 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 5 19 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 4 20 Cody Stevenson (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 4 21 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Velotec.ie 4 22 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 3 23 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 3 24 Joe McDonnell (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 3 25 Tamas Lengyel (Hun) Sparebanken Vest 3 26 Martin O'Loughlin (Irl) Dan Morrissey 3 27 Przemyslaw Pietrzak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 3 28 Michael Hennessey (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 3 29 Mike Friedman (USA) TIAA-CREF 2 30 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 2 31 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 2 32 Sean Lacey (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 2 33 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 1 Ben McKenna Trophy U23 rider classification 1 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 15.57.04 2 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 2.56 3 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 3.15 4 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 3.29 5 Micheal Concannon (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 6.52 6 Ryan Connor (Irl) Grant Thornton 6.59 7 Brandon Crichton (Can) Symmetrics 10.48 8 Mark Cassidy (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 9 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens 11.26 10 Florian Schroder (Ger) Stevens 13.59 11 Przemyslaw Pietrzak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 14.25 12 Paul Hanna (Irl) Biznet Solutions 18.12 13 Brad Fairall (Can) Symmetrics 38.07 14 Josh James (Can) Endeavour Cycling 1.12.20 CI Category 2 classification 1 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 15.57.02 2 Myles Kirby (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 14.27 3 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 18.14 4 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Whs. All Systems 5 Adrian Crowley (Irl) Velotec.ie 28.44 6 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 37.55 7 Noel Moloney (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 40.46 8 Simon Whelan (Irl) Whs. All Systems 49.21 9 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 54.52 10 Jason O'Callaghan (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 1.02.38 11 Emmett Murphy (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 1.06.35 12 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 1.11.22 13 Frank O'Connor (Irl) M. Donnelly 1.17.14 14 David McLoughlin (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 1.17.31 15 Peter O'Connor (Irl) M. Donnelly 1.21.13 16 Eldon Looney (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 1.30.10 17 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Biznet Solutions 1.38.09 18 Richard Malone (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 1.39.18 19 Keith Griffin (Irl) Velotec.ie 1.45.26 20 Drew McKinley (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 1.45.30 21 Kevin Lynch (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 1.50.42 22 Gordon Tangney (Irl) Whs. All Systems 1.51.00 23 Brian Murphy (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 1.53.44 24 Tony Kemp (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 1.54.33 25 Phil Maher (Irl) Velotec.ie 2.16.20 26 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Biznet Solutions 2.17.21 27 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 2.23.12 Cycleways County Rider classification 1 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 15.49.20 2 Brian Kenneally (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 7.40 3 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 7.42 4 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 12.23 5 Mehall Fitzgerald (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 17.11 6 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 17.49 7 Mick Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 19.10 8 Eoin Whelan (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 20.48 9 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 21.58 10 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 22.09 International Team classification 1 Sparebanken Vest 47.36.54 2 Recycling.co.uk 2.03 3 FRF Couriers-Caravello 4.14 4 TIAA-CREF 5.32 5 Grant Thornton 9.50 6 Doncaster Stena Line 19.40 7 Legia Bazylisek 24.31 8 Dan Morrissey 24.32 9 M.Donnelly S.Kelly 27.58 10 Murphy & Gunn 29.51 11 Stevens 30.51 12 Symmetrics 39.40 13 Surrey Racing League 42.41 14 JE James RT 1.33.48 15 Endeavour Cycling 4.19.27 County Team classification 1 IRC Usher Insuls. 48.11.03 2 Murray Ford Develops. 0.42 3 MyHome.ie Cycleways 2.36 4 Earl Of Desmond 6.18 5 Murphy Surveys 12.28 6 Dundrum Town Ctr. 30.58 7 Whs. All Systems 8 M. Donnelly 1.03.21 9 E. Loakman Remax 1.23.05 10 Biznet Solutions 1.50.11 11 Eurocycles Eurobaby 2.01.22 12 Cúchulainn Crystal 2.24.35 13 Velotec.ie 3.05.33 14 Nat. Safety & Training 3.13.48 Courtesy of fbdinsuranceras.com
