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55th FBD Insurance Rás - 2.2
Ireland, May 20-27, 2007
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Stage 4 - May 23: Sligo – Dungloe, 138 Kms
No change in overall standings as Ojavee wins stage four
By Shane Stokes
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There were countless attacks on yesterday’s fourth stage of the FBD Insurance Rás but despite the battles and skirmishes on the road to Dungloe, the war between the overall contenders remains unfinished.
At the end of 138 kilometres of aggressive racing, there was no change whatsoever to the time gaps of those in the top ten. Race leader Jesse Anthony and his US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada team played things perfectly to control their rivals, giving breakaways some leeway before hauling them back in.
The stage victory went to day one winner Mart Ojavee (Estonia Kalev Chocolate), who outsprinted Anthony’s team-mate Dominique Rollin (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) and Tomas Hruby (Czech Republic Sparta Praha) on the uphill finishing straight.
"Every win is great," said the beaming 25 year old Estonian, who was taking his sixth win of the season. "Today I was working for my team-mate Andrei Mustonen but we didn’t know that the last kilometre was so difficult. With 200 meters to go I was alone in the front and he was a little bit dropped, so I said, ‘what the heck’ and went for it."
Irish riders Stephen Gallagher (Ireland Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly) and Eugene Moriarty (Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC) were sixth and ninth respectively, while Brian Kenneally (Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC) remains second overall, just two seconds behind Anthony. Seven others are a further two seconds adrift, including Mark Cassidy (Ireland Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly) and Paul Griffin (Ireland Subway Eat Fresh).
"There were a couple of scary moments today, but we just got the team together and they organised a really good chase," said 21 year old Anthony. "There was a group of about ten guys up the road before the king of the mountains prime. It was a dangerous group and there were a couple of guys we had to watch in there, so we got the team on the front and chased it down. The guys did an awesome job today of controlling everything. We all rode together to keep things together as much as possible."
It was as much about brains as brawn, with the team using good tactics to help defend yellow. "In the end we let a group go away," he continued. "We were happy with that as it got the race to settle down a bit. Then a bit later on, the whole team took control and rode really hard to bring it back."
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It’s Anthony’s first time to lead a major stage race but having retained the lead, he was sounding more assured about his chances. "I have never been in this position before. It is a little nerve-wracking for me, particularly in such a difficult race and one I don’t know. I have never done it before and so I don’t know how it is usually raced, aside from what people tell me. That said, while I know the next four days will be really hard, we are looking forward to that. We didn’t come here to have an easy race. We are looking forward to the challenge."
After a very aggressive, wind-assisted opening hour run off at 48 km/h, a dozen riders got clear approximately halfway through the stage. They built a maximum lead of 17 seconds and made Cassidy race leader on the road, but the US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada squad clinically hauled it back.
René Birkenfeld (Germany Stevens Von Hacht) took the prime at Mountcharles (category 3, 69 km) ahead of former race leader Ricardo Van der Velde (Netherlands National Team U23), Peter Herzig (FRF Couriers NSWIS) and Dan Bowman (Kelly Benefit Strategies).
Van der Velde, whose father Johan finished third in the 1982 Tour de France, said after the stage that he had changed focus after falling far behind in the general classification. "My goal now is to try to get the mountains jersey. It won’t be easy because there is a German rider [Birkenfeld] who is also going for it. But I am not giving up, I think I can do it. I am good uphill, so we will see…
"Yesterday was difficult. Everyone was attacking one by one and we missed the big group. I felt good yesterday but it was difficult for me to do anything in the yellow jersey."
Following the prime, five others then slipped away and joined forces out front, namely Mark Lovatt (Team Sportscover), Graham Briggs (Britan Stena Line/Recycling.co.uk), Silvar Kibur (Estonia Kalev Chocolate), Dominique Perras (USA Kelly Benefit Strategies) and Glenn Bak (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly).
Danish rider Bak attacked with 25 kilometres remaining and opened up a 17 second lead over the others. They were all eventually reeled in with approximately four kilometres to go, setting things up for the uphill bunch sprint and Ojavee’s second victory of the race.
Anthony finished 12th in the final gallop and remains two seconds clear of Irish rider Brian Kenneally (Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC). Seven others are a further two seconds adrift, including Rollin plus Irishmen Mark Cassidy (Ireland Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly) and Paul Griffin (Ireland Subway Eat Fresh).
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The race leader said that he would ride aggressively on tomorrow’s [Thursday’s] climbs, including the first category Gap of Mamore.
"If the opportunity presents itself I would love to get some more time," he said. He can clearly climb, given that he is the current king of the mountains. "I think the way we are going to be able to win this race is if Dom [Dominique Perras] and I play off each other and get a bit more time each day. If we can get into a group and narrow the real players down to maybe ten, then that would be a lot easier for us. Right now, there are many guys within a couple of minutes of us, so it is hard to control that many riders.
"If we can get a three or four minute buffer on all bar ten or twelve guys, then that would definitely work to our benefit. We are going to try to be aggressive, to be sure. But it is hard with everyone watching us like this. Every time we move, everyone moves with us and no-one is willing to do any of the work for us. It is pretty much all up to us right now. It is going to be real difficult to pull it off, but I think we can do it."
The 131 kilometre fifth stage from Dungloe to Buncrana will be crucial. Right now, 33 riders are within two minutes of Anthony’s lead. That will all change tomorrow, with a much clearer picture of the real contenders becoming apparent on the tough roads of Donegal.
How it unfolded
139 riders lined out in overcast conditions for the fourth stage of the FBD Insurance Rás, a relatively short 138 kilometre race from Sligo to Dungloe. Jesse Anthony (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) lined out in the yellow jersey, and also held the lead in the KOM and best young rider competition, while his team-mate Dominique Rollin has a strong grip on the green jersey of best sprinter.
About five kilometres after the drop of the flag, stage one victor Mart Ojavee (Estonia Kalev Chocolate) attacked and was joined by Nico Graf (Germany Thuringer Energie) and Adam Armstrong (Dublin Usher Insulations). They were reeled in soon afterwards, then Derek Burke (Dublin Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group) made a short-lived break.
He was brought back but stubbornly went again with Graham Briggs (Britain Stena Line/Recycling.co.uk), Thomas Hruby (Czech Republic Sparta Praha), Silvar Kibur (Estonia Kalev Chocolate), Marcel Barth (Germany Thuringer Energie), Scott McDonald (Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC) and Hugh Mulhearne (Tipperary Dan Morrissey). This, too, was hauled back.
After passing through the seaside resort town of Bundoran, double FBD Rás winner Chris Newton (Britain Stena Line Recycling.co.uk), his team-mate Ryan Bonser and Mart Ojavee (Estonia Kalev Chocolate) kicked clear, some 38 kilometres after the start. This group built up a lead of 29 seconds and while Bonser was then dropped, he was able to regain contact when he was picked up by three chasing riders.
Together with Dermot Nally (Ireland Subway Eat Fresh), Stephen Gallagher (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) and Florian Frohn (Germany Thuringer Energie), he regained his place at the head of affairs and returned to helping team captain Newton.
The group had enough big hitters to be considered a real threat and others such as third-placed Paul Griffin (Ireland Subway Eat Fresh) tried to get across. However this chasing group was caught. Soon afterwards the leading group suffered the same fate, being reeled in by the bunch approximately 50 kilometres after the start.
The pace had been very hot, with the tailwind-assisted riders covering 48 kilometres in the first hour of racing. The attacks continued and after approximately 63 kilometres, Simon Kelly (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly), Nico Graf (Germany Thuringer Energie), Conor Murphy (Dublin Usher Insulations) and Ray Clarke (Tipperary Dan Morrissey) slipped clear.
They were then joined by Alain Van der Velde (Netherlands), Stephen Gallagher (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly), Peter Herzig (Australia FRF Couriers), Simon Jensen (Denmark Vision Bikes), Ben Raby (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada), Dominique Perras (USA Kelly Benefit Strategies) and Derek Burke (Dublin Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group). However, despite the firepower, the main bunch closed them down.
There was a brief respite but very soon afterwards the next big group surged away. The dozen-strong break included David McCann (Ireland Subway Eat Fresh), former race leader Ricardo Van der Velde (Netherlands), Mark Cassidy, Stephen Gallagher and Simon Kelly (all Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly), Peter Herzig and Jason Hegert (both Australia FRF Couriers NSWIS), Ondrej Pavek (Czech Republic Sparta Praha), Andrei Mustonen (Estonia Kalev Chocolate), Ben Raby (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada), Justin Spinelli (USA Kelly Benefit Strategies) and René Sickmuller (Germany Stephens Von Hacht). Newton also joined up, making it 13 riders clear, but this group then dropped to a dozen when Raby elected to go back to the peloton and try to get team-mate (and race leader) Jesse Anthony back into contention. The gap was 17 seconds after some 67 kilometres of racing, making Mark Cassidy the race leader on the road.
Raby and the rest of the team had no intention of letting the 22 year old Irishman take the yellow jersey and worked hard to haul back the move. The succeeded in doing so just before the top of the third category Mountcharles climb, which came at the 69 kilometre point.
René Birkenfeld (Germany Stevens Von Hacht) was first to the top, beating Dutchman Ricardo Van der Velde (who started the day second overall in the competition), Peter Herzig (Australia FRF Couriers NSWIS) and Dan Bowman (Kelly Benefit Strategies).
The next move of significance was an attack by Mark Lovatt (Team Sportscover) at the 88 kilometre point. He was joined by Graham Briggs (Britan Stena Line/Recycling.co.uk), then Silvar Kibur (Estonia Kalev Chocolate) and Dominique Perras (USA Kelly Benefit Strategies) also made the junction. Glenn Bak (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) was the last rider to get across, making it five up front.
The peloton was 1 minute 30 seconds back at this point but hard chasing by the USA Kelly Benefit Strategies and Germany Stevens Von Hacht teams plus Australia FRF Couriers rider Brendan Brooks, helped to cut it to 50 seconds with 25 kilometres to go. Sensing the danger that they would be caught, Bak then attacked from the lead group.
The Danish rider opened up a maximum advantage of 17 seconds over the other leaders before they reeled him back in. They regrouped with approximately ten kilometres remaining, yet it was only a matter of time before the speeding bunch got back on terms. With four kilometres to go it was all together and while riders such as Rene Birkenfeld tried to clip away, things stayed as one until the uphill sprint to the finish line, where Mart Ojavee (Estonia Kalev Chocolate) got the better of yesterday's stage victor Dominique Rollin (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) and Tomas Hruby (Czech Republic Sparta Praha). Stephen Gallagher was best Irishman in sixth, with Euguene Moriarty best county rider in ninth.
The net result was no major change in the overall standings. There is likely to be a different story tomorrow, though, given that the race hits the notorious Gap of Mamore climb approximately 13 kilometres from the finish line in Buncrana. There is certain to be a major shakeup in the classification during the 131 kilometre stage, giving a clearer picture of who the main contenders are and how strong Jesse Anthony’s chances are of taking the final yellow jersey in Skerries on Sunday.
Photography
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Images by Stephen McMahon
- Estonian rider Mart Ojavee (Estonia Kalev Chocolate Team) battles it out with Tomas Hruby (Czech Republic Sparta Praha Team) and points leader Dominique Rollin (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) for victory.
- Mart Ojavee (Estonia Kalev Chocolate Team) celebrates his victory on Stage 4 of the FBD Insurance Rás.
- Points leader and winner of Stage 3 Dominique Rollin (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) ran out of road and had to settle for second place.
- Current Irish Road Race Champion David McCann (Ireland Subway Team) finished in the main field.
- Czech rider Tomas Hruby (Czech Republic Sparta Praha Team) enjoys the atmosphere on his way to the presentation podium on Stage 4 of the FBD Insurance Rás. Hruby finished third after a punishing uphill sprint.
- Mart Ovajee (Estonia Kalev Chocolate Team) is presented with the stage winner's jersey after his win on Stage 4.
- Kerryman Eugene Moriarty (Meath MyHome.ie BDBC Team) was awarded the best placed county rider award. This was the 11th time that Moriarty won the county rider prize.
- Yvo Kusters (Netherlands) receives the white jersey for best placed U23 rider.
- Dutchman Ricardo Van der Velde (Netherlands) receives the pink jersey of leader in the moutains classification.
- American Jesse Anthony (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada Team) retained his overall lead after finishing in the main bunch. Anthony leads the race by two seconds from Irishman Brian Kinneally (Meath MyHome.ie BDBC Team).
- The full podium of awarded riders after Stage 4 of the FBD Insurance Rás. How many of these faces will we see tomorrow after the challanging ascent of Mamore Gap?
- Current Canadian champion Dominique Rollin (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) was a little disappointed with his second place but satisfied with maintaining his lead in the points classification. He commented after the stage that 'an extra five metres and it would have been a different result'.
Results
1 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 3.14.04 (42.55 km/h) 2 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 3 Tomas Hruby (Cze) Sparta Praha 4 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thuringer Energy 5 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands National Team 6 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 7 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 8 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 9 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 10 Nico Graf (Ger) Thuringer Energy 11 Marcin Bialoblocki (GBr) Team Sportscover 12 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 13 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 14 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 15 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 16 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 17 Zdenek Krizek (Cze) Sparta Praha 18 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 19 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 20 Graham Briggs (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 21 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 22 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 23 David McCann (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 24 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 25 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thuringer Energy 26 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 27 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 28 Ondrej Pavek (Cze) Sparta Praha 29 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 30 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 31 Simon Jensen (Den) Vision Bikes 32 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 33 Yannick Tiedt (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 34 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 35 Silvar Kibur (Est) Kalev Chocolate 36 Simon Holt (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 37 Matthew Ward (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 38 Neil Delahaye (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 39 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 40 Thomas Bendixen (Den) Vision Bikes 41 Dermot Nally (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 42 Michael Johansen (Den) Vision Bikes 43 Conor Murphy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 44 Josh Thornton (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 45 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 46 Alo Jakin (Est) Kalev Chocolate 47 Roger Aiken (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 48 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 49 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 50 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 51 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 52 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 53 Josef Soukup (Cze) Sparta Praha 54 Markku Ainsalu (Est) Kalev Chocolate 55 Wayne Randle (GBr) Team Sportscover 56 Dominique Perras (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 57 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 58 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 59 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Team Sportscover 60 Mads Bugge (Den) Vision Bikes 0.17 61 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 62 Johannes Sickmuller (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 0.20 63 Petr Pucelik (Cze) Sparta Praha 64 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 0.25 65 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 0.54 66 Paul Wright (GBr) North England West Pennine 1.06 67 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thuringer Energy 1.08 68 Mick Mulcahy (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 1.10 69 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 70 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 1.17 71 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 72 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 73 Benjamin Justesen (Den) Vision Bikes 74 John Charlsworth (GBr) Team Sportscover 75 David Brennan (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 76 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 77 Hugh Mulhearne (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.31 78 Ashley Brown (GBr) Team Sportscover 1.59 79 Michael Butler (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 80 Ben Pochee (GBr) Surrey 81 Alan Carey (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 82 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 83 Tom Diggle (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 84 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 85 John O'Brien (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 86 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 87 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 88 Scott McDonald (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 89 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 90 David Peelo (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 91 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 92 Conor McGrath (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 93 Nick Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 94 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 95 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 96 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 97 Stephen Surdival (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 98 Peter Hey (GBr) North England West Pennine 2.25 99 Kevin Donagher (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 2.45 100 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 101 Tom Fanning (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 2.46 102 Derek Burke (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 4.05 103 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 6.19 104 Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 6.21 105 Kieran Downey (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 13.35 106 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 13.45 107 Toby Neave (GBr) Surrey 13.48 108 David Mulholland (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 13.53 109 Don Feighery (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 17.44 110 Barry Mullin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 17.46 111 Richard Simmonds (GBr) Surrey 19.45 112 Robin Kelly (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 113 Chris Belsham (GBr) North England West Pennine 20.16 114 Colm Bracken (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 20.33 115 Llewellyn Byrne (Irl) North England West Pennine 116 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 117 Paul Delahunty (NZl) Surrey 118 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 119 Richard Eastham (GBr) North England West Pennine 120 James Lattimore (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 121 Matthew Green (GBr) Surrey 122 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 123 Colm Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 124 Frank Dunne (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 125 Tony Kemp (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 126 Dave McLoughlin (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 127 Michael Hennessy (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 128 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Down Mar Properties 129 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 130 Adrian Hederman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 131 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Down Mar Properties 132 Thomas O'Flaherty (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 133 Ben Lieberson (GBr) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 134 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 135 Miceál Concannon (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 20.51 136 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 137 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys DNF Myles McCorry (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev DNF John Neill (Irl) Down Mar Properties Mountains Mountcharles - Cat. 3 1 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 5 pts 2 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 4 3 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 3 4 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 2 County Rider 1 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 3.14.04 2 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 3 Matthew Ward (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations International Team 1 Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 9.42.12 2 Netherlands national Team U23 3 Thuringer Energy 4 Kalev Chocolate 5 Sparta Praha 6 Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 7 Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 8 Kelly Benefit Strategies 9 Stena Line / Recycling 10 FRF Couriers NSWIS 11 Vision Bikes 12 Team Sportscover 13 Stevens-Von Hacht 14 North England West Pennine 23.47 15 Surrey 35.32 County Team 1 Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 9.42.12 2 Dublin Usher Insulations 3 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.31 4 Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 3.28 5 Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 6.01 6 Waterford Comeragh CC 22.29 7 Kildare Murphy Surveys 23.42 8 Cork Omega Designs Ltd 23.49 9 Kerry Earl Of Desmond 10 Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 24.31 11 Armagh Big Picture Dev 27.20 12 Kildare Newbridge ReMax 43.51 13 Down Mar Properties 44.40 General Classification after stage 4 1 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 14.24.17 2 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 0.02 3 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 0.04 4 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands National Team 5 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 6 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 7 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 8 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 9 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 10 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 0.57 11 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 1.02 12 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 1.06 13 Ondrej Pavek (Cze) Sparta Praha 14 Michael Johansen (Den) Vision Bikes 1.07 15 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 1.08 16 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 17 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 18 David McCann (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 19 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 20 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 21 Thomas Bendixen (Den) Vision Bikes 22 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 23 Zdenek Krizek (Cze) Sparta Praha 24 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 25 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 26 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thuringer Energy 27 Josef Soukup (Cze) Sparta Praha 28 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 29 Neil Delahaye (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 30 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 31 Markku Ainsalu (Est) Kalev Chocolate 1.18 32 Petr Pucelik (Cze) Sparta Praha 1.24 33 Josh Thornton (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 1.26 34 Roger Aiken (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 1.58 35 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 2.02 36 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thuringer Energy 2.16 37 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 2.25 38 Graham Briggs (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 2.53 39 Dominique Perras (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 40 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 41 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 3.10 42 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 4.10 43 Alo Jakin (Est) Kalev Chocolate 9.25 44 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thuringer Energy 11.06 45 Simon Jensen (Den) Vision Bikes 46 Tomas Hruby (Cze) Sparta Praha 47 Johannes Sickmuller (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 11.19 48 Mick Mulcahy (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 12.16 49 Ashley Brown (GBr) Team Sportscover 13.05 50 Ben Pochee (GBr) Surrey 51 John O'Brien (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 52 Tom Diggle (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 53 David Peelo (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 54 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 13.41 55 Tom Fanning (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 13.52 56 Yannick Tiedt (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 14.42 57 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 19.52 58 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 20.09 59 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 20.24 60 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 20.53 61 Nico Graf (Ger) Thuringer Energy 21.03 62 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 63 Marcin Bialoblocki (GBr) Team Sportscover 64 Wayne Randle (GBr) Team Sportscover 65 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 66 Silvar Kibur (Est) Kalev Chocolate 67 Simon Holt (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 68 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 69 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 70 Dermot Nally (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 71 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 72 Conor Murphy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 73 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Team Sportscover 74 Mads Bugge (Den) Vision Bikes 21.20 75 Benjamin Justesen (Den) Vision Bikes 21.22 76 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 21.42 77 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 22.01 78 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 22.13 79 David Brennan (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 22.20 80 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 81 John Charlsworth (GBr) Team Sportscover 82 Hugh Mulhearne (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 22.34 83 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 23.01 84 Conor McGrath (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 23.02 85 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 86 Alan Carey (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 87 Scott McDonald (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 88 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 89 Michael Butler (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 90 Nick Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 91 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 23.12 92 Derek Burke (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 25.08 93 Matthew Ward (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 25.34 94 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 26.18 95 Paul Wright (GBr) North England West Pennine 26.46 96 Richard Simmonds (GBr) Surrey 30.51 97 Matthew Green (GBr) Surrey 31.39 98 Kieran Downey (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 34.38 99 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 34.48 100 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 36.48 101 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 37.30 102 Llewellyn Byrne (Irl) North England West Pennine 41.36 103 Richard Eastham (GBr) North England West Pennine 104 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 41.50 105 Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 41.52 106 Miceál Concannon (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 41.54 107 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 108 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 109 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 52.54 110 Chris Belsham (GBr) North England West Pennine 56.19 111 Kevin Donagher (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 57.01 112 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 57.42 113 Paul Delahunty (NZl) Surrey 1.01.31 114 Colm Bracken (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 1.11.28 115 Michael Hennessy (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 116 Stephen Surdival (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 1.11.39 117 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 1.12.02 118 David Mulholland (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 1.12.53 119 James Lattimore (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 1.19.59 120 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 1.21.23 121 Toby Neave (GBr) Surrey 1.22.54 122 Robin Kelly (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 1.27.46 123 Adrian Hederman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 1.29.39 124 Don Feighery (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 1.32.23 125 Ben Lieberson (GBr) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 1.40.01 126 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 1.42.42 127 Barry Mullin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 1.48.27 128 Thomas O'Flaherty (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 1.55.32 129 Peter Hey (GBr) North England West Pennine 1.57.01 130 Dave McLoughlin (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 1.57.20 131 Colm Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 1.58.16 132 Tony Kemp (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 2.08.21 133 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 2.15.09 134 Frank Dunne (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 135 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Down Mar Properties 136 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 137 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Down Mar Properties U23 Rider classification 1 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 2 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0.04 3 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 4 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 5 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 1.08 6 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 7 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 8 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 9 Zdenek Krizek (Cze) Sparta Praha 10 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thuringer Energy 11 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 12 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thuringer Energy 2.16 13 Alo Jakin (Est) Kalev Chocolate 9.25 14 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thuringer Energy 11.06 15 Tom Diggle (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 13.05 16 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 13.41 17 Yannick Tiedt (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 14.42 18 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 19.52 19 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 20.09 20 Nico Graf (Ger) Thuringer Energy 21.03 21 Silvar Kibur (Est) Kalev Chocolate 22 Simon Holt (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 23 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 24 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 25 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 22.20 26 Derek Burke (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 25.08 27 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 26.18 28 Matthew Green (GBr) Surrey 31.39 29 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 36.48 30 Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 41.52 31 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 41.54 32 David Mulholland (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 1.12.53 County Rider classification 1 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 2 Neil Delahaye (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 1.06 3 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 4 Roger Aiken (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 1.56 5 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 2.00 6 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 2.23 7 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 2.51 8 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 4.08 9 Mick Mulcahy (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 12.14 10 John O'Brien (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 13.03 CI Category 2 classification 1 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 2 Tom Fanning (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 11.27 3 Conor McGrath (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 20.37 4 Alan Carey (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 5 Kieran Downey (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 32.13 6 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 32.23 7 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 34.23 8 Kevin Donagher (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 54.36 9 Stephen Surdival (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 1.09.14 10 James Lattimore (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 1.17.34 11 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 1.18.58 12 Ben Lieberson (GBr) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 1.37.36 13 Dave McLoughlin (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 1.54.55 14 Colm Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 1.55.51 15 Tony Kemp (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 2.05.56 16 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 2.12.44 17 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Down Mar Properties 18 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Down Mar Properties Points classification 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 53 pts 2 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands National Team 39 3 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 30 4 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 28 5 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 25 6 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 23 7 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 21 8 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 21 9 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 19 10 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 18 11 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thuringer Energy 16 12 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 15 13 Petr Pucelik (Cze) Sparta Praha 13 14 Tomas Hruby (Cze) Sparta Praha 13 15 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 12 16 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 11 17 Nico Graf (Ger) Thuringer Energy 11 18 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 11 19 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 10 20 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 10 21 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 10 22 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 9 23 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 9 24 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 8 25 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 8 26 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 7 27 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 6 28 Josef Soukup (Cze) Sparta Praha 5 29 Marcin Bialoblocki (GBr) Team Sportscover 5 30 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 4 31 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 3 32 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 3 33 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 2 34 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 2 Mountains classification 1 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 29 pts 2 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 27 3 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 15 4 Michael Johansen (Den) Vision Bikes 6 5 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thuringer Energy 6 6 Petr Pucelik (Cze) Sparta Praha 5 7 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 4 8 Ondrej Pavek (Cze) Sparta Praha 4 9 Roger Aiken (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 4 10 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 3 11 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 3 12 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 3 13 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 3 14 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 3 15 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 2 16 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 2 17 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 1 International Team classification 1 Netherlands national Team U23 43.13.13 2 Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 0.54 3 Kelly Benefit Strategies 1.47 4 Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 1.58 5 FRF Couriers NSWIS 6 Thuringer Energy 7 Sparta Praha 3.02 8 Vision Bikes 13.00 9 Stena Line / Recycling 14.43 10 Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 21.53 11 Stevens-Von Hacht 25.43 12 Kalev Chocolate 31.24 13 Team Sportscover 52.50 14 Surrey 1.08.28 15 North England West Pennine 1.17.09 County Team classification 1 Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 43.36.49 2 Dublin Usher Insulations 9.19 3 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 10.50 4 Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 22.44 5 Kildare Murphy Surveys 42.59 6 Armagh Big Picture Dev 46.54 7 Kerry Earl Of Desmond 1.03.00 8 Cork Omega Designs Ltd 1.14.42 9 Waterford Comeragh CC 1.15.48 10 Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 1.34.08 11 Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 1.47.07 12 Kildare Newbridge ReMax 2.15.44 13 Down Mar Properties 3.57.35
