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56th FBD Insurance Rás - 2.2
Ireland, May 18-25, 2008
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Stage 4 - May 21: Corofin – Tralee, 156 km
McCann scoops stage, yellow jersey, Cassidy crashes out
By Shane Stokes
The fourth stage of the FBD Insurance Rás saw yet another change in the yellow jersey, with overnight leader Mark Cassidy crashing out of the race but another Irishman - David McCann - winning the stage and taking over at the top. 2004 Rás winner McCann was part of a 12-man break which went clear approximately 120 kilometres into the wet 156 kilometre stage from Corofin to Tralee, with Ireland team-mate Roger Aiken, former race leader Stephen Gallagher (Ireland An Post M. Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly), stage two and three winners Dean Downing and Chris Newton (both Britain Stena Line Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk) plus McCann amongst the most notable names.
Newton had started the day two seconds ahead of McCann and with Cassidy being forced to retire due to a badly bruised arm, he seemed in line to take over as race leader. However he punctured out of the move and while UCI rules stated that he would get the same time as the break due to the fact that the mechanical problem happened inside the final three kilometres, McCann was able to gain two seconds on the others with a late attack.
This netted him both the stage and the yellow jersey, the Belfastman ending the day level on time with Newton but ahead on points countback. It also made up for the third stage, when he broke clear with the Briton but finished second.
"I am really pleased," he said after receiving the yellow jersey. "It is great to get a stage win. I had good legs coming into the race. I was disappointed to lose yesterday but I knew my day would come if I kept working at it. Yellow is a bonus because I wasn’t even thinking of the jersey, I was just going for the stage win.
"I knew the form was coming around and so my chance would come," he added.
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- It was wet and windy at the finish of Stage 4 which took the riders from Corofin in County Clare covering 156 kilometres along the way.
- The less than ideal weather conditions did not dissuade people from coming out to welcome the race to ‘The Kingdom’ of Kerry.
- The RTE camera crew await the arrival of the race.
- Meanwhile, out on the road, Iranian rider Abbas Saeidi Tanha (Iran Islamic Azad University) has broken clear of the main field and is riding well. ©: Stephen McMahon.
- Ciaran Power (Ireland Pezula Racing Team) leads Paul Healion (Dublin – McNally – Swords) and Dean Downing (Britain – Stena – Rapha – Condor – Recycling.co.uk).
- Winning in the rain: David McCann (Team Ireland) romped home to take an important victory on Stage 4 of the 2008 FBD Insurance Rás. The man from Belfast was so focused on maximizing his time advantage over his rivals for the race lead that he did not indulge in a victory salute.
- Wojciech Dybel (Poland National Team) took second on the stage.
- Tiedt Yannick (Germany Stevens von Hacht) hits the line with Roger Aiken (Team Ireland), Stephen Gallagher (Ireland – An Post – Sean Kelly Team) and Khormizi Razael (Iran Islamic Azad University) finishing just behind.
- Riders on the storm: Paidi O’Brien (Ireland – An Post – Sean Kelly Team) leads home a small group as the heavens open in earnest.
- Graham Hurley (Dublin Dundrum Town Centre) shows his relief at having completed a particularly demanding stage.
- Stage winner David McCann (Team Ireland) pays the price for his considerable efforts.
- His grimace soon turned to a smile as he made his way to the victory podium.
- Craig Sweetman (Meath Martin Donnelly) weaves his way through the finish line crowd after another hard day on the road. Unfortunately, his injured team-mate Simon Mulvany was left with no choice but to abandon the race.
- Eugene Moriarty (Meath - MyHome.ie – BDBC) took the County Rider prize on his home turf.
- Paul Griffin (Team Ireland) crosses the line in his home town.
- A Coke but no smile: Neil Coleman (Britain Plowman Craven) gets some sugars on board after a tough stage.
- Eugene Moriarty (Meath - MyHome.ie – BDBC) receives his Cuchulainn Crystal County Rider prize from Race Director Dermot Dignam.
- Bogdan Stoytchev (Bulgaria Nessebar) took third place on the stage.
- Dale Appleby (Britain – Stena – Rapha – Condor – Recycling.co.uk) receives his white jersey as best placed U-23 rider.
- Chris Newton (Britain – Stena – Rapha – Condor – Recycling.co.uk) retained his lead in the King of the Mountains classification.
- Dean Downing (Britain – Stena – Rapha – Condor – Recycling.co.uk) also retained his lead in the Points Classification.
- The wind and rain had not affected David McCann’s sense of humour as he waited patiently for the rewards of his efforts.
- After a day marred by foul weather and crashes, David McCann (Team Ireland) emerged victorious on Stage 4 and donned the yellow jersey.
- The men of the Rás after Stage 4: third on the stage, Bogdan Stoytchev (Bulgaria Nessebar), Best Placed County Rider, Eugene Moriarty (Meath - MyHome.ie – BDBC), winner of the stage and new race leader, David McCann (Team Ireland), Points leader, Dean Downing (Britain – Stena – Rapha – Condor – Recycling.co.uk), Best placed U-23 rider, Dale Appleby (Britain – Stena – Rapha – Condor – Recycling.co.uk) and King of the Mountains, Chris Newton (Britain – Stena – Rapha – Condor – Recycling.co.uk).
- Number one on the frame, number one on the road: David McCann’s Giant.
- Race leader after Stage 3, Mark Cassidy (Ireland – An Post – Sean Kelly Team) crashed on Stage 4, landing heavily on his right arm. Pride and adrenalin got him off the ground and back in contact with the main group but the Meath man felt that something serious was wrong and made the difficult but intelligent decision to retire from the race. An x-ray revealed a suspected fracture to his elbow joint. In conversation, Cassidy was upbeat and already talking about being at his best for the National Championships.
Results
1 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 3.53.36 (40.07 km/h) 2 Wojciech Dybel (Pol) Polish National Team 0.02 3 Bogdan Stoytchev (Bul) Team Nessebar 4 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 5 Dean Downing (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 6 Levi Heimans (Ned) Dutch National Team 7 Kiedt Yannick (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 8 Roger Aiken (Irl) Irish National Team 9 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 10 S. M. Razaei Khormizi (Irn) Team Azad University 11 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis 0.08 12 Ken Hanson (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 0.24 13 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish National Team 14 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 15 Rene Birkenfeld (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 16 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 17 Simon Kelly (Irl) Usher Insulations 18 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Polish National Team 19 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 20 Paul Healion (Irl) McNally Swords 21 Benny de Schrooder (Bel) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 22 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 23 Rob Partridge (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 24 Spas Gyurov (Bul) Team Nessebar 25 Dale Appleby (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 26 Rafal Ratajczyk (Pol) Polish National Team 27 Tom Kirk (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 28 Denis Dunworth (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 29 Jean Marc Maurin (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 30 Matt Cronshaw (GBr) Kinesis 31 Martin Grashev (Bul) Team Nessebar 32 Amir Zargari (Irn) Team Azad University 33 Stevens Aubert (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 34 Martin Ford (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 35 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Polish National Team 36 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 37 Alex Higham (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 38 Florain Fina (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 39 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 40 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 41 Ole Quast (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 42 Johannes Sickmuller (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 43 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 44 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 45 Havard Nybo (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 46 Tamas Lengyel (Hun) Team Sparebanken Vest 47 Stian Remme (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 48 Paul Griffin (Irl) Irish National Team 49 James Sampson (GBr) Kinesis 50 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 0.02 51 Peter Hawkins (Irl) Usher Insulations 0.56 52 Andrew Bye (GBr) Surrey Racing League 0.59 53 Farshad Salehian (Irn) Team Azad University 54 Neill Delahaye (Irl) Usher Insulations 55 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey Racing League 56 Chris Moores (GBr) Surrey Racing League 57 Stanislav Zaraliev (Bul) Team Nessebar 58 Maurice Schreurs (Ned) Dutch National Team 59 Mehdi Fahridi Kovij (Irn) Team Azad University 60 Sascha Wagner (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 61 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Pezula 62 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.02 63 Miceal Concannon (Irl) Irish National Team 1.04 64 Warren Flynn (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 1.05 65 Kristian House (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 1.08 66 Kieran Page (GBr) Team Pezula 1.14 67 Wouter Sybrandy (Ned) Surrey Racing League 2.25 68 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Team Pezula 2.37 69 Abbas Saeidi Tanha (Irn) Team Azad University 4.24 70 Graham Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 4.57 71 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 72 Nicolas Ligier (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 73 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 74 Urban Monks (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 75 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 76 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 77 Andrew Roche (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 78 Michael Lucey (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 6.31 79 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 80 Diarmuid Carew (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 6.33 81 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 82 Brendan Lacey (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 83 Derek Burke (Irl) Team Pezula 6.47 84 Con Collis (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 7.18 85 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 86 John Lynch (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 87 Shane Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 88 William Hedden (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 89 Michael Butler (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 90 Dave Sinclair (GBr) Surrey Racing League 91 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 92 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 93 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 94 Chris Troy (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 95 Josh James (Can) Kinesis 96 Laurence Roche (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 97 Neil Coleman (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 98 David Peelo (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 99 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 100 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 101 Adrian Hederman (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 102 Danny Carroll (Irl) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 103 Michael Storan (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 104 Colm Cassidy (Irl) Usher Insulations 105 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 106 Tom Last (GBr) Kinesis 107 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 108 Linus Murphy (Irl) Usher Insulations 109 Cian Crowley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 110 Simon Coughlan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 111 Richard McCauley (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 112 Kevin Donagher (Irl) McNally Swords 113 Ciaran Lewis (Irl) McNally Swords 114 Daniel Davies (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 115 Stephen Halpin (Irl) McNally Swords 116 Christer Rake (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 117 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Team Pezula 118 Robin Seymour (Irl) Irish National Team 119 Stephen Surdival (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 120 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 7.31 121 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge 7.34 122 Graeme Hatcher (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 14.38 123 David Brennan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 16.35 124 Scott McDonald (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 20.24 125 Colin Robinson (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 126 Alan Clogher (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 127 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team 21.47 128 Barry Sutton (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 22.17 129 Brian Geraghty (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 29.47 DNF Tim van der Zanden (Ned) Dutch National Team DNF lsmael Kip (Ned) Dutch National Team DNF Mark Cassidy (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly DNF Georgi Georgiev (Bul) Team Nessebar DNF Noel McGlynn (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys DNF Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly DNS Paul Vaughan (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork Mountains Barnagh Gap (Cat. 3) 1 Abbas Saeidi Tanha (Irn) Team Azad University 5 pts 2 Neil Coleman (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 4 3 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 3 4 Martin Grashev (Bul) Team Nessebar 2 Glenshearoon (Cat. 3) 1 S. M. Razaei Khormizi (Irn) Team Azad University 5 pts 2 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 4 3 Kiedt Yannick (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 3 4 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 2 Barr na Gaoithe 1 Wojciech Dybel (Pol) Polish National Team 5 pts 2 S. M. Razaei Khormizi (Irn) Team Azad University 4 3 Kiedt Yannick (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 3 4 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 2 County rider 1 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 3.54.00 2 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 3 Simon Kelly (Irl) Usher Insulations International teams 1 Irish National Team 11.41.14 2 Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 0.02 3 Polish National Team 0.24 4 Team Nessebar 5 Team Stevens von Hacht 6 An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 7 Team Plowman Craven 8 Kinesis 0.30 9 Provence Alpes Cote 0.46 10 Team Sparebanken Vest 11 Team Azad University 0.59 12 Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 1.27 13 Surrey Racing League 2.31 14 Team Pezula 4.24 15 Team Primera Sport.co.uk 14.34 16 Dutch National Team 22.22 County teams 1 Meath Myhome.Ie/Bdbc 11.42.00 2 Dublin Irc Ushers Insulations 1.07 3 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 6.47 4 Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 13.03 5 Meath Cycleways@53Degrees 13.48 6 Dublin Mcnally Swords 7 Dublin Eurocycles 17.34 8 Cork Kanturk Town 9 Dublin Dundrum Town Centre 18.21 10 Kildare Newbridge 19.57 11 Kildare Murphy Surveys 20.42 12 Meath Martin Donnelly 33.48 General classification after stage 4 1 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 14.22.35 2 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 3 Roger Aiken (Irl) Irish National Team 0.06 4 Rob Partridge (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 0.07 5 Alex Higham (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 0.09 6 Andrew Bye (GBr) Surrey Racing League 0.56 7 Dean Downing (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 1.04 8 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 1.05 9 S. M. Razaei Khormizi (Irn) Team Azad University 1.07 10 Kieran Page (GBr) Team Pezula 1.11 11 Benny de Schrooder (Bel) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 1.25 12 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish National Team 1.26 13 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 1.29 14 Dale Appleby (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 15 Amir Zargari (Irn) Team Azad University 16 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 1.32 17 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Polish National Team 1.34 18 Martin Grashev (Bul) Team Nessebar 1.36 19 Ole Quast (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 1.38 20 Stevens Aubert (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 1.39 21 Havard Nybo (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 22 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Pezula 2.02 23 Wojciech Dybel (Pol) Polish National Team 2.03 24 Paul Griffin (Irl) Irish National Team 2.11 25 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 2.35 26 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis 2.41 27 Ken Hanson (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 2.47 28 Maurice Schreurs (Ned) Dutch National Team 2.49 29 Jean Marc Maurin (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 2.57 30 Florain Fina (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 31 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 32 Denis Dunworth (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 33 Matt Cronshaw (GBr) Kinesis 34 Johannes Sickmuller (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 35 Tamas Lengyel (Hun) Team Sparebanken Vest 36 Stian Remme (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 37 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 3.25 38 Peter Hawkins (Irl) Usher Insulations 3.29 39 Kristian House (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 3.41 40 Sascha Wagner (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 4.21 41 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Team Pezula 5.10 42 Kiedt Yannick (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 5.45 43 Neill Delahaye (Irl) Usher Insulations 5.52 44 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 5.59 45 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 6.02 46 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 7.29 47 Nicolas Ligier (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 7.30 48 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 9.32 49 Christer Rake (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 9.50 50 Tom Last (GBr) Kinesis 9.51 51 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Team Pezula 52 Neil Coleman (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 11.27 53 Farshad Salehian (Irn) Team Azad University 11.50 54 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey Racing League 12.43 55 Rene Birkenfeld (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 12.49 56 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Polish National Team 13.04 57 Bogdan Stoytchev (Bul) Team Nessebar 13.08 58 Chris Moores (GBr) Surrey Racing League 13.12 59 Levi Heimans (Ned) Dutch National Team 13.14 60 Spas Gyurov (Bul) Team Nessebar 13.36 61 Martin Ford (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 62 Tom Kirk (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 63 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 14.04 64 Paul Healion (Irl) McNally Swords 65 Rafal Ratajczyk (Pol) Polish National Team 66 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 14.18 67 Warren Flynn (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 14.45 68 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 15.22 69 Mehdi Fahridi Kovij (Irn) Team Azad University 15.24 70 Stanislav Zaraliev (Bul) Team Nessebar 15.28 71 Wouter Sybrandy (Ned) Surrey Racing League 15.37 72 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 16.08 73 Miceal Concannon (Irl) Irish National Team 17.38 74 Simon Coughlan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 17.49 75 Brendan Lacey (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 17.52 76 Linus Murphy (Irl) Usher Insulations 18.37 77 James Sampson (GBr) Kinesis 18.38 78 Graham Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 18.47 79 Graeme Hatcher (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 80 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 18.52 81 Abbas Saeidi Tanha (Irn) Team Azad University 19.22 82 Michael Butler (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 19.31 83 Derek Burke (Irl) Team Pezula 19.33 84 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 19.45 85 Laurence Roche (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 86 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 87 Andrew Roche (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 19.55 88 Michael Lucey (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 20.11 89 Colm Cassidy (Irl) Usher Insulations 20.21 90 Dave Sinclair (GBr) Surrey Racing League 20.30 91 Stephen Halpin (Irl) McNally Swords 20.58 92 Shane Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 21.00 93 Diarmuid Carew (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 21.21 94 Josh James (Can) Kinesis 21.33 95 Kevin Donagher (Irl) McNally Swords 21.37 96 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 21.52 97 David Peelo (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 22.03 98 Richard McCauley (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 99 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 22.06 100 Stephen Surdival (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 101 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 22.16 102 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge 22.22 103 Con Collis (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 22.40 104 Ciaran Lewis (Irl) McNally Swords 22.55 105 Chris Troy (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 23.02 106 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 23.11 107 Simon Kelly (Irl) Usher Insulations 23.20 108 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 23.42 109 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team 24.14 110 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 24.34 111 Adrian Hederman (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 26.26 112 Cian Crowley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 26.54 113 Robin Seymour (Irl) Irish National Team 26.57 114 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 29.57 115 Danny Carroll (Irl) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 30.01 116 David Brennan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 31.23 117 John Lynch (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 36.23 118 Barry Sutton (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 38.43 119 Scott McDonald (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 38.55 120 Michael Storan (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 40.08 121 Urban Monks (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 48.57 122 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 49.18 123 William Hedden (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 51.49 124 Daniel Davies (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 51.57 125 Alan Clogher (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 59.10 126 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.02.15 127 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.03.10 128 Brian Geraghty (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 1.38.08 129 Colin Robinson (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 1.59.49 Points classification 1 Dean Downing (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 37 pts 2 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 29 3 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish National Team 28 4 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 20 5 Ken Hanson (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 19 6 Benny de Schrooder (Bel) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 19 7 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 18 8 Rob Partridge (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 16 9 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 15 10 Andrew Bye (GBr) Surrey Racing League 14 11 S. M. Razaei Khormizi (Irn) Team Azad University 14 12 Wojciech Dybel (Pol) Polish National Team 14 13 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 14 14 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 14 15 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team 14 16 Bogdan Stoytchev (Bul) Team Nessebar 13 17 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Pezula 12 18 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 12 19 Roger Aiken (Irl) Irish National Team 11 20 Martin Grashev (Bul) Team Nessebar 11 21 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 10 22 Levi Heimans (Ned) Dutch National Team 10 23 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 10 24 Alex Higham (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 9 25 Amir Zargari (Irn) Team Azad University 9 26 Kiedt Yannick (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 9 27 Scott McDonald (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 9 28 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Polish National Team 8 29 Havard Nybo (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 8 30 Stevens Aubert (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 7 31 Jean Marc Maurin (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 6 32 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis 5 33 Kieran Page (GBr) Team Pezula 4 34 Dale Appleby (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 4 35 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Polish National Team 4 36 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey Racing League 3 37 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 3 38 Josh James (Can) Kinesis 3 39 Neil Coleman (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 1 40 Rene Birkenfeld (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 1 Mountains classification 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 25 pts 2 S. M. Razaei Khormizi (Irn) Team Azad University 23 3 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 17 4 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Polish National Team 8 5 Benny de Schrooder (Bel) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 8 6 Alex Higham (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 7 7 Andrew Bye (GBr) Surrey Racing League 6 8 Kiedt Yannick (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 6 9 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 6 10 Wojciech Dybel (Pol) Polish National Team 5 11 Neill Delahaye (Irl) Usher Insulations 5 12 Abbas Saeidi Tanha (Irn) Team Azad University 5 13 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 5 14 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey Racing League 5 15 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 4 16 Kieran Page (GBr) Team Pezula 4 17 Kristian House (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 4 18 Neil Coleman (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 4 19 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish National Team 3 20 Christer Rake (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 3 21 Martin Grashev (Bul) Team Nessebar 2 22 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis 2 Under 23 classification 1 Dale Appleby (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 14.24.04 2 Martin Grashev (Bul) Team Nessebar 0.07 3 Ole Quast (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 0.09 4 Maurice Schreurs (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.20 5 Roger Aiken (Irl) Irish National Team 1.28 6 Matt Cronshaw (GBr) Kinesis 7 Sascha Wagner (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 2.52 8 Kiedt Yannick (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 4.16 9 Christer Rake (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 8.21 10 Tom Last (GBr) Kinesis 8.22 11 Farshad Salehian (Irn) Team Azad University 10.21 12 Spas Gyurov (Bul) Team Nessebar 12.07 13 Warren Flynn (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 13.16 14 Stanislav Zaraliev (Bul) Team Nessebar 13.59 15 James Sampson (GBr) Kinesis 17.09 16 Derek Burke (Irl) Team Pezula 18.04 17 Derek Burke (Irl) Team Pezula 18.42 18 Dave Sinclair (GBr) Surrey Racing League 19.01 19 Stephen Halpin (Irl) McNally Swords 19.29 20 Josh James (Can) Kinesis 20.04 21 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 20.47 22 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team 22.45 23 Kristian House (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 28.28 24 Urban Monks (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 47.28 25 William Hedden (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 50.20 26 Daniel Davies (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 50.28 County rider classification 1 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 14.25.32 2 Denis Dunworth (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 3 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 0.28 4 Peter Hawkins (Irl) Usher Insulations 0.32 5 Neill Delahaye (Irl) Usher Insulations 2.55 6 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 6.35 7 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 11.07 8 Paul Healion (Irl) McNally Swords 9 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 11.21 10 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 12.25 Category 2 rider classification 1 Brendan Lacey (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 14.40.27 2 Graham Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 0.55 3 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.53 4 Laurence Roche (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 5 Michael Lucey (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 2.19 6 Stephen Halpin (Irl) McNally Swords 3.06 7 Shane Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 3.08 8 Diarmuid Carew (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 3.29 9 Kevin Donagher (Irl) McNally Swords 3.45 10 Richard McCauley (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 4.11 11 Stephen Surdival (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 4.14 12 Con Collis (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 4.48 13 Ciaran Lewis (Irl) McNally Swords 5.03 14 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 5.19 15 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 5.50 16 Danny Carroll (Irl) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 12.09 17 Michael Storan (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 22.16 18 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 31.26 19 Alan Clogher (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 41.18 20 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 44.23 21 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 45.18 22 Brian Geraghty (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 1.20.16 23 Colin Robinson (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 1.41.57 International team classification 1 Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 43.07.33 2 An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 1.24 3 Irish National Team 2.29 4 Team Plowman Craven 4.25 5 Polish National Team 4.46 6 Team Sparebanken Vest 6.17 7 Provence Alpes Cote 6.20 8 Team Stevens von Hacht 6.35 9 Team Pezula 8.37 10 Kinesis 8.47 11 Team Azad University 14.38 12 Team Nessebar 17.53 13 Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 20.51 14 Surrey Racing League 25.41 15 Dutch National Team 39.14 16 Team Primera Sport.co.uk 1.30.28 County team classification 1 Dublin Irc Ushers Insulations 43.28.41 2 Meath Myhome.Ie/Bdbc 10.23 3 Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 17.42 4 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 17.50 5 Dublin Eurocycles 24.38 6 Dublin Mcnally Swords 35.43 7 Meath Cycleways@53Degrees 36.49 8 Dublin Dundrum Town Centre 39.56 9 Cork Kanturk Town 42.02 10 Kildare Murphy Surveys 44.29 11 Kildare Newbridge 46.13 12 Meath Martin Donnelly 1.23.17
