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56th FBD Insurance Rás - 2.2
Ireland, May 18-25, 2008
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Stage 5 - May 22: Tralee - Skibbereen, 141 km
Richardson wins, O'Loughlin punctures, McCann holds on
By Shane Stokes
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David McCann became the first rider in this year's FBD Insurance Rás to successfully defend the yellow jersey, finishing in the main bunch at the end of the tough 141-kilometre stage to Skibereen.
The Ireland rider was one of 80 who crossed the line one minute and 41 seconds behind the day's winner Simon Richardson, who in turn was approximately 20 seconds ahead of Mayo's David O'Loughlin (Ireland Pezula Racing). O'Loughlin was looking certain to fight it out for the stage win but punctured inside the final three kilometres.
He was ultimately given the same finishing time as Richardson, thanks to UCI rules governing mechanical problems that close to the end of a stage, but lost out on the opportunity of taking his second Rás stage win.
He, Richardson, Patrick Kos (Netherlands) and Kit Gilham (Britain Kinesis) went clear before Farranfore, the first of five climbs on the stage. They opened up a maximum lead of four minutes 45 seconds over the main bunch and showed great strength in fending off efforts to chase behind. While the gap did narrow towards the finish, Richardson and O'Loughlin had enough left in the tank to press on ahead and to finish over a minute clear.
"It was a beautiful stage, I loved every minute of it," said the Englishman afterwards. "It was super hard because of the wind and the climbs themselves. I knew that with the time gaps we had, I was possibly looking at yellow at the end of today, so I gave it everything.
"It was super unfortunate that David punctured at the end…it is not the best way to win a stage, off the back of someone else's misfortune." He said that O'Loughlin was strong and admitted it would have been tough to have won.
O'Loughlin got a spare bike but didn't have enough time to get back to the front. "I drilled it hard as soon as I got the bike change," he said. "I was closing on him but I just did not have enough road at the end so I sort of gave up in the last few hundred metres. Obviously I am very disappointed."
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Richardson had started the day well placed overall and so was clearly a concern to McCann. However, he finished 54 seconds off the yellow jersey, moving up to sixth overall but still needing more time. He's likely to try again in the remaining three days, but 2004 Rás winner McCann is relatively confident.
"I was not too concerned when the break went away. In some ways it might suit me to have another guy from a different team close behind but not leading. I was not really that worried when the time went up because I was pretty confident we could bring it back when we needed to."
There is likely to be a big showdown on Saturday. He feels up to the task. "Those are the hills where I have won the Rás before – all around the Wicklow Mountains. I have won stages there and I have won the Shay Elliott, so this is my racing territory. I am looking forward to those hills."
Before then, the riders will face a mainly flat 180 kilometre stage to Clonmel. It's likely that more attacks will come along those roads, ensuring another tough day for the defending Ireland team.
Photography
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Images by Lorraine O'Sullivan /www.inpho.ie
- Race leader Ireland's David McCann with team-mates Robin Seymour, Roger Aiken and Miceal Concannon before the stage.
- Keeping an eye on the race as it leaves Tralee...
- The race heads up Ladies view.
- David O'Loughlin and Paul Griffin at the start of the day's stage in Tralee.
- The peloton heads towards Molls Gap.
- David O'Loughlin after the day's stage
- Ireland's Robin Seymour leads a chasing bunch on the tunnel road towards Glengarrif.
- Race leader David McCann on the road to Skibbereen
- Irish National Champion David O'Loughlin riding for the Pezula team leads the breakaway of the day.
- Race leader Ireland's David McCann does his homework before today's stage to Skibbereen.
- Race leader Ireland's David McCann chats to Evan Oliphant of the Plowman Craven team.
- Kit Gilham of the Kinesis team leads Ireland's David O'Loughlin over Barnageehy on the way to Skibbereen.
- Ciaran Power leads the chasing bunch over the tunnel road towards Glengarrif.
- Simon Richardson of the Plowman Craven team wins the stage into Skibbereen
- Richardson moves up to sixth overall in the general classification.
Images by Stephen McMahon
- Stage 5 of the 2008 FBD Insurance Rás travelled south from Tralee in County Kerry to Skibbereen in County Cork. With six categorized climbs en route and thunderstorms forecast, there was an air of trepidation as the race headed into the wilds of the southwest.
- A prototype titanium model of team car was unveiled before the start. It bore a strong resemblance to a Model T Ford. Henry Ford’s family lived in Ballinascarthy, County Cork before immigrating to America.
- To host a Rás stage finish is quite an event in for a town in rural Ireland and a big turn of fans of all ages is guaranteed. This gentleman picked an excellent vantage point just behind the finish line.
- David O’Loughlin (Ireland Pezula Racing Team) leads Simon Richardson (Britain Plowman Craven), Patrick Kos (Netherlands National Team) and Kit Gilham (Britain Kinesis) in the decisive break of the day.
- The main field has fragmented and a select group begin to organize the pursuit of the breakaway.
- Simon Richardson (Britain Plowman Craven) took the time to celebrate as he approached the line, much to the delight of the crowd in Skibbereen.
- Simon Richardson (Britain Plowman Craven) takes victory on Stage 5 of the 2008 FBD Insurance Rás.
- The luck of the Irish was not in today. Irish Road Race Champion David O’Loughlin (Ireland Pezula Racing Team) suffered an exceptionally cruel fate when he punctured with 3 kilometres to go and lost contact with Simon Richardson (Britain Plowman Craven).
- O’Loughlin’s disappointment was palpable as he crossed the finishing line. The crowd had hope for an Irish victor on the stage but unfortunately it was not to be.
- Mateusz Komar (Poland National Team) slipped past Ciaran Power (Ireland Pezula Racing Team) to take third place on the stage and lead home a group of eighty riders.
- Paidi O’Brien (Ireland - An Post - Sean Kelly Team) takes a moment to reflect on the day’s racing.
- The stage winner’s mount: Simon Richardson’s Pinnacle bicycle.
- Denis Lynch (Cork Kanturk Town) received a special prize for being the First Cork Rider to cross the finish line in Skibbereen.
- The Cuchullainn Crystal award for Best Placed County Rider on Stage 5 went to Ciaran Cassidy (Meath Cycleways@53degreesnorth).
- Mateusz Komar (Poland National Team) , third placed rider on Stage 5.
- David O’Loughlin (Ireland Pezula Racing Team) , second placed rider and the unluckiest man in Ireland on Stage 5.
- Simon Richardson (Britain Plowman Craven) in his blue jersey of Stage Winner.
- Dale Appleby (Britain - Stena - Rapha - Condor - Recycling.co.uk) retained his lead in the Best Placed U-23 rider category.
- After taking maximum points on four out of the six climbs , Kit Gilham (Britain Kinesis) took over the lead in the King of the Mountains competition and will no doubt be keen to defend his position.
- Dean Downing (Britain - Stena - Rapha - Condor - Recycling.co.uk) retained his lead in the Points competition but Mateusz Komar (Poland National Team) is only four points behind and waiting in the shadows.
- David O’Loughlin (Team Ireland) looks resplendent in his Race Leader’s yellow jersey.
- The men of the Rás after Stage 5: 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), Race Leader, David O’Loughlin (Team Ireland), Winner of Stage 5, Simon Richardson (Britain Plowman Craven), Third Place on the stage, Mateusz Komar (Poland National Team), Best Placed County Rider on the stage, Ciaran Cassidy (Meath Cycleways@53degreesnorth), Leader of the King of the Mountains competition, Kit Gilham (Britain Kinesis), First Cork Rider on the stage, Denis Lynch (Cork Kanturk Town), and Second Place on the stage, David O’Loughlin (Ireland Pezula Racing Team).
Results
1 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 3.35.01 (39.35 km/h) 2 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Team Pezula 3 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish National Team 1.41 4 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Pezula 5 Rafal Ratajczyk (Pol) Polish National Team 6 Ken Hanson (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 7 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 8 Dean Downing (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 9 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 10 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 11 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 12 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Polish National Team 13 Simon Kelly (Irl) Usher Insulations 14 Rene Birkenfeld (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 15 S. M. Razaei Khormizi (Irn) Team Azad University 16 Florain Fina (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 17 Jean Marc Maurin (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 18 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 19 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 20 Paul Healion (Irl) McNally Swords 21 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 22 Derek Burke (Irl) Team Pezula 23 Neill Delahaye (Irl) Usher Insulations 24 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 25 Matt Cronshaw (GBr) Kinesis 26 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey Racing League 27 Andrew Bye (GBr) Surrey Racing League 28 Tom Last (GBr) Kinesis 29 Kieran Page (GBr) Team Pezula 30 Denis Dunworth (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 31 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Team Pezula 32 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 33 Sascha Wagner (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 34 Tom Kirk (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 35 Roger Aiken (Irl) Irish National Team 36 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 37 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 38 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Polish National Team 39 Amir Zargari (Irn) Team Azad University 40 Farshad Salehian (Irn) Team Azad University 41 Havard Nybo (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 42 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 43 Graham Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 44 Stevens Aubert (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 45 Spas Gyurov (Bul) Team Nessebar 46 Dave Sinclair (GBr) Surrey Racing League 47 Wouter Sybrandy (Ned) Surrey Racing League 48 Kiedt Yannick (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 49 Benny de Schrooder (Bel) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 50 Levi Heimans (Ned) Dutch National Team 51 Andrew Roche (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 52 Nicolas Ligier (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 53 Stanislav Zaraliev (Bul) Team Nessebar 54 Stian Remme (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 55 Rob Partridge (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 56 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 57 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 58 Warren Flynn (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 59 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 60 Wojciech Dybel (Pol) Polish National Team 61 Ole Quast (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 62 Alex Higham (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 63 Dale Appleby (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 64 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 65 Stephen Halpin (Irl) McNally Swords 66 Christer Rake (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 67 Tamas Lengyel (Hun) Team Sparebanken Vest 68 Kevin Donagher (Irl) McNally Swords 69 Martin Grashev (Bul) Team Nessebar 70 Johannes Sickmuller (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 71 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis 72 James Sampson (GBr) Kinesis 73 Martin Ford (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 74 Paul Griffin (Irl) Irish National Team 75 Brendan Lacey (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 76 Maurice Schreurs (Ned) Dutch National Team 77 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 78 Stephen Surdival (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 79 Richard McCauley (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 80 Peter Hawkins (Irl) Usher Insulations 81 Mehdi Fahridi Kovij (Irn) Team Azad University 82 Abbas Saeidi Tanha (Irn) Team Azad University 83 Bogdan Stoytchev (Bul) Team Nessebar 2.07 84 Kristian House (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 2.17 85 Miceal Concannon (Irl) Irish National Team 2.27 86 Simon Coughlan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 2.38 87 Con Collis (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 12.34 88 Shane Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 89 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 90 Neil Coleman (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 91 Josh James (Can) Kinesis 92 Robin Seymour (Irl) Irish National Team 93 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 94 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge 95 Ciaran Lewis (Irl) McNally Swords 96 Chris Moores (GBr) Surrey Racing League 97 Michael Storan (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 13.25 98 Linus Murphy (Irl) Usher Insulations 99 Danny Carroll (Irl) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 100 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 101 Chris Troy (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 102 Michael Lucey (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 103 Diarmuid Carew (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 104 Cian Crowley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 105 Adrian Hederman (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 106 Graeme Hatcher (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 107 John Lynch (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 108 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 109 Michael Butler (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 110 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 111 Urban Monks (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 112 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 113 David Peelo (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 114 Barry Sutton (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 115 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 116 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 117 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 118 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team 119 Daniel Davies (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 120 Laurence Roche (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 121 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 122 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 123 Colm Cassidy (Irl) Usher Insulations 30.21 124 Brian Geraghty (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 125 Colin Robinson (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 126 Alan Clogher (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 127 William Hedden (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk DNS David Brennan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies DNS Scott McDonald (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth Mountains Farranfore (Cat. 2) 1 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team 10 pts 2 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Team Pezula 8 3 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 6 4 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis 4 5 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Polish National Team 3 6 Robin Seymour (Irl) Irish National Team 1 Ladies View (Cat. 2) 1 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis 10 pts 2 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team 8 3 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Team Pezula 6 4 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 4 5 S. M. Razaei Khormizi (Irn) Team Azad University 3 6 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Polish National Team 1 Molls Gap (Cat. 2) 1 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis 10 pts 2 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team 8 3 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Team Pezula 6 4 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 4 5 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Pezula 3 6 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 1 Turners Rock (Cat. 2) 1 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis 10 pts 2 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 8 3 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team 6 4 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Team Pezula 4 5 S. M. Razaei Khormizi (Irn) Team Azad University 3 6 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Pezula 1 Derrycreha (Cat. 3) 1 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis 5 pts 2 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 4 3 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team 3 4 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Team Pezula 2 Barnageehy (Cat. 2) 1 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 10 pts 2 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis 8 3 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Team Pezula 6 4 Wojciech Dybel (Pol) Polish National Team 4 5 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team 3 6 Benny de Schrooder (Bel) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 1 International teams 1 Team Pezula 10.48.25 2 Team Plowman Craven 3 Polish National Team 1.41 4 Provence Alpes Cote 5 Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 6 Team Azad University 7 Team Stevens von Hacht 8 An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 9 Surrey Racing League 10 Team Sparebanken Vest 11 Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 12 Kinesis 13 Irish National Team 14 Team Nessebar 15 Dutch National Team 13.25 16 Team Primera Sport.co.uk 25.09 County teams 1 Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 10.50.06 2 Dublin Irc Ushers Insulations 3 Dublin Mcnally Swords 4 Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 0.57 5 Dublin Dundrum Town Centre 10.53 6 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 11.44 7 Meath Cycleways@53Degrees 23.28 8 Dublin Eurocycles 9 Cork Kanturk Town 10 Kildare Murphy Surveys 11 Kildare Newbridge 34.21 12 Meath Martin Donnelly 52.08 General classification after stage 5 1 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 17.59.17 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 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 0.54 7 Andrew Bye (GBr) Surrey Racing League 0.56 8 Dean Downing (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 1.04 9 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 1.05 10 S. M. Razaei Khormizi (Irn) Team Azad University 1.07 11 Kieran Page (GBr) Team Pezula 1.11 12 Benny de Schrooder (Bel) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 1.25 13 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish National Team 1.26 14 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 1.29 15 Amir Zargari (Irn) Team Azad University 16 Dale Appleby (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 17 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 1.32 18 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Polish National Team 1.34 19 Martin Grashev (Bul) Team Nessebar 1.36 20 Ole Quast (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 1.38 21 Havard Nybo (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 1.39 22 Stevens Aubert (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 1.59 23 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Pezula 2.02 24 Wojciech Dybel (Pol) Polish National Team 2.03 25 Paul Griffin (Irl) Irish National Team 2.11 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 Stian Remme (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 36 Tamas Lengyel (Hun) Team Sparebanken Vest 3.17 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 4.17 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 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Team Pezula 8.10 49 Christer Rake (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 9.50 50 Tom Last (GBr) Kinesis 9.51 51 Farshad Salehian (Irn) Team Azad University 11.50 52 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey Racing League 12.43 53 Rene Birkenfeld (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 12.49 54 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Polish National Team 13.04 55 Levi Heimans (Ned) Dutch National Team 13.14 56 Bogdan Stoytchev (Bul) Team Nessebar 13.34 57 Spas Gyurov (Bul) Team Nessebar 13.36 58 Tom Kirk (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 59 Martin Ford (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 60 Paul Healion (Irl) McNally Swords 14.04 61 Rafal Ratajczyk (Pol) Polish National Team 62 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 14.18 63 Warren Flynn (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 14.45 64 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 15.22 65 Mehdi Fahridi Kovij (Irn) Team Azad University 15.24 66 Stanislav Zaraliev (Bul) Team Nessebar 15.28 67 Wouter Sybrandy (Ned) Surrey Racing League 15.37 68 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 16.18 69 Brendan Lacey (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 17.52 70 Miceal Concannon (Irl) Irish National Team 18.24 71 James Sampson (GBr) Kinesis 18.38 72 Simon Coughlan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 18.46 73 Graham Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 18.47 74 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 18.52 75 Abbas Saeidi Tanha (Irn) Team Azad University 19.22 76 Derek Burke (Irl) Team Pezula 19.33 77 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 19.45 78 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 79 Andrew Roche (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 19.55 80 Dave Sinclair (GBr) Surrey Racing League 20.30 81 Stephen Halpin (Irl) McNally Swords 20.58 82 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 21.16 83 Kevin Donagher (Irl) McNally Swords 21.37 84 Richard McCauley (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 22.03 85 Stephen Surdival (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 22.06 86 Neil Coleman (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 22.20 87 Simon Kelly (Irl) Usher Insulations 23.20 88 Chris Moores (GBr) Surrey Racing League 24.05 89 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 25.48 90 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 29.57 91 Linus Murphy (Irl) Usher Insulations 30.21 92 Graeme Hatcher (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 30.31 93 Michael Butler (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 31.15 94 Laurence Roche (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 31.29 95 Shane Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 31.53 96 Michael Lucey (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 31.55 97 Josh James (Can) Kinesis 32.26 98 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 32.59 99 Diarmuid Carew (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 33.05 100 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge 33.15 101 Con Collis (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 33.33 102 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 33.36 103 David Peelo (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 33.47 104 Ciaran Lewis (Irl) McNally Swords 33.48 105 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 34.00 106 Chris Troy (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 34.46 107 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 34.55 108 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 35.26 109 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team 35.58 110 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 36.18 111 Robin Seymour (Irl) Irish National Team 37.50 112 Adrian Hederman (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 38.10 113 Cian Crowley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 38.38 114 Danny Carroll (Irl) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 41.45 115 John Lynch (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 48.07 116 Colm Cassidy (Irl) Usher Insulations 49.01 117 Barry Sutton (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 50.27 118 Michael Storan (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 51.52 119 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 1.00.11 120 Urban Monks (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 1.00.41 121 Daniel Davies (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 1.03.41 122 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.13.59 123 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.14.54 124 William Hedden (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 1.20.29 125 Alan Clogher (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 1.27.50 126 Brian Geraghty (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 2.06.48 127 Colin Robinson (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 2.28.29 Points classification 1 Dean Downing (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 45 pts 2 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish National Team 41 3 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 29 4 Ken Hanson (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 29 5 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 27 6 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 25 7 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Pezula 24 8 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 23 9 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 20 10 Benny de Schrooder (Bel) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 19 11 Rob Partridge (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 16 12 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 15 13 S. M. Razaei Khormizi (Irn) Team Azad University 15 14 Andrew Bye (GBr) Surrey Racing League 14 15 Wojciech Dybel (Pol) Polish National Team 14 16 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 14 17 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Team Pezula 14 18 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team 14 19 Bogdan Stoytchev (Bul) Team Nessebar 13 20 Roger Aiken (Irl) Irish National Team 11 21 Martin Grashev (Bul) Team Nessebar 11 22 Rafal Ratajczyk (Pol) Polish National Team 11 23 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 10 24 Levi Heimans (Ned) Dutch National Team 10 25 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 10 26 Alex Higham (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 9 27 Amir Zargari (Irn) Team Azad University 9 28 Kiedt Yannick (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 9 29 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Polish National Team 8 30 Havard Nybo (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 8 31 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Polish National Team 8 32 Amir Zargari (Irn) Team Azad University 8 33 Stevens Aubert (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 7 34 Jean Marc Maurin (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 6 35 Kristian House (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 6 36 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis 5 37 Kieran Page (GBr) Team Pezula 4 38 Dale Appleby (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 4 39 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey Racing League 3 40 Rene Birkenfeld (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 3 41 Simon Kelly (Irl) Usher Insulations 3 42 Josh James (Can) Kinesis 3 43 Neil Coleman (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 1 Mountains classification 1 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis 49 pts 2 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 41 3 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team 38 4 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Team Pezula 32 5 S. M. Razaei Khormizi (Irn) Team Azad University 29 6 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 25 7 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 17 8 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Polish National Team 12 9 Wojciech Dybel (Pol) Polish National Team 9 10 Benny de Schrooder (Bel) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 9 11 Alex Higham (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 7 12 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 7 13 Andrew Bye (GBr) Surrey Racing League 6 14 Kiedt Yannick (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 6 15 Neill Delahaye (Irl) Usher Insulations 5 16 Abbas Saeidi Tanha (Irn) Team Azad University 5 17 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey Racing League 5 18 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 4 19 Kieran Page (GBr) Team Pezula 4 20 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Pezula 4 21 Kristian House (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 4 22 Neil Coleman (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 4 23 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish National Team 3 24 Christer Rake (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 3 25 Martin Grashev (Bul) Team Nessebar 2 26 Robin Seymour (Irl) Irish National Team 1 Under 23 classification 1 Dale Appleby (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 18.00.46 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 Denis Dunworth (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 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 Dave Sinclair (GBr) Surrey Racing League 19.01 18 Stephen Halpin (Irl) McNally Swords 19.29 19 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 28.28 20 Michael Lucey (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 30.26 21 Josh James (Can) Kinesis 30.57 22 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 32.31 23 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team 34.29 24 Urban Monks (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 59.12 25 Daniel Davies (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 1.02.12 26 William Hedden (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 1.19.00 County rider classification 1 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 18.02.14 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 Paul Healion (Irl) McNally Swords 11.07 7 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 11.21 8 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 12.25 9 Brendan Lacey (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 14.55 10 Simon Coughlan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 15.49 Category 2 rider classification 1 Brendan Lacey (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 18.17.09 2 Graham Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 0.55 3 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.53 4 Stephen Halpin (Irl) McNally Swords 3.06 5 Kevin Donagher (Irl) McNally Swords 3.45 6 Richard McCauley (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 4.11 7 Stephen Surdival (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 4.14 8 Laurence Roche (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 13.37 9 Shane Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 14.01 10 Michael Lucey (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 14.03 International team classification 1 Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 53.57.39 2 An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 1.24 3 Irish National Team 2.29 4 Team Plowman Craven 2.44 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 6.56 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 50.58 16 Team Primera Sport.co.uk 1.53.56 County team classification 1 Dublin Irc Ushers Insulations 54.18.47 2 Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 10.23 3 Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 18.39 4 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 29.34 5 Dublin Mcnally Swords 35.43 6 Dublin Eurocycles 48.06 7 Dublin Dundrum Town Centre 50.49 8 Meath Cycleways@53Degrees 1.00.17 9 Cork Kanturk Town 1.05.30 10 Kildare Murphy Surveys 1.07.57 11 Kildare Newbridge 1.20.34 12 Meath Martin Donnelly 2.15.25
