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56th FBD Insurance Rás - 2.2
Ireland, May 18-25, 2008
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Stage 6 - May 23: Skibbereen - Clonmel, 180 km
Power grabs one for Pezula, Richardson nabs yellow from McCann
By Shane Stokes in Clonmel
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Ireland Pezula Racing competitor Ciarán Power showed he was on the road to recovery from a chest infection when he soloed to a great win at the end of the sixth stage of the FBD Insurance Rás to Clonmel. At the end of the 180 kilometre leg, he beat Christer Rake (Norway Sparebanken Vest) by three seconds, with Stephen Gallagher (Ireland An Post M. Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly) six seconds down. Simon Richardson (Britain Plowman Craven) and Andrew Roche (Isle of Man Microgaming Dolan) were a further second behind.
Richardson, stage winner in Skibereen 24 hours earlier, deposed race leader David McCann (Ireland) and took over the yellow jersey. Former race leader Gallagher moved to second overall, ten seconds back, while Power jumped to third, one minute and one second down. McCann and Chris Newton (Britain Stena Line Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk) are a further 45 seconds in arrears and while they are still theoretically in contention, it will take a massive effort on the remaining two stages to recoup the lost time.
"I am absolutely thrilled," said Power afterwards, responding to the stage-long effort initiated by ten riders. "I could not be any happier. Coming into the race I should have had good legs but I have been sick for the past five days with bronchitis. Thankfully now I have got an inhaler and it helps with my breathing. There are two hard days left and I feel a lot better. If I recover from today you'll never know what will happen.
New race leader Richardson was beaming after the stage, even if he is now under a lot of pressure.
"This is kind of my first yellow jersey - I won the Bikeline Two-Day, which is a Premier Calendar race, but it was an orange jersey there. So it was not as nice as yellow.
"I can climb pretty well," he stated, when asked about his chances on today's tough mountain stage from Clonmel to Roundwood. "Obviously it is the seventh stage and I have had to spend some beans already this week. If it was a one-day race I know I would be fine, but we will have to wait and see. I'll do my best."
Gallagher has ten second to make up and will do what he can today. "I've been feeling pretty good on the climbs so we'll see how things go," he stated.
Eugene Moriarty (Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC), Sean Lacey (Dublin Eurocycles) and Cameron Jennings (Ireland Pezula Racing) were the others who stayed with the break until near the end, and they took places six through to eight. Moriarty's placing saw him finish as best Irish county team rider on the stage, adding to his previous career tally in that classification.
How it unfolded
The longest stage of the FBD Insurance Rás started in Skibbereen in bright conditions and very soon after the drop of the flag, a group of ten riders went clear. These were Miceal Concannon (Ireland national team), Stephen Gallagher (Ireland An Post M. Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly), Ciarán Power, Cameron Jennings and Derek Burke (Ireland Pezula Racing), Christer Rake (Norway Sparebanken Vest), Andrew Roche (Isle of Man Microgaming Dolan), Paul Healion (Dublin McNally Swords), Sean Lacey (Dublin Eurocycles) and Eugene Moriarty (Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC).
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dropped back to the bunch in order to support the race leader David McCann, but his place at the front was taken by stage five winner Simon Richardson (Britain Plowman Craven), who bridged across alone.
The Ireland team of McCann and the Britain Stena Line Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk squad of second-placed rider Chris Newton started riding at the front of the bunch but, whether it was due to a lack of full commitment or the horsepower of those up front, the break kept pulling clear.
The high overall placings of Richardson, Gallagher and McCann meant that there was a clear danger to McCann's lead, and the yellow jersey himself started riding as well. Richardson had started the day sixth overall, 54 seconds back, while Gallagher (9th) was one minute five seconds down and Power (23rd) was a further 57 seconds in arrears.
Fifty kilometres into the stage, the break was one minute and 24 seconds clear. Thirty-five kilometres later, this had gone up to three minutes. Healion had experienced mechanical trouble, chased back to the break, but was then dropped several kilometres later. Burke also found himself heading back to the bunch after he punctured and was unable to rejoin.
The eight-man break pressed onwards in sometimes-wet conditions, building its lead. With 35 kilometres left, it peaked at six minutes and two seconds. An attack and several-kilometre stint off the front by lone rider Chris McNamara (Britain Surrey Racing league) showed that the peloton was not riding as well as it could have been, and this was echoed when McCann himself attacked, showing his frustration with others who would not ride. However he was hauled back by the Plowman Craven team of Richardson, who looked set to take over the yellow jersey.
Wojciech Dybel (Poland) and Renaud Pioline (France Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur) attacked from the peloton and, after their recapture; Dybel went once again with Pioline's team-mate Jean Marc Maurin. This was again brought back, after which a stubborn Dybel took off with his Poland team-mate Mateusz Komar. A group of seven riders set off in pursuit, but all nine were all reeled in.
With twenty kilometres to go it became clear that the break was not going to be seen again until after the finish. The time check there was two minutes and forty seconds; it was still considerable at the ten kilometres to go marker.
Approximately five clicks later Richardson, Gallagher, Power, Rake and Roche pushed on, leaving Moriarty, Lacey and Jennings behind. Power then attacked inside the final three kilometres, opening up a small lead over solo chaser Rake and holding him off to the line. The Norwegian finished three seconds back, with Gallagher six and Richardson plus Roche seven seconds down.
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Moriarty, Lacey and Jennings were next across the line, the first two of these scrapping it out for the county prize, and then Dybel and Poland team-mate Blazej Janiaczyk finishes two minutes 26 seconds and two minutes 37 seconds in arrears. They had broken free of the main bunch, which was itself led home two minutes and 47 seconds after Power's victory by Dean Downing (Britain Stena Line Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk).
McCann and Newton finished in this group and while they remained deadlocked on time, they dropped to fourth and fifth overall, one minute and 46 seconds back. Downing and Kit Gilham (Britain Kinesis) continued to lead the points and mountains classifications, while Dale Appleby (Britain Stena Line Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk), Denis Dunworth (Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies) and Brendan Lacey (Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies) ended the day at the top of the Under 23, the county rider and the CI category two competitions. Ireland An Post M. Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly and Dublin IRC Usher Insulations were at the helm of the international and county teams' rankings.
Photography
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- Stephen Gallagher (Ireland - An Post - Sean Kelly Team) and Eugene Moriarty (Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC) lead the main break of the day.
- A determined looking Florain Fina (France Provence Alpes Cote D'A) leads the main group.
- The best seats in the house: these girls had a bird’s eye view of the finishing straight in Clonmel on Stage 6 of the 2008 FBD Insurance Rás.
- Having suffered from atrocious luck so far on the 2008 Rás , Pezula Racing Team banished their demons with an emphatic victory by Ciaran Power on Stage 6. The Waterford man was the first rider through the West Gate in Clonmel and held off Christer Rake (Norway Team Sparebanken Vest) to take the win.
- Ciaran Power (Ireland Pezula Racing Team) takes victory in Clonmel , County Tipperary on Stage 6 of the 2008 FBD Insurance Rás.
- Stephen Gallagher (Ireland - An Post - Sean Kelly Team) pushed his advantage to the line and took third place on the stage. More importantly, the man from County Armagh moved from ninth to second overall.
- Eugene Moriarty (Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC) survived cramps and fatigue to take seventh on the stage and take his second County Rider prize of the race.
- Cameron Jennings (Ireland Pezula Racing Team) has good reason to look satisfied with his day after he and teammate Derek Burke rode strongly all day to ensure the breakaway stayed clear and that Power would be in the best possible position to challange for the stage win.
- David McCann and his Team Ireland team mates did everything possible to minimize time losses to the breakaway but unfortunately lost the race lead.
- The eyes have it: Urban Monks (Dublin Eurocycles) looks ready for more after the finish of Stage 6.
- Two of the most senior riders in the race, Linus Murphy (Dublin IRC Ushers Insulations) and Laurence Roche (Meath Cycleways@53degreesnorth) have the energy to smile for a photograph after Stage 6.
- Riding Stage 6 of the Rás was thirsty work for the Polish National Team.
- Cameron Jennings and Kieran Page (Ireland Pezula Racing Team) relax immediately after the finish. After punctures, crashes, and illness during the first five days of the race, the team had a well deserved stage win to celebrate.
- Diarmuid Carew (Kildare Newbridge) gets a refreshing spray of water after a hot and humid day of racing on Stage 6.
- Simon Richardson and Evan Oliphant (Britian Team Plowman Craven) cool off after a demanding but ultimately rewarding day in the saddle.
- Ciaran Power (Ireland Pezula Racing Team) brought his number one fan up to the podium.
- Eugene Moriarty (Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC) receives his Cuchulainn Crystal trophy for Best Placed County Rider on Stage 6.
- Dale Appleby (Britain - Stena - Rapha - Condor - Recycling.co.uk) maintained his lead yet again in the Best Placed U-23 Rider category.
- Stephen Gallagher (Ireland - An Post - Sean Kelly Team) rode brilliantly to finish third on the stage and move up to second in the General Classification.
- Christer Rake (Norway Team Sparebanken Vest) gave every effort but could not catch Ciaran Power. The Norwegian finished a fine second.
- Ciaran Power (Ireland Pezula Racing Team) receives his Stage Winner’s jersey and bouquet. Interestingly, Power also moved up the General Classification and now sits in third place, 1 minute and 1 second down.
- ‘K’ is for Kit, ‘K’ is for Kinesis and ‘K’ is for King of the Mountains.
- Dean Downing (Britain - Stena - Rapha - Condor - Recycling.co.uk) sprinted to 11th place on the stage and extended his lead in the Points competition from four to nine points over Mateusz Komar (Poland National Team).
- Meet the new boss: Simon Richardson (Britian Team Plowman Craven) followed his win on Stage 5 by taking the race lead on Stage 6.
- The men of the Rás after Stage 6 Best Placed County Rider on the stage, Eugene Moriarty (Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC), Race Leader, Simon Richardson (Britian Team Plowman Craven), Leader of the King of the Mountains, Kit Gilham (Britain Kinesis), Points Leader, Dean Downing (Britain - Stena - Rapha - Condor - Recycling.co.uk), Winner of Stage 6, Ciaran Power (Ireland Pezula Racing Team), Second place on the stage, Christer Rake (Norway Team Sparebanken Vest), Best Placed U-23 rider, Dale Appleby (Britain - Stena - Rapha - Condor - Recycling.co.uk), and Third place on the stage, Stephen Gallagher (Ireland - An Post - Sean Kelly Team).
- The winner’s mount for Stage 6: Ciaran Power’s Shimano-equipped Dolan.
- Last man standing the ‘lantern rouge’ of the 2008 Rás Colin Robinson (Meath M. Donnelly) finished over 44 minutes behind the stage winner with Brian Geraghty (Kildare Murphy Surveyors) for company. Emotionally drained and physically exhausted, he ground to a halt after the line and slumped over his handlebars. This is how teammate Frank O’Connor found him. Six down Colin, just two stages to go. Hang in there.
Images by Lorraine O'Sullivan /www.inpho.ie
- Pezula applies the pressure.
- Power with the stage winner jersey and the other trophy, which he had already before the race.
- The Irish National Team pulls hard.
- Last minute preparations before th start.
- The break checks out the country-side and sights.
- The break pulling hard.
- Ciaran Power pulls through – Pezula had three riders in the break of the day.
- Chris Newton carries some bottles for his team-mates
- A Power-ful win!
- Bad luck for Paul Healion from the McNally Swords team.
- Power with the post-win responsibilities
- The peloton rides along.
- PThe Pezula team was attentive.
- Daniel Lloyd (Sean Kelly Team) eats to replenish lost energy.
- Ciaran Power (Pezula) takes stage 6 with a late charge over the break.
- Ciaran Cassidy switches bikes.
Results
1 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Pezula 4.17.56 (41.87 km/h) 2 Christer Rake (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 0.03 3 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 0.06 4 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 0.07 5 Andrew Roche (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 6 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 0.29 7 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 0.30 8 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Team Pezula 0.37 9 Wojciech Dybel (Pol) Polish National Team 2.26 10 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Polish National Team 2.37 11 Dean Downing (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 2.47 12 Levi Heimans (Ned) Dutch National Team 13 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 14 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 15 Rene Birkenfeld (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 16 Jean Marc Maurin (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 17 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 18 Paul Healion (Irl) McNally Swords 19 Farshad Salehian (Irn) Team Azad University 20 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 21 Stevens Aubert (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 22 Diarmuid Carew (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 23 Barry Sutton (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 24 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 25 Florain Fina (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 26 Tom Kirk (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 27 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 28 John Lynch (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 29 Graham Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 30 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 31 Spas Gyurov (Bul) Team Nessebar 32 Andrew Bye (GBr) Surrey Racing League 33 Josh James (Can) Kinesis 34 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 35 Dave Sinclair (GBr) Surrey Racing League 36 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 37 Martin Grashev (Bul) Team Nessebar 38 Havard Nybo (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 39 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 40 Ole Quast (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 41 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey Racing League 42 Denis Dunworth (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 43 Kevin Donagher (Irl) McNally Swords 44 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 45 Sascha Wagner (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 46 Stian Remme (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 47 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 48 Con Collis (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 49 Kieran Page (GBr) Team Pezula 50 Kiedt Yannick (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 51 Martin Ford (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 52 S. M. Razaei Khormizi (Irn) Team Azad University 53 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis 54 Simon Kelly (Irl) Usher Insulations 55 Roger Aiken (Irl) Irish National Team 56 Matt Cronshaw (GBr) Kinesis 57 Dale Appleby (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 58 Brendan Lacey (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 59 Nicolas Ligier (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 60 Rob Partridge (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 61 Amir Zargari (Irn) Team Azad University 62 Adrian Hederman (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 63 Benny de Schrooder (Bel) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 64 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish National Team 65 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 66 Wouter Sybrandy (Ned) Surrey Racing League 67 Alex Higham (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 68 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Polish National Team 69 Danny Carroll (Irl) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 70 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 71 Tamas Lengyel (Hun) Team Sparebanken Vest 72 Stephen Surdival (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 73 Stanislav Zaraliev (Bul) Team Nessebar 74 Ken Hanson (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 75 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Team Pezula 76 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 77 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 78 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 79 Maurice Schreurs (Ned) Dutch National Team 80 Paul Griffin (Irl) Irish National Team 81 Rafal Ratajczyk (Pol) Polish National Team 82 Chris Moores (GBr) Surrey Racing League 83 James Sampson (GBr) Kinesis 84 Warren Flynn (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 85 Neill Delahaye (Irl) Usher Insulations 86 Richard McCauley (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 87 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team 88 Peter Hawkins (Irl) Usher Insulations 89 Linus Murphy (Irl) Usher Insulations 90 Laurence Roche (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 91 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 92 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 93 Stephen Halpin (Irl) McNally Swords 94 Johannes Sickmuller (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 95 Cian Crowley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 96 Bogdan Stoytchev (Bul) Team Nessebar 97 Urban Monks (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 98 Abbas Saeidi Tanha (Irn) Team Azad University 99 Mehdi Fahridi Kovij (Irn) Team Azad University 100 Derek Burke (Irl) Team Pezula 101 Kristian House (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 3.21 102 Graeme Hatcher (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 5.20 103 Tom Last (GBr) Kinesis 12.46 104 Robin Seymour (Irl) Irish National Team 28.38 105 Miceal Concannon (Irl) Irish National Team 106 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 37.22 107 Chris Troy (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 108 Michael Lucey (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 109 Colm Cassidy (Irl) Usher Insulations 110 Ciaran Lewis (Irl) McNally Swords 111 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge 112 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 113 Alan Clogher (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 114 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 115 David Peelo (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 116 Michael Butler (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 117 Simon Coughlan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 118 Shane Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 119 Michael Storan (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 120 Daniel Davies (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 121 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 122 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 123 Colin Robinson (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 44.10 124 Brian Geraghty (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys DNF Neil Coleman (GBr) Team Plowman Craven DNF William Hedden (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk DSQ Tom Barras (GBr) Team Plowman Craven County rider 1 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 4.18.25 2 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 0.01 3 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 2.18 Category 2 rider 1 Diarmuid Carew (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 4.20.43 2 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 3 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 4 Graham Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 5 Kevin Donagher (Irl) McNally Swords International team 1 Team Pezula 12.57.12 2 Team Sparebanken Vest 2.13 3 An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 2.16 4 Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 2.17 5 Team Plowman Craven 6 Polish National Team 4.26 7 Provence Alpes Cote 4.57 8 Team Stevens von Hacht 9 Surrey Racing League 10 Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 11 Team Azad University 12 Team Nessebar 13 Kinesis 14 Irish National Team 15 Dutch National Team 16 Team Primera Sport.co.uk 39.32 County team 1 Meath Myhome.Ie/Bdbc 12.59.51 2 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 2.18 3 Dublin Dundrum Town Centre 4 Dublin Mcnally Swords 5 Meath Cycleways@53Degrees 6 Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 7 Dublin Irc Ushers Insulations 8 Dublin Eurocycles 34.36 9 Kildare Murphy Surveys 36.53 10 Meath Martin Donnelly 1.11.28 11 Kildare Newbridge 12 Cork Kanturk Town General classification after stage 6 1 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 22.18.14 2 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 0.10 3 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Pezula 1.01 4 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 1.46 5 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 6 Roger Aiken (Irl) Irish National Team 1.52 7 Rob Partridge (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 1.53 8 Alex Higham (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 1.55 9 Andrew Bye (GBr) Surrey Racing League 2.42 10 Dean Downing (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 2.50 11 S. M. Razaei Khormizi (Irn) Team Azad University 2.53 12 Kieran Page (GBr) Team Pezula 2.57 13 Benny de Schrooder (Bel) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 3.11 14 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish National Team 3.12 15 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 3.15 16 Amir Zargari (Irn) Team Azad University 17 Dale Appleby (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 18 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 3.18 19 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Polish National Team 3.20 20 Martin Grashev (Bul) Team Nessebar 3.22 21 Ole Quast (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 3.24 22 Havard Nybo (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 3.25 23 Wojciech Dybel (Pol) Polish National Team 3.28 24 Stevens Aubert (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 3.45 25 Paul Griffin (Irl) Irish National Team 3.57 26 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis 4.27 27 Ken Hanson (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 4.33 28 Maurice Schreurs (Ned) Dutch National Team 4.35 29 Jean Marc Maurin (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 4.43 30 Florain Fina (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 31 Denis Dunworth (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 32 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 33 Matt Cronshaw (GBr) Kinesis 34 Stian Remme (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 35 Johannes Sickmuller (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 36 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Team Pezula 4.46 37 Tamas Lengyel (Hun) Team Sparebanken Vest 5.03 38 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 5.11 39 Peter Hawkins (Irl) Usher Insulations 5.15 40 Sascha Wagner (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 6.07 41 Kristian House (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 6.37 42 Kiedt Yannick (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 7.31 43 Neill Delahaye (Irl) Usher Insulations 7.38 44 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 7.45 45 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 7.48 46 Christer Rake (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 8.52 47 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 9.15 48 Nicolas Ligier (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 9.16 49 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Team Pezula 9.56 50 Farshad Salehian (Irn) Team Azad University 13.36 51 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 13.46 52 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey Racing League 14.29 53 Rene Birkenfeld (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 14.35 54 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Polish National Team 14.40 55 Levi Heimans (Ned) Dutch National Team 15.00 56 Bogdan Stoytchev (Bul) Team Nessebar 15.20 57 Spas Gyurov (Bul) Team Nessebar 15.22 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 15.50 61 Rafal Ratajczyk (Pol) Polish National Team 62 Warren Flynn (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 16.31 63 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 17.08 64 Mehdi Fahridi Kovij (Irn) Team Azad University 17.10 65 Stanislav Zaraliev (Bul) Team Nessebar 17.14 66 Wouter Sybrandy (Ned) Surrey Racing League 17.23 67 Andrew Roche (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 19.01 68 Brendan Lacey (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 19.38 69 James Sampson (GBr) Kinesis 20.24 70 Graham Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 20.33 71 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 20.45 72 Abbas Saeidi Tanha (Irn) Team Azad University 21.08 73 Derek Burke (Irl) Team Pezula 21.19 74 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 21.31 75 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 76 Tom Last (GBr) Kinesis 21.36 77 Dave Sinclair (GBr) Surrey Racing League 22.16 78 Stephen Halpin (Irl) McNally Swords 22.44 79 Kevin Donagher (Irl) McNally Swords 23.23 80 Richard McCauley (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 23.49 81 Stephen Surdival (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 23.52 82 Simon Kelly (Irl) Usher Insulations 25.06 83 Chris Moores (GBr) Surrey Racing League 25.51 84 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 27.34 85 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 31.43 86 Linus Murphy (Irl) Usher Insulations 32.07 87 Laurence Roche (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 33.15 88 Josh James (Can) Kinesis 34.12 89 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 34.45 90 Graeme Hatcher (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 34.50 91 Diarmuid Carew (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 34.51 92 Con Collis (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 35.19 93 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 35.22 94 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team 37.44 95 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 38.04 96 Adrian Hederman (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 39.56 97 Cian Crowley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 40.24 98 Danny Carroll (Irl) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 43.31 99 Miceal Concannon (Irl) Irish National Team 46.01 100 John Lynch (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 49.53 101 Barry Sutton (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 52.13 102 Simon Coughlan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 55.07 103 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 55.13 104 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 1.01.47 105 Urban Monks (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 1.02.27 106 Robin Seymour (Irl) Irish National Team 1.05.27 107 Michael Butler (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 1.07.36 108 Shane Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 1.08.14 109 Michael Lucey (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 1.08.16 110 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge 1.09.36 111 David Peelo (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 1.10.08 112 Ciaran Lewis (Irl) McNally Swords 1.10.09 113 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 1.10.21 114 Chris Troy (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 1.11.07 115 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 1.11.16 116 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.11.47 117 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.16.40 118 Colm Cassidy (Irl) Usher Insulations 1.25.22 119 Michael Storan (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.28.13 120 Daniel Davies (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 1.40.02 121 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.50.20 122 Alan Clogher (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 2.04.11 123 Brian Geraghty (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 2.49.57 124 Colin Robinson (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 3.11.38 Points classification 1 Dean Downing (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 50 pts 2 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish National Team 41 3 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 39 4 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Pezula 39 5 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 33 6 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 32 7 Ken Hanson (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 29 8 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 27 9 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 23 10 Wojciech Dybel (Pol) Polish National Team 21 11 Benny de Schrooder (Bel) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 19 12 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 18 13 Rob Partridge (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 16 14 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 15 15 S. M. Razaei Khormizi (Irn) Team Azad University 15 16 Andrew Bye (GBr) Surrey Racing League 14 17 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 14 18 Christer Rake (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 14 19 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Team Pezula 14 20 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Polish National Team 14 21 Levi Heimans (Ned) Dutch National Team 14 22 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team 14 23 Bogdan Stoytchev (Bul) Team Nessebar 13 24 Roger Aiken (Irl) Irish National Team 11 25 Martin Grashev (Bul) Team Nessebar 11 26 Rafal Ratajczyk (Pol) Polish National Team 11 27 Andrew Roche (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 11 28 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 10 29 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 10 30 Alex Higham (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 9 31 Amir Zargari (Irn) Team Azad University 9 32 Kiedt Yannick (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 9 33 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 9 34 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Polish National Team 8 35 Havard Nybo (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 8 36 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Team Pezula 8 37 Stevens Aubert (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 7 38 Jean Marc Maurin (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 6 39 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 6 40 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis 5 41 Kieran Page (GBr) Team Pezula 4 42 Dale Appleby (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 4 43 Rene Birkenfeld (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 4 44 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey Racing League 3 45 Simon Kelly (Irl) Usher Insulations 3 46 Josh James (Can) Kinesis 3 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. 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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 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Pezula 4 20 Kieran Page (GBr) Team Pezula 4 21 Kristian House (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 4 22 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish National Team 3 23 Christer Rake (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 3 24 Martin Grashev (Bul) Team Nessebar 2 25 Robin Seymour (Irl) Irish National Team 1 Under 23 classification 1 Dale Appleby (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 22.21.29 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 5.37 10 Farshad Salehian (Irn) Team Azad University 10.21 11 Spas Gyurov (Bul) Team Nessebar 12.07 12 Warren Flynn (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 13.16 13 Stanislav Zaraliev (Bul) Team Nessebar 13.59 14 James Sampson (GBr) Kinesis 17.09 15 Derek Burke (Irl) Team Pezula 18.04 16 Tom Last (GBr) Kinesis 18.21 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 Josh James (Can) Kinesis 30.57 21 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team 34.29 22 Urban Monks (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 59.12 23 Michael Lucey (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 1.05.01 24 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 1.07.06 25 Daniel Davies (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk 1.36.47 County rider classification 1 Denis Dunworth (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 22.22.57 2 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 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 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 9.03 7 Paul Healion (Irl) McNally Swords 11.07 8 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 12.25 9 Brendan Lacey (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 14.55 10 Graham Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 15.50 Category 2 rider classification 1 Brendan Lacey (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 22.37.52 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 Diarmuid Carew (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 15.13 10 Con Collis (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 15.41 International team classification 1 An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 66.58.31 2 Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk 1.17 3 Team Plowman Craven 1.21 4 Team Pezula 3.16 5 Irish National Team 3.46 6 Team Sparebanken Vest 4.50 7 Polish National Team 5.32 8 Provence Alpes Cote 7.37 9 Team Stevens von Hacht 7.52 10 Kinesis 10.04 11 Team Azad University 15.55 12 Team Nessebar 19.10 13 Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 19.28 14 Surrey Racing League 26.58 15 Dutch National Team 52.15 16 Team Primera Sport.co.uk 2.29.48 County team classification 1 Dublin Irc Ushers Insulations 67.20.56 2 Meath Myhome.Ie/Bdbc 8.05 3 Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 18.39 4 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 29.34 5 Dublin Mcnally Swords 35.43 6 Dublin Dundrum Town Centre 50.49 7 Meath Cycleways@53Degrees 1.00.17 8 Dublin Eurocycles 1.20.24 9 Kildare Murphy Surveys 1.42.32 10 Cork Kanturk Town 2.14.40 11 Kildare Newbridge 2.29.44 12 Meath Martin Donnelly 3.24.35
