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57th FBD Insurance Rás - 2.2
Ireland, May 18-25, 2009
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Stage 3 - May 19: Cobh – Cahirciveen, 189 km
Kirsipuu still winning, Wilkinson still leading
By Shane Stokes
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Five years after taking the last of his four Tour de France stage wins, Estonian rider Jaan Kirsipuu proved his passion for cycling is still alive when he grabbed victory on stage three of the FBD Rás in Cahirciveen. Telling Cyclingnews after the stage that he is still racing for enjoyment, the 39-year-old bested far younger riders to snag the hilly 188 kilometre stage. He rode strongly throughout the stage, bridging across to a dangerous breakaway and then pushing on ahead with seven others before the day's final climb.
At the finish, Kirsipuu beat former world track champion and Olympic medallist Chris Newton (Rapha Condor), David McCann (Ireland National Team) and Brian Kenneally (Meath Engraveit.ie/BDBC) in a gallop to the to the line.
"I'm very happy to have the opportunity to race here again," said Kirsipuu. "I competed in the Tour de France when it started in Ireland in 1998 but didn't have a chance to see much of it then. I'm not racing with ProTour teams any more as I got tired of the constant pressure to win. Now I am enjoying the sport a lot more and travelling to countries that I didn't get to see much before."
The four riders had clipped away from the breakaway group after the descent off the category one Coomakista climb, accelerating clear with approximately 15 kilometres to go. Stage one winner Niko Eeckhout (An Post M. Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly), Russell Downing (Candi TV Marshalls) and Laurent Didier (Designa Kokken) finished 51 seconds later, while Conor Murphy (IRC Usher Insulations) was a further 32 seconds back in eighth place.
Overnight race leader Ian Wilkinson (CandiTV – Marshall's Pasta) had got across to an earlier breakaway, from which the first eight riders on the stage had then clipped away. He missed that later move and led home the main bunch, one minute and 39 seconds back. The second and third riders overall, Simon Richardson (Rapha Condor) and Mads Christensen (Designa Kokken) were also in that group.
Their strong performance on stage two meant that they had a considerable buffer starting the stage and so their places in the top three were not threatened. Newton and McCann have edged into the top ten, but are five minutes 48 seconds and six minutes 28 seconds back respectively.
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McCann took over the pink jersey of King of the Mountains, his main target for the day. "My goal was to go for the mountains and that worked out," he said. "That meant I had to push hard for most of the stage, so I was a bit surprised to still be there at the end and fighting it out for the stage win."
Kenneally was particularly aggressive in the finale, attempting to jump away as he knew that the three other riders in the break were faster than him if it came to a sprint. "I clipped away just before the kilometre to go sign and also with about 500 metres to go, but both times Kirsipuu brought me back," he said. "We had put him under pressure earlier on when on a climb, but he was very strong at the end of the stage. He brought me back both times, led out the sprint and still won. He was very impressive."
The day featured constant attacking, with many riders getting away. Wilkinson's defence of the race lead was made more complicated by the small five-man teams in the race. "I still have the yellow jersey, but it was a harsh day out there," he said afterwards. "We set off trying to let the race progress itself and it did for quite a while. But it was quite aggressive when we came into those little roads and when we got over the main climb of the day. It was kind of intact then but, after the feed, they were going and coming back all the time."
He implied that there was a bit of negative racing going on. "Simon (Richardson) was pretty much following me all day. He was well stuck to my wheel. But it was dangerous. Rapha ended up with four of the best riders in the break which was brilliant for them but dangerous because they are all capable of winning overall.
"Fortunately we have a good time buffer on them."
He was feeling the after-effects of his efforts on stage two, but is hopeful that he'll be stronger on stage four. "Obviously there was that little bit of fatigue [after Monday's break]," he said. "Maybe tomorrow will be a day for good legs again."
The 2.2-ranked FBD Rás continues on Wednesday with another tough stage. It runs 178 kilometres from Cahirciveen to Killorglin and includes five category three climbs plus the first category Conor Pass.
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- The riders leave Cobh under blue skies at the start of stage three of the 2009 FBD Rás.
- The route travelled west through County Cork into County Kerry, passing through some of the most picturesque countryside that Ireland has to offer.
- The leading breakaway approaches the top of the first category climb of The Coom with leader of the Mountains Classification Pete Williams (Britain Candi TV Marshalls) setting the pace.
- David McCann (Ireland National Team) obviously had his eye on the lead in the Mountains Classification.
- David McCann (Ireland National Team) takes maximum points at the top of The Coom.
- Jaan Kirsipuu (NORWAY Giant-Veolia) leads a fragmented main field on the climb of The Coom.
- Heavy rainfall made the climb even more difficult for the main field.
- The peloton reach the top of the The Coom and embark on a very technical descent.
- Despite the soggy conditions, some brave souls stayed on shouting support until all the riders had reached the top.
- Jaan Kirsipuu (NORWAY Giant-Veolia) applied his sprinting prowess and took victory on stage three from Chris Newton (Britain Rapha Condor) and David McCann (Ireland National Team).
- Winner of stage one Niko Eeckhout (Ireland An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly) held off Russ Downing (Britain Candi TV Marshalls) to take fifth on the stage.
- Conor Murphy (Dublin IRC Ushers Insulation) had a particularly active day on stage three, eventually rolling home in eighth place.
- Paul Griffin (Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies) finished 12th on the stage and was the first Kerryman to cross the line.
- Race leader Ian Wilkinson (Britain Halfords Bike Hut) led home a sizeable group at 1’ 49” behind the stage winner.
- Niko Eeckhout (Ireland An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly) congratulates Jaan Kirsipuu (NORWAY Giant-Veolia).
- Brian Kenneally (Meath Engraveit.ie/BDBC) showed his class by taking fourth place on the stage and the First County Rider prize.
- Chris Newton (Britain Rapha Condor) had to settle for second on stage three but seemed to be satisfied with his day nonetheless.
- David McCann (Ireland National Team) took the lead in the Mountains Classification.
- Ole Jorgen Jensen (NORWAY Giant-Veolia) maintained his lead in the Best Placed U-23 Rider classification.
- Russ Downing (Britain Candi TV Marshalls) maintained his lead in the Points Classification.
- Jaan Kirsipuu (NORWAY Giant-Veolia) receives his stage winner’s jersey.
- Ian Wilkinson (Britain Halfords Bike Hut) battled hard to defend his race lead.
- Podium (L-R): Race Leader, Ian Wilkinson (Britain Halfords Bike Hut), First Kerry Rider, Paul Griffin (Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies), Leader of the Points Classification, Russ Downing (Britain Candi TV Marshalls), Leader of the Mountains Classification, David McCann (Ireland National Team), Winner of stage three, Jaan Kirsipuu (NORWAY Giant-Veolia), Leader of the U-23 category, Ole Jorgen Jensen (NORWAY Giant-Veolia), Second on stage, Chris Newton (Britain Rapha Condor) and First County Rider on stage, Brian Kenneally (Meath Engraveit.ie/BDBC).
- Jaan Kirsipuu (NORWAY Giant-Veolia) could have his eye on another stage win, with one win already under his belt and five stages ahead.
- The presentations had barely finished before Russ Downing (Britain Candi TV Marshalls) began his reconnaissance for stage four.
Results
1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Team Giant-Veoila 4.42.23 (40.07 km/h) 2 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha Condor 3 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 4 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 0.04 5 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 0.51 6 Russell Downing (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 7 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Designa Kokken 8 Conor Murphy (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 1.23 9 Jan Barta (Cze) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 1.27 10 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 1.40 11 Wouter Sybrandy (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 12 Paul Griffin (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 1.42 13 Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 1.49 14 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 15 Simon Richardson (GBr) Rapha Condor 16 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Cinelli - Down Under 17 Peter Williams (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 18 Daniel Clifford (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 19 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 20 Bert Roesems (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 21 Matthew Kipling (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 22 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 23 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor 24 Graham Hurley (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 25 James Moss (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 26 David O'Loughlin (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 27 Hugh Mulhearn (Irl) Dan Morrissey 28 Keith Gater (Irl) Comeragh CC 29 Seán Downey (Irl) Irish National Team 30 Spas Gyurov (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 31 John Lynch (Irl) Martin Donnelly 32 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 33 Matthew Stephens (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 34 Rune Jogert (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 35 Seán Lacey (Irl) Eurocycles 36 Neil Delahaye (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 37 Josef Kugler (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 38 Stefan Poll (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 39 Bogdan Stoytchev (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 40 Aaron Buggle (Irl) Ireland Development U23 41 Philip Lavery (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 42 Stephen Barrett (Irl) Irish National Team 43 James Spragg (GBr) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 44 David Fletcher (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 45 John Dempsey (Irl) Dan Morrissey 46 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey Racing League 47 Joachim Pettersen (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 48 Mark McNally (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 49 Espen Jogert (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 50 Joseph Fenlon (Irl) Dan Morrissey 51 Ole Jogen Jenson (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 52 James Sampson (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 53 John Heaton-Armstrong (GBr) Surrey Racing League 54 Morten Kruse Brink (Den) Team Designa Kokken 55 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Designa Kokken 56 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 57 John Veness (GBr) Surrey Racing League 58 Steve Lampier (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 59 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Team Designa Kokken 60 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 61 Richard Hoult (GBr) Surrey Racing League 62 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 63 Sam Bennett (Irl) Dan Morrissey 64 Rob Partridge (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 65 Mark McKinley (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 66 Daniel Drake (GBr) BC East Midlands 67 Michael Concannon (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 68 Tom Last (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 69 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 70 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 71 Ray Clarke (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 72 Simon Kelly (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 73 Conor McAllister (Irl) Eurocycles 74 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Kuota - Indeland 75 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Ireland Development U23 76 Stephen Halpin (Irl) Ireland Development U23 77 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Ireland Development U23 78 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 79 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor 80 Tom Southam (GBr) Rapha Condor 2.06 81 Don Feighery (Irl) Comeragh CC 4.06 82 Chris Coyle (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 83 Steve Calland (GBr) Surrey Racing League 84 Michael Hennessy (Irl) Comeragh CC 85 Mark Nugent (Irl) Comeragh CC 86 Mark Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 87 Tony Brady (Irl) Martin Donnelly 5.18 88 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 89 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 6.05 90 Ruaidhrí Geraghty (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 91 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 92 Robin Kelly (Irl) Comeragh CC 93 Cathal McCarthy (Irl) Eurocycles 94 Michael Storan (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 95 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 96 Christopher Prior (GBr) BC East Midlands 97 Brendan Lacey (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 98 Kit Kilham (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 99 Derek Burke (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 100 Lukas Winter (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 101 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 102 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Irish National Team 103 Chris Troy (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 104 Barry Monaghan (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 105 John Mason (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 106 Patrick Clarke (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 107 James Wlliamson (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 108 Dale Appleby (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 109 Georgi Petrov Georgiev (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 110 Michael Butler (Irl) Eurocycles 111 Kevin Shelly (Irl) Clonmel CC 112 Ciaran Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 113 David Cawley (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 114 Paul Healion (Irl) Irish National Team 115 Jonathan Gibson (Irl) Martin Donnelly 116 Hannes Grundlinger (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 117 James Stewart (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 118 Danny Carroll (Irl) Clonmel CC 119 Keith Fox (Irl) Clonmel CC 120 Eric Van De Meent (Ned) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 121 Ian Bibby (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 122 David Brennan (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 123 Peter Hawkins (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 124 Paul Doyle (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 125 Stephen Surdival (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 126 Joachim Tolles (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 127 Logan Dennis Hutchings (NZl) Cinelli - Down Under 128 Odhran Connors (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 9.04 129 Mike Reddan (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 18.07 130 Dylan Rafter (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 131 Colin Robinson (Irl) Martin Donnelly 132 Richard Malone (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 133 Mark Dowling (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 134 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Eurocycles 135 Urban Monks (Irl) Ireland Development U23 136 David Peelo (Irl) Murphy Surveys 137 Keven Hartnett (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 138 Richard McCauley (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 139 Martin Grashev (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 140 Andrew McQuaid (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 141 Frazer Duncan (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 142 Llewey Byrne (GBr) BC East Midlands 19.33 143 Martin Gill (Irl) Clonmel CC 31.59 144 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 145 Paul Dunne (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 146 Paul O'Keefe (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 32.07 147 Drew McKinley (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 32.08 148 Colm Quinn (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 149 Kieran Keane (Irl) Martin Donnelly 150 Eoghan Considine (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 40.28 151 Gareth Williams (GBr) BC East Midlands 40.30 152 Michael Barry (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 153 Thomas Kirk (GBr) BC East Midlands 40.32 154 Shane Hurley (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 40.34 155 Robert Wardell (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 40.38 156 Mark Cassidy (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team DNF Kieran Kelly (Irl) Murphy Surveys DNF Brian Geraghty (Irl) Murphy Surveys DNS Andrew Roche (Irl) Candi TV - Pinarello RT Mountains KoM Cat 3: Coolavokig 1 Peter Williams (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 5 pts 2 Kit Kilham (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 4 3 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor 3 4 Eric Van De Meent (Ned) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 2 KoM Cat 1: The Coom 1 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 15 pts 2 Peter Williams (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 12 3 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 10 4 Mark McNally (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 8 5 Tom Southam (GBr) Rapha Condor 6 6 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor 5 7 Kit Kilham (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 3 KoM Cat 1: Coomakista 1 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Designa Kokken 15 pts 2 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 12 3 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Team Giant-Veoila 10 4 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 8 5 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha Condor 6 6 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 5 7 Conor Murphy (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 3 County rider 1 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 4.42.27 2 Conor Murphy (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 1.19 3 Paul Griffin (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 1.38 Teams 1 Rapha Condor 14.10.47 2 Irish National Team 3 Team Giant-Veoila 4 An Post - Sean Kelly Team 0.51 5 Candi TV - Pinarello RT 6 Team Designa Kokken 7 ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 1.27 8 Cinelli-DownUnder 1.40 9 Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 10 Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 1.49 11 Team Halfords Bike Hut 12 Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 13 Team Kuota - Indeland 14 Surrey Racing League 15 Ireland Development Team 16 Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 6.05 17 BC East Midlands 23.49 County teams 1 IRC Ushers Insulations 14.12.10 2 Total Cleaning Supplies 0.19 3 Dan Morrissey 0.26 4 Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 2.57 5 Eurocycles 4.42 6 Comeragh CC 5.00 7 Martin Donnelly 8.11 8 Castlebar WesternEdge 11.15 9 DTC Orwell Wheelers 11.57 10 Nigel's Bikes 13.14 11 Clonmel CC 12 KTM Winning Solutions 20.13 13 Newbridge Projector World 21.00 14 Murphy Surveys 25.16 15 Newry Whs. CC 34.52 16 Zilcom-South Dublin 49.20 General classification after stage 3 1 Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 12.33.30 2 Simon Richardson (GBr) Rapha Condor 0.19 3 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Designa Kokken 3.08 4 Jan Barta (Cze) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 3.21 5 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor 3.43 6 Rune Jogert (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 7 Bert Roesems (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 8 Ole Jogen Jenson (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 3.54 9 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha Condor 5.48 10 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 6.28 11 Russell Downing (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 6.31 12 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 7.02 13 James Spragg (GBr) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 7.03 14 David O'Loughlin (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 7.12 15 Josef Kugler (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 7.37 16 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Team Designa Kokken 17 Rob Partridge (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 7.41 18 Mark McNally (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 7.42 19 Bogdan Stoytchev (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 20 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 21 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 22 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Ireland Development U23 7.51 23 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 24 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Team Giant-Veoila 7.59 25 Neil Delahaye (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 26 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 8.05 27 Matthew Stephens (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 8.11 28 Michael Concannon (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 29 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Cinelli - Down Under 30 Sam Bennett (Irl) Dan Morrissey 8.20 31 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 8.28 32 Philip Lavery (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 8.35 33 Wouter Sybrandy (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 8.39 34 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 35 Ray Clarke (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 36 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Designa Kokken 8.52 37 Stefan Poll (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 38 Matthew Kipling (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 8.56 39 Hugh Mulhearn (Irl) Dan Morrissey 40 James Sampson (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 9.11 41 Stephen Halpin (Irl) Ireland Development U23 9.17 42 Conor Murphy (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 43 Joachim Pettersen (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 9.31 44 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 9.34 45 John Veness (GBr) Surrey Racing League 46 Simon Kelly (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 47 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 48 Paul Griffin (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 49 Daniel Clifford (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 9.44 50 John Dempsey (Irl) Dan Morrissey 9.48 51 James Moss (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 9.50 52 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 53 David Fletcher (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 54 Seán Downey (Irl) Irish National Team 55 Keith Gater (Irl) Comeragh CC 56 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 57 John Lynch (Irl) Martin Donnelly 58 Tom Last (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 59 Peter Williams (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 60 Graham Hurley (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 61 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor 62 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey Racing League 63 Aaron Buggle (Irl) Ireland Development U23 64 Espen Jogert (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 65 Conor McAllister (Irl) Eurocycles 66 Stephen Barrett (Irl) Irish National Team 67 Richard Hoult (GBr) Surrey Racing League 68 Joseph Fenlon (Irl) Dan Morrissey 69 Morten Kruse Brink (Den) Team Designa Kokken 70 Steve Lampier (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 71 Mark McKinley (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 72 Daniel Drake (GBr) BC East Midlands 73 Spas Gyurov (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 74 Seán Lacey (Irl) Eurocycles 75 John Heaton-Armstrong (GBr) Surrey Racing League 76 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 77 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Ireland Development U23 78 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Kuota - Indeland 79 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 80 Tom Southam (GBr) Rapha Condor 10.07 81 Michael Hennessy (Irl) Comeragh CC 10.13 82 Steve Calland (GBr) Surrey Racing League 83 Peter Hawkins (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 84 Mark Nugent (Irl) Comeragh CC 12.07 85 Mark Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 86 Don Feighery (Irl) Comeragh CC 87 Chris Coyle (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 88 Ian Bibby (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 12.34 89 Eric Van De Meent (Ned) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 13.08 90 Tony Brady (Irl) Martin Donnelly 13.19 91 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 92 James Stewart (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 13.35 93 Michael Storan (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 14.02 94 Joachim Tolles (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 14.04 95 Robin Kelly (Irl) Comeragh CC 14.06 96 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 97 Kit Kilham (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 98 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 99 Hannes Grundlinger (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 100 Ruaidhrí Geraghty (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 101 Barry Monaghan (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 102 Logan Dennis Hutchings (NZl) Cinelli - Down Under 103 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Irish National Team 104 Chris Troy (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 105 Derek Burke (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 106 Georgi Petrov Georgiev (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 107 David Cawley (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 108 Paul Healion (Irl) Irish National Team 109 Patrick Clarke (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 110 Lukas Winter (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 111 Michael Butler (Irl) Eurocycles 112 Ciaran Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 113 Stephen Surdival (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 114 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 115 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 116 Cathal McCarthy (Irl) Eurocycles 117 James Wlliamson (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 14.42 118 Danny Carroll (Irl) Clonmel CC 119 David Brennan (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 120 Dale Appleby (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 14.46 121 Jonathan Gibson (Irl) Martin Donnelly 15.13 122 Keith Fox (Irl) Clonmel CC 16.43 123 John Mason (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 17.42 124 Paul Doyle (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 19.40 125 Kevin Shelly (Irl) Clonmel CC 23.41 126 Brendan Lacey (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 127 Mike Reddan (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 26.08 128 Martin Grashev (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 129 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Eurocycles 130 Urban Monks (Irl) Ireland Development U23 131 Mark Dowling (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 132 Dylan Rafter (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 133 Frazer Duncan (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 134 Colin Robinson (Irl) Martin Donnelly 26.37 135 Richard McCauley (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 26.40 136 David Peelo (Irl) Murphy Surveys 137 Odhran Connors (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 27.03 138 Richard Malone (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 27.43 139 Christopher Prior (GBr) BC East Midlands 27.49 140 Llewey Byrne (GBr) BC East Midlands 39.36 141 Andrew McQuaid (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 39.51 142 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 40.00 143 Kieran Keane (Irl) Martin Donnelly 40.09 144 Martin Gill (Irl) Clonmel CC 40.32 145 Paul Dunne (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 43.36 146 Colm Quinn (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 43.45 147 Drew McKinley (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 43.55 148 Michael Barry (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 48.31 149 Gareth Williams (GBr) BC East Midlands 150 Shane Hurley (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 48.35 151 Thomas Kirk (GBr) BC East Midlands 49.12 152 Paul O'Keefe (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 49.43 153 Mark Cassidy (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 49.45 154 Robert Wardell (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 51.26 155 Keven Hartnett (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 54.29 156 Eoghan Considine (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 1.17.20 Points classification 1 Russell Downing (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 28 pts 2 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Team Giant-Veoila 26 3 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 26 4 Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 25 5 Simon Richardson (GBr) Rapha Condor 19 6 Jan Barta (Cze) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 18 7 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha Condor 15 8 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Designa Kokken 13 9 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 13 10 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Cinelli - Down Under 13 11 Rune Jogert (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 12 12 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 12 13 Daniel Clifford (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 12 14 Bert Roesems (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 10 15 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 10 16 Josef Kugler (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 10 17 Joachim Tolles (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 10 18 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor 9 19 Sam Bennett (Irl) Dan Morrissey 9 20 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Designa Kokken 9 21 Ole Jogen Jenson (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 8 22 Conor Murphy (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 8 23 James Spragg (GBr) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 6 24 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 6 25 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 6 26 David O'Loughlin (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 5 27 Wouter Sybrandy (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 5 28 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 5 29 Paul Griffin (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 4 30 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Team Designa Kokken 3 31 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Ireland Development U23 2 32 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 2 33 Bogdan Stoytchev (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 1 Mountains classification 1 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 30 pts 2 Peter Williams (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 30 3 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Designa Kokken 15 4 Simon Richardson (GBr) Rapha Condor 12 5 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Designa Kokken 11 6 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 10 7 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Team Giant-Veoila 10 8 Kit Kilham (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 9 9 James Spragg (GBr) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 8 10 Mark McNally (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 8 11 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 8 12 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor 8 13 Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 7 14 David O'Loughlin (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 7 15 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha Condor 6 16 Tom Southam (GBr) Rapha Condor 6 17 Colin Robinson (Irl) Martin Donnelly 5 18 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 5 19 John Dempsey (Irl) Dan Morrissey 4 20 Conor Murphy (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 3 21 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 2 22 Eric Van De Meent (Ned) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 2 U23 classification 1 Ole Jogen Jenson (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 12.37.24 2 James Spragg (GBr) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 3.09 3 Mark McNally (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 3.48 4 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Ireland Development U23 3.57 5 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Cinelli - Down Under 4.18 Category 2 classification 1 Daniel Clifford (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 12.43.14 2 John Dempsey (Irl) Dan Morrissey 0.04 3 Graham Hurley (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 0.06 4 Don Feighery (Irl) Comeragh CC 2.23 5 Chris Coyle (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications County rider classification 1 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 12.41.21 2 Neil Delahaye (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 0.11 3 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 0.14 4 Michael Concannon (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 0.20 5 Sam Bennett (Irl) Dan Morrissey 0.29 Teams classification 1 Rapha Condor 37.50.20 2 Team Giant-Veoila 5.27 3 Team Halfords Bike Hut 5.39 4 Cinelli-DownUnder 9.42 5 Team Designa Kokken 9.47 6 ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 10.00 7 An Post - Sean Kelly Team 13.38 8 Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 14.33 9 Candi TV - Pinarello RT 15.48 10 Irish National Team 16.19 11 Team Kuota - Indeland 16.50 12 Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 13 Ireland Development Team 17.08 14 Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 18.20 15 Surrey Racing League 18.26 16 Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 21.48 17 BC East Midlands 42.19 County teams classification 1 IRC Ushers Insulations 38.05.25 2 Total Cleaning Supplies 1.47 3 Dan Morrissey 2.11 4 Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 5.07 5 Comeragh CC 7.15 6 Eurocycles 8.51 7 Martin Donnelly 12.20 8 Castlebar WesternEdge 15.24 9 DTC Orwell Wheelers 16.06 10 Clonmel CC 21.08 11 Nigel's Bikes 22.57 12 KTM Winning Solutions 23.07 13 Newbridge Projector World 24.59 14 Murphy Surveys 30.29 15 Newry Whs. CC 39.01 16 Zilcom-South Dublin 53.29
