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57th FBD Insurance Rás - 2.2
Ireland, May 18-25, 2009
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Stage 5 - May 21: Killorglin – Scariff, 155 km
Walker nabs another as Richardson defends
By Shane Stokes in Scariff
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Youth over experience. A tyre's width was what separated Nicholas Walker (Cinelli Down Under) and Jaan Kirsipuu (Giant Veoila) at the end of today's fifth stage of the FBD Insurance Rás in Scariff. The young Australian pipped the quadruple Tour de France stage winner to nab his second consecutive victory.
The close gallop ended out what had been a very active 154.6 kilometre stage from Killorglin to Scariff, with many attacks being launched against the race leader Simon Richardson (Rapha Condor). However, astute tactics on the part of the team and its manager John Herety saw the British squad get what was almost an armchair ride to the finish, preserving its strength and, more importantly, its yellow jersey heading into the final three days.
Both Richardson and Walker were beaming at the finish, the latter being delighted to take very rare back-to-back stage victories in the event.
"I was a little bit ahead in the sprint but I saw Jaan [Kirspuu] coming back at me really, really quickly," the 20-year-old said. "I was able to hold on. I didn't think I'd get one stage win, so I'm very, very pleased with two. Whatever happens in the rest of the race, I'm very happy regardless."
Kirsipuu was a little disappointed not to add to his victory of Tuesday, but wasn't too stressed. "I started from a little way back and was trying to get through, but there were riders across the road," said the Estonian. "I was waiting for a gap and when one opened, I was able to sprint properly. I was closing up but I ran out of time before the line."
Wilkinson took third, riding well despite a crash earlier in the stage. Paul Healion (Ireland national team) was best of the home riders in fifth, one place ahead of the ongoing points leader Russell Downing (Britain Candi TV Marshall's Pasta), while Sam Bennett (Tipperary Dan Morrissey) and Daniel Clifford (Kildare Projector World) made it three Irish riders in the top ten when they netted eighth and ninth.
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Richardson had led the race for a day last year, but then lost out. He was happy to successfully defend his jersey this time, and in a somewhat stress-free manner; he and his team had a calm, assured ride, controlling the race with good tactics and expending far less energy than might have been expected.
Rapha Condor manager John Herety is one of the most experienced in the race and that showed. Instead of chasing down breakaway moves, the team took advantage of the fact that Darren Lapthorne and Chris Newton both started the day inside the top ten and simply tried to ensure that one or other of them got into each break that went clear.
That had a dissuading effect on potential escapees, who realised that the Rapha Condor riders would not have to work as Richardson was race leader, and that they'd most likely take the stage win or, even, the yellow jersey if it changed.
Newton did eventually get away in a long distance move, jumping with seven other riders at the 40 kilometre point.
Keeping tabs on David O'Loughlin (Ireland An Post M. Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly), Morten Kruse Brink (Denmark Designa Kokken), Luke Roberts (Germany Kuota-Indeland), Rune Jogert (Norway Giant-Veolia), Rob Partridge (Britain Halfords Bike Hut), Pete Williams (Britain Candi TV Marshalls) and Eugene Moriarty (Meath Engraveit.ie/BDBC), he and the group gained two and a half minutes and caused a stir behind.
This forced the Denmark Designa Kokken and Austria Arbo KTM Junkers teams of Mads Christensen and Jan Barta to ride, as they realised that second and third place overall could be lost. The net effect of that was that
Rapha Condor had to do very little and could remain fresh for the final three stages.
"The jersey was never really under threat," said Richardson. "The only one who could get close was my own team-mate. The break got two minutes tops, and Chris was more than that behind [in the overall standings]. Anyway, everything wento to plan today. As much as possible we had a fairly easy day in the bunch, as KTM and Designa Kokken did 90 per cent of the work to bring that break back.
"At the end, there quite a few last-minute attacks by the other contenders. So we had a bit of work to do then, but it all worked out fine."
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Former Olympic team pursuit champion Roberts attacked 35 kilometres from the finish, and was eventually joined by Newton and Mayo rider O'Loughlin. The latter took maximum points on the day's second climb, the third category Barnagh Gap, and thus cancelled out the gains made by David McCann (Ireland National Team) when he took the earlier climb of Glansharoon.
O'Loughlin extended his lead over his closest rival, but the stage win was also a big goal. All three were however mopped up by the main bunch with about ten kilometres to go, setting things up for the duel between Kirsipuu and Walker and the latter's second victory.
"It was very frustrating," said O'Loughlin afterwards. I felt good today but we were caught. I'm feeling stronger each day, though, and so I will keep trying for a stage win."
Providing he recovers in time, he may well try again on tomorrow's mainly flat 159 kilometre leg to Castlebar. It goes close to his home town of Cong and he will be motivated to give it another shot.
Young Irish talent Sam Bennett will also be keen to do something. Today was his third top eight finish in five days, marking a fine FBD Rás debut for the 18 year old. He's also fourth in the Under 23 classification, second in the county rider competition and twentieth overall.
"If I am in the right position I know I can compete with those fellows," said the Carrick on Suir rider. "I feel in my heart and soul that I can. Maybe in the next few days I can get in another group, get in a good position and finish further up."
Photography
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- The racing was fast and furious on stage five with 46 kilometres being covered in the first hour.
- Luke Roberts (Germany Kuota-Indeland) leads Rune Jogert (Norway Giant-Veolia) and leader of the Mountains Classification David O’Loughlin (Ireland An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly).
- Rob Partridge (Britain Halfords Bike Hut) rolls through in the breakaway.
- Another day of blue skies and sunshine on stage five of the 2009 FBD Rás. The breakaway crossed the River Maigue and passed the ruins of Adare Castle in County Limerick.
- Luke Roberts (Germany Kuota-Indeland) attacked the breakaway and was eventually joined by David O’Loughlin (Ireland An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly) and Chris Newton (Britain Rapha Condor). The trio were pushing hard with less than 30 kilometres left.
- The remnants of the original breakaway were struggling to catch the leading trio and at the same time stay ahead of the pursuing peloton.
- The breakaway has been swallowed up by a marauding peloton and another uphill bunch sprint is on the cards.
- The sprint was fast, furious and hard fought, a real treat for the crowds who had turned out to cheer on the riders.
- It was very tight but early indications were that Nicholas Walker (Australia Cinelli-DownUnder) had pipped Jaan Kirsipuu (Norway Giant-Veolia) to take his second consecutive stage win.
- The Road Warrior: Nicholas Walker (Australia Cinelli-DownUnder).
- Father and son, Ted and Aidan Crowley (Meath Engrace.it/BDBC) discuss the hectic final kilometres of stage five.
- Simon Richardson (Britain Rapha Condor) chats with winner of stage five Nicholas Walker (Australia Cinelli-DownUnder) as they wait for the presentation ceremony.
- Having spent most of the day in the eight-rider breakaway, Eugene Moriarty (Meath Engrace.it/BDBC) was understandably disappointed when the group were caught.
- Second on the stage, Jaan Kirsipuu (Norway Giant-Veolia).
- Considering he was involved in a crash, third on the stage was a strong result for Ian Wilkinson (Britain Halfords Bike Hut).
- Ian Wilkinson (Britain Halfords Bike Hut) was lucky to get away with road rash and bruising after losing an argument with a ‘cat’s eye’ out on the road.
- Sam Bennett (Tipperary Dan Morrissey) collected his second Best County Rider award in as many days and is in contention for the Best County Rider Overall award.
- Mark McNally (Britain Halfords Bike Hut) retained his lead in the Best Placed U-23 rider classification.
- David O’Loughlin (Ireland An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly) retained his lead in the Mountains Classification.
- Russ Downing (Britain Candi TV Marshalls) successfully defended his lead in the Points Classification on stage five.
- Winner of stage five, Nicholas Walker (Australia Cinelli-DownUnder).
- Race Leader after stage five, Simon Richardson (Britain Rapha Condor).
- Podium (L-R): Third on the stage, Ian Wilkinson (Britain Halfords Bike Hut), First County Rider, Sam Bennett (Tipperary Dan Morrissey), Winner of Stage, Nicholas Walker (Australia Cinelli-DownUnder), Second on the stage, Jaan Kirsipuu (Norway Giant-Veolia), Race Leader, Simon Richardson (Britain Rapha Condor), KOM Leader, David O’Loughlin (Ireland An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly), Best Placed U-23 Rider, Mark McNally (Britain Halfords Bike Hut) and Points Leader, Russ Downing (Britain Candi TV Marshalls).
- Simon Richardson (Britain Rapha Condor) took the time to sign autographs for fans at the end of the presentation ceremony.
- It would be fair to say that Simon Richardson (Britain Rapha Condor) is enjoying his time in yellow.
Results
1 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Cinelli - Down Under 3.30.06 2 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Team Giant-Veoila 3 Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 4 Joachim Tolles (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 5 Paul Healion (Irl) Irish National Team 6 Russell Downing (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 7 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 8 Sam Bennett (Irl) Dan Morrissey 9 Daniel Clifford (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 10 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 11 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 12 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Designa Kokken 13 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 14 Spas Gyurov (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 15 Neil Delahaye (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 16 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 17 Ian Bibby (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 18 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 19 Matthew Kipling (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 20 Bert Roesems (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 21 Steve Calland (GBr) Surrey Racing League 22 John Lynch (Irl) Martin Donnelly 0.05 23 Josef Kugler (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 24 Matthew Stephens (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 25 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Designa Kokken 26 Georgi Petrov Georgiev (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 27 Joseph Fenlon (Irl) Dan Morrissey 28 Mark McNally (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 29 Jan Barta (Cze) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 30 Rune Jogert (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 31 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 32 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor 33 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Ireland Development U23 34 Simon Richardson (GBr) Rapha Condor 35 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 36 Mike Reddan (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 37 Stephen Barrett (Irl) Irish National Team 38 Martin Grashev (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 39 Chris Coyle (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 40 Urban Monks (Irl) Ireland Development U23 41 Kit Kilham (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 42 Joachim Pettersen (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 43 Keith Gater (Irl) Comeragh CC 44 James Moss (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 45 Philip Lavery (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 46 Derek Burke (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 47 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 48 Ole Jogen Jenson (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 49 Robin Kelly (Irl) Comeragh CC 50 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 51 Peter Hawkins (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 52 Wouter Sybrandy (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 53 Seán Downey (Irl) Irish National Team 54 John Heaton-Armstrong (GBr) Surrey Racing League 55 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 56 Simon Kelly (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 57 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha Condor 58 David O'Loughlin (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 59 Morten Kruse Brink (Den) Team Designa Kokken 60 John Dempsey (Irl) Dan Morrissey 61 Paul Griffin (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 62 David Fletcher (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 63 James Spragg (GBr) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 64 Daniel Drake (GBr) BC East Midlands 65 Tom Last (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 66 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 67 Steve Lampier (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 68 Robert Wardell (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 69 Seán Lacey (Irl) Eurocycles 70 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey Racing League 71 Conor Murphy (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 72 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 73 Mark Nugent (Irl) Comeragh CC 74 Stefan Poll (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 75 Peter Williams (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 76 Ray Clarke (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 77 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor 78 John Mason (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 79 Tom Southam (GBr) Rapha Condor 80 Stephen Halpin (Irl) Ireland Development U23 81 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Kuota - Indeland 0.20 82 Richard McCauley (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 83 Bogdan Stoytchev (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 84 David Peelo (Irl) Murphy Surveys 85 Dale Appleby (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 0.27 86 Mark Cassidy (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 0.31 87 Eric Van De Meent (Ned) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.32 88 Rob Partridge (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 0.47 89 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 90 Michael Concannon (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 1.21 91 Espen Jogert (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 92 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Irish National Team 93 Conor McAllister (Irl) Eurocycles 94 James Wlliamson (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 95 Patrick Clarke (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 1.49 96 Martin Gill (Irl) Clonmel CC 97 Christopher Prior (GBr) BC East Midlands 98 Michael Storan (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 99 Chris Troy (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 100 James Sampson (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 101 Cathal McCarthy (Irl) Eurocycles 102 Hannes Grundlinger (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 103 Lukas Winter (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 104 Richard Malone (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 105 Shane Hurley (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 106 Don Feighery (Irl) Comeragh CC 107 Michael Butler (Irl) Eurocycles 108 Dylan Rafter (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 109 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 110 Mark McKinley (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 111 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 112 Mark Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 113 Ciaran Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 114 James Stewart (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 115 Kieran Keane (Irl) Martin Donnelly 116 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 117 Aaron Buggle (Irl) Ireland Development U23 118 Danny Carroll (Irl) Clonmel CC 119 Barry Monaghan (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 120 Keith Fox (Irl) Clonmel CC 121 David Cawley (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 122 Stephen Surdival (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 123 Tony Brady (Irl) Martin Donnelly 124 Michael Hennessy (Irl) Comeragh CC 125 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Eurocycles 126 David Brennan (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 127 Frazer Duncan (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 128 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Team Designa Kokken 2.04 129 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Ireland Development U23 130 Drew McKinley (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 3.43 131 Andrew McQuaid (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 132 Graham Hurley (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 8.38 133 Hugh Mulhearn (Irl) Dan Morrissey 12.17 134 Ruaidhrí Geraghty (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 30.48 135 Kevin Shelly (Irl) Clonmel CC 30.49 136 Odhran Connors (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 137 Richard Hoult (GBr) Surrey Racing League 35.21 138 Eoghan Considine (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 35.24 139 Colm Quinn (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 35.31 140 Colin Robinson (Irl) Martin Donnelly 141 Paul Dunne (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 142 Paul O'Keefe (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 35.34 143 Mark Dowling (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 144 Brendan Lacey (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 145 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 146 Paul Doyle (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 147 Gareth Williams (GBr) BC East Midlands 148 Thomas Kirk (GBr) BC East Midlands 149 Jonathan Gibson (Irl) Martin Donnelly 150 Llewey Byrne (GBr) BC East Midlands 35.43 DNF Leon Van Bon (Ned) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team Mountains KoM Cat 3: Glansharoon 1 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 5 pts 2 Jan Barta (Cze) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 4 3 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 3 4 Josef Kugler (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 2 KoM Cat 3: Barnagh Gap 1 David O'Loughlin (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 5 pts 2 Rune Jogert (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 4 3 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 3 4 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Kuota - Indeland 2 County rider 1 Sam Bennett (Irl) Dan Morrissey 3.30.06 2 Daniel Clifford (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 3 Neil Delahaye (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations Teams 1 Team Kuota - Indeland 10.30.18 2 Team Halfords Bike Hut 0.05 3 Cinelli-DownUnder 4 An Post - Sean Kelly Team 5 Team Giant-Veoila 0.10 6 Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 7 Irish National Team 8 Team Designa Kokken 9 Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 10 Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 11 Surrey Racing League 12 Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 0.15 13 Rapha Condor 14 ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 15 Ireland Development Team 16 Candi TV - Pinarello RT 0.32 17 BC East Midlands 37.28 County teams 1 Dan Morrissey 10.30.28 2 IRC Ushers Insulations 3 Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 4 Comeragh CC 0.05 5 Total Cleaning Supplies 1.21 6 KTM Winning Solutions 2.04 7 Eurocycles 3.05 8 Newbridge Projector World 3.28 9 Castlebar WesternEdge 3.33 10 Martin Donnelly 11 Murphy Surveys 3.48 12 Clonmel CC 5.17 13 Newry Whs. CC 14 Zilcom-South Dublin 5.27 15 DTC Orwell Wheelers 12.06 16 Nigel's Bikes 1.07.51 General classification after stage 5 1 Simon Richardson (GBr) Rapha Condor 20.24.55 2 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Designa Kokken 2.49 3 Jan Barta (Cze) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 3.02 4 Bert Roesems (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 3.19 5 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor 3.24 6 Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 3.29 7 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha Condor 5.29 8 Russell Downing (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 6.07 9 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 6.09 10 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 6.38 11 David O'Loughlin (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 6.53 12 Rune Jogert (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 7.17 13 Josef Kugler (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 7.18 14 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 15 Mark McNally (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 7.23 16 Ole Jogen Jenson (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 7.28 17 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 7.46 18 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Cinelli - Down Under 7.48 19 Matthew Stephens (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 7.52 20 Sam Bennett (Irl) Dan Morrissey 7.56 21 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 8.04 22 Wouter Sybrandy (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 8.20 23 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 8.25 24 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Designa Kokken 8.28 25 Stefan Poll (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 8.33 26 Stephen Halpin (Irl) Ireland Development U23 8.58 27 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 9.15 28 Paul Griffin (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 9.24 29 Seán Downey (Irl) Irish National Team 9.31 30 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 31 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor 32 Morten Kruse Brink (Den) Team Designa Kokken 33 Tom Southam (GBr) Rapha Condor 9.59 34 James Spragg (GBr) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 10.37 35 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Ireland Development U23 11.15 36 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 11.16 37 Neil Delahaye (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 11.31 38 Peter Hawkins (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 11.38 39 Philip Lavery (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 12.09 40 Michael Concannon (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 13.01 41 Joachim Pettersen (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 13.05 42 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Team Designa Kokken 13.10 43 Daniel Clifford (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 13.13 44 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 13.19 45 Spas Gyurov (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 46 John Dempsey (Irl) Dan Morrissey 13.22 47 James Moss (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 13.24 48 Keith Gater (Irl) Comeragh CC 49 Tom Last (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 50 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey Racing League 51 Joseph Fenlon (Irl) Dan Morrissey 52 Peter Williams (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 53 Steve Lampier (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 54 Daniel Drake (GBr) BC East Midlands 55 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 56 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Kuota - Indeland 13.39 57 Paul Healion (Irl) Irish National Team 13.42 58 Kit Kilham (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 13.47 59 James Sampson (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 14.29 60 Espen Jogert (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 14.40 61 Mark Nugent (Irl) Comeragh CC 15.41 62 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 18.22 63 Dale Appleby (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 18.42 64 Ray Clarke (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 18.58 65 Hannes Grundlinger (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 19.24 66 Barry Monaghan (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 67 John Mason (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 21.16 68 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Ireland Development U23 22.08 69 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Team Giant-Veoila 22.11 70 Bogdan Stoytchev (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 22.14 71 Rob Partridge (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 22.40 72 John Heaton-Armstrong (GBr) Surrey Racing League 22.52 73 Matthew Kipling (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 23.08 74 Conor Murphy (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 23.41 75 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 23.58 76 John Lynch (Irl) Martin Donnelly 24.03 77 David Fletcher (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 24.07 78 Stephen Barrett (Irl) Irish National Team 79 Seán Lacey (Irl) Eurocycles 80 Simon Kelly (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 24.15 81 Chris Coyle (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 25.11 82 Conor McAllister (Irl) Eurocycles 25.23 83 Martin Grashev (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 25.49 84 Aaron Buggle (Irl) Ireland Development U23 25.51 85 Mark McKinley (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 86 Michael Hennessy (Irl) Comeragh CC 26.14 87 Ian Bibby (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 26.46 88 Don Feighery (Irl) Comeragh CC 27.26 89 Robin Kelly (Irl) Comeragh CC 27.35 90 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Eurocycles 27.44 91 Eric Van De Meent (Ned) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 27.52 92 Mark Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 28.08 93 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 28.18 94 Georgi Petrov Georgiev (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 28.23 95 Derek Burke (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 96 Graham Hurley (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 28.33 97 Joachim Tolles (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 28.36 98 Patrick Clarke (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 28.57 99 Tony Brady (Irl) Martin Donnelly 29.20 100 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 101 James Stewart (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 29.36 102 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Irish National Team 29.39 103 David Brennan (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 29.42 104 Michael Storan (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 30.03 105 Chris Troy (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 30.07 106 Lukas Winter (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 107 Ciaran Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 108 Stephen Surdival (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 109 James Wlliamson (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 30.15 110 Cathal McCarthy (Irl) Eurocycles 30.39 111 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 112 Danny Carroll (Irl) Clonmel CC 30.43 113 Hugh Mulhearn (Irl) Dan Morrissey 31.18 114 Keith Fox (Irl) Clonmel CC 32.44 115 Steve Calland (GBr) Surrey Racing League 35.29 116 Mike Reddan (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 39.09 117 David Cawley (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 40.15 118 Urban Monks (Irl) Ireland Development U23 40.25 119 Richard McCauley (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 41.12 120 David Peelo (Irl) Murphy Surveys 121 Frazer Duncan (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 42.09 122 Christopher Prior (GBr) BC East Midlands 43.50 123 Michael Butler (Irl) Eurocycles 45.33 124 Mark Cassidy (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 50.20 125 Dylan Rafter (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 52.17 126 Kieran Keane (Irl) Martin Donnelly 56.10 127 Martin Gill (Irl) Clonmel CC 56.33 128 Richard Hoult (GBr) Surrey Racing League 58.35 129 Ruaidhrí Geraghty (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 59.06 130 Richard Malone (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 59.10 131 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 1.03.11 132 Shane Hurley (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 1.04.36 133 Jonathan Gibson (Irl) Martin Donnelly 1.04.59 134 Robert Wardell (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 1.06.03 135 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 1.06.09 136 Kevin Shelly (Irl) Clonmel CC 1.07.29 137 Andrew McQuaid (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 1.07.54 138 Drew McKinley (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 1.11.58 139 Mark Dowling (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 1.15.54 140 Colin Robinson (Irl) Martin Donnelly 1.16.20 141 Brendan Lacey (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 1.23.58 142 Paul Doyle (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 1.25.06 143 Odhran Connors (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 1.27.30 144 Paul O'Keefe (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 1.39.29 145 Colm Quinn (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 1.43.36 146 Llewey Byrne (GBr) BC East Midlands 1.45.11 147 Paul Dunne (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 1.48.45 148 Thomas Kirk (GBr) BC East Midlands 1.49.06 149 Gareth Williams (GBr) BC East Midlands 1.53.43 150 Eoghan Considine (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 2.22.22 Points classification 1 Russell Downing (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 51 pts 2 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 46 3 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Cinelli - Down Under 43 4 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Team Giant-Veoila 40 5 Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 38 6 Jan Barta (Cze) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 32 7 Sam Bennett (Irl) Dan Morrissey 27 8 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 23 9 Joachim Tolles (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 22 10 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 20 11 Simon Richardson (GBr) Rapha Condor 19 12 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 19 13 Daniel Clifford (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 19 14 Paul Healion (Irl) Irish National Team 18 15 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Designa Kokken 17 16 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha Condor 15 17 Josef Kugler (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 15 18 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Designa Kokken 13 19 Rune Jogert (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 12 20 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 12 21 Bert Roesems (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 11 22 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor 9 23 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 9 24 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 9 25 Ole Jogen Jenson (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 8 26 Conor Murphy (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 8 27 James Spragg (GBr) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 6 28 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 6 29 David O'Loughlin (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 5 30 Wouter Sybrandy (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 5 31 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 5 32 Paul Griffin (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 4 33 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Team Designa Kokken 3 34 Kit Kilham (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 3 35 Spas Gyurov (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 2 36 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Ireland Development U23 2 37 Martin Grashev (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 2 38 Neil Delahaye (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 1 39 Bogdan Stoytchev (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 1 Mountains classification 1 David O'Loughlin (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 50 pts 2 Kit Kilham (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 42 3 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 35 4 Peter Williams (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 30 5 Tom Southam (GBr) Rapha Condor 27 6 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Designa Kokken 15 7 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 15 8 Mark McNally (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 14 9 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 13 10 Simon Richardson (GBr) Rapha Condor 12 11 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Designa Kokken 11 12 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Team Giant-Veoila 10 13 Morten Kruse Brink (Den) Team Designa Kokken 9 14 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Eurocycles 9 15 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 8 16 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor 8 17 James Spragg (GBr) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 8 18 Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 7 19 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha Condor 6 20 Colin Robinson (Irl) Martin Donnelly 5 U23 classificaton 1 Mark McNally (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 20.32.18 2 Ole Jogen Jenson (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 0.05 3 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Cinelli - Down Under 0.25 4 Sam Bennett (Irl) Dan Morrissey 0.33 5 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.41 Category 2 classification 1 Daniel Clifford (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 20.38.08 2 John Dempsey (Irl) Dan Morrissey 0.09 3 Chris Coyle (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 11.58 4 Don Feighery (Irl) Comeragh CC 14.13 5 Graham Hurley (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 15.20 County rider classification 1 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 20.32.41 2 Sam Bennett (Irl) Dan Morrissey 0.10 3 Paul Griffin (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 1.38 4 Neil Delahaye (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 3.45 5 Peter Hawkins (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 3.52 Teams classification 1 Rapha Condor 61.23.38 2 Team Designa Kokken 9.42 3 ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 10.00 4 Cinelli-DownUnder 13.25 5 An Post - Sean Kelly Team 13.28 6 Irish National Team 16.14 7 Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 16.50 8 Team Giant-Veoila 17.01 9 Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 18.21 10 Candi TV - Pinarello RT 23.51 11 Team Halfords Bike Hut 23.58 12 Team Kuota - Indeland 24.21 13 Ireland Development Team 31.44 14 Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 40.12 15 Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 40.37 16 Surrey Racing League 49.23 17 BC East Midlands 2.02.45 County teams classification 1 Dan Morrissey 61.48.35 2 Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 2.56 3 Total Cleaning Supplies 7.33 4 IRC Ushers Insulations 8.32 5 Comeragh CC 18.57 6 Eurocycles 31.22 7 KTM Winning Solutions 48.19 8 Castlebar WesternEdge 49.21 9 Martin Donnelly 49.40 10 DTC Orwell Wheelers 57.56 11 Clonmel CC 59.03 12 Newbridge Projector World 1.07.01 13 Murphy Surveys 1.08.08 14 Newry Whs. CC 1.17.34 15 Zilcom-South Dublin 1.31.31 16 Nigel's Bikes 2.30.13
