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FBD Milk Rás - 2.5
Ireland, May 18-25, 2003
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Stage 2 - May 19: Roscrea – Clifden, 188km
Shaking, but not stirred
By Shane Stokes, Irishcycling.com
Frozen at the stage end in Clifden, arms quivering after five hours in rail, hail and wind, Team Ireland's Tommy Evans was a tired but satisfied man yesterday evening. The Belfast rider had undergone 117 miles of tough racing, facing constant threats to his yellow jersey, but despite a team decision not to commit to defending his lead at this early point he ended the stage at the helm of the general classification. Evans finished as part of a 24 man front group, with the day's honours going to the impressive Swede Jonas Holmkvist, who clearly retains the sort of form which recently won him the 2.5 ranked Ringerike GP in Norway.
Second in the 24 man gallop was the Kazakh Assan Bazayev, who pipped the South African HSBC professional Ian McLeod and Irishman Keith Gallagher in the headwind-affected slog to the line. Ciarán Power (Team Ireland), Simon Kelly (Mayo Galway Bay) and Paul Griffin (Dublin Iarnród Eireann) were next across the finish, with Dublin Skip's Paddy Moriarty, Team Ireland's David O'Loughlin and Evans himself also coming home in the same time, and so ensuring a strong home presence in what was a very cosmopolitan breakaway.
Of course, that also left many overseas competitors up front and any one of this group could theoretically go on to win the race. Amongst the danger men are 2001 winner Paul Manning, his GB team-mate Chris Newton (who won three stages and finished second overall last year), the impressive Danish rider Ari Hojgaard and the Lancaster Life Repair duo John Tanner and Mark Lovatt. All of these were particularly active yesterday and, due to their previous rides in the race, will know what to expect on the next few stages of the FBD Milk Rás. Evans will also have to keep an eye on the newcomers; the professionals from the Bianchi Scandinavia, HSBC South Africa and Sportsbook.com squads plus the promising Kazakh team.
The day's action started from the drop of the flag, with Evans' Ireland teammates Power and O'Loughlin, plus Moriarty amongst those trying to go clear. Brought back by the main field, their aggression sparked off a constant stream of attacks and set the scene for a most difficult day.
Twenty four miles into the stage, a four man group forged clear and opened up the first significant advantage, with the Great Britain team's Steve Cummings and previous yellow jersey wearer Lovatt the biggest threats. O'Loughlin and Australian professional David Harrigan succeeded in bridging across, but despite the later reinforcements of nine riders the group was eventually hauled back. The strongmen continued to apply the pressure on the wide, windswept roads towards Galway, lining out the bunch and causing constant splits along the way.
With a strong crosswind putting the riders in the right hand gutter, it became a race of attack and counter-attack, constant change and fluctuation at the head of the field. Big dangers such as Manning and Newton tried continuously to get clear but sooner or later the other contenders got back on terms and a regrouping took place. Finally, the elastic snapped when an attack containing John Tanner (Lancaster Life Repair) and the impressive Mayo-Galway Bay rider Simon Kelly acted as the catalyst for a 29 rider breakaway. All the main contenders were there, but those behind would never get back on terms; the first real shake-up of the race was taking place.
A split in this front group briefly left the yellow jersey of Evans in arrears, but a gusty ride into a block headwind - and the freezing deluges of hail and rain - brought him towards the frontrunners once more. As Evans closed, Power dropped back to help his Ireland team-mate make the final junction. But a lack of co-operation amongst the leaders enabled the others to get back up once more, leaving twenty-six at the head of affairs.
The weather was become more and more atrocious at this point. Stiff winds foiled the chances of Tanner, Power and Newton, who each went clear in solo attacks at various stages in the closing miles. Reeled back in, their recapture paved the way for a big sprint finish, where the 20 year old Swede Holmkvist held off Kazakh Assan Bazayev and the rest of the group. Keith Gallagher was best of the home riders, with Power, Kelly and Paul Griffin next home. Moriarty (12th), O'Loughlin (13th) and Evans (18th) also finished in the same time, leaving Irish hopes intact and Evans in yellow once more.
"The plan today was not to defend the jersey as such, but to keep as many of the Ireland team at the front as was possible," said the frozen rider after the stage. "There was a bit of a danger when the front group split towards the end, but I closed a big gap with one of the riders from Kazakhstan. Ciarán (Power) came back for me when I got close, so that was a help."
"It was frustrating up there - if we had all ridden, we could have eliminated the chances of some of the other riders, but there was a lot of messing about. They were able to get back up. Towards the end Ciarán had a go but with that wind, it was too hard on your own."
Ireland manager Frankie Campbell was happy with the team's effort. "It was a good day for us," he said. "It is too early to think about defending the jersey as there is a lot of racing yet to come, but things worked out well. The idea was to keep as many of our men as possible up front and that is the way it worked out. Vincent (Gleeson) and Andrew (Donnellan) did a lot of work early on into the crosswinds, and then Ciarán, David and Tommy were able to go clear. Later on Ciarán went back to help Tommy - he would have got back up anyway but it shows that the team morale and co-operation is very strong."
Power and O'Loughlin were regarded as the team's principal challengers, but Campbell feels that Evans is also a potential winner. "Tommy knows the roads and the Rás itself very well. He is in very good form this year - he got some very good racing at the start of the season in the Tour of Langkawi, and since then has been riding hard in France. A lot of people were pinpointing Ciarán and David but Tommy is one to watch too."
In total, twenty three riders finished in the same time as Holmkvist, with London Irish rider Rory Wyley four and a half minutes back and the rest of the field much further in arrears. Yesterday's torrid day has considerably narrowed the list of potential winners; today's 90 mile leg to Ballina may thin things out even more.
Results
1 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 5.13.14 (37.30 km/h) 2 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 3 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC 4 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North 5 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 6 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 7 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 8 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division 9 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn 10 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group 11 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Team HSBC 12 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 13 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 14 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 15 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 16 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 17 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group 18 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 19 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 20 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com 21 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 22 Matt Svatek (USA) Sportsbook.com 23 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 24 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 25 Rory Wyley (Irl) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 4.39 26 Sven Biermann (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 8.33 27 Gary Dodd (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 28 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 9.14 29 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 30 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com 11.14 31 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North 12.00 32 Roger Morgan (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 33 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 34 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 35 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Down Under 36 Neil Smith (GBr) Lincoln 37 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena Line 38 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 39 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell 40 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip 14.48 41 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 42 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 43 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations 44 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 45 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 46 Paul Mulligan (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 47 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 48 Greg Roche (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 49 Christopher Belsham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 50 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 51 David Harrigan (Aus) Team Down Under 52 Richard Eastham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 53 David Berkeley (NZl) Team gbcycles.co.uk 54 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group 55 Matt Melville (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 56 Ross Muir (GBr) Lincoln 57 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 58 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 59 Ben Hallam (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 60 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Life Repair Group 61 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under 62 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 63 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 64 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 65 Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 66 Jeff Howes (RSA) Team HSBC 67 Bryan Steel (GBr) Great Britain 68 Alastair Kay (GBr) primera-bournemouth 69 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC 70 Jeff Capper (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 71 Gareth Jones (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 72 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 73 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 74 Bert Fox (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 75 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 76 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 77 John Charlesworth (GBr) primera-bournemouth 78 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 79 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 80 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 81 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena Line 82 James Dobbin (GBr) Lincoln 83 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 84 Rob Enslin (RSA) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 85 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 86 Nat Brindley (GBr) Lincoln 87 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 88 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under 89 Ross Hooker (Can) Kildare HirEquip 90 Lawrence Perera (USA) Sportsbook.com 91 Brian Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 92 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip 93 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 94 George Rose (GBr) Stena Line 95 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 96 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 97 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip 98 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under 99 Bill Nickson (GBr) North West Division 100 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 101 James Ball (RSA) Team HSBC 102 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 103 Denis Markouris (Aus) Kildare Newbridge 104 Christopher Varley (GBr) North West Division 22.12 105 Daniel Hohmann (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 31.14 106 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell 107 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Jylland-Fyn 108 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 31.59 109 Iain Roche (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 32.17 110 Isaiah Adams (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 111 Stephen Howells (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 112 Justin Hoy (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 113 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena Line 114 Jorg Scherf (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 115 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 116 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 117 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 118 Cian Lynch (Irl) Kildare North 119 Dara McCaughley (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 120 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 121 Mark Kelly (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 122 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 123 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 124 Nick Kenwright (GBr) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 125 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 126 Peter Hey (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 127 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 128 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell 129 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group 130 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 131 Stephen Gibson (GBr) primera-bournemouth 132 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 133 Declan Kinch (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 134 Neil Swithenbank (GBr) North West Division 36.24 135 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 37.20 136 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 40.52 137 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 45.53 138 Sean Furley (Irl) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 139 Ryan Leech (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 140 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Stena Line 56.31 141 David Everett (GBr) North West Division 1.03.50 142 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell 143 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North Points 1 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 15 pts 2 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 14 3 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC 13 4 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North 12 5 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 11 6 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 10 7 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 9 8 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division 8 9 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn 7 10 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group 6 11 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Team HSBC 5 12 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 4 13 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 3 14 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 2 15 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1 County rider 1 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North 5.13.14 2 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 3 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 4 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 5 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North 12.00 6 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 7 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell 8 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip 14.48 9 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 10 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations 11 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 12 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 13 Paul Mulligan (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 14 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 15 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 16 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 17 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 18 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 19 Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 20 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 21 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 22 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 23 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 24 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 25 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 26 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 27 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 28 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip 29 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 30 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 31 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 32 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip 33 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 34 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell 31.14 35 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 31.59 36 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 32.17 37 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 38 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 39 Cian Lynch (Irl) Kildare North 40 Dara McCaughley (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 41 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 42 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 43 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 44 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 45 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 46 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell 47 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 48 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 49 Declan Kinch (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 50 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 37.20 51 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 40.52 52 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 45.53 53 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.03.50 54 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North Teams 1 Ireland - Irish Sports Council 15.39.42 2 Sweden Bianchi Scandinavia 3 Great Britain 4 Kazakhstan 9.14 5 USA Team Sportsbook.com 11.14 6 South Africa Team HSBC 14.48 7 Lancaster Life Repair Group 8 Denmark Jylland-Fyn 29.36 9 Surrey Team gbcycles.co.uk 32.33 10 England North West Division 37.00 11 Germany Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 38.09 12 Australia Team Down Under 41.36 13 Lincoln 14 Wales Stena Line 15 England primera-bournemouth 44.24 16 Wales Energy Cycles Principia 17 Cambridge Team Dataphonics 18 London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 51.44 19 USA Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 50.27 County Teams 1 Kildare North 16.06.30 2 Dublin Iarnród Eireann 2.48 3 Mayo Galway Bay 4 Dublin Skip 5 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 14.48 6 Dublin Usher Insulations 17.36 7 Kildare HirEquip 8 Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 9 Dublin Orwell 48.43 10 Meath Donnelly Avonmore 52.34 11 Kildare Newbridge 1.01.09 12 Wicklow Sahara 1.10.03 General classification after stage 2 1 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 8.39.41 2 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn 0.04 3 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 0.27 4 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 0.29 5 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 0.30 6 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 7 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North 8 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 9 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 10 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 11 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 12 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group 13 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 14 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 15 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division 16 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 17 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 18 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Team HSBC 19 Matt Svatek (USA) Sportsbook.com 20 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 21 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 22 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC 23 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com 24 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group 25 Rory Wyley (Irl) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 5.09 26 Gary Dodd (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 9.03 27 Sven Biermann (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 28 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 9.41 29 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 9.44 30 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com 11.41 31 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Down Under 12.30 32 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena Line 33 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 34 Roger Morgan (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 35 Neil Smith (GBr) Lincoln 36 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 37 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 38 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell 39 David Harrigan (Aus) Team Down Under 15.13 40 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under 15.14 41 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under 15.17 42 Greg Roche (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 15.18 43 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 44 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 45 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 46 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 47 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 48 Bryan Steel (GBr) Great Britain 49 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 50 Matt Melville (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 51 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Life Repair Group 52 Jeff Capper (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 53 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 54 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 55 Ross Hooker (Can) Kildare HirEquip 56 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 57 Alastair Kay (GBr) primera-bournemouth 58 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 59 Richard Eastham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 60 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under 61 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip 62 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 63 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations 64 Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 65 Paul Mulligan (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 66 David Berkeley (NZl) Team gbcycles.co.uk 67 Lawrence Perera (USA) Sportsbook.com 68 John Charlesworth (GBr) primera-bournemouth 69 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 70 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 71 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 72 Ben Hallam (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 73 Christopher Belsham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 74 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 75 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 76 James Ball (RSA) Team HSBC 77 Rob Enslin (RSA) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 78 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena Line 79 George Rose (GBr) Stena Line 80 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC 81 Jeff Howes (RSA) Team HSBC 82 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 83 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 84 Brian Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 85 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 86 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip 87 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 16.39 88 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group 89 Ross Muir (GBr) Lincoln 90 Gareth Jones (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 91 James Dobbin (GBr) Lincoln 92 Denis Markouris (Aus) Kildare Newbridge 93 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 94 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 17.18 95 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 24.56 96 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 97 Nat Brindley (GBr) Lincoln 98 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Jylland-Fyn 31.44 99 Christopher Varley (GBr) North West Division 32.20 100 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 32.45 101 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena Line 32.47 102 Peter Hey (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 103 Dara McCaughley (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 104 Nick Kenwright (GBr) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 105 Jorg Scherf (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 106 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip 33.23 107 Bert Fox (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 108 Iain Roche (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 34.08 109 Stephen Howells (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 110 Justin Hoy (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 111 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group 112 Stephen Gibson (GBr) primera-bournemouth 113 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 34.47 114 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 34.56 115 Neil Swithenbank (GBr) North West Division 36.54 116 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North 39.55 117 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell 41.22 118 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 42.07 119 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 42.25 120 Mark Kelly (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 121 Cian Lynch (Irl) Kildare North 122 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 123 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 124 Ryan Leech (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 46.23 125 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 48.50 126 Isaiah Adams (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 50.52 127 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 128 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 51.56 129 Daniel Hohmann (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 53.25 130 Bill Nickson (GBr) North West Division 54.23 131 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 56.01 132 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Stena Line 57.01 133 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 1.00.12 134 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 135 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 136 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell 137 Declan Kinch (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 1.13.35 138 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 1.14.28 139 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.18.00 140 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North 1.22.25 141 Sean Furley (Irl) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 1.27.11 142 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.40.58 143 David Everett (GBr) North West Division 1.46.38 Points classification 1 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 25 pts 2 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 24 3 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn 21 4 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 15 5 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 13 6 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC 13 7 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under 13 8 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North 12 9 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 12 10 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 11 11 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 10 12 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under 10 13 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division 8 14 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 8 15 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com 7 16 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 6 17 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group 6 18 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Team HSBC 5 19 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 5 20 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 4 21 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 3 22 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Down Under 3 23 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 2 24 Gary Dodd (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 2 25 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1 26 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 1 Mountains classification 1 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 5 pts 2 David Harrigan (Aus) Team Down Under 4 3 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 3 4 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 2 U23 classification 1 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 8.40.08 2 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 0.02 3 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 0.03 4 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 5 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 6 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 7 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 9.14 8 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 14.51 9 Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 10 Ben Hallam (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 11 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 12 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 16.12 13 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group 14 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 24.29 15 Christopher Varley (GBr) North West Division 31.53 16 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group 33.41 17 Mark Kelly (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 41.58 18 David Everett (GBr) North West Division 1.46.11 County rider classification 1 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 8.40.11 2 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North 3 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 4 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 5 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 12.00 6 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell 7 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 14.48 8 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 9 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 10 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 11 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 12 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 13 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 14 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 15 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 16 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip 17 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations 18 Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 19 Paul Mulligan (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 20 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 21 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 22 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 23 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 24 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 25 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip 26 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 16.09 27 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 16.48 28 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 24.26 29 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 30 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 32.15 31 Dara McCaughley (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 32.17 32 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip 32.53 33 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 34.17 34 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 34.26 35 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North 39.25 36 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell 40.52 37 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 41.37 38 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 41.55 39 Cian Lynch (Irl) Kildare North 40 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 41 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 42 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 48.20 43 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 50.22 44 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 51.26 45 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 55.31 46 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 59.42 47 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 48 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 49 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell 50 Declan Kinch (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 1.13.05 51 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 1.13.58 52 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.17.30 53 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North 1.21.55 54 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.40.28 CI Category 2 classification 1 Dara McCaughley (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 9.12.28 2 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 2.00 3 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 9.20 4 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 9.38 5 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 6 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 18.05 7 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 23.14 8 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 27.25 9 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 10 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 11 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell 12 Declan Kinch (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 40.48 13 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.08.11 Teams classification 1 Ireland - Irish Sports Council 26.00.13 2 Sweden Bianchi Scandinavia 0.20 3 Great Britain 4 Kazakhstan 9.34 5 USA Team Sportsbook.com 11.34 6 South Africa Team HSBC 15.08 7 Lancaster Life Repair Group 8 Denmark Jylland-Fyn 29.36 9 Surrey Team gbcycles.co.uk 32.53 10 Germany Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 38.29 11 Australia Team Down Under 41.56 12 Wales Stena Line 13 Lincoln 44.38 14 Wales Energy Cycles Principia 44.44 15 England primera-bournemouth 16 Cambridge Team Dataphonics 17 England North West Division 46.58 18 London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 53.25 19 USA Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 2.08.52 County Teams classification 1 Dublin Iarnród Eireann 26.30.09 2 Dublin Skip 3 Mayo Galway Bay 9.38 4 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 12.00 5 Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 14.48 6 Dublin Usher Insulations 7 Kildare HirEquip 8 Kildare North 16.28 9 Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.05.01 10 Dublin Orwell 1.22.58 11 Kildare Newbridge 1.38.20 12 Wicklow Sahara 2.11.43 Courtesy of fbdmilkras.com
