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FBD Milk Rás - 2.5
Ireland, May 18-25, 2003
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Stage 4 - May 21: Ballina – Letterkenny, 173km
Evans holds yellow, Dawson takes stage
By Shane Stokes, Irishcycling.com
Today's fourth stage of the FBD Milk Rás brought yet more rain and wind, and also carried with it a lot of drama and effort for the Team Ireland - Irish Sports Council squad of race leader Tommy Evans. In the course of a 107 mile leg from Ballina, the team had to work hard to haul back an dangerous early breakaway, ride tempo to limit the gains of another and also survive punctures and crashes before the finish line in Letterkenny.
In the end Evans held onto his yellow jersey, while team-mates Ciarán Power and David O'Loughlin remained 30 seconds down and ready to take over, should the Belfastman falter. Yet both riders ended the stage with cuts and bruises - O'Loughlin went down early on, while Power hit the deck while building up for the sprint. Fortunately, the accident happened inside the final kilometre and so he will not lose any time to the other riders in the main bunch.
Today's stage was won by English rider Kevin Dawson, who made an impressive solo break from a five man group with ten of the 107 miles remaining. Dawson, a multiple BBAR winner in the UK, used his time trial skills to fend off all attempts to haul him back and eventually crossed the line with 49 seconds to spare over the next rider, Patrick Kohler of the Germany RG Gutersloh/Neheim team.
Irish riders Eugene Moriarty and Brian Ahern had also been in this quintet and finished exhausted, but satisfied, with their fine fourth and fifth places on what was a very difficult day.
As always, the action began from the gun. This time it was yesterday's winner Ciarán Power who lit the fuse, jumping clear right after the stage start in Ballina. The Waterford professional was quickly hauled back, but shortly afterwards four other riders broke away and were given greater leeway. Undeterred by the by now-customary wet weather, Kevin Dawson (Lancaster Life Repair) plus the Irish trio of Eddie O'Donoghue (Dublin Usher Insulations), Brian Kenneally (Tipperary Dan Morrissey) and former Irish road race champion Ray Clarke (Meath Lee Strand) opened a solid lead over the bunch. Power and Wales Stena Line rider Yanto Barker tried to bridge but the peloton was quick to close down the defending champion and his breakaway companion.
As soon as Power and Barker were recaptured, nine others seized the opportunity to counter. These were John Tanner (Lancaster Life Repair), Paul Manning, Steve Cummings (both Great Britain), Ari Hojgaard (Denmark Jylland-Fyn), Thomas Lovkvist (Sweden), Assan Bazayev (Kasakhstan) and Ian McLeod (HSBC South Africa), plus the Team Ireland - Irish Sports Council rider David O'Loughlin. With Hojgaard four seconds behind Evans and all the remaining chasers - bar McLeod - within 30 seconds of his yellow jersey, the Irish team were suddenly in a precarious position. The danger of the move was compounded yet further by the absence of Power; while his team-mate O'Loughlin was not obliged to contribute and so was guaranteed a comfortable ride, team manager Frankie Campbell was concerned.
"This is not ideal for us," he admitted at the time. "We have David up there but he is a bit isolated with so many other contenders in the group. That is a risk...Ciarán was unlucky to miss the move - he tried to get across to the leaders and had just been brought back by the bunch when the counterattack went."
With the two front groups merging twelve miles into the stage, and Power and Evans now well over a minute behind the thirteen man breakaway, Campbell was forced to make a difficult decision. O'Loughlin is undoubtedly a potential winner, but one against many presented what seemed to Campbell like difficult odds. The command was given to bring the group back.
Andrew Donnellan and Vincent Gleeson drove the bunch along for a while, but a tough day yesterday meant that there was little zest left in their legs. And so Power and the yellow jersey of Evans moved to the front and joined their team-mates in the chase. Assisted by the Sportsbook.com pro team, the gap started to come back down.
Dawson punctured at the village of Ballysadare, 30 miles into the stage, but was strong enough to quickly rejoin the break. The gap was then at one minute twenty seconds; by Sligo, four miles later, it was down to a minute. Thereafter it fell quickly. By 39 miles the field had the leaders in their sights, but any thoughts that O'Loughlin might try to launch a solo move were dashed when he went down. At almost the same moment as his fall, the Irish team were dealt another blow when Evans punctured. The impetus went out of the chase, and Moriarty, Dawson, and Kenneally seized the opportunity to jump out of the failing breakaway and surge ahead. Joined by Great Britain's Chris Newton, they knuckled down and drew clear once more.
Second last year, Newton is marked as one of the big dangermen in the race, yet the Irish team were unable to resume chasing until Evans got back on. He managed to regain contact 47 miles into the stage and, four miles later, the field was all together again.
Moriarty's confidence was on a high after his second place on yesterday's stage and it wasn't long before he tried again. Forging clear with Kazakh rider Andrey Medyannikov and Kildare HirEquip's Brian Ahern, the trio were soon bolstered by the support of Kevin Dawson (Lancaster Life Repair) and the Germany Rg Gutersloh/Neheim rider Patrick Kohler. Eight riders tried to get across to this move, including Power and Newton, but the field recognised the threat and closed down this octet.
With Medyannikov best placed overall, 9 minutes and 17 seconds back, the group was no danger to Evans' lead. The Irish team were content to ride tempo; Donnellan and Gleeson sat at the front and kept things moving along, while further ahead the committed quintet brought their advantage to well over two minutes. Medyannikov led Dawson, Ahern and Moriarty over the day's sole climb, the third category Barnesmore Gap, and the five continued to ride together until the Kazakh attacked ten miles from the finish.
The move was countered immediately by Dawson, who used his time trial ability to draw steadily clear. This gap increased all the way to Letterkenny, where he clawed his way up the steep finishing climb to take his first ever stage win. Next home were Kohler and Medyannikov, with Moriarty and Ahern fourth and fifth and the frontrunners of the bunch snapping right at the latter's heels.
A split at the front of the bunch hinted at a mishap, and when Power trailed in towards the rear of the field with a cut on his knee, it was clear that a few riders had gone down. However as the spill occurred inside the final kilometre, the fragmented bunch was given a uniform finishing time; the defending champion's GC hopes remain alive.
"I seemed to be up the road for the whole stage," said Moriarty afterwards. "As tomorrow and Friday are tough mountain stages I knew that my chances would be best today, so I decided to give it a try. I just put my head down and went for it. I was in the first big break and just as they were being brought back by the bunch I went away again. Brian Ahern went with me - he did a superb ride today - as did the Kazak rider, and we got a good gap. Dawson and the German rider then got across to us."
"I knew Dawson was going to go but I just didn't have any answer when he made his move."
Ireland manager Frankie Campbell was happy that things worked out well at the end of a difficult stage for the team. "It was a hard day out there. We had to do a lot of riding and then two of the guys crashed. Ciarán went down in the last kilometre and ended up with a cut on his knee. David went down earlier on...he needed a bike change but luckily he was okay."
"We had to do a lot today," agreed race leader Tommy Evans. "It was a bit nasty having to do it for so long - we were probably fifty or sixty kilometres on the front chasing that first big break. That was tough. We were just a bit unfortunate to miss the shuffle - myself and Ciarán were probably the only contenders to miss the move, and so it took a bit of work to get things back together."
Evans is happy with the atmosphere on the team. "Myself, Ciarán and David are riding well together and Vincent and Andrew are doing everything they can to help us out. We have three up there for tomorrow's hilly stage, so that is a big plus. Hopefully things will work out well."
The team will be hoping to recover in time for tomorrow's stage, which sees the FBD Milk Rás head into the mountains for the first time in the race. The riders face five categorised climbs, including the cat. one ascents of Ballagh Hill and the gruellingly steep Gap of Mamore, which comes just 8 miles from the end of the stage. A total of sixteen riders lie within thirty seconds of Evans' lead; tomorrow will be a crucial thinning out process, and will tell us much about the likely outcome of the race.
Results
1 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Life Repair Group 4.09.12 (39.38 km/h) 2 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 0.49 3 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 0.50 4 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 0.59 5 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 2.21 6 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 2.30 7 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 8 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 9 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 10 Sven Biermann (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 11 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 12 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 13 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 14 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 15 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 16 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 17 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip 18 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division 19 Christopher Belsham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 20 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC 21 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 22 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group 23 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 24 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 25 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 26 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Down Under 27 Greg Roche (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 28 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 29 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 30 John Charlesworth (GBr) primera-bournemouth 31 Roger Morgan (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 32 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North 33 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 34 Neil Smith (GBr) Lincoln 35 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn 36 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 37 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations 38 Matt Melville (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 39 Matt Svatek (USA) Sportsbook.com 40 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 41 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 42 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group 43 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 44 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip 45 Jeff Howes (RSA) Team HSBC 46 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 47 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena Line 48 Richard Eastham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 49 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 50 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 51 David Berkeley (NZl) Team gbcycles.co.uk 52 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 53 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 54 Lawrence Perera (USA) Sportsbook.com 55 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 56 Gary Dodd (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 57 Ross Hooker (Can) Kildare HirEquip 58 Gareth Jones (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 59 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group 60 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 61 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 62 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 63 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 64 James Dobbin (GBr) Lincoln 65 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group 66 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell 67 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 68 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 69 Christopher Varley (GBr) North West Division 70 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 71 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 72 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Jylland-Fyn 73 Rob Enslin (RSA) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 74 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 75 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 76 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 77 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 78 Justin Hoy (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 79 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 80 Brian Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 81 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC 82 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 83 David Harrigan (Aus) Team Down Under 84 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 85 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 86 Ross Muir (GBr) Lincoln 87 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North 88 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 89 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena Line 90 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 91 Nick Kenwright (GBr) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 92 Ben Hallam (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 93 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 94 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip 95 Neil Swithenbank (GBr) North West Division 96 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 97 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under 98 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under 99 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 100 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell 4.01 101 Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 4.22 102 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under 5.13 103 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell 11.36 104 Ryan Leech (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 105 Paul Mulligan (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 11.56 106 James Ball (RSA) Team HSBC 107 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell 13.39 108 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com 24.26 109 Stephen Howells (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 28.16 110 Stephen Gibson (GBr) primera-bournemouth 111 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com 32.08 112 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena Line 113 Dara McCaughley (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 114 George Rose (GBr) Stena Line 38.44 115 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 116 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 117 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 118 Declan Kinch (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 119 Isaiah Adams (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 42.30 120 Sean Furley (Irl) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 121 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 122 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North 123 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 124 Nat Brindley (GBr) Lincoln 125 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 46.09 126 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow Sahara DNF Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council DNF Jorg Scherf (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim DNF Bill Nickson (GBr) North West Division DNF Denis Markouris (Aus) Kildare Newbridge DNS Bryan Steel (GBr) Great Britain DNS Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Team HSBC DNS Jeff Capper (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia Points 1 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Life Repair Group 15 pts 2 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 14 3 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 13 4 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 12 5 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 11 6 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 10 7 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 9 8 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 8 9 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 7 10 Sven Biermann (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 6 11 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 5 12 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 4 13 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 3 14 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 2 15 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 1 Mountains Barnesmore Gap - Cat. 3 1 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 5 pts 2 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Life Repair Group 4 3 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 3 4 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 2 County rider 1 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 4.10.11 2 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 1.22 3 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.31 4 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 5 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip 6 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 7 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 8 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North 9 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 10 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 11 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations 12 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 13 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 14 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip 15 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 16 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 17 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 18 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 19 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 20 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 21 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 22 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 23 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 24 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell 25 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 26 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 27 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 28 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 29 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 30 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 31 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 32 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 33 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North 34 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 35 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 36 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip 37 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 38 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell 3.02 39 Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 3.23 40 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell 10.37 41 Paul Mulligan (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 10.57 42 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell 12.40 43 Dara McCaughley (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 31.09 44 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 37.45 45 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 46 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 47 Declan Kinch (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 48 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 41.31 49 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North 50 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 51 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 45.10 52 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow Sahara Teams 1 Lancaster Life Repair Group 12.32.36 2 Kazakhstan 0.50 3 Sweden Bianchi Scandinavia 2.30 4 Surrey Team gbcycles.co.uk 5 England primera-bournemouth 6 Ireland - Irish Sports Council 7 Denmark Jylland-Fyn 8 South Africa Team HSBC 9 Great Britain 10 Cambridge Team Dataphonics 11 England North West Division 12 Lincoln 13 Australia Team Down Under 14 USA Team Sportsbook.com 24.26 15 Wales Stena Line 32.08 16 USA Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 51.36 17 London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 1.08.16 County team 1 Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 12.33.35 2 Dublin Iarnród Eireann 1.31 3 Dublin Skip 4 Meath Donnelly Avonmore 5 Dublin Usher Insulations 6 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 7 Kildare HirEquip 3.14 8 Dublin Orwell 12.08 9 Wicklow Sahara 37.45 10 Mayo Galway Bay 11 Kildare North 41.31 General classification after stage 4 1 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 16.18.47 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 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 8 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 9 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group 10 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 11 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division 12 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 13 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 14 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 15 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 16 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group 17 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 18 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC 1.24 19 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 7.37 20 Gary Dodd (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 9.03 21 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 9.17 22 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 9.44 23 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 12.30 24 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 25 Neil Smith (GBr) Lincoln 26 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena Line 27 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 28 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Life Repair Group 12.48 29 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 13.37 30 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 13.47 31 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 15.09 32 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North 15.13 33 David Harrigan (Aus) Team Down Under 34 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under 15.14 35 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 15.18 36 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 37 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 38 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 39 John Charlesworth (GBr) primera-bournemouth 40 Christopher Belsham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 41 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 42 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 43 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC 44 Brian Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 16.02 45 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 16.28 46 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 16.39 47 Ross Muir (GBr) Lincoln 48 Sven Biermann (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 17.50 49 Roger Morgan (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 21.17 50 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 24.05 51 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations 52 Richard Eastham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 53 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 54 Jeff Howes (RSA) Team HSBC 55 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 56 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 57 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 24.24 58 Gareth Jones (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 25.26 59 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under 26.48 60 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip 30.01 61 David Berkeley (NZl) Team gbcycles.co.uk 62 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 63 Rob Enslin (RSA) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 64 Ben Hallam (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 65 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Jylland-Fyn 31.44 66 Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 31.53 67 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 32.00 68 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 32.01 69 Matt Svatek (USA) Sportsbook.com 33.15 70 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena Line 41.34 71 Justin Hoy (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 42.55 72 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Down Under 45.15 73 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell 74 Neil Swithenbank (GBr) North West Division 45.41 75 Nick Kenwright (GBr) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 47.30 76 Greg Roche (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 48.03 77 Matt Melville (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 78 Ross Hooker (Can) Kildare HirEquip 79 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 80 Lawrence Perera (USA) Sportsbook.com 81 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 82 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip 83 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group 48.51 84 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group 49.24 85 James Dobbin (GBr) Lincoln 86 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena Line 53.43 87 James Ball (RSA) Team HSBC 57.29 88 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 57.41 89 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under 59.23 90 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.00.43 91 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com 1.02.53 92 Paul Mulligan (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 1.04.34 93 Christopher Varley (GBr) North West Division 1.05.05 94 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 1.05.30 95 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip 1.06.08 96 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com 1.06.22 97 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.07.32 98 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 1.07.41 99 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 1.10.01 100 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North 1.12.40 101 Stephen Gibson (GBr) primera-bournemouth 1.14.37 102 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.15.10 103 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 104 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 1.21.35 105 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.23.13 106 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 1.23.37 107 Ryan Leech (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 1.28.14 108 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 1.32.57 109 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 110 Dara McCaughley (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.35.10 111 George Rose (GBr) Stena Line 1.35.38 112 Nat Brindley (GBr) Lincoln 1.37.41 113 Stephen Howells (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 1.39.44 114 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 1.41.20 115 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.45.35 116 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.50.45 117 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 1.51.06 118 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 1.51.24 119 Isaiah Adams (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 2.03.37 120 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 2.05.00 121 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 2.12.57 122 Declan Kinch (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 2.22.34 123 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 2.30.52 124 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North 2.35.10 125 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell 2.35.59 126 Sean Furley (Irl) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 2.51.03 Points classification 1 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 45 pts 2 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 40 3 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 26 4 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 26 5 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under 23 6 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 21 7 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn 21 8 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 18 9 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 17 10 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 16 11 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Life Repair Group 15 12 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 15 13 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 14 14 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 14 15 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 14 16 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 14 17 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC 13 18 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North 12 19 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 11 20 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 10 21 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under 10 22 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena Line 9 23 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division 8 24 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 7 25 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com 7 26 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group 6 27 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 6 28 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 6 29 Sven Biermann (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 6 30 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 5 31 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 5 32 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 4 33 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 3 34 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Down Under 3 35 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 3 36 Gary Dodd (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 2 Mountains classification 1 David Harrigan (Aus) Team Down Under 8 pts 2 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 7 3 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 6 4 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group 5 5 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 5 6 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Life Repair Group 4 7 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 3 8 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 2 9 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 2 U23 classification 1 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 16.19.14 2 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 0.02 3 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 0.03 4 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 5 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 6 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 7.10 7 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 14.42 8 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 14.51 9 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 16.12 10 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 23.57 11 Ben Hallam (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 29.34 12 Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 31.26 13 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group 48.24 14 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group 48.57 15 Christopher Varley (GBr) North West Division 1.04.38 16 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 1.40.53 CI Category 2 classification 1 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 17.26.19 2 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 7.38 3 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 16.05 4 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 25.25 5 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 6 Dara McCaughley (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 27.38 7 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell 38.03 8 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 43.34 9 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 43.52 10 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 57.28 11 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.05.25 12 Declan Kinch (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 1.15.02 13 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.28.27 County rider classification 1 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 16.19.17 2 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 3 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 8.47 4 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 12.00 5 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 13.17 6 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 14.39 7 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North 14.43 8 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 14.48 9 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 10 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 11 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 12 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 15.58 13 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 23.35 14 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations 15 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 16 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 17 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 18 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip 29.31 19 Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 31.23 20 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 31.30 21 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 31.31 22 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell 44.45 23 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 47.33 24 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip 25 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 57.11 26 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.00.13 27 Paul Mulligan (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 1.04.04 28 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 1.05.00 29 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip 1.05.38 30 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.07.02 31 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 1.07.11 32 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 1.09.31 33 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North 1.12.10 34 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.14.40 35 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 36 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 1.21.05 37 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.22.43 38 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 1.23.07 39 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 1.32.27 40 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 41 Dara McCaughley (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 1.34.40 42 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 1.40.50 43 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell 1.45.05 44 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.50.15 45 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 1.50.36 46 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 1.50.54 47 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 2.04.30 48 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 2.12.27 49 Declan Kinch (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 2.22.04 50 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 2.30.22 51 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North 2.34.40 52 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell 2.35.29 Teams 1 Ireland - Irish Sports Council 48.57.31 2 Sweden Bianchi Scandinavia 0.20 3 Great Britain 4 Lancaster Life Repair Group 12.38 5 Kazakhstan 16.41 6 South Africa Team HSBC 24.49 7 Denmark Jylland-Fyn 30.20 8 Surrey Team gbcycles.co.uk 41.40 9 Australia Team Down Under 50.43 10 England primera-bournemouth 53.31 11 Lincoln 1.17.23 12 England North West Division 1.28.30 13 Cambridge Team Dataphonics 1.28.53 14 Wales Stena Line 1.29.08 15 USA Team Sportsbook.com 2.11.45 16 London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 3.22.53 17 USA Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 4.18.11 County Teams 1 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 49.40.37 2 Dublin Iarnród Eireann 4.24 3 Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 8.54 4 Dublin Usher Insulations 10.25 5 Dublin Skip 34.18 6 Kildare HirEquip 50.49 7 Mayo Galway Bay 1.28.57 8 Kildare North 2.03.31 9 Meath Donnelly Avonmore 2.06.08 10 Dublin Orwell 2.58.40 11 Wicklow Sahara 4.13.02 Courtesy of fbdmilkras.com
