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FBD Milk Rás - 2.5

Ireland, May 18-25, 2003

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Stage 7 - May 24: Donegal – Oldcastle, 180km

Power wins, Newton on verge of overall victory

By Shane Stokes, Irishcycling.com

The Irish team today took its third stage win of this year's FBD Milk Rás when Ciarán Power put in a dominant performance to win the penultimate leg of the race. Power went on the attack just one mile into the 112 mile stage from Donegal to Oldcastle, joining up with Jaaron Poad (Team Down Under - Australia), Patrick Kohler (RG Gutersloh/Neheim - Germany) and Wales' Yanto Barker in a four-man move. Showing great strength, the Team Ireland rider drove the group along and, despite a mechanical problem and a puncture, helped them to open up a near five-minute lead. With ten kilometres to go he went clear with Kohler and had little trouble in shedding the German before the finish, freewheeling across the line some sixteen seconds clear. The victory was Power's second in the race and the third professional win of his career.

Poad took third on the stage, just over a minute and a half back, while the race leader Chris Newton came home as part of the main bunch and so remains at the head of the general classification with just tomorrow's one hour circuit race to come.

The stage-long breakaway was initiated by Poad, who kicked clear of the bunch immediately after the drop of the flag and quickly built a fifteen seconds advantage. Power seized the moment to race clear and tore across the gap, with Kohler and Barker making the junction shortly afterwards and getting a determined collaboration underway.

Earlier in the week the escape would have prompted a strong reaction from the bunch, but several factors helped the quartet's efforts to build a decent lead. Barker was best placed overall, but his deficit of thirteen minutes and fifteen seconds meant that the move was not going to cause any serious panic within the ranks of the Great Britain riders, whose job it was to counter dangerous moves. Their reluctance to close down the quartet was echoed by the passivity of other teams, who were compromised by tiring riders and perhaps too a degree of defeatism.

One the initial gap was made, however, there was another major reason why the escape gained time so quickly. Two days ago Ciarán Power seemed poised to make a strong challenge for what would be his third FBD Milk Rás title. He was just thirty seconds off the yellow jersey of his Ireland - Irish Sports Council team-mate Tommy Evans, and had been in great form during the preceding four stages. However, a major break went clear on the stage to Buncrana and with both Irishmen missing out, their Rás hopes evaporated. That disappointment meant that the focus turned towards other goals, with the squad vowing to try to win the final three stages; while Evans was denied yesterday when his foot slipped out of the pedal, Power was highly motivated to succeed today.

Boosted by the high output of the Navigators professional, the break quickly gained time. Fifteen miles into the stage, they had over a minute. By the twenty-three mile point, this lead had doubled and by the time the group reached the start of the second category Bellavalley Gap, their advantage had gone out to four and a half minutes over the Great Britain-led bunch. Two hiccups were to follow, though; Barker lost contact on the climb and packed the race, while Power was delayed twice with a mechanical problem and a puncture. Poad and Kohler elected to wait for the Irishman, recognising that there were fifty miles to go and that he was the driving force in the break.

The delays cost the break some of their lead and with a splinter group going clear at the front of the bunch, their advantage dropped to two minutes and 45 seconds. Power regained contact and the trio knuckled down again, aided by the merging of the yellow jersey group and the rest of the main bunch, and a subsequent stall in the peloton.

The lead began to grow once more, and with twelve miles to go it was over five minutes. With the group now sure to stay clear, the tone changed up front; the stage was now up for grabs, and the gloves were off.

As expected, it was Power who started the moves, and drew clear on a slight uphill drag. Kohler led the chase and pulled him back, but the Irishman's effort seemed to be more about softening up the group rather than pulling away then and there. Another kick saw off Poad, leaving two up front, and when a confident, clinical Power turned on the effort again in the last mile the German rider had nothing left to give, losing time rapidly on the final straight run into the finish.

Power crossed the line to huge cheers, taking his second win of the week, while a tired Kohler finished sixteen seconds down and Poad 1'34 behind. His Team Down Under team-mate Cody Stevenson won the bunch gallop to take fourth, four minutes and nine seconds after Power, with points leader Jonas Holmkvist fifth and Eugene Moriarty sixth, best county rider yet again. Fellow Irishmen Eddie O'Donoghue (seventh) and Brian Ahern (eighth) also placed in the top ten, while Newton came home fourteenth and so maintained his overall lead.

"It is fantastic to get this", said Power after the stage. "I came into the race hoping for a stage win and perhaps the overall...the overall didn't work out as I missed that move the other day, but to get two stages is great."

"When we went clear I just focussed on getting as big a gap as was possible. Once we got clear we built time well. I had a bit of trouble with a mechanical problem and a puncture, but I had been doing a lot of work in the break and so the other riders waited for me. We built up our lead again after that. Towards the end I attacked and got rid of one rider, and then I went again with a kilometre to go and gave it one hundred percent."

"Taking a second stage is great. I was a bit worried the other day when I missed the break...I had a puncture early on and when I got back up, I didn't have the legs to go with that move. I had felt a bit tired that day and so was a bit worried about my form. But I felt 110 percent yesterday and even better today. Now the team will concentrate on tomorrow's stage...we want to take that as well."

Ireland manager Frankie Campbell echoed this ambition. "We were very disappointed to lose the jersey the other day as the team were in exceptional form. We knew we couldn't go from being a very good team to a bad one overnight, and so decided to show people how strong we were. We planned to go for the last three stages...Tommy went close yesterday, but had problems with his pedal in the sprint. Ciarán won today and we will try to do it again tomorrow...it should come down to a sprint and that will suit us well."

Another looking forward to the final stage is race leader Chris Newton, who today went a step closer to emulating team-mate Paul Manning's 2001 win. "My chances are a bit better than they were this morning," he told the crowd after the stage. "I was a little nervous today as I have just five seconds lead. But the team rode very well for me, keeping it together. There is just an hour of racing left so hopefully all will go well for us."

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Results

1 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council          4.01.54 (40.72 km/h)
2 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim                      0.16
3 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under                             1.34
4 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under                          4.09
5 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia
6 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
7 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations
8 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip
9 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan
10 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com
11 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc
12 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore
13 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay
14 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain
15 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
16 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group
17 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk
18 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia
19 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
20 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC
21 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan
22 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan
23 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
24 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena Line
25 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council
26 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia
27 Roger Morgan (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk
28 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell
29 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia
30 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Down Under
31 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia
32 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn
33 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey
34 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore
35 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
36 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group
37 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division
38 Matt Svatek (USA) Sportsbook.com
39 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council
40 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara
41 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey
42 John Charlesworth (GBr) primera-bournemouth
43 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations
44 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey
45 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain
46 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council
47 Lawrence Perera (USA) Sportsbook.com
48 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip
49 Gary Dodd (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk
50 David Berkeley (NZl) Team gbcycles.co.uk
51 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations
52 Richard Eastham (GBr) primera-bournemouth
53 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC
54 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
55 Gareth Jones (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia
56 Neil Smith (GBr) Lincoln
57 Jeff Howes (RSA) Team HSBC
58 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
59 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Cambridge Team Dataphonics
60 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North
61 Nick Kenwright (GBr) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj
62 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena Line
63 Matt Melville (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics
64 Rob Enslin (RSA) Cambridge Team Dataphonics
65 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com
66 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Jylland-Fyn                     4.32
67 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip                                4.45
68 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under                          4.59
69 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore                     5.03
70 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip                              5.05
71 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
72 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                7.07
73 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain                              8.29
74 Brian Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn                               8.42
75 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn                            10.09
76 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain                          18.47
77 Christopher Belsham (GBr) primera-bournemouth               26.08
78 Justin Hoy (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk                        28.41
79 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group
80 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group
81 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations
82 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations
83 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip
84 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
85 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
86 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell
87 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell
88 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North
89 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge
90 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay
91 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay
92 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay
93 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara
94 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara
95 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip
96 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North                               55.25
97 Isaiah Adams (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj               58.34
98 Sean Furley (Irl) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc
99 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell
100 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell
101 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay
102 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan
DNF Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena Line
DNF Greg Roche (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia
DNF Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge
DNF Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow Sahara
DNS Kevin Dawson (GBr) Life Repair Group
DNS Stephen Gibson (GBr) primera-bournemouth
DNS Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North
 
Points
 
1 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council               15 pts
2 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim                        14
3 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under                               13
4 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under                            12
5 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                       11
6 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways                 10
7 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations                 9
8 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip                               8
9 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                 7
10 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com                        6
11 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc              5
12 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore                    4
13 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                               3
14 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain                                2
15 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways                  1
 
Mountains
 
KOM Cat 3 at Oggal
 
1 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council                5 pts
2 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena Line                                    4
3 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim                         3
4 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under                                2
 
KOM Cat 2 at Bellavalley
 
1 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council               10 pts
2 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under                                8
3 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim                         6
4 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena Line                                    4
5 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                        3
6 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                         1
 
County rider
 
1 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways           4.06.03
2 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations
3 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip
4 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore
5 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay
6 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
7 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
8 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
9 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell
10 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey
11 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore
12 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
13 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council
14 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara
15 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey
16 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations
17 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey
18 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip
19 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations
20 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
21 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
22 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North
23 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip                                0.36
24 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore                     0.54
25 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip                              0.56
26 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
27 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                2.58
28 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations                24.32
29 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations
30 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip
31 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
32 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
33 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell
34 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell
35 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North
36 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge
37 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay
38 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay
39 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay
40 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara
41 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara
42 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip
43 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North                               51.16
44 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell                           54.25
45 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell
46 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay
 
Teams
 
1 Ireland - Irish Sports Council                            12.14.00
2 Australia Team Down Under                                     1.34
3 Sweden Bianchi Scandinavia                                    4.09
4 Kazakhstan
5 Surrey Team gbcycles.co.uk
6 USA Team Sportsbook.com
7 South Africa Team HSBC
8 Cambridge Team Dataphonics
9 Great Britain                                                 8.29
10 Denmark Jylland-Fyn                                          9.05
11 England primera-bournemouth                                 26.08
12 Lancaster Life Repair Group                                 28.41
 
County Teams
 
1 Meath Lee Strand Cycleways                                12.18.09
2 Dublin Usher Insulations
3 Tipperary Dan Morrissey
4 Meath Donnelly Avonmore                                       0.54
5 Dublin Iarnród Eireann                                        0.56
6 Dublin Skip                                                   1.32
7 Mayo Galway Bay                                              49.04
8 Dublin Orwell
9 Wicklow Sahara
10 Kildare North                                             1.15.48
 
General classification after stage 7
 
1 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain                          27.58.12
2 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                      0.05
3 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn                                0.12
4 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group                           0.34
5 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group                           1.15
6 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division
7 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC                                    2.09
8 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council             5.05
9 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                     5.35
10 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip                            6.03
11 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                    6.59
12 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                          7.12
13 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann                    7.24
14 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                             7.49
15 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council           12.39
16 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways             14.32
17 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council       17.22
18 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk                  18.03
19 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC                               20.22
20 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc          20.51
21 Neil Smith (GBr) Lincoln                                    21.54
22 Roger Morgan (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk                      22.02
23 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip                          22.47
24 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan                            23.55
25 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim                    23.56
26 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan                        24.46
27 John Charlesworth (GBr) primera-bournemouth                 25.04
28 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways             25.20
29 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                26.42
30 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                    29.30
31 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain                             30.18
32 Richard Eastham (GBr) primera-bournemouth                   32.11
33 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations                  32.12
34 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations              32.53
35 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain                          32.57
36 David Berkeley (NZl) Team gbcycles.co.uk                    36.57
37 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                  37.22
38 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Cambridge Team Dataphonics           37.36
39 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Jylland-Fyn                    37.40
40 Jeff Howes (RSA) Team HSBC                                  38.17
41 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                   39.25
42 Brian Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn                              40.50
43 Gary Dodd (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk                         44.14
44 Gareth Jones (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia                  45.41
45 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under                        54.03
46 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena Line                              54.23
47 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways             55.41
48 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann                   56.15
49 Rob Enslin (RSA) Cambridge Team Dataphonics                 59.09
50 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn                            59.36
51 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                     59.49
52 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways       1.00.21
53 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan                            1.00.28
54 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip                             1.02.25
55 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations          1.04.05
56 Christopher Belsham (GBr) primera-bournemouth             1.06.25
57 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann                 1.08.17
58 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com                            1.13.42
59 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey             1.14.47
60 Lawrence Perera (USA) Sportsbook.com                      1.15.36
61 Matt Melville (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics            1.17.11
62 Matt Svatek (USA) Sportsbook.com                          1.18.39
63 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under                         1.19.34
64 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                         1.23.38
65 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell                        1.24.04
66 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann               1.27.21
67 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Down Under                          1.31.29
68 Nick Kenwright (GBr) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj           1.33.44
69 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations              1.33.46
70 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena Line                            1.39.57
71 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group                     1.43.04
72 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council      1.48.28
73 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North                        1.48.56
74 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore              1.49.30
75 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore                  1.51.30
76 Justin Hoy (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk                      1.53.41
77 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways            1.55.03
78 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com                  1.56.54
79 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip                        1.57.59
80 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group                     1.58.32
81 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip                           1.59.44
82 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore              2.00.34
83 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under                       2.00.35
84 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara                        2.08.08
85 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations              2.09.05
86 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann                 2.11.43
87 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip                       2.22.44
88 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                      2.26.37
89 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                      2.32.21
90 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North                          2.51.16
91 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge                  3.07.23
92 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell                           3.10.13
93 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara                         3.11.50
94 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell                          3.16.18
95 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                         3.18.13
96 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara                     3.30.17
97 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell                            3.36.02
98 Isaiah Adams (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj             4.31.45
99 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North                             4.32.24
100 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                       4.46.52
101 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell                        4.53.08
102 Sean Furley (Irl) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc           5.25.32
 
Points classification
 
1 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                       71 pts
2 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways                 53
3 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council               51
4 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                47
5 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                  40
6 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain                                39
7 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council               35
8 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under                            35
9 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn                                  31
10 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                            29
11 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim                       28
12 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc             26
13 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group                            23
14 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip                             22
15 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                               21
16 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                       19
17 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC                                     18
18 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                      18
19 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann                      16
20 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group                            15
21 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division                        15
22 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations               14
23 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under                              13
24 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                              13
25 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com                       13
26 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC                                  11
27 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore                   11
28 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under                            10
29 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk                      6
30 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                       6
31 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip                               4
32 Roger Morgan (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk                          4
33 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn                                3
34 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Down Under                                3
35 Gary Dodd (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk                             2
36 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com                                  2
37 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways                 1
38 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways                  1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                45 pts
2 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                  43
3 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                             39
4 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                       39
5 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council               34
6 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain                                19
7 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                       19
8 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways                 19
9 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com                                  18
10 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council              15
11 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under                              15
12 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group                            14
13 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn                                 14
14 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                       11
15 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim                        9
16 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division                         8
17 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC                                   6
18 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways                 4
19 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC                                      3
20 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip                              3
21 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn                                3
22 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com                        2
 
U23 classification
 
1 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                 28.03.47
2 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                     1.24
3 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                           1.37
4 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip                           17.12
5 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan                             18.20
6 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan                         19.11
7 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain                              24.43
8 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain                           27.22
9 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                   31.47
10 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan                              54.53
11 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group                     1.37.29
12 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group                     1.52.57
13 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North                          2.45.41
 
CI Category 2 classification
 
1 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore                  29.49.42
2 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip                               8.14
3 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara                           16.38
4 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara                          1.20.20
5 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell                           1.24.48
6 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                          1.26.43
7 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara                      1.38.47
8 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell                             1.44.32
9 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                         2.55.22
10 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell                         3.01.38
 
County rider classification
 
1 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip                         28.04.15
2 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann                     1.21
3 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways               8.29
4 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip                           16.44
5 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways              19.17
6 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                 20.39
7 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                     23.27
8 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations                   26.09
9 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations               26.50
10 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways             49.38
11 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann                   50.12
12 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                     53.46
13 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways         54.18
14 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip                               56.22
15 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations            58.02
16 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann                 1.02.14
17 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey             1.08.44
18 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                         1.17.35
19 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell                        1.18.01
20 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann               1.21.18
21 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations              1.27.43
22 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council      1.42.25
23 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North                        1.42.53
24 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore              1.43.27
25 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore                  1.45.27
26 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways            1.49.00
27 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip                        1.51.56
28 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip                           1.53.41
29 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore              1.54.31
30 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara                        2.02.05
31 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations              2.03.02
32 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann                 2.05.40
33 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip                       2.16.41
34 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                      2.20.34
35 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                      2.26.18
36 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North                          2.45.13
37 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge                  3.01.20
38 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell                           3.04.10
39 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara                         3.05.47
40 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell                          3.10.15
41 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                         3.12.10
42 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara                     3.24.14
43 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell                            3.29.59
44 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North                             4.26.21
45 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                        4.40.49
46 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell                         4.47.05
 
Teams classification
 
1 Sweden Bianchi Scandinavia                                84.07.19
2 Kazakhstan                                                    9.47
3 Ireland - Irish Sports Council                               13.19
4 Great Britain                                                16.26
5 South Africa Team HSBC                                       33.17
6 Denmark Jylland-Fyn                                          34.57
7 Surrey Team gbcycles.co.uk                                   43.21
8 Lancaster Life Repair Group                                  44.01
9 England primera-bournemouth                                1.50.57
10 Cambridge Team Dataphonics                                2.23.11
11 Australia Team Down Under                                 2.27.27
12 USA Team Sportsbook.com                                   3.23.58
 
County team classification
 
1 Meath Lee Strand Cycleways                                85.06.11
2 Dublin Iarnród Eireann                                       27.44
3 Tipperary Dan Morrissey                                      29.57
4 Dublin Usher Insulations                                     45.25
5 Dublin Skip                                                1.21.03
6 Meath Donnelly Avonmore                                    3.49.20
7 Mayo Galway Bay                                            4.14.24
8 Kildare North                                              4.31.15
9 Dublin Orwell                                              5.30.38
10 Wicklow Sahara                                            7.13.06

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