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53rd FBD Insurance Rás - 2.2
Ireland, May 22-29, 2005
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Stage 1 - May 22: Dublin - Emyvale, 136 km
Aiken wins, Hegreberg in yellow
By Shane Stokes
The philosophy behind the Sean Kelly Cycling Academy launched earlier this year in Belgium is that by exposing developing Irish riders to top international competition week in, week out, a pronounced improvement in standard will be achieved. That reasoning was confirmed on today's opening stage of the FBD Insurance Rás when Roger Aiken, previously best known as the national cyclo-cross champion, won the rain-drenched leg to Emyvale.
Aiken has been based in Merchtem, Belgium, since April and prepared for the Rás by riding a lot of tough events there. He said today that his time abroad has helped improve his leg speed and quality of racing, and both attributes were certainly in evidence at the end of today's stage. The Louth - Safe Cycling rider clipped away with three others with about four kilometres remaining, and then proved decisively quicker in the finale.
Second on the 135 kilometre stage was Morten Hegreberg (Norway - Sparebanken), with Kevin Dawson (Yorkshire - Trinity Capital) and 2003 race winner Chris Newton (GB - Recycling.co.uk) next home. The time bonuses for Hegreberg's runner-up position, combined with those from his first and second in intermediate sprints during the stage, was enough to see him take the first yellow jersey of the eight day, 2.2 ranked race. Aiken is just one second back overall, with Dawson and Newton both within ten seconds of the lead.
The other twelve riders who were involved in the day's long-distance breakaway are also within shouting distance of yellow. It is a different story for the main bunch, though, as the peloton crossed the line over three minutes back. Amongst those who lost out were the Ireland - Grant Thornton squad; in terms of general classification, their race is over as it is almost impossible to envisage one of the five getting back on terms with the leaders.
Today's action began with a processional start outside Dublin's GPO, the heavy rain shower there proving a foreboding of the weather for the rest of the day. While it dried up in time for the start proper at Swords, the climes would turn nasty again during the stage and make what was a mainly flat and straightforward opening leg quite a bit more difficult.
Inside the first ten kilometres a big crash took several riders down, including former Irish pro Morgan Fox (Dublin - Murphy and Gunn). Then, shortly after former race winner Julian Winn (Wales Stena Line) took the first hot-spot bonus sprint at Balrothery, a large breakaway group moved clear of the main field and started to draw clear. 2003 race winner Newton jumped across by himself, swelling the number up front to eleven, and then several others bridged the gap.
This number included Ireland - Grant Thornton rider Stephen Gallagher, but he dropped back after a few kilometres in the break, leaving Aiken, Tim Barry (Tipperary Dan Morrissey) and Eugene Moriarty (Meath -Cycleways.com) as the only Irish representatives to last the day out front.
In addition to professionals from the Norway - Sparebanken Vest, Estonia - Kalev Chocolate and Czech Republic - Elmarco KK Cube teams, the break also included three former winners of the race. Andrew Roche (Tipperary Worldwide Cycles), Newton and his GB Recycling.co.uk team-mate Paul Manning all made the split, but the latter hit the deck hard going through Castleblaney, 37 kilometres from the end. The injured rider remounted but was caught by the main bunch, losing all hope of winning the 2005 race.
With a good representation of teams up front plus some pretty serious horsepower, the break had little problem maintaining its advantage all the way to the line. Indeed the biggest difficulty came about due to the weather, with hailstone showers, heavy rain and freezing conditions turning leg muscles to marble. Aiken, Hegreberg, Dawson and Newton were best able to cope, jumping clear with about four kilometres remaining and fighting it out for stage honours and the first yellow jersey between them. The remainder of the break all finished within thirteen seconds of Aiken, while the main bunch trailed in 3 minutes and 7 seconds down.
'I'm really happy, this has exceeded all my expectations,' said a frozen but content Aiken after the stage. 'It would have been nice to get yellow as I am so close, but the stage win is great. I will try to keep going well and take a high placing overall.'
The FBD Insurance Rás continues tomorrow with a mainly flat 160 kilometre stage from Emyvale to Tubbercurry.
Results
1 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 2.53.19 (47.08 km/h) 2 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 3 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Trinity Capital 4 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 5 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 0.10 6 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 7 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 8 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 9 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 10 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 11 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 12 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 13 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 14 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 15 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 16 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 0.13 17 Aidan Crowley (Irl) cycleways.com 3.07 18 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 19 Eddie O'Donoghue (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 20 Richard Kooijman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 21 Chris Belsham (GBr) Angliasport 22 Mark Pozniak (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 23 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 24 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 25 Jan Novak (Cze) Elmarco KK 26 Stuart MacGregor (GBr) Scotland West 27 Barry Meehan (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 28 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 29 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly 30 John Paul Lynch (Irl) Wicklow North 31 Richard Eastham (GBr) Angliasport 32 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 33 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Nucleus 34 Chris Daddy (GBr) NE England 35 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 36 Tom Hemmant (GBr) Exel Ravens 37 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 38 Ciaran Farrell (Irl) Whs. All Systems 39 Mike Barton (USA) Boston Scientific 40 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 41 Justin Lillie (USA) Boston Scientific 42 Steve Kenny (GBr) NE England 43 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M Donnelly 44 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 45 Roger Morgan (GBr) SurreyRacing League 46 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 47 Brian Truman (Irl) Dan Morrissey 48 Kristian House (GBr) Fujibikes 49 Ken Norgrove (Irl) Whs. All Systems 50 Todd Duncan (USA) Guinness 51 Donald Reeb (USA) Guinness 52 Simon Saunders (GBr) SurreyRacing League 53 Jiri Korbel (Cze) Elmarco KK 54 Robert Moore (Irl) M Donnelly 55 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow North 56 Andri Lebedev (Est) Kalev Chocolate 57 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow South 58 J Skiles Keith (USA) Guinness 59 Marcus Smith (GBr) Scotland West 60 Dan O'Sullivan (USA) McGuire Cycles 61 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 62 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 63 Michal Stastny (Cze) Elmarco KK 64 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 65 Gareth Jones (GBr) Fujibikes 66 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 67 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena 68 Simon McNamara (GBr) Angliasport 69 Shaun Snodden (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 70 Richard Cartland (GBr) Angliasport 71 Kenny Williams (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 72 Kieran Keane (Irl) Exel Ravens 73 Martin Snizek (Cze) Elmarco KK 74 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England 75 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 76 Stephen Enright (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 77 Ronnie Batey (GBr) NE England 78 Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 79 Chris Harnish (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 80 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 81 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Kanturk 82 Tino Haakman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 83 Ian MacGregor (USA) TIAA-CREF 84 Bill Moore (Irl) M Donnelly 85 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena 86 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) Ena Loakman 87 John Tanner (GBr) Trinity Capital 88 Mick Hennessy (Irl) Nucleus 89 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Usher Insulations 90 Menno de Boer (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 91 David Robinson (USA) TIAA-CREF 92 Eoin Whelan (Irl) Safe Cycling 93 Chris McNamara (GBr) SurreyRacing League 94 Brian Taafe (Irl) Whs. All Systems 95 Gary Dodd (GBr) SurreyRacing League 96 Myles McCorry (Irl) Safe Cycling 97 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 98 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Ena Loakman 99 Robert Partridge (GBr) Stena 100 Greg Roche (GBr) Fujibikes 101 Thomas Evans (Irl) Trinity Capital 102 Rory Wyley (Irl) Dan Morrissey 103 Stian Remme (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 104 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus 105 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nucleus 106 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 107 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 108 John Dempsey (Irl) Grant Thornton 109 Eoin Concannon (Irl) Kanturk 110 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Kanturk 111 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 112 Mark Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 113 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 114 David Smith (GBr) Scotland 115 Fred Stamm (USA) McGuire Cycles 116 John Mason (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 117 Stephan Wolfer (GBr) Fujibikes 118 David Peelo (Irl) Whs. All Systems 119 John Wall (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 120 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 121 James Cusick (GBr) Scotland West 122 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 123 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) cycleways.com 124 Tom Greene (Irl) Ena Loakman 125 Timothy Dunford (GBr) SurreyRacing League 126 Brian Stewart (GBr) Usher Insulations 127 Kacey Chamberlin (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 128 Ryan Connor (GBr) Usher Insulations 129 Barry Donnelly (Irl) Murphy Surveys 130 Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 131 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 132 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 133 John Horgan (Irl) Nucleus 134 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 3.34 135 Brian Keane (Irl) Grant Thornton 3.46 136 Michael Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 4.03 137 Sheldon Deeny (USA) TIAA-CREF 12.41 138 Nathan Mitchell (USA) TIAA-CREF 15.49 139 Peter Sleight (USA) Boston Scientific 22.09 140 Ciaran Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 22.21 141 Philip Finegan (Irl) Usher Insulations 142 Karl Dolan (Irl) Safe Cycling 143 Richard Malone (Irl) Ena Loakman 144 Max Spirin (USA) McGuire Cycles 145 Dave Reilly (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 146 Hugo Keetman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 147 William Byrne (Irl) Murphy Surveys 148 Francis Ennis (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 149 Dave Early (Irl) Ena Loakman 150 Thad LaVallee (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 30.59 151 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Exel Ravens 152 David Klipper (USA) Guinness 153 Keith Griffin (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 154 Paddy Kelly (Irl) Wicklow South 155 Zach Bell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 156 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 157 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Dan Morrissey 158 Ian Paine (GBr) Exel Ravens 159 Chris Smart (GBr) Scotland West 160 Michael Horgan (Irl) Kerry 161 Mark King (USA) Guinness 162 Fergus O'Connor (Irl) Whs. All Systems 163 Simon Mulvany (Irl) M Donnelly 164 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Safe Cycling 165 Jeremy Burton (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 166 John O'Brien (Irl) Kerry 167 Tony Devane (Irl) Kerry 168 Karl Elliott (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 169 Jeff Craddock (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 170 Eamonn Prendergast (Irl) Wicklow South 171 Aaron Beardsley (USA) McGuire Cycles 172 Jason Bethel (GBr) Ventilux First Mortgage 173 Peter Hey (GBr) Angliasport 174 Michael Elliott (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 175 Eldon Looney (Irl) Kerry 176 Conor Coffey (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 177 Dave Buchan (GBr) NE England 178 Peter Vermeulen (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 179 John O'Shea (Irl) Dan Morrissey 180 Alan Potter (USA) Boston Scientific 181 Niall Jenkins (Irl) Wicklow North 35.45 182 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Fujibikes 36.46 183 Emmet Hogan (Irl) McGuire Cycles 39.49 184 Cian Crowley (Irl) Wicklow South 42.38 185 Paul Coats (GBr) Scotland West 53.59 186 Gerard Ivory (Irl) Wicklow South 187 Nobby O'Reilly (Irl) Ventilux First Mortgage 188 Adam Kelly (Irl) Wicklow North 189 Michael O'Donnell (Irl) Wicklow North 190 Mick Walsh (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 191 Thomas Lavery (Irl) Kerry 192 Morgan Fox (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 193 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn Points 1 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 15 pts 2 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 14 3 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Trinity Capital 13 4 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 12 5 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 11 6 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 10 7 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 9 8 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 8 9 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 7 10 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 6 11 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 5 12 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 4 13 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 3 14 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 2 15 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 1 Sprints HotSpot Sprint at Balrothery 1 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 3 pts 2 Aidan Crowley (Irl) cycleways.com 2 3 Mick Hennessy (Irl) Nucleus 1 HotSpot Sprint at Tully Esker 1 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 3 pts 2 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 2 3 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 1 HotSpot Sprint at Anyalla 1 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 3 pts 2 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 2 3 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 1 Mountains KOM Cat 3 at Tully Esker 1 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 5 pts 2 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 4 3 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 3 4 Mick Hennessy (Irl) Nucleus 2 General classification after stage 1 1 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 2.53.08 2 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 0.01 3 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Trinity Capital 0.07 4 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 0.10 5 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 0.18 6 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 0.20 7 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 0.21 8 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 9 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 10 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 11 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 12 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 13 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 14 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 15 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 16 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 0.22 17 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 3.15 18 Aidan Crowley (Irl) cycleways.com 3.16 19 Mick Hennessy (Irl) Nucleus 3.17 20 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 3.18 21 Eddie O'Donoghue (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 22 Richard Kooijman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 23 Chris Belsham (GBr) Angliasport 24 Mark Pozniak (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 25 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 26 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 27 Jan Novak (Cze) Elmarco KK 28 Stuart MacGregor (GBr) Scotland West 29 Barry Meehan (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 30 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 31 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly 32 John Paul Lynch (Irl) Wicklow North 33 Richard Eastham (GBr) Angliasport 34 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 35 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Nucleus 36 Chris Daddy (GBr) NE England 37 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 38 Tom Hemmant (GBr) Exel Ravens 39 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 40 Ciaran Farrell (Irl) Whs. All Systems 41 Mike Barton (USA) Boston Scientific 42 Justin Lillie (USA) Boston Scientific 43 Steve Kenny (GBr) NE England 44 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M Donnelly 45 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 46 Roger Morgan (GBr) SurreyRacing League 47 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 48 Brian Truman (Irl) Dan Morrissey 49 Kristian House (GBr) Fujibikes 50 Ken Norgrove (Irl) Whs. All Systems 51 Todd Duncan (USA) Guinness 52 Donald Reeb (USA) Guinness 53 Simon Saunders (GBr) SurreyRacing League 54 Jiri Korbel (Cze) Elmarco KK 55 Robert Moore (Irl) M Donnelly 56 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow North 57 Andri Lebedev (Est) Kalev Chocolate 58 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow South 59 J Skiles Keith (USA) Guinness 60 Marcus Smith (GBr) Scotland West 61 Dan O'Sullivan (USA) McGuire Cycles 62 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 63 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 64 Michal Stastny (Cze) Elmarco KK 65 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 66 Gareth Jones (GBr) Fujibikes 67 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 68 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena 69 Simon McNamara (GBr) Angliasport 70 Shaun Snodden (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 71 Richard Cartland (GBr) Angliasport 72 Kenny Williams (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 73 Kieran Keane (Irl) Exel Ravens 74 Martin Snizek (Cze) Elmarco KK 75 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England 76 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 77 Stephen Enright (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 78 Ronnie Batey (GBr) NE England 79 Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 80 Chris Harnish (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 81 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 82 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Kanturk 83 Tino Haakman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 84 Ian MacGregor (USA) TIAA-CREF 85 Bill Moore (Irl) M Donnelly 86 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena 87 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) Ena Loakman 88 John Tanner (GBr) Trinity Capital 89 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Usher Insulations 90 Menno de Boer (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 91 David Robinson (USA) TIAA-CREF 92 Eoin Whelan (Irl) Safe Cycling 93 Chris McNamara (GBr) SurreyRacing League 94 Brian Taafe (Irl) Whs. All Systems 95 Gary Dodd (GBr) SurreyRacing League 96 Myles McCorry (Irl) Safe Cycling 97 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 98 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Ena Loakman 99 Robert Partridge (GBr) Stena 100 Greg Roche (GBr) Fujibikes 101 Thomas Evans (Irl) Trinity Capital 102 Rory Wyley (Irl) Dan Morrissey 103 Stian Remme (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 104 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus 105 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nucleus 106 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 107 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 108 John Dempsey (Irl) Grant Thornton 109 Eoin Concannon (Irl) Kanturk 110 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Kanturk 111 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 112 Mark Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 113 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 114 David Smith (GBr) Scotland 115 Fred Stamm (USA) McGuire Cycles 116 John Mason (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 117 Stephan Wolfer (GBr) Fujibikes 118 David Peelo (Irl) Whs. All Systems 119 John Wall (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 120 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 121 James Cusick (GBr) Scotland West 122 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 123 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) cycleways.com 124 Tom Greene (Irl) Ena Loakman 125 Timothy Dunford (GBr) SurreyRacing League 126 Brian Stewart (GBr) Usher Insulations 127 Kacey Chamberlin (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 128 Ryan Connor (GBr) Usher Insulations 129 Barry Donnelly (Irl) Murphy Surveys 130 Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 131 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 132 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 133 John Horgan (Irl) Nucleus 134 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 3.45 135 Brian Keane (Irl) Grant Thornton 3.57 136 Michael Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 4.14 137 Sheldon Deeny (USA) TIAA-CREF 12.52 138 Nathan Mitchell (USA) TIAA-CREF 16.00 139 Peter Sleight (USA) Boston Scientific 22.20 140 Ciaran Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 22.32 141 Philip Finegan (Irl) Usher Insulations 142 Karl Dolan (Irl) Safe Cycling 143 Richard Malone (Irl) Ena Loakman 144 Max Spirin (USA) McGuire Cycles 145 Dave Reilly (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 146 Hugo Keetman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 147 William Byrne (Irl) Murphy Surveys 148 Francis Ennis (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 149 Dave Early (Irl) Ena Loakman 150 Thad LaVallee (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 31.10 151 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Exel Ravens 152 David Klipper (USA) Guinness 153 Keith Griffin (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 154 Paddy Kelly (Irl) Wicklow South 155 Zach Bell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 156 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 157 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Dan Morrissey 158 Ian Paine (GBr) Exel Ravens 159 Chris Smart (GBr) Scotland West 160 Michael Horgan (Irl) Kerry 161 Mark King (USA) Guinness 162 Fergus O'Connor (Irl) Whs. All Systems 163 Simon Mulvany (Irl) M Donnelly 164 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Safe Cycling 165 Jeremy Burton (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 166 John O'Brien (Irl) Kerry 167 Tony Devane (Irl) Kerry 168 Karl Elliott (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 169 Jeff Craddock (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 170 Eamonn Prendergast (Irl) Wicklow South 171 Aaron Beardsley (USA) McGuire Cycles 172 Jason Bethel (GBr) Ventilux First Mortgage 173 Peter Hey (GBr) Angliasport 174 Michael Elliott (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 175 Eldon Looney (Irl) Kerry 176 Conor Coffey (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 177 Dave Buchan (GBr) NE England 178 Peter Vermeulen (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 179 John O'Shea (Irl) Dan Morrissey 180 Alan Potter (USA) Boston Scientific 181 Niall Jenkins (Irl) Wicklow North 35.56 182 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Fujibikes 36.57 183 Emmet Hogan (Irl) McGuire Cycles 40.00 184 Cian Crowley (Irl) Wicklow South 42.49 185 Paul Coats (GBr) Scotland West 54.10 186 Gerard Ivory (Irl) Wicklow South 187 Nobby O'Reilly (Irl) Ventilux First Mortgage 188 Adam Kelly (Irl) Wicklow North 189 Michael O'Donnell (Irl) Wicklow North 190 Mick Walsh (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 191 Thomas Lavery (Irl) Kerry 192 Morgan Fox (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 193 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn Points classification 1 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 15 pts 2 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 14 3 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Trinity Capital 13 4 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 12 5 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 11 6 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 10 7 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 9 8 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 8 9 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 7 10 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 6 11 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 5 12 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 4 13 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 3 14 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 2 15 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 1 Mountains classification 1 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 5 pts 2 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 4 3 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 3 4 Mick Hennessy (Irl) Nucleus 2 U23 classification 1 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 2.53.29 2 Mark Pozniak (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 2.57 3 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 4 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 5 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 6 Jiri Korbel (Cze) Elmarco KK 7 Michal Stastny (Cze) Elmarco KK 8 Martin Snizek (Cze) Elmarco KK 9 Stephen Enright (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 10 Ian MacGregor (USA) TIAA-CREF County rider classification 1 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 2.53.09 2 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 0.20 3 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 4 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 0.21 5 Aidan Crowley (Irl) cycleways.com 3.15 6 Mick Hennessy (Irl) Nucleus 3.16 7 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 3.17 8 Eddie O'Donoghue (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 9 Barry Meehan (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 10 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly CI Cat. 2 classification 1 Barry Meehan (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 2.56.26 2 Ciaran Farrell (Irl) Whs. All Systems 3 Stephen Enright (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 4 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Ena Loakman 5 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nucleus 6 Tom Greene (Irl) Ena Loakman 7 Karl Dolan (Irl) Safe Cycling 19.14 8 Richard Malone (Irl) Ena Loakman 9 Dave Reilly (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 10 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Exel Ravens 27.52 International Team classification 1 Sparebanken Vest 8.40.17 2 Recycling.co.uk 2.57 3 Trinity Capital 4 Scotland 6.04 5 Kalev Chocolate 6 Elmarco KK Cube 7 Stena 8 TIAA-CREF 9 Angliasport 9.01 10 NE England 11 Stevens von Hacht 12 Guinness 13 Surrey Racing League 14 Kennemerland 15 Grant Thornton 16 Scotland West 17 Jet Fuel Coffee 18 Fujibikes 19 Boston Scientific 28.03 20 McGuire Cycles 28.15 21 Ventilux First Mortgag 36.53 22 Tradewind Sports-CCB 1.04.45 County Team classification 1 Safe Cycling 8.46.11 2 Worldwide Cycles 0.10 3 Dan Morrissey 4 cycleways.com 0.13 5 M Donnelly 3.07 6 Whs. All Systems 7 Team Murphy & Gunn 8 Nucleus 9 Usher Insulations 10 Kanturk 11 Ena Loakman Remax 12 Murphy Surveys 4.03 13 Dundrum Shopping Centre 22.21 14 Exel Ravens 30.59 15 Wicklow North 35.45 16 IRC Moy Isover 50.13 17 Wicklow South 58.51 18 Kerry 1.26.43
