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53rd FBD Insurance Rαs - 2.2
Ireland, May 22-29, 2005
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Stage 4 - May 25: Lisdoonvarna - Templemore, 162 km
Golden oldie Elliott wins again in Templemore
By Shane Stokes in Templemore
First, at last. For the past two days, Malcolm Elliott has come close to achieving his goal of a stage win on this FBD Insurance Rαs, sprinting strongly but being pipped by race leader Chris Newton each time. Today, the Yorkshire Trinity Capital rider turned back the clock to the era when he was winning stages in races such as the Tour of Spain and the Nissan Classic, thundering in at the head of the bunch and taking the top honours.
In his heyday Elliott was one of the fastest sprinters in the European peloton and, while he is now 43 years of age, he still retains much of his speed. He outsprinted 109 other riders to win into the town of Templemore, outsmarting an overconfident Newton who jumped too early.
Elliott's victory was particularly sweet for the Yorkshire Trinity Capital team, as Newton's team had staged a last gasp recapture of two of their riders. Mark Lovatt and Ireland's Tommy Evans were clear right up to the closing stages, going eyeballs out to try to hold off the main bunch. Evans blew with two kilometres remaining, while Lovatt was caught just 100 metres from the line
"The last two days I haven't been quite up to power, but today it all fell into place," said Elliott after the finish. "I didn't think it was going to be a bunch sprint today when that break went I thought I would stay away. At the end, when there were just two riders from my own team left in front, I thought it couldn't be any better for us. Unfortunately it didn't stay that way. The pace picked up towards the finish as people started sensing possible victory. Tommy and Mark were brought back right at the end for me to win is a consolation, really. If they couldn't take it, me getting the victory is the next best thing."
Despite the fact that he is second overall, trailing race leader Newton by just eight seconds, Elliott's stated target in the race is to win stages. He said on Monday that he didn't feel he was climbing well enough to take the yellow jersey to Dublin. And while he may well have a go tomorrow, the initial goal remains the same. "It was a real weight off my shoulders to get a stage win," he says, "and hopefully another is possible".
Third on the stage was Irish rider Eugene Moriarty (Meath Cycleways.com) with compatriot Paul Healion (Dublin Usher Insulations) taking a fine fourth. Both were delighted with their finish but things could have been even better for the home riders had misfortune not struck near the end.
Four riders Tommy Evans, Mark Lovatt (both Yorkshire Trinity Capital), Philip Cassidy (Meath Cycleways.com), and John Charlesworth (NE England) were to the fore with thirty kilometres remaining. They had just left breakaway companions Zach Bell (Canada Jet Fuel Coffee), Are Andresen (Norway Sparebanken Vest) and Duncan Urquhart (Scotland) and were hammering in a bid to hold off the peloton. However, when Cassidy and Charlesworth (plus Bell and Andresen) fell on a dangerous bend, Evans and Lovatt were left alone up front. Had the others stayed upright, it is likely that they rather than Elliott and Newton - would have been fighting it out for the stage honours.
How it unfolded
Today's fourth stage saw the riders face four climbs on the 162 kilometres between Lisdoonvarna and Templemore. However, with each being third category ascents, they were unlikely to have as pronounced an effect as did the cat two Corkscrew Hill yesterday.
183 starters lined out for yet another wet start to a stage. Today's route travelled 162 kilometres from Lisdoonvarna and Templemore, and included four category three climbs.
One of the first to attack was Duncan Urquhart (Scotland). When the solo move didn't gain him a decent lead, he tried again with Paνdi O"Brien (Ireland Grant Thornton), Andrei Mustonen (Estonia Kalev Chocolate), Stian Remme (Norway Sparebanken Vest) and John Charlesworth (NE England). But these too were soon recaptured.
At the thirty kilometre point nine riders played their hand. A persistent Urquhart was present, as was Stephen Gallagher (Ireland Grant Thornton), Kevin Miller (Canada Jet Fuel Coffee), Rostislav Krotky (Czech Republic Elmarco KK Cube), Ian MacGregor (US TIAA CREF), Ben Greenwood (GB Recycling.co.uk), Tommy Evans (Yorkshire Trinity Capital), Denis Lynch (Cork Kanturk) and Philip Cassidy (Meath Cycleways.com).
Several groups tried to get across to this one, but to no avail. After MacGregor dropped back with derailleur problems, Andrei Mustonen (Estonia Kalev Chocolates) and Stian Remme (Norway Sparebanken Vest) joined up with Morten Christiansen (Norway Sparebanken Vest) and Donald Reeb (US Guinness) to try to get across.
This effort was unsuccessful, as was a subsequent chase by Jan Novak (Czech Republic Elmarco KK Cube), Anthony Malarczyk (Britain Fujibikes.com), Gabriel Rasch (Norway Sparebanken Vest), Paul Manning (GB Recycling.co.uk) and Kevin Dawson (Yorkshire Trinity Capital).
The lead was just 18 seconds after approximately fifty kilometres and, sensing the need to hoof it, Mustonen, Evans, Urquhart and Cassidy attacked the rest of the break and pressed on ahead. Mustonen slipped back soon afterwards, but Zach Bell (Canada Jet Fuel Coffee), Are Andresen (Norway Sparebanken Vest), Mark Lovatt (Yorkshire Trinity Capital) and John Charlesworth (NE England) provided welcome reinforcement when they managed to get across.
The break seemed to have exactly the right combination to have a strong chance. Cassidy and Evans have won three Rasanna between them, Lovatt was a former wearer of the yellow jersey and each of the seven were strong, able riders. Recognising the danger, Under 23 classification leader Stuart Gillespie (US TIAA CREF) and Kristian House (Britain Fujibikes) tried to join the break. They were later joined by Simon Saunders (Surrey Racing League), but were left dangling in no man's land for some time before their recapture.
The leaders were a minute and a half clear of the three chasers as they raced onto the lower slopes of the day's first climb, Formoyle. First to the top was Evans, ahead of Andresen, Lovatt and Bell. The order over the next ascent, Ballybrack, was Cassidy, Lovatt, Andresen and Bell, while Lovatt led Urquhart, Bell and Evans across the top of the day's penultimate hill, Lackamore.
With 50 kilometres remaining the gap was 1 minute and 46 kilometres, but on the final climb of Curreeney Cross this dropped to just over a minute. Lovatt was growing anxious and attacked his companions over the top. Cassidy, Bell and Andresen were first to react, but when Lovatt pressed on the latter two fell back. Charlesworth and then Evans got up to the leaders, after which Cassidy started to weaken.
With the leaders now on the descent, the Meathman did what he could to get back on terms. He was 100 metres back and closing when they rounded a dangerously sharp bend; the wet roads made a difficult corner even more treacherous, and both Charleworth and Cassidy overshot the turn and ended up in the ditch. Seconds later, Urquhart and Andresen did likewise, leaving Lovatt and Evans alone up front.
Following a stunned pause, the two Yorkshire Trinity Capital riders knuckled down to the task at hand. Going through Templederry with 19 kilometres to go, they had a minute and fifteen seconds over the GB Recycling.co.uk-led main field. This gap plummeted to just 23 seconds with ten kilometres remaining, and by the three kilometres point they were in big trouble with just nine seconds of a lead left. Evans blew a kilometres later, being subsequently caught and passed by the bunch, but Lovatt persisted and got with 100 metres of the line before being overhauled. That paved the way for a 110 rider bunch sprint and Elliott's fine win.
Newton was second while King of the mountains leader Eugene Moriarty (Meath Cycleways.com) was third, one place ahead of fellow Irishman Paul Healion (Dublin Usher Insulations). Morten Hegreberg (Norway Sparebanken Vest) and Yanto Barker (Wales Stena Line) were next home.
Crash victims Cassidy and Charleworth came home towards the rear of the bunch while the other fallers, Bell and Urquhardt, were 3 minutes 13 seconds and 19 minutes 12 seconds back respectively. Also cut and bruised was Kevin Dawson (Yorkshire Trinity Capital. He hit a pothole and suffered a deep gash to his nee. The multiple British time trial champion remounted and finished in the bunch, preserving his eighth place overall, but it is unsure if he will continue tomorrow.
In terms of the overall classification, today's bunch sprint meant that there was little change at the top. Newton continues to hold an eight second advantage over Elliott, while Hegreberg is a further two minutes and eight seconds back. Rob Sharman's (GB Recycling.co.uk) better placing on the stage means he moves ahead of leading Irish rider Tim Barry (Tipperary Dan Morrissey), the latter dropping a place to fifth, but both are on the same time. Barker is sixth with Gabriel Rasch (Norway Sparebanken Vest) seventh. Newton continues to lead the points classification despite Elliott's win today, while Moriarty stays on top in the King of the Mountains competition.
"I didn't feel totally great today," said Elliott after the podium presentation. "There were time when things felt harder than they should have. When Recycling were chasing the break, I said to myself 'my legs feel heavy today'. I was happy when that break got clear as it meant that Recycling had to do some work, so that was good in keeping them occupied. We had two guys out of seven up there, which are good odds, but when things whittled down and the others came back one by one, it was a dream scenario. I think at that point Recycling would probably have been happy to hold them out there because they were not a threat to the overall. But then it was just that little bit too far and they didn't have quite enough of a lead. A few other teams started coming up and pitching in why I don't know, it was a bit of a mystery. There were some teams there at the front and you would think 'ok, what are they doing that for?'
"But, that is racing. Unfortunately our two guys were caught right at the end. I actually would have preferred if they got one and two on the stage, but winning the sprint was a good relief. It was a weight off my shoulders to get a stage win.
"Things were a bit different today. Chris (Newton) led out from quite a way, so I just had to choose my moment to come around him, really. It was relatively straightforward, really. It is always a bit choppy on the run-in here, there are guys coming up and trying to get involved in the sprint who maybe aren't particularly fast. You just think 'get out of the way!' It just makes things a bit complicated."
Eugene Moriarty, KOH leader and third on the stage said, "Today was good for me. I haven't seen the final points tally after today but I still have the jersey, which was the main thing. Anyone who was close to me on the classification this morning didn't get any points, so the ball is still in my court. Tomorrow will be a rough day so if anyone did impinge on my lead, they should be a bit tired one tomorrow.
"I should be relatively fresh and I am obviously sprinting very well. I was a bit disappointed with my sprint today, even though I was against some very fast guys. I got boxed in twice inside the last 500 metres, but I definitely think it bodes well for the rest of the week.
"I am delighted with the way I am going. I haven't really been able to train properly since before Easter because I have been having a lot of knee trouble. I have been going well in the Rαs, so a lot of people have been scratching their heads with regards to me having the mountains jersey.
"I am happy enough going into tomorrow's climbs. I couldn't have asked for things to be better today I did a lot of racing in the first 25 miles today but then settled back and took it easier. Everybody is getting a bit tired at this point, you would be superhuman if you didn't feel it, but I think it bodes well. I am relatively fresh. I am looking around the bunch and there are a lot of guys in trouble. But I don't seem to be touch wood like that, I haven't hit a bad day yet so hopefully things will keep going to plan."
Paul Healion, fourth on the stage was, "very happy with today's result. It is my best showing in the Rαs to date, so to be up here on the podium is great."
Results
1 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 4.02.58 2 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 3 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 4 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 5 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 6 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 7 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 8 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 9 John Tanner (GBr) Trinity Capital 10 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 11 Mark Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 12 Richard Kooijman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 13 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 14 Nathan Mitchell (USA) TIAA-CREF 15 Aidan Crowley (Irl) cycleways.com 16 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 17 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M Donnelly 18 Eddie O'Donoghue (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 19 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 20 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus 21 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 22 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 23 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 24 Michal Stastny (Cze) Elmarco KK 25 Donald Reeb (USA) Guinness 26 Gary Dodd (GBr) SurreyRacing League 27 Kristian House (GBr) Fujibikes 28 Simon McNamara (GBr) Angliasport 29 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly 30 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 31 Andri Lebedev (Est) Kalev Chocolate 32 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 33 Ken Norgrove (Irl) Whs. All Systems 34 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) cycleways.com 35 Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 36 Chris Belsham (GBr) Angliasport 37 Bill Moore (Irl) M Donnelly 38 Jeremy Burton (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 39 Dan O'Sullivan (USA) McGuire Cycles 40 Mark Pozniak (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 41 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 42 Barry Meehan (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 43 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 44 Tino Haakman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 45 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 46 Fred Stamm (USA) McGuire Cycles 47 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Nucleus 48 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 49 Stuart MacGregor (GBr) Scotland West 50 Timothy Dunford (GBr) SurreyRacing League 51 Mick Hennessy (Irl) Nucleus 52 Jiri Korbel (Cze) Elmarco KK 53 Brian Taafe (Irl) Whs. All Systems 54 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 55 Roger Morgan (GBr) SurreyRacing League 56 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 57 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Usher Insulations 58 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 59 Ian MacGregor (USA) TIAA-CREF 60 Ronnie Batey (GBr) NE England 61 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 62 Martin Snizek (Cze) Elmarco KK 63 John O'Shea (Irl) Dan Morrissey 64 Chris McNamara (GBr) SurreyRacing League 65 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 66 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow North 67 Brian Truman (Irl) Dan Morrissey 68 Tom Hemmant (GBr) Exel Ravens 69 Kenny Williams (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 70 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 71 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 72 Eoin Whelan (Irl) Safe Cycling 73 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena 74 Stian Remme (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 75 Sheldon Deeny (USA) TIAA-CREF 76 Greg Roche (GBr) Fujibikes 77 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Trinity Capital 78 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena 79 Richard Cartland (GBr) Angliasport 80 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 81 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 82 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Kanturk 83 John Horgan (Irl) Nucleus 84 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 85 Jan Novak (Cze) Elmarco KK 86 John Mason (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 87 Stephan Wolfer (GBr) Fujibikes 88 Hugo Keetman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 89 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 90 Simon Saunders (GBr) SurreyRacing League 91 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 92 Conor Coffey (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 93 David Peelo (Irl) Whs. All Systems 94 John Dempsey (Irl) Grant Thornton 95 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 96 Robert Partridge (GBr) Stena 97 Steve Kenny (GBr) NE England 98 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 99 Tom Greene (Irl) Ena Loakman 100 Myles McCorry (Irl) Safe Cycling 101 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England 102 Rory Wyley (Irl) Dan Morrissey 103 James Cusick (GBr) Scotland West 104 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 105 Philip Finegan (Irl) Usher Insulations 106 Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 107 David Robinson (USA) TIAA-CREF 108 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 109 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 110 Mike Barton (USA) Boston Scientific 111 Thomas Evans (Irl) Trinity Capital 0.56 112 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Dan Morrissey 3.10 113 Stephen Enright (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 3.11 114 Michael Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 115 Ian Paine (GBr) Exel Ravens 116 Zach Bell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 3.13 117 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) Ena Loakman 118 Max Spirin (USA) McGuire Cycles 4.21 119 Eoin Concannon (Irl) Kanturk 6.54 120 Kieran Keane (Irl) Exel Ravens 8.51 121 Chris Daddy (GBr) NE England 122 Ryan Connor (GBr) Usher Insulations 9.51 123 John Paul Lynch (Irl) Wicklow North 124 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 125 Paul Coats (GBr) Scotland West 10.50 126 Todd Duncan (USA) Guinness 11.16 127 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Ena Loakman 128 Simon Mulvany (Irl) M Donnelly 129 Peter Hey (GBr) Angliasport 130 Richard Eastham (GBr) Angliasport 131 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 132 Brian Keane (Irl) Grant Thornton 133 Fergus O'Connor (Irl) Whs. All Systems 134 Emmet Hogan (Irl) McGuire Cycles 135 Shaun Snodden (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 136 Menno de Boer (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 137 Peter Vermeulen (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 138 Ciaran Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 13.40 139 Karl Elliott (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 140 Dave Buchan (GBr) NE England 141 Justin Lillie (USA) Boston Scientific 18.09 142 Karl Dolan (Irl) Safe Cycling 19.02 143 Mick Walsh (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 144 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 19.12 145 John Wall (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 30.58 146 Adam Kelly (Irl) Wicklow North 147 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Exel Ravens 31.07 148 Robert Moore (Irl) M Donnelly 31.18 149 Cian Crowley (Irl) Wicklow South 32.17 150 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nucleus 151 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow South 152 Barry Donnelly (Irl) Murphy Surveys 153 William Byrne (Irl) Murphy Surveys 154 Aaron Beardsley (USA) McGuire Cycles 32.18 155 Morgan Fox (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 34.51 156 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Fujibikes 157 Thomas Lavery (Irl) Kerry 48.10 158 Ciaran Farrell (Irl) Whs. All Systems 159 Mark King (USA) Guinness 160 Paddy Kelly (Irl) Wicklow South 161 Marcus Smith (GBr) Scotland West 162 John O'Brien (Irl) Kerry 163 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Safe Cycling 164 Chris Harnish (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 165 Jeff Craddock (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 166 Dave Early (Irl) Ena Loakman 1.00.01 167 Richard Malone (Irl) Ena Loakman 168 Dave Reilly (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 169 Kacey Chamberlin (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 170 Jason Bethel (GBr) Ventilux First Mortgage 171 Francis Ennis (Irl) Dundrum Shopping Outside time limit TC David Klipper (USA) Guinness TC Peter Sleight (USA) Boston Scientific TC Alan Potter (USA) Boston Scientific TC David Smith (GBr) Scotland TC Eamonn Prendergast (Irl) Wicklow South TC Keith Griffin (Irl) Worldwide Cycles DNF Thad LaVallee (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB DNF John-Paul Lyons (Irl) IRC Moy Isover DNF Michael Elliott (Irl) IRC Moy Isover DNF Eldon Looney (Irl) Kerry DNF Niall Jenkins (Irl) Wicklow North DNF Michael O'Donnell (Irl) Wicklow North DNS J Skiles Keith (USA) Guinness DNS Brian Stewart (GBr) Usher Insulations DNS Scott McDonald (Irl) Dundrum Shopping DNS Gerard Ivory (Irl) Wicklow South Points 1 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 15 pts 2 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 14 3 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 13 4 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 12 5 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 11 6 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 10 7 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 9 8 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 8 9 John Tanner (GBr) Trinity Capital 7 10 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 6 11 Mark Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 5 12 Richard Kooijman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 4 13 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 3 14 Nathan Mitchell (USA) TIAA-CREF 2 15 Aidan Crowley (Irl) cycleways.com 1 Mountains KOM Cat 3 at Formoyle 1 Thomas Evans (Irl) Trinity Capital 5 pts 2 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 4 3 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 3 4 Zach Bell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 2 KOM Cat 3 at Ballybrack 1 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 5 pts 2 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 4 3 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 3 4 Zach Bell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 2 KOM Cat 3 at Lackamore 1 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 5 pts 2 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 4 3 Zach Bell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 3 4 Thomas Evans (Irl) Trinity Capital 2 KOM Cat 3 at Curreeney 1 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 5 pts 2 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 4 3 Zach Bell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 3 4 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 2 County rider 1 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 4.02.58 General classification after stage 4 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 14.37.22 2 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 0.08 3 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 2.16 4 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 2.32 5 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 6 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 2.37 7 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 8 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Trinity Capital 3.04 9 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 5.01 10 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 5.11 11 John Tanner (GBr) Trinity Capital 5.29 12 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 6.01 13 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly 6.15 14 John Dempsey (Irl) Grant Thornton 15 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 6.22 16 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 6.40 17 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 6.43 18 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 19 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 20 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 6.44 21 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 6.54 22 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 8.11 23 Gary Dodd (GBr) SurreyRacing League 8.17 24 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 8.25 25 Jan Novak (Cze) Elmarco KK 8.52 26 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 8.59 27 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 9.20 28 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 9.37 29 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 9.40 30 Ian MacGregor (USA) TIAA-CREF 31 Tino Haakman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 32 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus 33 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 34 Stian Remme (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 35 John Horgan (Irl) Nucleus 36 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 37 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 10.07 38 Roger Morgan (GBr) SurreyRacing League 10.10 39 Ken Norgrove (Irl) Whs. All Systems 10.22 40 Chris Belsham (GBr) Angliasport 10.24 41 Kristian House (GBr) Fujibikes 42 Michal Stastny (Cze) Elmarco KK 43 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 44 Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 45 Mike Barton (USA) Boston Scientific 46 Mark Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 47 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena 48 Greg Roche (GBr) Fujibikes 49 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) cycleways.com 50 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England 51 Robert Partridge (GBr) Stena 52 Stephan Wolfer (GBr) Fujibikes 53 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 54 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M Donnelly 10.42 55 Mark Pozniak (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 56 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 57 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 58 Martin Snizek (Cze) Elmarco KK 59 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 60 David Peelo (Irl) Whs. All Systems 61 John Mason (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 62 Stuart MacGregor (GBr) Scotland West 11.13 63 Thomas Evans (Irl) Trinity Capital 11.20 64 Aidan Crowley (Irl) cycleways.com 11.40 65 Mick Hennessy (Irl) Nucleus 11.41 66 Eddie O'Donoghue (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 11.42 67 Brian Truman (Irl) Dan Morrissey 68 Jiri Korbel (Cze) Elmarco KK 69 Chris McNamara (GBr) SurreyRacing League 70 Bill Moore (Irl) M Donnelly 71 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Usher Insulations 72 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena 73 Richard Cartland (GBr) Angliasport 74 Timothy Dunford (GBr) SurreyRacing League 75 Rory Wyley (Irl) Dan Morrissey 76 Richard Kooijman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 12.45 77 Simon McNamara (GBr) Angliasport 78 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow North 79 Steve Kenny (GBr) NE England 80 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 81 Eoin Whelan (Irl) Safe Cycling 82 Myles McCorry (Irl) Safe Cycling 83 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Kanturk 84 James Cusick (GBr) Scotland West 85 Barry Meehan (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 12.51 86 David Robinson (USA) TIAA-CREF 13.10 87 Kenny Williams (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 13.17 88 Donald Reeb (USA) Guinness 13.30 89 Fred Stamm (USA) McGuire Cycles 14.31 90 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Nucleus 15.10 91 Tom Hemmant (GBr) Exel Ravens 92 Michael Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 15.23 93 Simon Saunders (GBr) SurreyRacing League 15.24 94 Andri Lebedev (Est) Kalev Chocolate 15.47 95 Stephen Enright (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 16.23 96 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 16.28 97 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) Ena Loakman 16.30 98 Sheldon Deeny (USA) TIAA-CREF 18.47 99 Chris Daddy (GBr) NE England 19.33 100 Ryan Connor (GBr) Usher Insulations 20.22 101 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 20.23 102 Kieran Keane (Irl) Exel Ravens 20.33 103 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 21.48 104 Eoin Concannon (Irl) Kanturk 22.20 105 Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 22.44 106 Todd Duncan (USA) Guinness 22.58 107 Nathan Mitchell (USA) TIAA-CREF 23.06 108 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 23.46 109 Shaun Snodden (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 24.01 110 Brian Keane (Irl) Grant Thornton 24.40 111 Dan O'Sullivan (USA) McGuire Cycles 25.49 112 Tom Greene (Irl) Ena Loakman 113 Ronnie Batey (GBr) NE England 26.06 114 Menno de Boer (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 26.26 115 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 27.13 116 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 30.54 117 John Paul Lynch (Irl) Wicklow North 36.12 118 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Ena Loakman 37.05 119 John O'Shea (Irl) Dan Morrissey 38.34 120 Brian Taafe (Irl) Whs. All Systems 40.47 121 Robert Moore (Irl) M Donnelly 42.00 122 Philip Finegan (Irl) Usher Insulations 43.58 123 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Dan Morrissey 44.19 124 Hugo Keetman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 44.56 125 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nucleus 45.02 126 Richard Eastham (GBr) Angliasport 45.14 127 Zach Bell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 45.29 128 Ciaran Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 45.39 129 Ian Paine (GBr) Exel Ravens 59.24 130 Ciaran Farrell (Irl) Whs. All Systems 1.00.55 131 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 1.03.37 132 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow South 1.04.27 133 Max Spirin (USA) McGuire Cycles 1.05.13 134 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 1.06.29 135 Fergus O'Connor (Irl) Whs. All Systems 1.07.22 136 Simon Mulvany (Irl) M Donnelly 1.10.51 137 John Wall (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 1.11.36 138 Chris Harnish (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 1.13.59 139 Marcus Smith (GBr) Scotland West 1.14.31 140 William Byrne (Irl) Murphy Surveys 1.17.20 141 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 1.17.23 142 Paul Coats (GBr) Scotland West 1.22.05 143 Paddy Kelly (Irl) Wicklow South 1.27.44 144 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Exel Ravens 1.28.42 145 Dave Buchan (GBr) NE England 1.29.07 146 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Fujibikes 1.34.19 147 Adam Kelly (Irl) Wicklow North 1.34.35 148 Jeremy Burton (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 1.35.24 149 Conor Coffey (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 150 Justin Lillie (USA) Boston Scientific 1.36.16 151 Dave Reilly (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 1.37.46 152 Peter Vermeulen (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 1.39.49 153 Barry Donnelly (Irl) Murphy Surveys 1.40.21 154 Francis Ennis (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 1.45.36 155 Karl Dolan (Irl) Safe Cycling 1.45.48 156 Peter Hey (GBr) Angliasport 1.46.40 157 Cian Crowley (Irl) Wicklow South 1.49.26 158 Emmet Hogan (Irl) McGuire Cycles 1.53.09 159 Thomas Lavery (Irl) Kerry 1.54.02 160 Karl Elliott (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 1.54.58 161 Mick Walsh (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 2.03.37 162 Aaron Beardsley (USA) McGuire Cycles 2.08.52 163 Kacey Chamberlin (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 2.11.29 164 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Safe Cycling 2.13.42 165 Jeff Craddock (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 2.15.39 166 Richard Malone (Irl) Ena Loakman 2.18.52 167 Mark King (USA) Guinness 2.20.00 168 John O'Brien (Irl) Kerry 2.24.06 169 Dave Early (Irl) Ena Loakman 2.27.19 170 Jason Bethel (GBr) Ventilux First Mortgage 2.27.30 171 Morgan Fox (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 2.30.01 Points classification 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 56 pts 2 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 53 3 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 40 4 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 29 5 John Tanner (GBr) Trinity Capital 25 6 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 23 7 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 21 8 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 20 9 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Trinity Capital 17 10 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 17 11 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 15 12 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 13 13 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 13 14 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 13 15 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 12 Mountains classification 1 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 23 pts 2 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 17 3 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 17 4 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 16 5 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 10 6 Zach Bell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 10 7 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 9 8 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 9 9 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 9 10 Thomas Evans (Irl) Trinity Capital 7 11 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 6 12 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 5 13 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 4 14 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 4 15 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 4 16 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 3 17 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 3 18 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 2 19 Stian Remme (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 2 20 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 1 U23 classification 1 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 14.42.33 2 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 3.00 3 Ian MacGregor (USA) TIAA-CREF 4.29 4 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 5 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 4.56 6 Michal Stastny (Cze) Elmarco KK 5.13 7 Mark Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 8 Robert Partridge (GBr) Stena 9 Mark Pozniak (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 5.31 10 Martin Snizek (Cze) Elmarco KK County rider classification 1 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 14.39.54 2 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly 3.43 3 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 4.08 4 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 4.11 5 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 4.12 6 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 5.53 7 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 6.48 8 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus 7.08 9 John Horgan (Irl) Nucleus 10 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Kanturk CI Cat. 2 classification 1 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 14.50.07 2 Barry Meehan (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 0.06 3 Stephen Enright (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 3.38 4 Tom Greene (Irl) Ena Loakman 13.04 5 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Ena Loakman 24.20 6 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nucleus 32.17 7 Ciaran Farrell (Irl) Whs. All Systems 48.10 8 Fergus O'Connor (Irl) Whs. All Systems 54.37 9 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 1.04.38 10 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Exel Ravens 1.15.57 International team classification 1 Yorkshire - Trinity 44.00.49 2 Norway - Sparebanken 3.04 3 Recycling.Co.Uk 3.30 4 Grant Thornton 11.32 5 Stena 13.58 6 Tiaa-Cref 15.03 7 Scotland 15.40 8 Czech Rep. - Elmarco Kk 17.16 9 Jet Fuel Coffee 19.42 10 Germany Stevens Von 21.22 11 Surrey Racing League 21.26 12 Kalev Chocolate 22.05 13 Fujibikes 22.29 14 Ne England 25.08 15 East England 26.08 16 BRC 28.52 17 Scotland West 39.22 18 Mcguire Cycles 1.34.29 19 Guinness 2.07.35 20 Ventilux First Mortgag 3.01.53 21 Tradewind Sports-CCB 4.02.15 County Team classification 1 cycleways.com 44.15.38 2 Dan Morrissey 1.24 3 M Donnelly 4.07 4 Tipperary Worldwide 6.44 5 Nucleus 7.30 6 Kanturk 8.13 7 Whs. All Systems 9.14 8 Usher Insulations 9.23 9 Safe Cycling 10.33 10 Murphy Surveys 42.17 11 Dublin Team Murphy & 51.24 12 Kildare Ena Loakman 55.52 13 Exel Ravens 1.11.35 14 Wicklow North 1.41.46 15 Irc Moy Isover 3.25.35 16 Wicklow South 3.46.26
