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53rd FBD Insurance Rás - 2.2
Ireland, May 22-29, 2005
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Stage 5 - May 26: Templemore - Abbeyleix, 114 km
Stalemate despite mountain stage
By Shane Stokes in Abbeyleix
The suspense continues. Today's stage may have been billed as one of the hardest of this year's FBD Insurance Rás, but in the end it proved one of the least divisive. After 143 kilometres of racing fifty-four riders finished within 25 seconds of each other on the streets of Abbeyleix, the two category one ascents and three other climbs coming after the start in Templemore failing to splinter the main bunch.
First place on the stage went to Morten Christiansen, the Norway - Sparebanken Vest rider proving quickest of eight breakaway riders inside the final 200 metres. Irish riders Simon Kelly (Cork Nucleus) and Roger Aiken (Louth - Safe Cycling) did what they could to take top honours, but Christiansen's speed plus the strong leadout he got from team-mate Are Andresen proved enough for him to take the win.
Five seconds later, Meath Cycleways.com rider Eugene Moriarty led home the main bunch for ninth. Yet the placing was scant consolation to the Kerryman, who lost his King of the Mountains jersey to 2000 race winner Julian Winn when the latter took three of the day's climbs. Hot on Moriarty's heels in the sprint were Chris Newton (GB - Recycling.co.uk) and Malcolm Elliott (Yorkshire - Trinity Capital), the English duo thus preserving their first and second places overall and ensuring a big showdown over the remaining three days.
The rest of the general classification stayed essentially unchanged, although Tim Barry (Tipperary Dan Morrissey) moved up one place to fourth while Conor Murphy (Ireland - Grant Thornton) punctured at a bad time and dropped from ninth to 38th overall.
How it unfolded
With five climbs on the agenda, including two first category ascents, today's fifth stage was expected to cause major changes in the general classification. Blue skies greeted the 169 riders left in the race, a big contrast from the wet conditions of previous days.
The action began straight away when several attempts were made to get a group clear. Stephen Gallagher (Ireland - Grant Thornton), Peter Vermeulen (Netherlands - Kennemerland), Duncan Urquhart (Scotland) and Andrew Roche (Tipperary Worldwide Cycles) attacked after two kilometres and were quickly joined by Stian Remme (Norway - Sparebanken Vest), Stuart MacGregor (Scotland - West) and Dave Peelo (Dublin Wheelers - All Systems).
The septet was reinforced minutes later by the addition of Sigvard Kukk (Estonia - Kalev Chocolate), Malte Urban (Germany - Stevens von Hacht), Morten Hegreberg (Norway - Sparebanken Vest), Tommy Evans (Yorkshire - Trinity Capital) and the mountains classification leader Eugene Moriarty (Meath - Cycleways). But the bunch brought all the riders back after several minutes of frantic chasing.
An unsuccessful solo attempt by Kevin Miller to open up a big lead was followed by a second attack by the Canada - Jet Fuel rider, this time with perennial aggressors Duncan Urquhart (Scotland) and 43 year old double Rás winner Philip Cassidy (Meath - Cycleways.com) for company.
This group grew with the addition of Peter Vermeulen (Netherlands - Kennemerland), Robert Partridge (Wales - Stena Line), Mark Lovatt (Yorkshire - Trinity Capital), Paul Healion (Dublin - Usher Insulation), Jens Schwedler (Germany - Stevens von Hacht) and Morten Christiansen (Norway - Sparebanken Vest) and, by the twenty kilometre point, the nine leaders had an advantage of 19 seconds.
Recognising the opportunity, Chris Daddy (NE England), Stephen Gallagher (Ireland - Grant Thornton), Andri Lebedev (Estonia - Kalev Chocolate), Julian Winn (Wales - Stena Line), David Robinson (US - TIAA CREF), Roger Morgan (Surrey Racing League), Stephen O'Sullivan (Meath - Cycleways.com) and John Mason (Tipperary Worldwide Cycles) set off in pursuit and closing as the riders began the first category ascent of The Crag (34 kilometres).
Robinson was dropped soon afterwards from the chase, while Veermeulen was shed from the front group. Cassidy also slipped backwards, but was picked up by the fragmenting second group. He, Stephen Gallagher, Julian Winn and Stephen O'Sullivan then continued the chase, with Gallagher and Winn forging ahead on the Crag and getting across.
Up front, first to the top was Healion. Lovatt moved into the KOH lead by virtue of the twelve points he earned for second place, while Urquhart, Partridge and Christiansen filled the next positions. The picture at this stage was nine riders being chased by five, namely Cassidy, O'Sullivan, Stian Remme (Norway - Sparebanken Vest), John Mason and Andrew Roche (both Tipperary - Worldwide Cycles).
The third category ascent of Granghill saw Winn take full points, showing his intention to go for the mountains jersey he won several years back. Healion, Gallagher and Lovatt were next over the top. The chasers finally joined up with the leaders shortly after they had covered 50 kilometres, while at this point the bunch was a minute and a half down.
The fourteen became thirteen when a puncture robbed Miller of his place up front. He slipped back to the bunch, which was being led by GB - Recycling.co.uk and Tipperary Dan Morrissey, riding to protect Newton's yellow jersey and the Irish county team lead, respectively.
At the bottom of the day's second first category climb, the break's lead was just 1 minute and 20 seconds. Ireland - Grant Thornton rider Conor Murphy had the misfortune to puncture on the steep slopes, eventually losing his ninth place overall as a result.
Winn was first to the top of the Butts, ahead of Remme, Gallagher, Roche, Urquhart and Healion. Lovatt was missing, and with he and Moriarty having no chance to win points, the Welshman was certain to take the jersey. Winn also took maximum points on the next climb, the second category Uskerty Hill, with Gallagher, Healion, Urquhart, Roche and Remme next over the line.
Following Urquhart's puncture and crash yesterday, the Scotsman had a flat tyre again today; appalling luck, and a misfortune which cost him his place in the break. However the other escapers were hauled back by the 70-strong bunch before the final climb of the day at Glenmagoo. Here, Urban took full points here, while Moriarty salvaged something from his day by collecting eight points for second place. Christiansen, Newton and Elliott were next.
Five riders went clear after the top of the climb - Gabriel Rasch (Norway Sparebanken Vest), Evan Oliphant, Alex Coutts (both Scotland), Rob Sharman (GB - Recycling.co.uk) and John Tanner (Yorkshire - Trinity Capital). These were soon recaptured, but at the 25 kilometres to go point four others had more luck. Miller, Krotky, Christiansen and Lovatt quickly opened a twelve second gap.
With about fifteen kilometres remaining stage one winner Roger Aiken (Louth Safe Cycling) surged out of the peloton, bridging across to the breakaway group. Are Andresen, Simon Kelly (Cork Nucleus) and Denis Lynch (Cork Kanturk) repeated the move shortly afterwards.
With two kilometres to go the breakaway had a healthy eighteen seconds, and when they carried twelve of those into the final kilometre it was clear that they were going to make it to the finish. Sure enough, they got there five seconds ahead of the bunch, with Morten Christiansen benefiting from a leadout by team-mate Andresen to beat Kelly, Aiken, Lovatt, Millar, Krotky and Lynch.
Andresen was caught on the line by the speeding main field, but retained enough of his advantage to finish ahead of Eugene Moriarty (Meath - Cycleways.com), Newton, Barker and Elliott. The close finish meant that there was little change in the overall standings, bar Murphy's inopportune puncture causing him to slip from ninth to 38th overall. Barry moves up from fifth to fourth by virtue of his better stage position, while fellow Irishmen Sean Lacey and John Dempsey are now 12th and 13th overall. Newton and Winn lead the points and mountains classifications.
'I am very pleased with how things went today,' said stage winner Morten Christiansen. 'The team wanted to win something. I attacked early on in the stage and was clear over some of the climbs, but eventually went back to the bunch. I got away again though near the end and we stayed clear until the finish. My team-mate Are Andresen led out the sprint for me, and it worked out perfectly.'
'The hope now is that the team can go for the overall. Morten Hegreberg is third, just over two minutes back. We have been trying to put pressure on the GB Recycling team... they certainly know our jerseys by now!'
Irish rider Simon Kelly was happy to take second. 'My previous best finish was eighth, so today's result is very good. I've ridden the Rás five times and this is the closest I have come to winning a stage. Myself and Denis Lynch got across to the break near the end. I started the sprint in third place. The winner came around me and was too quick for me to get by him again.'
Third-placed Roger Aiken was also satisfied. 'I felt pretty good all day. I got across with Simon and Denis near the end, but I was a bit too far back in the sprint to do better. But I'm happy enough with that, and we got a few seconds on the field. That might move me up a place or two in the overall standings.'
Chris Newton finished five second behind the first five riders, but easily held on to his yellow jersey. 'It was fine out there. I've taken two wins and second on a stage so far, so I am going quite well. I am having an interesting battle with Malcolm for the jersey. We'll see how it turns out over the next few days.'
Elliott had previously expressed doubts about his climbing form, but did just fine today. 'It worked out pretty well,' he said. 'I think Saturday is going to be the big showdown. I am feeling stronger each day, so that is encouraging.'
Results
1 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 3.23.13 2 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus 3 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 4 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 5 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 6 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 0.02 7 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 8 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 0.05 9 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 10 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 11 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 12 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 13 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 14 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 15 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 16 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 17 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 18 John Tanner (GBr) Trinity Capital 19 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 20 Philip Finegan (Irl) Usher Insulations 21 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly 22 Tom Hemmant (GBr) Exel Ravens 23 Greg Roche (GBr) Fujibikes 24 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 25 Ian MacGregor (USA) TIAA-CREF 26 Jiri Korbel (Cze) Elmarco KK 27 Timothy Dunford (GBr) SurreyRacing League 28 Richard Cartland (GBr) Angliasport 29 Kristian House (GBr) Fujibikes 30 Martin Snizek (Cze) Elmarco KK 31 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 32 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 33 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Trinity Capital 34 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 35 Bill Moore (Irl) M Donnelly 36 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 37 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 38 Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 39 Chris McNamara (GBr) SurreyRacing League 40 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Fujibikes 41 Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 42 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 43 Tino Haakman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 44 Thomas Evans (Irl) Trinity Capital 45 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 46 Mark Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 47 Stian Remme (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 48 Rory Wyley (Irl) Dan Morrissey 49 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 50 John Horgan (Irl) Nucleus 51 John Dempsey (Irl) Grant Thornton 52 John Mason (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 53 Brian Keane (Irl) Grant Thornton 54 Robert Partridge (GBr) Stena 0.25 55 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 1.01 56 Richard Kooijman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 5.33 57 Ian Paine (GBr) Exel Ravens 58 Brian Truman (Irl) Dan Morrissey 59 Kenny Williams (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 60 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 61 Simon McNamara (GBr) Angliasport 62 Mark Pozniak (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 63 Chris Daddy (GBr) NE England 64 Tom Greene (Irl) Ena Loakman 65 Chris Belsham (GBr) Angliasport 66 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 67 Nathan Mitchell (USA) TIAA-CREF 68 Dan O'Sullivan (USA) McGuire Cycles 69 Simon Saunders (GBr) SurreyRacing League 70 Eoin Whelan (Irl) Safe Cycling 71 Barry Meehan (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 72 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M Donnelly 73 Ken Norgrove (Irl) Whs. All Systems 74 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Usher Insulations 75 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 76 Michael Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 77 Mick Hennessy (Irl) Nucleus 78 David Robinson (USA) TIAA-CREF 79 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) Ena Loakman 80 Max Spirin (USA) McGuire Cycles 81 John Paul Lynch (Irl) Wicklow North 82 Conor Coffey (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 83 Donald Reeb (USA) Guinness 84 Richard Eastham (GBr) Angliasport 85 Roger Morgan (GBr) SurreyRacing League 86 Mick Walsh (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 87 Eddie O'Donoghue (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 88 Andri Lebedev (Est) Kalev Chocolate 89 David Peelo (Irl) Whs. All Systems 90 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 91 Gary Dodd (GBr) SurreyRacing League 92 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena 93 Myles McCorry (Irl) Safe Cycling 94 Mark King (USA) Guinness 95 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 96 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 97 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena 98 Paddy Kelly (Irl) Wicklow South 99 Michal Stastny (Cze) Elmarco KK 100 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) cycleways.com 101 Mike Barton (USA) Boston Scientific 102 Jan Novak (Cze) Elmarco KK 103 Ryan Connor (GBr) Usher Insulations 104 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England 105 James Cusick (GBr) Scotland West 106 Jason Bethel (GBr) Ventilux First Mortgage 107 Stuart MacGregor (GBr) Scotland West 108 Steve Kenny (GBr) NE England 109 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 110 Shaun Snodden (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 111 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 112 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 113 Brian Taafe (Irl) Whs. All Systems 15.46 114 Jeremy Burton (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 115 Barry Donnelly (Irl) Murphy Surveys 116 William Byrne (Irl) Murphy Surveys 117 Ciaran Farrell (Irl) Whs. All Systems 118 Dave Early (Irl) Ena Loakman 119 Menno de Boer (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 120 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Ena Loakman 121 Chris Harnish (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 122 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 123 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nucleus 124 Paul Coats (GBr) Scotland West 125 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Kanturk 126 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 127 Peter Hey (GBr) Angliasport 128 Ronnie Batey (GBr) NE England 129 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Exel Ravens 130 Aaron Beardsley (USA) McGuire Cycles 131 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 132 John Wall (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 133 Morgan Fox (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 134 Peter Vermeulen (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 135 Aidan Crowley (Irl) cycleways.com 136 Justin Lillie (USA) Boston Scientific 15.55 137 Todd Duncan (USA) Guinness 24.18 138 Stephen Enright (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 139 Karl Dolan (Irl) Safe Cycling 140 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 141 Ciaran Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 142 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 143 Adam Kelly (Irl) Wicklow North 144 Fred Stamm (USA) McGuire Cycles 145 Zach Bell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 146 Hugo Keetman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 147 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Nucleus 148 Cian Crowley (Irl) Wicklow South 149 Emmet Hogan (Irl) McGuire Cycles 150 John O'Brien (Irl) Kerry 151 Fergus O'Connor (Irl) Whs. All Systems 152 Simon Mulvany (Irl) M Donnelly 153 Karl Elliott (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 154 Dave Reilly (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 155 Stephan Wolfer (GBr) Fujibikes 156 Thomas Lavery (Irl) Kerry 157 Eoin Concannon (Irl) Kanturk 158 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Dan Morrissey 159 John O'Shea (Irl) Dan Morrissey 160 Dave Buchan (GBr) NE England 161 Francis Ennis (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 162 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Safe Cycling 27.21 163 Jeff Craddock (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 164 Richard Malone (Irl) Ena Loakman 32.51 165 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow South 35.29 166 Marcus Smith (GBr) Scotland West DNF Sheldon Deeny (USA) TIAA-CREF DNF Robert Moore (Irl) M Donnelly DNF Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow North DNS Kacey Chamberlin (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage DNS Kieran Keane (Irl) Exel Ravens Points 1 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 15 pts 2 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus 14 3 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 13 4 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 12 5 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 11 6 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 10 7 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 9 8 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 8 9 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 7 10 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 6 11 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 5 12 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 4 13 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 3 14 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 2 15 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 1 Mountains The Crag - Cat. 1 1 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 15 pts 2 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 12 3 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 10 4 Robert Partridge (GBr) Stena 8 5 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 6 6 Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 5 7 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 3 Grangehill - Cat. 3 1 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 5 pts 2 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 4 3 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 3 4 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 2 The Butts - Cat. 1 1 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 15 pts 2 Stian Remme (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 12 3 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 10 4 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 8 5 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 6 6 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 5 7 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 3 Uskerty - Cat. 2 1 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 10 pts 2 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 8 3 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 6 4 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 4 5 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 3 6 Stian Remme (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 1 Glenmagoo - Cat. 2 1 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 10 pts 2 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 8 3 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 6 4 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 4 5 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 3 6 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 1 County Rider 1 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus 3.23.13 CI Cat2 1 Tom Greene (Irl) Ena Loakman 3.28.46 2 Barry Meehan (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 3 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dundrum Shopping General classification after stage 5 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 18.00.40 2 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 0.08 3 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 2.16 4 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 2.32 5 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 6 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 2.37 7 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 8 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Trinity Capital 3.04 9 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 5.11 10 John Tanner (GBr) Trinity Capital 5.29 11 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 6.01 12 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly 6.15 13 John Dempsey (Irl) Grant Thornton 14 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 6.22 15 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 6.38 16 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 6.40 17 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 6.43 18 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 6.44 19 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 6.49 20 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 8.11 21 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 8.20 22 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 8.59 23 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 9.17 24 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus 9.35 25 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 9.37 26 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 9.40 27 Ian MacGregor (USA) TIAA-CREF 28 Tino Haakman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 29 Stian Remme (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 30 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 31 John Horgan (Irl) Nucleus 32 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 10.07 33 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 10.19 34 Kristian House (GBr) Fujibikes 10.24 35 Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 36 Mark Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 37 Greg Roche (GBr) Fujibikes 38 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 10.29 39 Martin Snizek (Cze) Elmarco KK 10.42 40 John Mason (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 41 Robert Partridge (GBr) Stena 10.44 42 Thomas Evans (Irl) Trinity Capital 11.20 43 Jiri Korbel (Cze) Elmarco KK 11.42 44 Chris McNamara (GBr) SurreyRacing League 45 Bill Moore (Irl) M Donnelly 46 Richard Cartland (GBr) Angliasport 47 Timothy Dunford (GBr) SurreyRacing League 48 Rory Wyley (Irl) Dan Morrissey 49 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 12.08 50 Gary Dodd (GBr) SurreyRacing League 13.45 51 Jan Novak (Cze) Elmarco KK 14.20 52 Tom Hemmant (GBr) Exel Ravens 15.10 53 Roger Morgan (GBr) SurreyRacing League 15.38 54 Ken Norgrove (Irl) Whs. All Systems 15.50 55 Chris Belsham (GBr) Angliasport 15.52 56 Michal Stastny (Cze) Elmarco KK 57 Mike Barton (USA) Boston Scientific 58 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena 59 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) cycleways.com 60 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England 61 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 62 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M Donnelly 16.10 63 Mark Pozniak (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 64 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 65 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 66 David Peelo (Irl) Whs. All Systems 67 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 16.28 68 Stuart MacGregor (GBr) Scotland West 16.41 69 Mick Hennessy (Irl) Nucleus 17.09 70 Eddie O'Donoghue (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 17.10 71 Brian Truman (Irl) Dan Morrissey 72 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Usher Insulations 73 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena 74 Richard Kooijman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 18.13 75 Simon McNamara (GBr) Angliasport 76 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 77 Steve Kenny (GBr) NE England 78 Eoin Whelan (Irl) Safe Cycling 79 Myles McCorry (Irl) Safe Cycling 80 James Cusick (GBr) Scotland West 81 Barry Meehan (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 18.19 82 David Robinson (USA) TIAA-CREF 18.38 83 Kenny Williams (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 18.45 84 Donald Reeb (USA) Guinness 18.58 85 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 20.23 86 Michael Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 20.51 87 Simon Saunders (GBr) SurreyRacing League 20.52 88 Andri Lebedev (Est) Kalev Chocolate 21.15 89 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) Ena Loakman 21.58 90 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 22.44 91 Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 92 Brian Keane (Irl) Grant Thornton 24.40 93 Chris Daddy (GBr) NE England 25.01 94 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 25.21 95 Ryan Connor (GBr) Usher Insulations 25.50 96 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 26.23 97 Aidan Crowley (Irl) cycleways.com 27.21 98 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Kanturk 28.26 99 Nathan Mitchell (USA) TIAA-CREF 28.34 100 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 29.14 101 Shaun Snodden (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 29.29 102 Dan O'Sullivan (USA) McGuire Cycles 31.17 103 Tom Greene (Irl) Ena Loakman 104 Stephan Wolfer (GBr) Fujibikes 34.37 105 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 36.22 106 Fred Stamm (USA) McGuire Cycles 38.44 107 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Nucleus 39.23 108 Stephen Enright (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 40.36 109 John Paul Lynch (Irl) Wicklow North 41.40 110 Ronnie Batey (GBr) NE England 41.47 111 Menno de Boer (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 42.07 112 Philip Finegan (Irl) Usher Insulations 43.58 113 Eoin Concannon (Irl) Kanturk 46.33 114 Todd Duncan (USA) Guinness 47.11 115 Richard Eastham (GBr) Angliasport 50.42 116 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 51.26 117 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Ena Loakman 52.46 118 Brian Taafe (Irl) Whs. All Systems 56.28 119 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nucleus 1.00.43 120 John O'Shea (Irl) Dan Morrissey 1.02.47 121 Ian Paine (GBr) Exel Ravens 1.04.52 122 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Dan Morrissey 1.08.32 123 Hugo Keetman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 1.09.09 124 Zach Bell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 1.09.42 125 Ciaran Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 1.09.52 126 Max Spirin (USA) McGuire Cycles 1.10.41 127 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 1.11.57 128 Ciaran Farrell (Irl) Whs. All Systems 1.16.36 129 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 1.19.18 130 John Wall (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 1.27.17 131 Chris Harnish (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 1.29.40 132 Fergus O'Connor (Irl) Whs. All Systems 1.31.35 133 William Byrne (Irl) Murphy Surveys 1.33.01 134 Paddy Kelly (Irl) Wicklow South 1.33.12 135 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Fujibikes 1.34.19 136 Simon Mulvany (Irl) M Donnelly 1.35.04 137 Paul Coats (GBr) Scotland West 1.37.46 138 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow South 1.39.51 139 Conor Coffey (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 1.40.52 140 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 1.41.36 141 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Exel Ravens 1.44.23 142 Marcus Smith (GBr) Scotland West 1.49.55 143 Jeremy Burton (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 1.51.05 144 Justin Lillie (USA) Boston Scientific 1.52.06 145 Dave Buchan (GBr) NE England 1.53.20 146 Peter Vermeulen (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 1.55.40 147 Barry Donnelly (Irl) Murphy Surveys 1.56.02 148 Adam Kelly (Irl) Wicklow North 1.58.48 149 Dave Reilly (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 2.01.59 150 Peter Hey (GBr) Angliasport 2.02.21 151 Mick Walsh (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 2.09.05 152 Francis Ennis (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 2.09.49 153 Karl Dolan (Irl) Safe Cycling 2.10.01 154 Cian Crowley (Irl) Wicklow South 2.13.39 155 Emmet Hogan (Irl) McGuire Cycles 2.17.22 156 Thomas Lavery (Irl) Kerry 2.18.15 157 Karl Elliott (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 2.19.11 158 Aaron Beardsley (USA) McGuire Cycles 2.24.33 159 Mark King (USA) Guinness 2.25.28 160 Jason Bethel (GBr) Ventilux First Mortgage 2.32.58 161 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Safe Cycling 2.40.58 162 Jeff Craddock (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 2.42.55 163 Dave Early (Irl) Ena Loakman 2.43.00 164 Morgan Fox (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 2.45.42 165 John O'Brien (Irl) Kerry 2.48.19 166 Richard Malone (Irl) Ena Loakman 2.51.38 Points classification 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 62 pts 2 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 57 3 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 42 4 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 34 5 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 28 6 John Tanner (GBr) Trinity Capital 25 7 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 24 8 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 23 9 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 21 10 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 21 11 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 21 12 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 20 13 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 20 14 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 20 15 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Trinity Capital 17 16 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus 16 17 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 13 18 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 13 19 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 12 20 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 12 21 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 11 22 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 11 23 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 10 24 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 10 25 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 8 26 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 8 27 Gary Dodd (GBr) SurreyRacing League 7 28 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 6 29 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly 5 30 Mark Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 5 31 Richard Kooijman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 4 32 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 3 Mountains classification 1 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 35 pts 2 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 31 3 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 31 4 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 31 5 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 30 6 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 26 7 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 26 8 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 24 9 Stian Remme (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 15 10 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 11 11 Zach Bell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 10 12 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 9 13 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 9 14 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 9 15 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 8 16 Robert Partridge (GBr) Stena 8 17 Thomas Evans (Irl) Trinity Capital 7 18 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 6 19 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 6 20 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 6 21 Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 5 22 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 4 23 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 4 24 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 3 25 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 2 26 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 1 Under 23 classification 1 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 18.05.51 2 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 3.00 3 Ian MacGregor (USA) TIAA-CREF 4.29 4 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 4.56 5 Mark Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 5.13 6 Martin Snizek (Cze) Elmarco KK 5.31 7 Robert Partridge (GBr) Stena 5.33 8 Jiri Korbel (Cze) Elmarco KK 6.31 9 Michal Stastny (Cze) Elmarco KK 10.41 10 Mark Pozniak (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 10.59 County rider classification 1 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 18.03.12 2 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly 3.43 3 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 4.11 4 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 4.12 5 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 5.48 6 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 6.45 7 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus 7.03 8 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 7.08 9 John Horgan (Irl) Nucleus 10 Mark Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 7.52 CI Cat. 2 classification 1 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 18.18.53 2 Barry Meehan (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 0.06 3 Tom Greene (Irl) Ena Loakman 13.04 4 Stephen Enright (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 22.23 5 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Ena Loakman 34.33 6 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nucleus 42.30 7 Ciaran Farrell (Irl) Whs. All Systems 58.23 8 Fergus O'Connor (Irl) Whs. All Systems 1.13.22 9 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 1.23.23 10 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Exel Ravens 1.26.10 International Team classification 1 Trinity Capital 54.10.38 2 Sparebanken Vest 3.04 3 Recycling.co.uk 9.03 4 Grant Thornton 11.37 5 Stena 14.23 6 Scotland 16.41 7 Elmarco KK Cube 17.18 8 TIAA-CREF 20.36 9 Fujibikes 22.34 10 Jet Fuel Coffee 25.10 11 Stevens von Hacht 26.55 12 Surrey Racing League 26.59 13 Kalev Chocolate 33.06 14 Angliasport 37.09 15 NE England 41.37 16 Kennemerland 50.06 17 Scotland West 1.06.04 18 McGuire Cycles 2.01.11 19 Guinness 2.42.49 20 Ventilux First Mortgag 3.18.22 21 Tradewind Sports-CCB 4.39.10 County Team classification 1 cycleways.com 54.31.00 2 Dan Morrissey 1.24 3 M Donnelly 4.07 4 Worldwide Cycles 6.44 5 Nucleus 7.25 6 Usher Insulations 9.23 7 Safe Cycling 15.56 8 Kanturk 18.23 9 Whs. All Systems 30.23 10 Murphy Surveys 1.13.39 11 Ena Loakman Remax 1.17.01 12 Team Murphy & Gunn 1.22.46 13 Exel Ravens 1.27.16 14 IRC Moy Isover 4.32.46 15 Wicklow South 4.46.03
