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55th FBD Insurance Rás - 2.2
Ireland, May 20-27, 2007
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Stage 3 - May 22: Loughrea – Sligo, 171 Kms
American team monopolises race jerseys
Close but no cigar for Irish riders
By Shane Stokes
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It’s still way too soon to predict the final outcome but after three days of the FBD Insurance Rás, the US-based Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada team have a grip on the four major jerseys in the race. National Under 23 cyclo-cross champion Jesse Anthony took over the general classification lead today when the young Dutchman Ricardo Van der Velde found himself overwhelmed by the attacks on his yellow jersey, missing a major split and finishing a long way back.
Anthony retained his lead in the King of the Mountains competition and moved to the head of the best under 23 ranking, thus ending the day with the yellow, pink and white jerseys. Meanwhile his team-mate Dominique Rollin outgalloped Irishmen Paídi O’Brien (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group) and Paul Griffin (Ireland Subway Eat Fresh) plus 31 others to take the stage victory and to fortify his hold on the green jersey as best sprinter.
"We had to take over the race at midpoint when that group got away," said Rollin, speaking of a dangerous four man move which clipped away from the front bunch of 44 riders with approximately 80 kilometres to go. "We had four riders in the main break and by getting the stage win it really helps the team morale and also shows how well we are doing so far."
The FBD Insurance Rás is known as a very aggressive, unpredictable race – due in part to the small five-man teams which make it hard to control the bunch – and new leader Anthony said that it was important to keep on top of things.
"It was kind of crazy at the beginning. There was a lot of attacks, a bunch of big groups tried to get off the front. At one point the Netherlands team really had to chase a big group. The yellow jersey definitely looked a little nervous at the beginning of the stage. He was doing a lot, he had to do a bit too much by himself and wasn’t able to follow.
"Ultimately, it was just a case of being in the right place at the right time. I was just trying to stay up front and follow wheels all day. I got away with one of my team-mates in a big group of riders and then two of my other team-mates Dom [Dominique Rollin] and Mark [Walters] both bridged up to that in another group."
Van der Velde and his young Netherlands team-mates found themselves under pressure early on and after bringing back a big group, they found themselves caught out when another large move went clear after approximately 50 kilometres of racing. Two other groups then slipped away from the main bunch and a junction was made approximately 30 kilometres later.
"I was nervous for a while," continued Anthony, who had started the day second overall and was consequently race leader on the road. "There were 44 guys in that big front group and none of them were helping us. None of the teams were helping to bring that break back. It was a disappointment not to have any help and I don’t really know why they were leaving it all up to us. We weren’t the race leaders at the time. But they made it our responsibility and I guess it paid off for us in the end [with the stage win and the yellow jersey]"
The four man move he referred to was created when Irishman Roger Aiken (Armagh Big Picture Developments), Petr Pucelik (Czech Republic Sparta Praha), Alo Jakin (Estonia Kalev Chocolate) and Australian Nathan Jones (Kildare Newbridge Remax) went away shortly after the 44 man front group was formed. They opened up a maxium lead of 1’15 but were recaptured about seven kilometres from the finish line on Sligo’s Wine Street.
"With ten kilometres to go we had a minute and thought we might have a chance then," said Aiken. "But it came back together after the top of the last climb. I'll take it easier for a couple of days and then try again."
Several other Irish riders were prominent after that point. Paídi O’Brien (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) and Paul Griffin (Ireland Subway Eat Fresh) finished second and third to Rollin on the stage, with Brian Ahern (Dublin Dundrum Town Centre Orwell) and Mark Cassidy (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) also placing in the first seven.
The overall classification is also going well for the home brigade. Brian Kenneally started the day third overall but moved up to second behind Anthony due to Van der Velde’s loss. He’s just two seconds off the race lead going into Wednesday’s 138 kilometre stage to Dungloe, while Mark Cassidy (5th, Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) and Paul Griffin (8th, Ireland Subway) are both just four seconds off yellow and are perfectly poised to strike later in the week.
"I’m pretty happy with how things are going," said Griffin after the stage. "With the Rás you have to take it one day at a time. There is no big mountain stage where everything will be decided, so every day is important. But so far things are going well."
O’Brien has taken second on two stages thus far. He is hoping to land a win and will hope that one of the remaining five stages goes his way. "David McCann attacked with a kilometre to go," he said, describing the finale. "Stephen [Gallagher] was leading me out and we really had to go deep to bring him back. We couldn’t quite catch him but the American team attacked for their sprinter. It really killed me to get on their wheel so I was a bit dead starting the sprint
"I really wanted to win the stage because the lads had been working really hard. We ended up bringing back the breakaway group after the KOH, Stephen and Glenn [Bak], so I wanted to reward them with the win. But maybe we will get one later in the week. This race is important for us because of our Irish sponsors. That is why we are really trying to do a good Rás."
How it unfolded
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142 riders lined out in overcast conditions for the start of the third stage of the FBD Insurance Rás, a 171 kilometre trek from Loughrea to Sligo. There was just one categorised climb en route to the finish, the third cat Clogher More which topped out roughly 8 km from the line.
There was a very aggressive start to the race with several groups trying to go clear. Small gaps appeared but nothing stuck until approximately 25 kilometres into the race. Then, 21 riders opened up a 30 second lead, namely David McCann (Ireland Subway), Martyn Irvine (Ireland Subway), Paídi O’Brien (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly), Peter McDonald (Australia FRF Couriers NSW IS), Brendan Brooks (Australia FRF Couriers NSW IS), Chris Newton (Britain Stena Line/Recycling.co.uk), Tom Diggle (Britain Stena Line/Recycling.co.uk), Simon Holt (Britain Stena Line/Recycling.co.uk), Thomas Hruby (Czech Republic Sparta Praha), Michael Johansen (Denmark Vision Bikes), Mart Ojavee (Estonia Kalev Chocolate), Markku Ainsalu (Estonia Kalev Chocolate), Mark Walters (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada), Dominique Rollin (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada), Ben Raby (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada), Dominique Perras (USA Kelly Benefit Strategies), Justin Spinelli (USA Kelly Benefit Strategies), John Charlesworth (Team Sportscover), Conor Murphy (Dublin Usher Insulations) and Eugene Moriarty (Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC).
These were however reeled back in after twenty minutes or so. Several other attacks then followed, including a solo move by Moriarty, but he was reeled in about four kilometres later.
Thanks to a strong tailwind – plus the aggressive start to the stage – the riders covered 43.5 kilometres in the first hour. Shortly after that a group of 21 riders moved away and opened up a half-minute lead. This large break comprised of Paul Griffin (Ireland Subway), Yvo Kusters (Netherlands), Mark Cassidy and Stephen Gallagher (both Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly), Peter McDonald and Chris Jory (both Australia FRF Couriers NSW IS), Chris Newton and Graham Briggs (both Britain Stena Line/Recycling.co.uk), Petr Pucelik, Ondrej Pavek and Josef Soukup (all Czech Republic Sparta Praha), Thomas Bendixen (Denmark Vision Bikes), Tony Martin (Germany Thuringer Energie), Josh Thornton and Jesse Anthony (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada), Dan Bowman (USA Kelly Benefit Strategies), Roger Aiken (Armagh Big Picture Developments), Sean Lacey (Dublin Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group), Neil Delahaye (Dublin Usher Insulations), Nathan Jones (Kildare Newbridge Remax) and Rory Wyley (Tipperary Dan Morrissey).
Those behind realised that this was a crucial move and eleven set off in pursuit. They were David McCann (Ireland Subway), Alain Van der Velde (Netherlands), Paídi O’Brien and Glenn Bak (both Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly), Peter Herzig (Australia FRF Couriers NSW IS), Mark Walters and Dominique Rollin (both US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada), Ryan Roth (US Kelly Benefit Strategies), Benjamin Hill (Germany Stevens Von Hacht), Brian Ahern (Dublin Dundrum Town Centre Orwell) and Brian Kenneally (Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC).
A further clutch of riders managed to bridge across soon afterwards, making it a total of 44 up front. The most notable absentee was yellow jersey Ricardo Van der Velde, who was said afterwards to have expended too much energy early on in trying to keep tabs on all the moves. He was a minute down when the race hit Ballyhaunis (76.3 km), and continued to lose ground.
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Almost immediately after the announcement on race radio that 88 kilometres had been covered in the first two hours of racing, four riders decided to try to increase the pace yet further and attack. Petr Pucelik (Czech Republic Sparta Praha), Alo Jakin (Estonia Kalev Chocolate), Roger Aiken (Armagh Big Picture Developments) and Australian Nathan Jones (Kildare Newbridge Remax) jumped away and by the time they hit the feedzone (95 km) they had a lead of 40 seconds. The yellow jersey group was about 3’50 back..
Pushed along by a strong tailwind, they opened a lead of 1’15. The gap then dropped to 21 seconds with 44 kilometres to go, making it look like the move was going to be caught, but it then went up once again. The main bunch was itself continuing to lose time, slipping back to 4 minutes 55 seconds behind at this point.
With 34 kilometres to go the four leaders were a minute clear but this lead continued to grow and shrink, making it a nervous time for all concerned. Jaikin was dropped, leaving it three up front. With 25 kilometres remaining they had 40 seconds. Then, with ten kilometres to go, this had grown to a minute, but any hopes that they could stay away were dashed when the group behind thundered up the category three climb of Clogher More and caught then with about seven to go.
From there to the line it was a case of attack and counter-attack all the way, but the group was all together coming into Sligo. David McCann (Ireland Subway Eat Fresh) attacked with about a kilometre to go but he was reeled in just before the sprint. Dominique Rollin, Paídi O’Brien and Paul Griffin then fought it out for the top placings, with the Canadian taking the gallop and landing a fine win. His team-mate Jesse Anthony finished safely in that group and took over the yellow jersey from Van der Velde, who trailed in a long way back.
The Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada team now have the jerseys for overall leader, best climber, best young rider and points leader. There’s five hard stages to go, though, and so the correct tactical decisions will be crucial in the days ahead.
Photography
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Images by Stephen McMahon
- Current Canandian road race champion Dominique Rollin (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada Team) takes a convincing victory in Sligo on Stage 3.
- Dominique Rollin (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada Team) leads the group sprint.
- Graham Briggs (Britain Stenna Line/Recycling Team) leads home Glenn Bak (Ireland Murphy & Gunn/Sean Kelly Cycling Team).
- Canandian Dominique Rollin (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada Team) was delighted with taking his team's first victory in Europe.
- Winner of Stage 2 Brian Kenneally (Meath MyHome.ie BDBC Team) after a tough Stage 3 from Loughrea to Sligo.
- Stephen Gallagher (Ireland Murphy & Gunn/Sean Kelly Cycling Team) makes his way to the team hotel after a tough stage.
- Dermot Nally and Mark Scanlon (Ireland Subway Team) finish in the main field. The stage finished in Sligo, Scanlon's home county.
- Stage 3 winner Dominique Rollin (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada Team) discusses the sprint finish with third placed rider Paul Griffin (Ireland Subway Team), Brian Ahern (Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers) and second placed rider Paidi O'Brien (Ireland Murphy & Gunn/Sean Kelly Cycling Team).
- Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers rider Brian Ahern receives the award for best placed county rider on the General Classification.
- Dominique Rollin (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada Team) receives the points leader's green jersey.
- US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada rider Jesse Anthony receives the yellow jersey after taking the lead. He leads the race by 2 seconds from Stage 2 winner Brian Kenneally (Meath MyHome.ie BDBC Team).
- The prize winners and jersey holders make up the podium.
Results
1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 3.55.10 (42.52 km/h) 2 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 3 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 4 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 5 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands National Team 6 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 7 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 8 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 9 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 10 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 11 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 12 Josef Soukup (Cze) Sparta Praha 13 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 14 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 15 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 16 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 17 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thuringer Energy 18 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 19 Thomas Bendixen (Den) Vision Bikes 20 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thuringer Energy 21 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 22 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 23 Michael Johansen (Den) Vision Bikes 24 Zdenek Krizek (Cze) Sparta Praha 25 David McCann (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 26 Neil Delahaye (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 27 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 28 Ondrej Pavek (Cze) Sparta Praha 29 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 30 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 31 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 32 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 33 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 34 Petr Pucelik (Cze) Sparta Praha 35 Markku Ainsalu (Est) Kalev Chocolate 0.10 36 Josh Thornton (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 0.18 37 Roger Aiken (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 38 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 39 Graham Briggs (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 1.45 40 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 41 Dominique Perras (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 42 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 43 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 44 Alo Jakin (Est) Kalev Chocolate 8.17 45 Johannes Sickmuller (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 9.51 46 Benjamin Justesen (Den) Vision Bikes 9.58 47 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thuringer Energy 48 Paul Wright (GBr) North England West Pennine 49 Tom Diggle (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 50 Matthew Ward (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 51 Mick Mulcahy (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 52 Tomas Hruby (Cze) Sparta Praha 53 Simon Jensen (Den) Vision Bikes 54 David Peelo (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 55 Ashley Brown (GBr) Team Sportscover 56 Ben Pochee (GBr) Surrey 57 John O'Brien (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 58 Matthew Green (GBr) Surrey 59 Richard Simmonds (GBr) Surrey 60 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 61 Paul Delahunty (NZl) Surrey 62 Tom Fanning (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 63 Yannick Tiedt (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 13.34 64 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 19.55 65 Kieran Downey (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 66 Chris Belsham (GBr) North England West Pennine 67 Robin Kelly (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 68 Llewellyn Byrne (Irl) North England West Pennine 69 Conor McGrath (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 70 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 71 Colm Bracken (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 72 Alan Carey (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 73 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 74 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 75 David Mulholland (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 76 Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 77 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 78 Richard Eastham (GBr) North England West Pennine 79 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 80 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 81 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 82 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 83 Barry Mullin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 84 Wayne Randle (GBr) Team Sportscover 85 Silvar Kibur (Est) Kalev Chocolate 86 John Charlsworth (GBr) Team Sportscover 87 Simon Holt (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 88 Hugh Mulhearne (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 89 Marcin Bialoblocki (GBr) Team Sportscover 90 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 91 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 92 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 93 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 94 John Neill (Irl) Down Mar Properties 95 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 96 Nico Graf (Ger) Thuringer Energy 97 Nick Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 98 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 99 Dermot Nally (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 100 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 101 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 102 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 103 Scott McDonald (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 104 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 105 Michael Hennessy (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 106 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 107 Derek Burke (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 108 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 109 Michael Butler (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 110 Miceál Concannon (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 111 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 112 Mads Bugge (Den) Vision Bikes 113 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 114 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Team Sportscover 115 Conor Murphy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 116 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 117 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 118 David Brennan (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 119 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 26.13 120 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 121 Kevin Donagher (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 38.40 122 Stephen Surdival (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 123 Ben Lieberson (GBr) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 124 Colm Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 43.50 125 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 126 James Lattimore (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 127 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Down Mar Properties 128 Don Feighery (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 129 Adrian Hederman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 130 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 131 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Down Mar Properties 132 Frank Dunne (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 133 Thomas O'Flaherty (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 134 Peter Hey (GBr) North England West Pennine 135 Tony Kemp (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 136 Myles McCorry (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 137 Toby Neave (GBr) Surrey 138 Dave McLoughlin (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 139 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways DNF Noel Moloney (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby DNF Michael Storan (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax DNF Cian Hogan (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond Mountains Clogher More - Cat. 3 1 Petr Pucelik (Cze) Sparta Praha 5 pts 2 Roger Aiken (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 4 3 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 3 4 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 2 County Rider 1 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 3.55.10 2 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 3 Neil Delahaye (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations International Team 1 Netherlands national Team U23 11.45.30 2 Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 3 FRF Couriers NSWIS 4 Thuringer Energy 5 Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 6 Kelly Benefit Strategies 7 Sparta Praha 8 Vision Bikes 11.55.28 9 Stena Line / Recycling 11.57.13 10 Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 12.05.25 11 Stevens-Von Hacht 12.08.55 12 Kalev Chocolate 12.13.52 13 Surrey 12.15.24 14 North England West Pennine 12.35.18 15 Team Sportscover County Team 1 Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 12.07.10 2 Dublin Usher Insulations 12.15.23 3 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 4 Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 12.25.20 5 Kildare Murphy Surveys 12.25.21 6 Armagh Big Picture Dev 12.25.38 7 Cork Omega Designs Ltd 12.27.05 8 Waterford Comeragh CC 12.35.18 9 Down Mar Properties 12.45.15 10 Kerry Earl Of Desmond 11 Kildare Newbridge ReMax 12.49.33 12 Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 12.51.33 13 Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 13.02.50 General classification after three 1 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 11.10.13 2 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 0.02 3 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 0.04 4 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands National Team 5 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 6 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 7 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 8 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 9 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 10 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 0.57 11 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 1.02 12 Petr Pucelik (Cze) Sparta Praha 1.04 13 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 1.06 14 Ondrej Pavek (Cze) Sparta Praha 15 Michael Johansen (Den) Vision Bikes 1.07 16 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 1.08 17 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 18 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 19 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 20 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 21 David McCann (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 22 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 23 Thomas Bendixen (Den) Vision Bikes 24 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 25 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 26 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 27 Josef Soukup (Cze) Sparta Praha 28 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 29 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 30 Zdenek Krizek (Cze) Sparta Praha 31 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thuringer Energy 32 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thuringer Energy 33 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 34 Neil Delahaye (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 35 Markku Ainsalu (Est) Kalev Chocolate 1.18 36 Josh Thornton (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 1.26 37 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 1.28 38 Roger Aiken (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 1.58 39 Dominique Perras (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 2.53 40 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 41 Graham Briggs (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 42 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 43 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 44 Alo Jakin (Est) Kalev Chocolate 9.25 45 Johannes Sickmuller (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 10.59 46 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thuringer Energy 11.06 47 Mick Mulcahy (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 48 Simon Jensen (Den) Vision Bikes 49 Ashley Brown (GBr) Team Sportscover 50 Matthew Green (GBr) Surrey 51 Tom Fanning (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 52 Tomas Hruby (Cze) Sparta Praha 53 Ben Pochee (GBr) Surrey 54 John O'Brien (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 55 Tom Diggle (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 56 Richard Simmonds (GBr) Surrey 57 David Peelo (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 58 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 11.42 59 Yannick Tiedt (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 14.42 60 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 19.52 61 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 19.59 62 Benjamin Justesen (Den) Vision Bikes 20.05 63 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 20.09 64 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 20.53 65 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 21.02 66 Conor McGrath (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 21.03 67 Nico Graf (Ger) Thuringer Energy 68 Llewellyn Byrne (Irl) North England West Pennine 69 Wayne Randle (GBr) Team Sportscover 70 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 71 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 72 Derek Burke (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 73 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 74 Marcin Bialoblocki (GBr) Team Sportscover 75 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 76 Kieran Downey (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 77 Alan Carey (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 78 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 79 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 80 Scott McDonald (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 81 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 82 Silvar Kibur (Est) Kalev Chocolate 83 Simon Holt (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 84 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 85 Miceál Concannon (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 86 Richard Eastham (GBr) North England West Pennine 87 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 88 David Brennan (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 89 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 90 Hugh Mulhearne (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 91 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 92 Mads Bugge (Den) Vision Bikes 93 John Charlsworth (GBr) Team Sportscover 94 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 95 Dermot Nally (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 96 Michael Butler (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 97 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 98 Conor Murphy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 99 Nick Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 100 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Team Sportscover 101 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 21.42 102 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 24.19 103 Matthew Ward (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 25.34 104 Paul Wright (GBr) North England West Pennine 25.40 105 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 35.31 106 Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 107 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 108 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 109 Chris Belsham (GBr) North England West Pennine 36.03 110 Paul Delahunty (NZl) Surrey 40.58 111 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 50.55 112 Colm Bracken (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 113 Michael Hennessy (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 114 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 51.29 115 Kevin Donagher (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 54.16 116 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 54.57 117 David Mulholland (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 59.00 118 James Lattimore (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 59.26 119 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 1.00.50 120 Robin Kelly (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 1.08.01 121 Toby Neave (GBr) Surrey 1.09.06 122 Adrian Hederman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 123 Stephen Surdival (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 1.09.40 124 Don Feighery (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 1.14.39 125 Ben Lieberson (GBr) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 1.19.28 126 Barry Mullin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 1.30.41 127 John Neill (Irl) Down Mar Properties 128 Thomas O'Flaherty (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 1.34.59 129 Dave McLoughlin (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 1.36.47 130 Myles McCorry (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 1.37.37 131 Colm Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 1.37.43 132 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 1.40.43 133 Tony Kemp (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 1.47.48 134 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 1.54.36 135 Peter Hey (GBr) North England West Pennine 136 Frank Dunne (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 137 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Down Mar Properties 138 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Down Mar Properties 139 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax U23 Rider classification 1 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 11.10.13 2 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0.04 3 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 4 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 5 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 1.08 6 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 7 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 8 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 9 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 10 Zdenek Krizek (Cze) Sparta Praha 11 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thuringer Energy 12 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thuringer Energy 13 Alo Jakin (Est) Kalev Chocolate 9.25 14 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thuringer Energy 11.06 15 Matthew Green (GBr) Surrey 16 Tom Diggle (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 17 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 11.42 18 Yannick Tiedt (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 14.42 19 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 19.52 20 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 20.09 21 Nico Graf (Ger) Thuringer Energy 21.03 22 Derek Burke (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 23 Silvar Kibur (Est) Kalev Chocolate 24 Simon Holt (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 25 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 26 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 27 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 28 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 29 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 24.19 30 Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 35.31 31 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 32 David Mulholland (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 59.00 County Rider classification 1 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 11.10.15 2 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 1.06 3 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 4 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 5 Neil Delahaye (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 6 Roger Aiken (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 1.56 7 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 2.51 8 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 9 Mick Mulcahy (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 11.04 10 Tom Fanning (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC CI Category 2 classification 1 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 11.11.21 2 Tom Fanning (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 9.58 3 Conor McGrath (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 19.55 4 Kieran Downey (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 5 Alan Carey (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 6 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 7 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 34.23 8 Kevin Donagher (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 53.08 9 James Lattimore (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 58.18 10 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 59.42 11 Stephen Surdival (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 1.08.32 12 Ben Lieberson (GBr) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 1.18.20 13 Dave McLoughlin (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 1.35.39 14 Colm Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 1.36.35 15 Tony Kemp (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 1.46.40 16 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 1.53.28 17 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Down Mar Properties 18 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Down Mar Properties Points classification 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 39 pts 2 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands National Team 28 3 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 28 4 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 23 5 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 23 6 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 21 7 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 21 8 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 19 9 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 18 10 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 15 11 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 15 12 Petr Pucelik (Cze) Sparta Praha 13 13 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 11 14 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 10 15 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 10 16 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 10 17 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 9 18 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 7 19 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 6 20 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 5 21 Josef Soukup (Cze) Sparta Praha 5 22 Nico Graf (Ger) Thuringer Energy 5 23 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thuringer Energy 4 24 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 4 25 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 3 26 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 3 27 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 2 28 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 2 29 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 1 Mountains classification 1 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 29 pts 2 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 23 3 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 10 4 Michael Johansen (Den) Vision Bikes 6 5 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thuringer Energy 6 6 Petr Pucelik (Cze) Sparta Praha 5 7 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 4 8 Ondrej Pavek (Cze) Sparta Praha 4 9 Roger Aiken (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 4 10 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 3 11 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 3 12 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 3 13 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 3 14 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 2 15 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 1 International Team classification 1 Netherlands 33.31.01 2 Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 0.54 3 Kelly Benefit Strategies 1.47 4 Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 1.58 5 FRF Couriers NSWIS 6 Thuringer Energy 7 Sparta Praha 3.02 8 Vision Bikes 13.00 9 Stena Line / Recycling 14.43 10 Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 21.53 11 Stevens-Von Hacht 25.23 12 Kalev Chocolate 31.24 13 Surrey 32.56 14 Team Sportscover 52.50 15 North England West Pennine 53.22 County Team classification 1 Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 33.54.37 2 Dublin Usher Insulations 9.19 3 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 4 Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 19.16 5 Kildare Murphy Surveys 19.17 6 Armagh Big Picture Dev 19.34 7 Kerry Earl Of Desmond 39.11 8 Cork Omega Designs Ltd 50.53 9 Waterford Comeragh CC 53.19 10 Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 1.09.37 11 Kildare Newbridge ReMax 1.31.53 12 Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 1.41.06 13 Down Mar Properties 3.12.55
