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55th FBD Insurance Rás - 2.2
Ireland, May 20-27, 2007
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Stage 8 - May 27: Newcastle – Skerries, 174 km
Martin takes overall, Kenneally lands final stage
By Shane Stokes
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Last year the Skerries finale of the FBD Insurance Rás saw the overall classification go right down to the wire. This time round, the cliffhanger was the stage result, with Irishman Brian Kenneally holding off the main bunch by the smallest of margins to take his second such victory of the race.
The Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC rider was clear with David McCann (Ireland Subway Eat Fresh) in the closing kilometres of what was a gripping stage, then dropped the national road race champion the final time up the Black Hills. With one kilometre to go he had an 18 second lead over a fast-closing main bunch. A strong headwind on the finishing stretch saw this gap plummet but Kenneally had just enough left to hit the line a bike length clear.
"The last kilometre was unbelievably hard," he said. "I was doing 50 to 60 kilometres an hour after the climb but when I hit the headwind it was really tough. I was dying all the way to the line but had just enough to hold on."
It was a dramatic end to a very suspenseful day. At times it looked likely that overall leader Tony Martin would fall out of the yellow jersey but an unofficial alliance between his Germany Thuringer Energie team and compatriots from the Stevens Von Hacht squad saved the race lead. He finished tenth, crossing the line in the same group time as all his main rivals, and thus preserved his hold in the general classification.
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"I am very happy to win the race, it is a very big success for me," he said. "I knew my rivals would attack me but my team-mates did a great job to bring it back together."
Martin ended the eight-day 2.2 world ranked event 17 seconds ahead of Paidi O'Brien (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly), with Peter McDonald (Australia FRF Couriers NSWIS) 24 seconds back in third.
O'Brien's second place ensured he was best Irishman. Of the others, Stephen Gallagher (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) was sixth, Kenneally was seventh and McCann ninth.
The latter went all out to try to scoop the overall victory, attacking approximately 15 minutes after the start in Newcastle with American rider Nick Waite and Australian Peter Herzig. Their move threw the bunch into chaos, and after building a maximum lead of 2 minutes 20 seconds – which put McCann into the virtual yellow jersey – they were later joined by several others, including Saturday's stage victor Dominique Rollin (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada), McCann's team-mate Nally and Kenneally.
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McCann and Kenneally dropped the others with approximately twenty kilometres remaining and joined forces to try to stay clear. McCann had a superb ride all day but finally ran out of steam on the last climb, dropping back to the bunch while Kenneally held on to take that hard-fought victory.
Rollin won the green points jersey and Ricardo Van der Velde (Netherlands) took the mountains classification. Martin was also best young rider, Kenneally was best Irish county team entrant and Brian Ahern (Dublin Dundrum Town Centre Orwell Wheelers) was top second category competitor.
Kenneally's Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC topped the county team classification and the young Netherlands squad won out in the international teams award.
Photography
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Images by Stephen McMahon
- David McCann (Ireland Subway) launched attack after attack in a bid to win the race overall. Here McCann leads Brian Kenneally (Meath MyHome.ie BDBC) onto the finishing circuit.
- Dermot Nally (Ireland Subway) gave his best in support of David McCann's bid for the overall race win.
- The Thuringer Energy team chased any attacks that threatened Tony Martin's yellow jersey.
- Race leader Martin stayed cool, calm and collected despite some very aggressive racing.
- The interests of second placed rider Paidi O'Brien (centre) were well protected by his Ireland Murphy & Gunn Sean Kelly team-mates Glen Bak (left) and Stephen Gallagher (right).
- Brian Kenneally (Meath MyHome.ie BDBC) leads compatriot David McCann (Ireland Subway) onto the final lap of the race circuit in Skerries.
- The Australian FRF Couriers NSWIS team led the main field onto the final lap.
- Brian Kenneally (Meath MyHome.ie BDBC) inside the final 20 metres. The main field are literally breathing down his neck.
- Kenneally rode both the ride of the week and the ride of his life to win his second stage and the Best placed County Rider prize.
- A sweet victory for Brian Kenneally (Meath MyHome.ie BDBC).
- Kenneally's team-mates and support team were overjoyed with the win.
- As the exhaustion fades, Kenneally begins to savour his victory.
- A smile creeps over his face on the way to the podium.
- Rory Wyley (Tipperary Dan Morrissey) rode consistently to finish 18th overall.
- Third place on Stage 8 went to Glen Bak (Ireland Murphy & Gunn Seam Kelly Team).
- Andrei Mustonen (Kalev Chocolate) finished second on the stage.
- Brian Kenneally (Meath MyHome.ie BDBC) receives his stage winner's jersey.
- The Netherlands team won the prize for Best International Team.
- Brian Kenneally (Meath MyHome.ie BDBC) receives the Cuchulainn trophy for Best Overall County rider.
- The U23 classification award went to German rider Tony Martin (Thuringer Energy Team).
- Ricardo Van der Velde (Netherlands) was awarded the Brendan Carroll trophy for his overall win in the mountains classification.
- The Meath MyHome.ie BDBC team won the Best overall County Team prize: Aiden Crowley, Eugene Moriarty, Brian Kenneally, Scott McDonald, Stephen O'Sullivan and former Rás winner Seamus Kennedy (team manager).
- Triple stage winner Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) took the points classification prize which was presented by former Rás rider and Race Director Dermot Dignam.
- Third place overall went to Peter McDonald (FRF Couriers NSWIS).
- Paidi O'Brien rode brilliantly throughout the race to finish second overall.
- Overall victory in the 2007 FBD Insurance Rás went to German Tony Martin (Thuringer Energy).
- Tony Martin (Thuringer Energy).
- The final podium of awarded riders on the 2007 Rás: Winner of Stage 8 and Best placed County rider Brian Kenneally (Meath MyHome.ie BDBC), points classification winner Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada), mountains classification winner Ricardo Van der Velde (Netherlands), overall victor Tony Martin (Thuringer Energy), second placed rider on Stage 8 Andrei Mustonen (Kalev Chocolate), second placed rider overall Paidi O'Brien (Murphy & Gunn Sean Kelly Team), third placed rider on Stage 8 Glen Bak (Murphy & Gunn Seam Kelly Team) and third placed rider overall Peter McDonald (FRF Couriers NSWIS).
Results
1 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 3.58.22 (42.97 km/h) 2 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 3 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn 4 Josef Soukup (Cze) Sparta Praha 5 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 6 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 7 Tomas Hruby (Cze) Sparta Praha 8 Zdenek Krizek (Cze) Sparta Praha 9 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 10 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 11 Simon Jensen (Den) Vision Bikes 12 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 13 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands 14 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 15 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 16 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 17 Markku Ainsalu (Est) Kalev Chocolate 18 Paul Griffin (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 19 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Netherlands 20 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 21 Derek Burke (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 22 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 23 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 24 Thomas Bendixen (Den) Vision Bikes 25 Mads Bugge (Den) Vision Bikes 26 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 27 Marcin Bialoblocki (GBr) Team Sportscover 28 Dominique Perras (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 29 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 30 Neil Delahaye (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 31 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 32 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thuringer Energy 33 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 34 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 35 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 36 David McCann (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 37 Wayne Randle (GBr) Team Sportscover 38 Roger Aiken (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 39 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 40 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Team Sportscover 41 Petr Pucelik (Cze) Sparta Praha 42 Alo Jakin (Est) Kalev Chocolate 0.17 43 Silvar Kibur (Est) Kalev Chocolate 0.29 44 Matthew Ward (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 0.49 45 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 0.50 46 Miceál Concannon (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 47 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 48 Ben Pochee (GBr) Surrey 49 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 50 Scott McDonald (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 51 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 52 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 53 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 54 John Charlsworth (GBr) Team Sportscover 55 Conor Murphy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 56 Michael Johansen (Den) Vision Bikes 57 Ondrej Pavek (Cze) Sparta Praha 58 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Netherlands 1.04 59 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 1.11 60 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 61 Mick Mulcahy (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 62 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 63 Ashley Brown (GBr) Team Sportscover 4.33 64 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 4.40 65 David Brennan (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 66 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 67 Dermot Nally (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 68 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 69 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 70 Paul Wright (GBr) North England West Pennine 5.28 71 Robin Kelly (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 72 Alan Carey (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 5.33 73 Johannes Sickmuller (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 74 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 75 Peter Hey (GBr) North England West Pennine 76 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 77 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 78 Kevin Donagher (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 79 Matthew Green (GBr) Surrey 80 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 81 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 82 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 83 Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 84 Michael Butler (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 85 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 86 Adrian Hederman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 87 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 5.38 88 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Down Mar Properties 89 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 5.41 90 Richard Eastham (GBr) North England West Pennine 8.54 91 Yannick Tiedt (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 10.12 92 Toby Neave (GBr) Surrey 11.07 93 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 94 Paul Delahunty (NZl) Surrey 13.36 95 Tom Fanning (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 96 Conor McGrath (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 97 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 98 Chris Belsham (GBr) North England West Pennine 99 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 100 Colm Bracken (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 101 Nick Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 102 John O'Brien (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 103 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 104 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 105 Ben Lieberson (GBr) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 21.29 106 Colm Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 21.35 107 Don Feighery (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 108 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 25.55 109 Thomas O'Flaherty (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 27.41 110 Hugh Mulhearne (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 31.07 111 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 33.07 112 Dave McLoughlin (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 33.59 113 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 35.36 114 Richard Simmonds (GBr) Surrey 43.35 115 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Down Mar Properties 44.27 116 Tony Kemp (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 117 Barry Mullin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 118 James Lattimore (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby DNF Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn DNF Graham Briggs (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling DNF Marcel Barth (Ger) Thuringer Energy DNF Nico Graf (Ger) Thuringer Energy DNF Florian Frohn (Ger) Thuringer Energy DNF Michael Hennessy (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd DNF Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax DNF Frank Dunne (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC DNS Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn Mountains Lynch's Hill (Cat. 3) 1 David McCann (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 5 pts 2 Nick Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 4 3 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 3 4 Yannick Tiedt (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 2 Cloghoge Mountain (Cat. 3) 1 Nick Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 5 pts 2 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 4 3 David McCann (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 3 4 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 2 Pluckhimin (Cat. 3) 1 David McCann (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 5 pts 2 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 4 3 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 3 4 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 2 Cross of the Cage (Cat. 3) 1 David McCann (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 5 pts 2 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 4 3 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 3 4 Dermot Nally (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 2 Black Hills #1 (Cat 3) 1 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 5 pts 2 David McCann (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 4 3 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 3 4 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 2 Black Hills #2 (Cat 3) 1 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 5 pts 2 David McCann (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 4 3 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 3 4 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 2 County rider 1 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 3.58.22 2 Derek Burke (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 3 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations International team 1 Sparta Praha 11.55.06 2 Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 3 Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 4 Netherlands 5 Vision Bikes 6 Kelly Benefit Strategies 7 Team Sportscover 8 Kalev Chocolate 0.17 9 FRF Couriers Nswis 0.50 10 Subway 4.40 11 Stevens-Von-Hacht 15.45 12 Surrey 17.30 13 North England West Pennine 19.55 County team 1 Dublin Usher Insulations 11.55.55 2 Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 0.01 3 Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 0.51 4 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.33 5 Kerry Earl Of Desmond 10.14 6 Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 14.57 7 Kildare Murphy Surveys 19.36 8 Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 30.59 9 Waterford Comeragh CC 31.51 10 Cork Omega Designs Ltd 32.37 11 Down Mar Properties 54.49 Final general classification 1 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 27.27.13 2 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 0.17 3 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 0.24 4 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 0.36 5 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 1.02 6 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 1.15 7 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 1.22 8 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 1.30 9 David McCann (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 1.35 10 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thuringer Energy 1.43 11 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 1.44 12 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 13 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands 1.52 14 Paul Griffin (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 15 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 16 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 2.09 17 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 2.34 18 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 2.44 19 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 2.56 20 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Netherlands 21 Roger Aiken (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 3.31 22 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 3.35 23 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn 3.45 24 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 4.38 25 Michael Johansen (Den) Vision Bikes 7.50 26 Dominique Perras (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 13.21 27 Thomas Bendixen (Den) Vision Bikes 13.59 28 Zdenek Krizek (Cze) Sparta Praha 15.45 29 Neil Delahaye (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 16.31 30 Josef Soukup (Cze) Sparta Praha 16.45 31 Markku Ainsalu (Est) Kalev Chocolate 32 Ondrej Pavek (Cze) Sparta Praha 17.35 33 Petr Pucelik (Cze) Sparta Praha 17.44 34 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 18.15 35 Johannes Sickmuller (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 18.40 36 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 18.49 37 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 20.23 38 Wayne Randle (GBr) Team Sportscover 22.03 39 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 22.18 40 Silvar Kibur (Est) Kalev Chocolate 22.32 41 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 22.51 42 Alo Jakin (Est) Kalev Chocolate 22.53 43 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 23.19 44 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 23.30 45 Marcin Bialoblocki (GBr) Team Sportscover 24.24 46 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Netherlands 24.43 47 Yannick Tiedt (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 27.01 48 Simon Jensen (Den) Vision Bikes 27.20 49 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 27.26 50 Tomas Hruby (Cze) Sparta Praha 27.48 51 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 28.28 52 Ashley Brown (GBr) Team Sportscover 33.01 53 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 35.00 54 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 35.25 55 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 35.47 56 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 36.17 57 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Team Sportscover 36.22 58 Mick Mulcahy (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 36.52 59 Conor Murphy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 37.30 60 Mads Bugge (Den) Vision Bikes 38.54 61 John Charlsworth (GBr) Team Sportscover 39.24 62 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 39.48 63 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 41.20 64 Matthew Ward (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 41.45 65 Dermot Nally (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 41.57 66 Ben Pochee (GBr) Surrey 42.20 67 Derek Burke (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 42.42 68 Alan Carey (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 44.12 69 David Brennan (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 45.54 70 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 48.32 71 Michael Butler (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 48.42 72 Scott McDonald (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 50.12 73 John O'Brien (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 51.26 74 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 52.03 75 Matthew Green (GBr) Surrey 52.49 76 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 53.10 77 Paul Wright (GBr) North England West Pennine 55.35 78 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 57.25 79 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 58.35 80 Miceál Concannon (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 58.58 81 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.00.35 82 Nick Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 1.01.23 83 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 1.01.57 84 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 1.06.59 85 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 1.08.05 86 Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 1.09.57 87 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 1.22.35 88 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 1.23.12 89 Kevin Donagher (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 1.25.06 90 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 1.25.22 91 Chris Belsham (GBr) North England West Pennine 1.33.16 92 Tom Fanning (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 1.35.50 93 Richard Eastham (GBr) North England West Pennine 1.39.36 94 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 1.42.31 95 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 1.42.55 96 Conor McGrath (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 1.45.00 97 Hugh Mulhearne (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.49.33 98 Adrian Hederman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 2.00.58 99 Paul Delahunty (NZl) Surrey 2.12.04 100 Richard Simmonds (GBr) Surrey 2.16.07 101 Colm Bracken (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 2.17.23 102 Robin Kelly (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 2.34.28 103 Peter Hey (GBr) North England West Pennine 2.38.26 104 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 2.52.12 105 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 2.54.35 106 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Down Mar Properties 3.01.21 107 Toby Neave (GBr) Surrey 3.05.19 108 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 3.10.01 109 James Lattimore (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 3.17.19 110 Thomas O'Flaherty (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 3.21.58 111 Don Feighery (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 3.38.59 112 Ben Lieberson (GBr) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 3.40.10 113 Colm Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 3.40.30 114 Barry Mullin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 3.44.16 115 Dave McLoughlin (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 3.55.20 116 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 4.04.50 117 Tony Kemp (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 4.36.50 118 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Down Mar Properties 4.52.34 Points classification 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 83 pts 2 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 44 3 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 43 4 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands 42 5 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 40 Mountains classification 1 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 83 pts 2 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 45 3 David McCann (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 26 4 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 24 5 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 21 6 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 21 U23 rider classification 1 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 27.27.13 2 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 0.36 3 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thuringer Energy 1.43 4 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 1.44 5 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 6 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands 1.52 7 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Netherlands 2.56 8 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 4.38 9 Zdenek Krizek (Cze) Sparta Praha 15.45 10 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 18.49 11 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 22.18 12 Silvar Kibur (Est) Kalev Chocolate 22.32 13 Alo Jakin (Est) Kalev Chocolate 22.53 14 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Netherlands 24.43 15 Yannick Tiedt (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 27.01 16 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 27.26 17 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 35.25 18 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 35.47 19 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 41.20 20 Derek Burke (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 42.42 21 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 48.32 22 Matthew Green (GBr) Surrey 52.49 23 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 58.35 24 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 1.01.57 25 Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 1.09.57 County rider classification 1 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 27.28.35 2 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.22 3 Roger Aiken (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 2.09 4 Neil Delahaye (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 15.09 5 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 16.53 6 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 19.01 7 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 21.57 8 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 27.06 9 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 34.03 10 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 34.25 International team classification 1 Netherlands 82.23.22 2 Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 0.13 3 Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 2.33 4 FRF Couriers Nswis 2.59 5 Kelly Benefit Strategies 4.47 6 Kalev Chocolate 34.56 7 Vision Bikes 43.23 8 Subway 43.41 9 Stevens-Von-Hacht 45.02 10 Rep. Sparta Praha 47.12 11 Team Sportscover 1.09.07 12 North England West Pennine 2.58.17 13 Surrey 3.05.04 County team classification 1 Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 83.07.59 2 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 27.34 3 Dublin Usher Insulations 32.53 4 Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 46.16 5 Kerry Earl Of Desmond 1.46.56 6 Kildare Murphy Surveys 2.04.54 7 Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 2.32.43 8 Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 3.27.01 9 Cork Omega Designs Ltd 3.31.35 10 Waterford Comeragh CC 4.35.05 11 Down Mar Properties 6.45.19
