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56th FBD Insurance Rás - 2.2

Ireland, May 18-25, 2008

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Stage 6 - May 23: Skibbereen - Clonmel, 180 km

Power grabs one for Pezula, Richardson nabs yellow from McCann

By Shane Stokes in Clonmel

Ciaran Power (Ireland Pezula Racing Team) takes victory in Clonmel
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Ireland Pezula Racing competitor Ciarán Power showed he was on the road to recovery from a chest infection when he soloed to a great win at the end of the sixth stage of the FBD Insurance Rás to Clonmel. At the end of the 180 kilometre leg, he beat Christer Rake (Norway Sparebanken Vest) by three seconds, with Stephen Gallagher (Ireland An Post M. Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly) six seconds down. Simon Richardson (Britain Plowman Craven) and Andrew Roche (Isle of Man Microgaming Dolan) were a further second behind.

Richardson, stage winner in Skibereen 24 hours earlier, deposed race leader David McCann (Ireland) and took over the yellow jersey. Former race leader Gallagher moved to second overall, ten seconds back, while Power jumped to third, one minute and one second down. McCann and Chris Newton (Britain Stena Line Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk) are a further 45 seconds in arrears and while they are still theoretically in contention, it will take a massive effort on the remaining two stages to recoup the lost time.

"I am absolutely thrilled," said Power afterwards, responding to the stage-long effort initiated by ten riders. "I could not be any happier. Coming into the race I should have had good legs but I have been sick for the past five days with bronchitis. Thankfully now I have got an inhaler and it helps with my breathing. There are two hard days left and I feel a lot better. If I recover from today you'll never know what will happen.

New race leader Richardson was beaming after the stage, even if he is now under a lot of pressure.

"This is kind of my first yellow jersey - I won the Bikeline Two-Day, which is a Premier Calendar race, but it was an orange jersey there. So it was not as nice as yellow.

"I can climb pretty well," he stated, when asked about his chances on today's tough mountain stage from Clonmel to Roundwood. "Obviously it is the seventh stage and I have had to spend some beans already this week. If it was a one-day race I know I would be fine, but we will have to wait and see. I'll do my best."

Gallagher has ten second to make up and will do what he can today. "I've been feeling pretty good on the climbs so we'll see how things go," he stated.

Eugene Moriarty (Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC), Sean Lacey (Dublin Eurocycles) and Cameron Jennings (Ireland Pezula Racing) were the others who stayed with the break until near the end, and they took places six through to eight. Moriarty's placing saw him finish as best Irish county team rider on the stage, adding to his previous career tally in that classification.

How it unfolded

The longest stage of the FBD Insurance Rás started in Skibbereen in bright conditions and very soon after the drop of the flag, a group of ten riders went clear. These were Miceal Concannon (Ireland national team), Stephen Gallagher (Ireland An Post M. Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly), Ciarán Power, Cameron Jennings and Derek Burke (Ireland Pezula Racing), Christer Rake (Norway Sparebanken Vest), Andrew Roche (Isle of Man Microgaming Dolan), Paul Healion (Dublin McNally Swords), Sean Lacey (Dublin Eurocycles) and Eugene Moriarty (Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC).

A determined looking Florain Fina (France Provence Alpes Cote D'A)
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dropped back to the bunch in order to support the race leader David McCann, but his place at the front was taken by stage five winner Simon Richardson (Britain Plowman Craven), who bridged across alone.

The Ireland team of McCann and the Britain Stena Line Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk squad of second-placed rider Chris Newton started riding at the front of the bunch but, whether it was due to a lack of full commitment or the horsepower of those up front, the break kept pulling clear.

The high overall placings of Richardson, Gallagher and McCann meant that there was a clear danger to McCann's lead, and the yellow jersey himself started riding as well. Richardson had started the day sixth overall, 54 seconds back, while Gallagher (9th) was one minute five seconds down and Power (23rd) was a further 57 seconds in arrears.

Fifty kilometres into the stage, the break was one minute and 24 seconds clear. Thirty-five kilometres later, this had gone up to three minutes. Healion had experienced mechanical trouble, chased back to the break, but was then dropped several kilometres later. Burke also found himself heading back to the bunch after he punctured and was unable to rejoin.

The eight-man break pressed onwards in sometimes-wet conditions, building its lead. With 35 kilometres left, it peaked at six minutes and two seconds. An attack and several-kilometre stint off the front by lone rider Chris McNamara (Britain Surrey Racing league) showed that the peloton was not riding as well as it could have been, and this was echoed when McCann himself attacked, showing his frustration with others who would not ride. However he was hauled back by the Plowman Craven team of Richardson, who looked set to take over the yellow jersey.

Wojciech Dybel (Poland) and Renaud Pioline (France Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur) attacked from the peloton and, after their recapture; Dybel went once again with Pioline's team-mate Jean Marc Maurin. This was again brought back, after which a stubborn Dybel took off with his Poland team-mate Mateusz Komar. A group of seven riders set off in pursuit, but all nine were all reeled in.

With twenty kilometres to go it became clear that the break was not going to be seen again until after the finish. The time check there was two minutes and forty seconds; it was still considerable at the ten kilometres to go marker.

Approximately five clicks later Richardson, Gallagher, Power, Rake and Roche pushed on, leaving Moriarty, Lacey and Jennings behind. Power then attacked inside the final three kilometres, opening up a small lead over solo chaser Rake and holding him off to the line. The Norwegian finished three seconds back, with Gallagher six and Richardson plus Roche seven seconds down.

David McCann and his Team Ireland team mates
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Moriarty, Lacey and Jennings were next across the line, the first two of these scrapping it out for the county prize, and then Dybel and Poland team-mate Blazej Janiaczyk finishes two minutes 26 seconds and two minutes 37 seconds in arrears. They had broken free of the main bunch, which was itself led home two minutes and 47 seconds after Power's victory by Dean Downing (Britain Stena Line Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk).

McCann and Newton finished in this group and while they remained deadlocked on time, they dropped to fourth and fifth overall, one minute and 46 seconds back. Downing and Kit Gilham (Britain Kinesis) continued to lead the points and mountains classifications, while Dale Appleby (Britain Stena Line Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk), Denis Dunworth (Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies) and Brendan Lacey (Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies) ended the day at the top of the Under 23, the county rider and the CI category two competitions. Ireland An Post M. Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly and Dublin IRC Usher Insulations were at the helm of the international and county teams' rankings.

Photography

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Results

1 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Pezula                                         4.17.56 (41.87 km/h)
2 Christer Rake (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest                                 0.03
3 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly      0.06
4 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven                                0.07
5 Andrew Roche (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5                  
6 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC                               0.29
7 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles                                        0.30
8 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Team Pezula                                        0.37
9 Wojciech Dybel (Pol) Polish National Team                                 2.26
10 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Polish National Team                              2.37
11 Dean Downing (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk                    2.47
12 Levi Heimans (Ned) Dutch National Team                                       
13 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team                                       
14 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A                                 
15 Rene Birkenfeld (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht                                 
16 Jean Marc Maurin (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A                               
17 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC                                    
18 Paul Healion (Irl) McNally Swords                                            
19 Farshad Salehian (Irn) Team Azad University                                  
20 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly                                   
21 Stevens Aubert (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A                                 
22 Diarmuid Carew (Irl) Kildare Newbridge                                       
23 Barry Sutton (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth                           
24 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                               
25 Florain Fina (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A                                   
26 Tom Kirk (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk                                      
27 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                                     
28 John Lynch (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys                                      
29 Graham Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre                                      
30 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                                     
31 Spas Gyurov (Bul) Team Nessebar                                              
32 Andrew Bye (GBr) Surrey Racing League                                        
33 Josh James (Can) Kinesis                                                     
34 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest                                 
35 Dave Sinclair (GBr) Surrey Racing League                                     
36 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly              
37 Martin Grashev (Bul) Team Nessebar                                           
38 Havard Nybo (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest                                      
39 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork                                          
40 Ole Quast (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht                                       
41 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey Racing League                                    
42 Denis Dunworth (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies                           
43 Kevin Donagher (Irl) McNally Swords                                          
44 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly             
45 Sascha Wagner (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht                                   
46 Stian Remme (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest                                      
47 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk                        
48 Con Collis (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre                                         
49 Kieran Page (GBr) Team Pezula                                                
50 Kiedt Yannick (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht                                   
51 Martin Ford (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5                  
52 S. M. Razaei Khormizi (Irn) Team Azad University                             
53 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis                                                     
54 Simon Kelly (Irl) Usher Insulations                                          
55 Roger Aiken (Irl) Irish National Team                                        
56 Matt Cronshaw (GBr) Kinesis                                                  
57 Dale Appleby (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk                        
58 Brendan Lacey (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies                            
59 Nicolas Ligier (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A                                 
60 Rob Partridge (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk                       
61 Amir Zargari (Irn) Team Azad University                                      
62 Adrian Hederman (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth                        
63 Benny de Schrooder (Bel) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly        
64 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish National Team                                     
65 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Team Plowman Craven                                      
66 Wouter Sybrandy (Ned) Surrey Racing League                                   
67 Alex Higham (GBr) Team Plowman Craven                                        
68 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Polish National Team                                
69 Danny Carroll (Irl) Team Primera Sport.co.uk                                 
70 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC                                   
71 Tamas Lengyel (Hun) Team Sparebanken Vest                                    
72 Stephen Surdival (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre                                   
73 Stanislav Zaraliev (Bul) Team Nessebar                                       
74 Ken Hanson (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5                   
75 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Team Pezula                                           
76 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC                               
77 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                             
78 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC                                  
79 Maurice Schreurs (Ned) Dutch National Team                                   
80 Paul Griffin (Irl) Irish National Team                                       
81 Rafal Ratajczyk (Pol) Polish National Team                                   
82 Chris Moores (GBr) Surrey Racing League                                      
83 James Sampson (GBr) Kinesis                                                  
84 Warren Flynn (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5                 
85 Neill Delahaye (Irl) Usher Insulations                                       
86 Richard McCauley (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys                                
87 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team                                        
88 Peter Hawkins (Irl) Usher Insulations                                        
89 Linus Murphy (Irl) Usher Insulations                                         
90 Laurence Roche (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth                         
91 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies                            
92 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth                         
93 Stephen Halpin (Irl) McNally Swords                                          
94 Johannes Sickmuller (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht                             
95 Cian Crowley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre                                       
96 Bogdan Stoytchev (Bul) Team Nessebar                                         
97 Urban Monks (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles                                          
98 Abbas Saeidi Tanha (Irn) Team Azad University                                
99 Mehdi Fahridi Kovij (Irn) Team Azad University                               
100 Derek Burke (Irl) Team Pezula                                               
101 Kristian House (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk                 3.21
102 Graeme Hatcher (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5          5.20
103 Tom Last (GBr) Kinesis                                                 12.46
104 Robin Seymour (Irl) Irish National Team                                28.38
105 Miceal Concannon (Irl) Irish National Team                                  
106 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly                             37.22
107 Chris Troy (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork                                          
108 Michael Lucey (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork                                       
109 Colm Cassidy (Irl) Usher Insulations                                        
110 Ciaran Lewis (Irl) McNally Swords                                           
111 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge                                        
112 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles                                    
113 Alan Clogher (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly                                    
114 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge                                      
115 David Peelo (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys                                    
116 Michael Butler (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles                                      
117 Simon Coughlan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies                          
118 Shane Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre                                      
119 Michael Storan (Irl) Kildare Newbridge                                      
120 Daniel Davies (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk                                
121 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles                                         
122 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Kildare Newbridge                                       
123 Colin Robinson (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly                             44.10
124 Brian Geraghty (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys                                 
DNF Neil Coleman (GBr) Team Plowman Craven                                      
DNF William Hedden (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk                               
DSQ Tom Barras (GBr) Team Plowman Craven                                        
 
County rider
 
1 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC                            4.18.25
2 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles                                        0.01
3 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC                                 2.18
 
Category 2 rider
 
1 Diarmuid Carew (Irl) Kildare Newbridge                                 4.20.43
2 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                                
3 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                                      
4 Graham Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre                                       
5 Kevin Donagher (Irl) McNally Swords                                           
 
International team
 
1 Team Pezula                                                           12.57.12
2 Team Sparebanken Vest                                                     2.13
3 An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly                              2.16
4 Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5                                 2.17
5 Team Plowman Craven                                                           
6 Polish National Team                                                      4.26
7 Provence Alpes Cote                                                       4.57
8 Team Stevens von Hacht                                                        
9 Surrey Racing League                                                          
10 Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk                                           
11 Team Azad University                                                         
12 Team Nessebar                                                                
13 Kinesis                                                                      
14 Irish National Team                                                          
15 Dutch National Team                                                          
16 Team Primera Sport.co.uk                                                39.32
 
County team
 
1 Meath Myhome.Ie/Bdbc                                                  12.59.51
2 Tipperary Dan Morrissey                                                   2.18
3 Dublin Dundrum Town Centre                                                    
4 Dublin Mcnally Swords                                                         
5 Meath Cycleways@53Degrees                                                     
6 Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies                                                 
7 Dublin Irc Ushers Insulations                                                 
8 Dublin Eurocycles                                                        34.36
9 Kildare Murphy Surveys                                                   36.53
10 Meath Martin Donnelly                                                 1.11.28
11 Kildare Newbridge                                                            
12 Cork Kanturk Town                                                            
 
General classification after stage 6
 
1 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven                            22.18.14
2 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly      0.10
3 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Pezula                                            1.01
4 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team                                    1.46
5 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk                         
6 Roger Aiken (Irl) Irish National Team                                     1.52
7 Rob Partridge (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk                    1.53
8 Alex Higham (GBr) Team Plowman Craven                                     1.55
9 Andrew Bye (GBr) Surrey Racing League                                     2.42
10 Dean Downing (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk                    2.50
11 S. M. Razaei Khormizi (Irn) Team Azad University                         2.53
12 Kieran Page (GBr) Team Pezula                                            2.57
13 Benny de Schrooder (Bel) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly    3.11
14 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish National Team                                 3.12
15 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly         3.15
16 Amir Zargari (Irn) Team Azad University                                      
17 Dale Appleby (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk                        
18 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A                             3.18
19 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Polish National Team                            3.20
20 Martin Grashev (Bul) Team Nessebar                                       3.22
21 Ole Quast (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht                                   3.24
22 Havard Nybo (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest                                  3.25
23 Wojciech Dybel (Pol) Polish National Team                                3.28
24 Stevens Aubert (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A                             3.45
25 Paul Griffin (Irl) Irish National Team                                   3.57
26 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis                                                 4.27
27 Ken Hanson (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5               4.33
28 Maurice Schreurs (Ned) Dutch National Team                               4.35
29 Jean Marc Maurin (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A                           4.43
30 Florain Fina (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A                                   
31 Denis Dunworth (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies                           
32 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC                               
33 Matt Cronshaw (GBr) Kinesis                                                  
34 Stian Remme (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest                                      
35 Johannes Sickmuller (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht                             
36 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Team Pezula                                       4.46
37 Tamas Lengyel (Hun) Team Sparebanken Vest                                5.03
38 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                                 5.11
39 Peter Hawkins (Irl) Usher Insulations                                    5.15
40 Sascha Wagner (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht                               6.07
41 Kristian House (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk                  6.37
42 Kiedt Yannick (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht                               7.31
43 Neill Delahaye (Irl) Usher Insulations                                   7.38
44 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest                             7.45
45 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Team Plowman Craven                                  7.48
46 Christer Rake (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest                                8.52
47 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly          9.15
48 Nicolas Ligier (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A                             9.16
49 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Team Pezula                                       9.56
50 Farshad Salehian (Irn) Team Azad University                             13.36
51 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC                             13.46
52 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey Racing League                               14.29
53 Rene Birkenfeld (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht                            14.35
54 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Polish National Team                             14.40
55 Levi Heimans (Ned) Dutch National Team                                  15.00
56 Bogdan Stoytchev (Bul) Team Nessebar                                    15.20
57 Spas Gyurov (Bul) Team Nessebar                                         15.22
58 Tom Kirk (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk                                      
59 Martin Ford (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5                  
60 Paul Healion (Irl) McNally Swords                                       15.50
61 Rafal Ratajczyk (Pol) Polish National Team                                   
62 Warren Flynn (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5            16.31
63 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC                             17.08
64 Mehdi Fahridi Kovij (Irn) Team Azad University                          17.10
65 Stanislav Zaraliev (Bul) Team Nessebar                                  17.14
66 Wouter Sybrandy (Ned) Surrey Racing League                              17.23
67 Andrew Roche (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5            19.01
68 Brendan Lacey (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies                       19.38
69 James Sampson (GBr) Kinesis                                             20.24
70 Graham Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre                                 20.33
71 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles                                      20.45
72 Abbas Saeidi Tanha (Irn) Team Azad University                           21.08
73 Derek Burke (Irl) Team Pezula                                           21.19
74 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                                21.31
75 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork                                          
76 Tom Last (GBr) Kinesis                                                  21.36
77 Dave Sinclair (GBr) Surrey Racing League                                22.16
78 Stephen Halpin (Irl) McNally Swords                                     22.44
79 Kevin Donagher (Irl) McNally Swords                                     23.23
80 Richard McCauley (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys                           23.49
81 Stephen Surdival (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre                              23.52
82 Simon Kelly (Irl) Usher Insulations                                     25.06
83 Chris Moores (GBr) Surrey Racing League                                 25.51
84 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC                               27.34
85 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth                    31.43
86 Linus Murphy (Irl) Usher Insulations                                    32.07
87 Laurence Roche (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth                    33.15
88 Josh James (Can) Kinesis                                                34.12
89 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC                              34.45
90 Graeme Hatcher (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5          34.50
91 Diarmuid Carew (Irl) Kildare Newbridge                                  34.51
92 Con Collis (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre                                    35.19
93 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly                              35.22
94 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team                                   37.44
95 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                        38.04
96 Adrian Hederman (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth                   39.56
97 Cian Crowley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre                                  40.24
98 Danny Carroll (Irl) Team Primera Sport.co.uk                            43.31
99 Miceal Concannon (Irl) Irish National Team                              46.01
100 John Lynch (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys                                49.53
101 Barry Sutton (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth                     52.13
102 Simon Coughlan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies                     55.07
103 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles                               55.13
104 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies                    1.01.47
105 Urban Monks (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles                                  1.02.27
106 Robin Seymour (Irl) Irish National Team                              1.05.27
107 Michael Butler (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles                               1.07.36
108 Shane Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre                               1.08.14
109 Michael Lucey (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork                                1.08.16
110 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge                                 1.09.36
111 David Peelo (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys                             1.10.08
112 Ciaran Lewis (Irl) McNally Swords                                    1.10.09
113 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles                                  1.10.21
114 Chris Troy (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork                                   1.11.07
115 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly                           1.11.16
116 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge                               1.11.47
117 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                       1.16.40
118 Colm Cassidy (Irl) Usher Insulations                                 1.25.22
119 Michael Storan (Irl) Kildare Newbridge                               1.28.13
120 Daniel Davies (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk                         1.40.02
121 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Kildare Newbridge                                1.50.20
122 Alan Clogher (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly                             2.04.11
123 Brian Geraghty (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys                          2.49.57
124 Colin Robinson (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly                           3.11.38
 
Points classification
 
1 Dean Downing (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk                       50 pts
2 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish National Team                                    41
3 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven                                  39
4 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Pezula                                              39
5 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly        33
6 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team                                      32
7 Ken Hanson (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5                  29
8 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A                                27
9 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest                                23
10 Wojciech Dybel (Pol) Polish National Team                                  21
11 Benny de Schrooder (Bel) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly      19
12 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC                                18
13 Rob Partridge (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk                     16
14 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk                      15
15 S. M. Razaei Khormizi (Irn) Team Azad University                           15
16 Andrew Bye (GBr) Surrey Racing League                                      14
17 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Team Plowman Craven                                    14
18 Christer Rake (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest                                  14
19 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Team Pezula                                         14
20 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Polish National Team                                14
21 Levi Heimans (Ned) Dutch National Team                                     14
22 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team                                      14
23 Bogdan Stoytchev (Bul) Team Nessebar                                       13
24 Roger Aiken (Irl) Irish National Team                                      11
25 Martin Grashev (Bul) Team Nessebar                                         11
26 Rafal Ratajczyk (Pol) Polish National Team                                 11
27 Andrew Roche (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5               11
28 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly           10
29 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles                                        10
30 Alex Higham (GBr) Team Plowman Craven                                       9
31 Amir Zargari (Irn) Team Azad University                                     9
32 Kiedt Yannick (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht                                  9
33 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles                                          9
34 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Polish National Team                               8
35 Havard Nybo (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest                                     8
36 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Team Pezula                                          8
37 Stevens Aubert (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A                                7
38 Jean Marc Maurin (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A                              6
39 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth                        6
40 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis                                                    5
41 Kieran Page (GBr) Team Pezula                                               4
42 Dale Appleby (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk                       4
43 Rene Birkenfeld (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht                                4
44 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey Racing League                                   3
45 Simon Kelly (Irl) Usher Insulations                                         3
46 Josh James (Can) Kinesis                                                    3
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis                                                    49 pts
2 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven                                  41
3 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team                                       38
4 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Team Pezula                                          32
5 S. M. Razaei Khormizi (Irn) Team Azad University                            29
6 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk                       25
7 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team                                      17
8 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Polish National Team                               12
9 Wojciech Dybel (Pol) Polish National Team                                    9
10 Benny de Schrooder (Bel) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly       9
11 Alex Higham (GBr) Team Plowman Craven                                       7
12 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest                                7
13 Andrew Bye (GBr) Surrey Racing League                                       6
14 Kiedt Yannick (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht                                  6
15 Neill Delahaye (Irl) Usher Insulations                                      5
16 Abbas Saeidi Tanha (Irn) Team Azad University                               5
17 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey Racing League                                   5
18 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly        4
19 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Pezula                                              4
20 Kieran Page (GBr) Team Pezula                                               4
21 Kristian House (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk                     4
22 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish National Team                                    3
23 Christer Rake (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest                                   3
24 Martin Grashev (Bul) Team Nessebar                                          2
25 Robin Seymour (Irl) Irish National Team                                     1
 
Under 23 classification
 
1 Dale Appleby (GBr) Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk                 22.21.29
2 Martin Grashev (Bul) Team Nessebar                                        0.07
3 Ole Quast (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht                                    0.09
4 Maurice Schreurs (Ned) Dutch National Team                                1.20
5 Denis Dunworth (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies                        1.28
6 Matt Cronshaw (GBr) Kinesis                                                   
7 Sascha Wagner (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht                                2.52
8 Kiedt Yannick (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht                                4.16
9 Christer Rake (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest                                 5.37
10 Farshad Salehian (Irn) Team Azad University                             10.21
11 Spas Gyurov (Bul) Team Nessebar                                         12.07
12 Warren Flynn (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5            13.16
13 Stanislav Zaraliev (Bul) Team Nessebar                                  13.59
14 James Sampson (GBr) Kinesis                                             17.09
15 Derek Burke (Irl) Team Pezula                                           18.04
16 Tom Last (GBr) Kinesis                                                  18.21
17 Dave Sinclair (GBr) Surrey Racing League                                19.01
18 Stephen Halpin (Irl) McNally Swords                                     19.29
19 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth                    28.28
20 Josh James (Can) Kinesis                                                30.57
21 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team                                   34.29
22 Urban Monks (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles                                     59.12
23 Michael Lucey (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork                                 1.05.01
24 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles                                   1.07.06
25 Daniel Davies (GBr) Team Primera Sport.co.uk                          1.36.47
 
County rider classification
 
1 Denis Dunworth (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies                    22.22.57
2 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC                                
3 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                                  0.28
4 Peter Hawkins (Irl) Usher Insulations                                     0.32
5 Neill Delahaye (Irl) Usher Insulations                                    2.55
6 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC                               9.03
7 Paul Healion (Irl) McNally Swords                                        11.07
8 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC                              12.25
9 Brendan Lacey (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies                        14.55
10 Graham Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre                                 15.50
 
Category 2 rider classification
 
1 Brendan Lacey (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies                     22.37.52
2 Graham Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre                                   0.55
3 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                                  1.53
4 Stephen Halpin (Irl) McNally Swords                                       3.06
5 Kevin Donagher (Irl) McNally Swords                                       3.45
6 Richard McCauley (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys                             4.11
7 Stephen Surdival (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre                                4.14
8 Laurence Roche (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth                     13.37
9 Diarmuid Carew (Irl) Kildare Newbridge                                   15.13
10 Con Collis (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre                                    15.41
 
International team classification
 
1 An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly                          66.58.31
2 Stena Rapha-Condor Recycling.Co.Uk                                        1.17
3 Team Plowman Craven                                                       1.21
4 Team Pezula                                                               3.16
5 Irish National Team                                                       3.46
6 Team Sparebanken Vest                                                     4.50
7 Polish National Team                                                      5.32
8 Provence Alpes Cote                                                       7.37
9 Team Stevens von Hacht                                                    7.52
10 Kinesis                                                                 10.04
11 Team Azad University                                                    15.55
12 Team Nessebar                                                           19.10
13 Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5                               19.28
14 Surrey Racing League                                                    26.58
15 Dutch National Team                                                     52.15
16 Team Primera Sport.co.uk                                              2.29.48
 
County team classification
 
1 Dublin Irc Ushers Insulations                                         67.20.56
2 Meath Myhome.Ie/Bdbc                                                      8.05
3 Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies                                            18.39
4 Tipperary Dan Morrissey                                                  29.34
5 Dublin Mcnally Swords                                                    35.43
6 Dublin Dundrum Town Centre                                               50.49
7 Meath Cycleways@53Degrees                                              1.00.17
8 Dublin Eurocycles                                                      1.20.24
9 Kildare Murphy Surveys                                                 1.42.32
10 Cork Kanturk Town                                                     2.14.40
11 Kildare Newbridge                                                     2.29.44
12 Meath Martin Donnelly                                                 3.24.35