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52nd FBD Milk Rás - 2.5
Ireland, May 23-30, 2004
Stage 1 - May 23: Dublin - Trim, 132 km
Bonca in yellow after stage one
By Shane Stokes, irishcycling.com
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Twelve months ago the Ireland team started their FBD Milk Rás campaign in what seemed like the best possible way, Tommy Evans riding to an impressive stage win and taking the first yellow jersey of the 2.5 ranked event.
It seemed like the perfect scenario, but then the Rás is a long, unpredictable and somewhat uncontrollable race. Evans held the jersey for two stages but then lost out to Great Britain rider Chris Newton, the Irish challenge collapsing on the Gap of Mamore stage of the race.
One year later, the campaign has started on a slightly different note. Favoured rider David O'Loughlin - who showed his good form with recent victories in the Shay Elliott Memorial and the Lincoln Grand Prix, both 1.5 ranked races - today finished fourth on the opening leg of the race. On this occasion the top honours and first yellow jersey went to Slovenian Perutnina Ptuj rider Valter Bonca, who sprinted home two seconds clear of Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic's Petter Renang. O'Loughlin was led in a further ten seconds later by Mark Lovatt (Yorkshire Team Murphy and Gunn), but what was the most important fact was that the other contenders in the race lost a significant amount of time. Anthony Malarczyk was the only other rider finishing close to Bonca, the Wales-Stena Line rider ending the day eighteen seconds off the winning pace. The rest of the field were all at least one minute and 56 seconds down, giving the five escapees a significant advantage at this early stage.
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Of course, two minutes in the FBD Milk Rás is not a huge amount of time. The race is known for its unpredictability and uncontrollability, but in recent years gains have been measured in seconds rather than minutes. Make no mistake about it; the Ireland - Thornton's Recycling squad will be very satisfied tonight with what has been a good start.
"I'm quite happy with how things went," said O'Loughlin after the stage. "I was pretty comfortable in the move, at the end the difference was down to a bit of racing," he said. "Last year the team got the jersey on the first stage (Tommy Evans won) and it was very difficult to defend it. This morning we had a talk and decided that it would be no harm if we didn't get it so early. I am still very much in contention so I am pretty happy.
"I was surprised the gap grew so quickly after we got away. I think there were two reasons; in the bunch, the Slovenians controlled the pace and slowed down the bunch, while up front the five of us were very committed and worked hard to get a good lead. It worked out well in the end."
"The plan for the next couple of stages is to ride them like a one day race and then see how things stand. My goal is to stay in contention and then take it from there."
Today's action started soon after the drop of the flag with eight riders going clear inside the first ten miles. Mikael Segarsall (Scandinavia Bianichi Nordic) and Uwe Senegewald (Germany Stevens Von Hacht) were the initial aggressors, their attack inspiring six others to get involved. Denis Lynch (Ireland - Thornton's Recycling), Glenn Bak and Tobias Lergard (both Scanindavia Bianchi Nordic), Branko Filip (Slovenia Perutnina), Jens Schiwedler (Germany Stevens Van Hacht) and the 1983 and 1999 FBD Milk Ras winner Philip Cassidy (Meath Lee Strand) joined up with the leaders and set about building a very solid lead.
2000 stage winner Tjarco Cuppens (Germany ComNet Senges) and Irish professional Dermot Nally (normally racing with Paternina Costa Almeria but now guesting with Galway) recognised the danger of letting a move like this go, particularly with three Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic riders driving the break. The two attempted to bridge the gap but were reeled in after a short while by the main bunch. Eugene Moriarty (Ireland - Thorton's Recycling) was another to try but he too conceded defeat as the leading octet opened a near-two minute lead.
The break certainly had a dangerous look to it. Their relentless pace saw at total of twenty-eight miles covered within the first hour, a rude awakening for those in the bunch who were hoping for a gradual start to the FBD Milk Rás.
For the Scandinavians, Lergas's second place overall twelve months ago was the perfect motivator to ride. For others such as Cassidy, the prospect of a stage victory was a strong incentive to drive hard and maintain their advantage.
Sengewald took the first of three hot spot sprints when he was first across the line at Stamullen, taking the three second bonus, while Lynch and Lergard scooped two and one second respectively. Lergard was then first to the top of the King of the Hills prime at Greenanstown, taking the points ahead of Bak and Filip. However, despite their initial good lead, a lapse in concentration and application saw the break start to lose time on the main field, with the gap dropping to just 59 seconds by the 31 mile point.
The faltering escape had enough in hand to hold out for a while longer, Lergard and Filip taking the bonus seconds and points at the combined King of the Hills/hot spot sprint at Slane. Lynch, Schiwedler, Bak and Cassidy joined up to the two riders to make it six up front. The bunch was chasing hard but these riders were able to work well enough together to hold out until after the next combined KOH/hot spot prime in Collen. Here, Filip, Lergard and Schiwedler took the points before the break sat up and was reabsorbed by the main field.
As expected, their recapture sparked off a flurry of attacks and it wasn't long before another move went clear. After about fifty miles of racing David O'Loughin (Ireland-Thorton's Recycling), Anthony Malarczyk (Wales Stena Line), Petter Renang (Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic), Valter Bonca (Slovenia Perutnina) and Mark Lovatt (Yorkshire Murphy and Gunn) raced clear. This quintet had the look of a particularly dangerous combination, containing as it did five strong riders who wasted little time in getting a committed paceline going.
From there the gap grew steadily. After about three or four miles they had opened a lead of 34 seconds; shortly afterwards, the commissaries reported that the advantage had grown to well over a minute. And then, when it was confirmed with twelve miles remaining that the disorganised main bunch were two and a half minutes down, it was clear that one of the five would take the stage and the first yellow jersey of the race. It just remained to see who that would be.
Malarczyk was the first to throw down the gauntlet, jumping clear after sitting on the back of the break, feigning tiredness. He was brought back and Renang countered; the other riders reeled him in but then with two miles remaining he surged once more and opened up a lead.
Head down and legs pumping, the Swede raced into the streets of Trim with the stage win and yellow jersey foremost on his mind. However it was not to be; Bonca was strong enough to bridge the gap and, after a short respite on Renang's wheel, kicked hard to go clear. He was duly first to the line, with
a disappointed Renang second and Lovatt outsprinting O'Loughlin to take third.
"I thought I had it at the end," Renang confirmed. "I attacked with three kilometres to go and got clear. I kept pushing, wasn't looking back at all. I had a quick glance with about 500 metres to go and saw Bonca on my wheel. He had been there for a while and straight away I realised I wasn't going to win the stage."
"I was a little disappointed not to get the victory but in some ways this is good for my general classification chances. My team don't have to defend the jersey and I am perfectly poised. Myself and Tobias (Lergard) are the two guys for the overall, so we can be happy with today. He was in the first move and I made it into the second, so we covered both breaks well."
Renang has had five wins so far this season and is keen to add to that total. He rates the 1.5 ranked Paris-Baretin Yvetot as his biggest triumph thus far. With an overall deficit of six seconds he has started the FBD Milk Rás in a very satisfactory way. Later in the week, when the roads steepen, he will be hoping to capitalise on his climbing talents.
Tonight, though, the most content rider is Bonca. Stage winner, yellow jersey holder and points leader; it was a good day for the rider who last year finished second in both the Slovenian road race and time trial championships. Yet he so nearly was not going to take part in the race; three days ago race director Dermot Dignam was in frantic discussions with the Slovenia Perutnina Ptuj team about their participation in the FBD Milk Rás. The team had sent a communication to Dignam informing him that due to injury to two riders, they would not be taking part. The race director insisted that a late withdrawal would not be acceptable, and so the team eventually agreed to honour their agreement to ride.
They will be happy they did. Besides Bonca's success, they were also best team today and lead the same classification in the overall standings. The Ireland team's experience last year shows the difficulty of defending the lead in a race such as the FBD Milk Rás. Slovenia Perutnina Ptuj may decide to either defend the jersey tomorrow or to relinquish the lead, but either way the feeling is that they will be a big factor in the action in the days to come.
The 2004 FBD Milk Rás continues tomorrow with a flat 171 kilometre stage from Trim to Oranmore.
Photography
Images by Shane Stokes/www.irishcycling.com
- Thorntons Recycling's team car
- Thorntons Recycling Team Ireland with Padraig Thornton
- The early break with three riders from Bianchi Nordic looking threatening
- Denis Lynch (Ireland/Thortons Recycling) rides in the early break
- Petter Renang (Bianchi Nordic) & Mark Lovatt (Murphy & Gunn) lead the decisive break
- Petter Renang & Mark Lovatt powered the break to a substantial advantage
- David O'Loughlin (Ireland/Thorton's Recycling) in the lead group
- Valter Bonca (Slovenia Perutnina) sprints home to win
- Mark Lovatt (Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn) takes third with David O'Loughlin (Ireland Thorntons Recycling) fourth
Results
1 Valter Bonca (Slo) Slovenia Perutnina 3.01.18 2 Petter Renang (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 0.02 3 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 0.12 4 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland Thorntons Recycling 5 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 0.18 6 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1.56 7 Matej Stare (Slo) Slovenia Perutnina 8 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 9 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Germany Stevens Von Hacht 10 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 11 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 12 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 13 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 14 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 15 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 16 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 17 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) Germany ComNet Senges 18 Michael Schweizer (Ger) Germany ComNet Senges 19 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 20 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 21 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 22 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland Thorntons Recycling 23 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain U23 24 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 25 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 26 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 27 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 28 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 29 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 30 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Germany Stevens Von Hacht 31 Curtis Gunn (USA) USA/Britain 32 Sven Eckert (Ger) Germany Stevens Von Hacht 33 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 34 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 35 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Germany ComNet Senges 36 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 37 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales Stena Line 38 Ivan Andreeyev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 39 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 40 Isaiah Adams (USA) USA Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 41 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 42 Richard Eastham (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 43 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 44 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 45 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 46 John Tanner (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 47 Tim Dunford (GBr) Surrey Racing League 48 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 49 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 50 Chris Birch (GBr) Surrey Racing League 51 David McCann (Irl) Ireland Thorntons Recycling 52 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 53 Branko Filip (Slo) Slovenia Perutnina 54 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 55 George Rose (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 56 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 57 Andy Guptill (USA) USA CRCA/Sakonnet 58 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 59 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 60 Jens Schiwedler (Ger) Germany Stevens Von Hacht 61 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain U23 62 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 63 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 64 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 65 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 66 Chris Kuhl (USA) USA CRCA/Sakonnet 67 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain U23 68 Julian Winn (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 69 Denis Lynch (Irl) Ireland Thorntons Recycling 70 Rene Schild (Ger) Germany ComNet Senges 71 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 72 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 73 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 74 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 75 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Germany Stevens Von Hacht 76 Ben Greenwood (GBr) USA/Britain 77 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 78 Richard Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 79 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 80 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 81 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 82 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 83 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 84 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 85 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 86 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey Racing League 87 Michael Norton (USA) USA Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 88 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 89 Robert Giannini (USA) USA CRCA/Sakonnet 90 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 91 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 92 John Veness (GBr) Surrey Racing League 93 Gareth Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 94 Greg Roche (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 95 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 96 Ian Paine (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 97 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 98 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 99 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 100 Lee Rosenthal (USA) USA CRCA/Sakonnet 101 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 102 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Slovenia Perutnina 103 John Ibbotson (GBr) Surrey Racing League 104 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 105 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 106 Michael Henson (USA) USA Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 107 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 108 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Liverpool Century 109 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 110 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 111 Steven Kenny (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 112 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 113 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 114 Xavier Melendez (USA) USA Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 115 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 116 Mike Harrison (GBr) Liverpool Century 117 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 118 Tommy Evans (Irl) Ireland Thorntons Recycling 119 Gregory Swinand (USA) Dublin Usher IRC 120 Michael Pudlinski (USA) USA Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 121 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 23.48 122 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 25.14 123 Uwe Sengewald (Ger) Germany ComNet Senges 124 Peter Hey (GBr) USA/Britain 125 Ant Cassidy (GBr) Liverpool Century 126 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 127 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 128 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 129 Johnny Rondash (USA) USA/Britain 130 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 131 Richard Cartland (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 32.02 132 Steve Howells (GBr) USA/Britain 133 Greg Abrahamson (USA) USA CRCA/Sakonnet 134 Andy Hoskins (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 32.22 135 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 34.34 136 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 137 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 138 Steve Gibson (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 139 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 37.42 140 Andy Bennett (GBr) Liverpool Century 38.02 141 Terry Giblin (GBr) Liverpool Century 142 Noel Maloney (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens Points 1 Valter Bonca (Slo) Slovenia Perutnina 15 pts 2 Petter Renang (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 14 3 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 13 4 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland Thorntons Recycling 12 5 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 11 6 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 10 7 Matej Stare (Slo) Slovenia Perutnina 9 8 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 8 9 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Germany Stevens Von Hacht 7 10 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 6 11 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 5 12 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 4 13 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 3 14 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 2 15 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 1 Mountains KOM Cat 3 at Greenanstown 1 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 5 pts 2 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 4 3 Branko Filip (Slo) Slovenia Perutnina 3 4 Jens Schiwedler (Ger) Germany Stevens Von Hacht 2 KOM Cat 3 at Slane 1 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 5 pts 2 Branko Filip (Slo) Slovenia Perutnina 4 3 Denis Lynch (Irl) Ireland Thorntons Recycling 3 4 Jens Schiwedler (Ger) Germany Stevens Von Hacht 2 KOM Cat 3 at Collon 1 Branko Filip (Slo) Slovenia Perutnina 5 pts 2 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 4 3 Jens Schiwedler (Ger) Germany Stevens Von Hacht 3 4 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 2 Sprints HotSpot Sprint with bonuses at Stamullen 1 Uwe Sengewald (Ger) Germany ComNet Senges 3 pts 2 Denis Lynch (Irl) Ireland Thorntons Recycling 2 3 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 1 HotSpot Sprint with bonuses at Slane 1 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 3 pts 2 Branko Filip (Slo) Slovenia Perutnina 2 3 Denis Lynch (Irl) Ireland Thorntons Recycling 1 HotSpot Sprint with bonuses at Collon 1 Branko Filip (Slo) Slovenia Perutnina 3 pts 2 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 2 3 Jens Schiwedler (Ger) Germany Stevens Von Hacht 1 County rider 1 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 3.03.14 2 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 3 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 4 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 5 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 6 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 7 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 8 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 9 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 10 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 11 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 12 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 13 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 14 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 15 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 16 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 17 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 18 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 19 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 20 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 21 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 22 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 23 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 24 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 25 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 26 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 27 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 28 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 29 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 30 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 31 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 32 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 33 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 34 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 35 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 36 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 37 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 38 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 39 Ian Paine (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 40 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 41 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 42 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 43 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 44 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 45 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 46 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 47 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 48 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 49 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 50 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 51 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 52 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 21.52 53 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 23.18 54 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 55 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 56 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 57 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 58 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 32.38 59 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 60 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 61 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 35.46 62 Noel Maloney (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 36.06 CI Cat. 2 rider 1 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 3.03.14 2 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 3 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 4 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 5 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 6 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 7 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 23.18 8 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 9 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 10 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 11 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 32.38 12 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 35.46 Teams 1 Slovenia Perutnina 9.07.46 2 Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 0.02 3 Ireland Thorntons Recycling 0.12 4 Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 5 Wales Stena Line 0.18 6 Kazakhstan 1.56 7 Great Britain U23 8 Germany ComNet Senges 9 Germany Stevens Von Hacht 10 Surrey Racing League 11 USA CRCA/Sakonnet 12 NE England Bannatyne 13 N. Wales Energy Cycles 14 USA Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 15 USA/BRITAIN 25.14 16 Liverpool Century County Teams 1 Kerry 9.09.42 2 Cork Kanturk Credit Union 3 Galway 4 Meath Martin Donnelly 5 Dublin Usher IRC 6 Wicklow 7 Meath Lee Strand 8 Dublin Wheelers All Systems 9 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 10 Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 11 Dublin Exel Ravens 12 Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 23.18 13 Kildare Newbridge 46.36 General classification after stage 1 1 Valter Bonca (Slo) Slovenia Perutnina 3.01.08 2 Petter Renang (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 0.06 3 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 0.18 4 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland Thorntons Recycling 0.22 5 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 0.28 6 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 2.00 7 Branko Filip (Slo) Slovenia Perutnina 2.01 8 Denis Lynch (Irl) Ireland Thorntons Recycling 2.03 9 Jens Schiwedler (Ger) Germany Stevens Von Hacht 2.05 10 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 2.06 11 Matej Stare (Slo) Slovenia Perutnina 12 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 13 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Germany Stevens Von Hacht 14 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 15 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 16 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 17 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 18 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 19 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 20 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 21 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) Germany ComNet Senges 22 Michael Schweizer (Ger) Germany ComNet Senges 23 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 24 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 25 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 26 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland Thorntons Recycling 27 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain U23 28 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 29 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 30 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 31 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 32 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 33 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Germany Stevens Von Hacht 34 Curtis Gunn (USA) USA/Britain 35 Sven Eckert (Ger) Germany Stevens Von Hacht 36 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 37 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 38 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Germany ComNet Senges 39 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 40 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales Stena Line 41 Ivan Andreeyev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 42 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 43 Isaiah Adams (USA) USA Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 44 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 45 Richard Eastham (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 46 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 47 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 48 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 49 John Tanner (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 50 Tim Dunford (GBr) Surrey Racing League 51 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 52 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 53 Chris Birch (GBr) Surrey Racing League 54 David McCann (Irl) Ireland Thorntons Recycling 55 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 56 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 57 George Rose (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 58 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 59 Andy Guptill (USA) USA CRCA/Sakonnet 60 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 61 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 62 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain U23 63 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 64 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 65 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 66 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 67 Chris Kuhl (USA) USA CRCA/Sakonnet 68 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain U23 69 Julian Winn (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 70 Rene Schild (Ger) Germany ComNet Senges 71 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 72 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 73 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 74 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 75 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Germany Stevens Von Hacht 76 Ben Greenwood (GBr) USA/Britain 77 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 78 Richard Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 79 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 80 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 81 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 82 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 83 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 84 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 85 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 86 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey Racing League 87 Michael Norton (USA) USA Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 88 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 89 Robert Giannini (USA) USA CRCA/Sakonnet 90 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 91 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 92 John Veness (GBr) Surrey Racing League 93 Gareth Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 94 Greg Roche (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 95 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 96 Ian Paine (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 97 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 98 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 99 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 100 Lee Rosenthal (USA) USA CRCA/Sakonnet 101 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 102 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Slovenia Perutnina 103 John Ibbotson (GBr) Surrey Racing League 104 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 105 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 106 Michael Henson (USA) USA Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 107 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 108 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Liverpool Century 109 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 110 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 111 Steven Kenny (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 112 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 113 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 114 Xavier Melendez (USA) USA Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 115 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 116 Mike Harrison (GBr) Liverpool Century 117 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 118 Tommy Evans (Irl) Ireland Thorntons Recycling 119 Gregory Swinand (USA) Dublin Usher IRC 120 Michael Pudlinski (USA) USA Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 121 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 23.58 122 Uwe Sengewald (Ger) Germany ComNet Senges 25.21 123 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 25.24 124 Peter Hey (GBr) USA/Britain 125 Ant Cassidy (GBr) Liverpool Century 126 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 127 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 128 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 129 Johnny Rondash (USA) USA/Britain 130 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 131 Richard Cartland (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 32.12 132 Steve Howells (GBr) USA/Britain 133 Greg Abrahamson (USA) USA CRCA/Sakonnet 134 Andy Hoskins (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 32.32 135 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 34.44 136 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 137 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 138 Steve Gibson (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 139 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 37.52 140 Andy Bennett (GBr) Liverpool Century 38.12 141 Terry Giblin (GBr) Liverpool Century 142 Noel Maloney (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens Points classification 1 Valter Bonca (Slo) Slovenia Perutnina 15 pts 2 Petter Renang (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 14 3 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 13 4 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland Thorntons Recycling 12 5 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 11 6 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 10 7 Matej Stare (Slo) Slovenia Perutnina 9 8 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 8 9 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Germany Stevens Von Hacht 7 10 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 6 11 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 5 12 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 4 13 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 3 14 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 2 15 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 1 Mountians classification 1 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 14 pts 2 Branko Filip (Slo) Slovenia Perutnina 12 3 Jens Schiwedler (Ger) Germany Stevens Von Hacht 7 4 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 6 5 Denis Lynch (Irl) Ireland Thorntons Recycling 3 U23 classification 1 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 3.03.14 2 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 3 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 4 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 5 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 6 Michael Schweizer (Ger) Germany ComNet Senges 7 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 8 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain U23 9 Sven Eckert (Ger) Germany Stevens Von Hacht 10 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 11 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Germany ComNet Senges 12 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales Stena Line 13 Ivan Andreeyev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 14 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 15 Andy Guptill (USA) USA CRCA/Sakonnet 16 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 17 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain U23 18 Chris Kuhl (USA) USA CRCA/Sakonnet 19 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain U23 20 Rene Schild (Ger) Germany ComNet Senges 21 Ben Greenwood (GBr) USA/Britain 22 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 23 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 24 Robert Giannini (USA) USA CRCA/Sakonnet 25 Lee Rosenthal (USA) USA CRCA/Sakonnet 26 Noel Maloney (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 36.06 County rider classification 1 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 3.03.14 2 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 3 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 4 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 5 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 6 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 7 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 8 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 9 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 10 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 11 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 12 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 13 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 14 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 15 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 16 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 17 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 18 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 19 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 20 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 21 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 22 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 23 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 24 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 25 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 26 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 27 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 28 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 29 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 30 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 31 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 32 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 33 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 34 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 35 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 36 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 37 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 38 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 39 Ian Paine (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 40 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 41 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 42 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 43 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 44 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 45 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 46 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 47 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 48 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 49 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 50 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 51 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 52 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 21.52 53 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 23.18 54 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 55 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 56 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 57 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 58 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 32.38 59 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 60 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 61 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 35.46 62 Noel Maloney (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 36.06 CI Cat. 2 rider classification 1 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 3.03.14 2 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 3 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 4 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 5 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 6 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 7 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 23.18 8 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 9 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 10 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 11 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 32.38 12 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 35.46 Teams classification 1 Slovenia Perutnina 9.07.46 2 Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 0.02 3 Ireland Thorntons Recycling 0.12 4 Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 5 Wales Stena Line 0.18 6 Kazakhstan 1.56 7 Great Britain U23 8 Germany ComNet Senges 9 Germany Stevens Von Hacht 10 Surrey Racing League 11 USA CRCA/Sakonnet 12 NE England Bannatyne 13 N. Wales Energy Cycles 14 USA Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 15 USA/BRITAIN 25.14 16 Liverpool Century County Teams classification 1 Kerry 9.09.42 2 Cork Kanturk Credit Union 3 Galway 4 Meath Martin Donnelly 5 Dublin Usher IRC 6 Wicklow 7 Meath Lee Strand 8 Dublin Wheelers All Systems 9 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 10 Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 11 Dublin Exel Ravens 12 Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 23.18 13 Kildare Newbridge 46.36 Courtesy of fbdmilkras.com
