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52nd FBD Milk Rás - 2.5
Ireland, May 23-30, 2004
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Stage 2 - May 24: Trim - Oranmore, 167 km
Cohnen the Destroyer takes Stage 2
By Shane Stokes, Irishcycling.com
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Dutch professional Stefan Cohnen today won the second stage of the FBD Milk Rás with a determined solo attack. Racing clear towards the end of the 171 kilometre race from Trim to Oranmore, the 21 year old Germany ComNet Senges rider opened up a thirty second lead over the other riders in the large front group, and maintained eight seconds of this advantage in the final drive to the line.
Cohnen's move came at the end of an exhausting day characterised by constant attacking and reshuffling at the head of the race. From the drop of the flag the pattern was set of groups of riders going clear and then being hauled back by the main field. Towards the end of the stage 31 riders succeeded in opening a significant gap over the rest of the bunch, and, following an unsuccessful breakaway by Glenn Bak (Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic), Cohnen seized his chance to race clear. Ireland - Thornton's Recycling rider Tommy Evans tried to close down the move but was marked out of it by the rest of the break, giving Cohnen the opportunity needed to draw further away.
Second on the stage was Evans's team-mate David McCann, the self-professed non-sprinter having enough form and speed to reach the line first of the chasing group. McCann's turn of pace held off former top professional Malcolm Elliot (Yorkshire-Murphy and Gunn), with Curtis Gunn (USA/Britain) fourth and Kerry rider Paul Griffin taking fifth and snatching the points jersey.
Seventh place went to the Spanish-based Irish professional Dermot Nally (Galway), while Paídi O'Brien (Cork Kanturk Credit Union) was eighth and Griffin's team-mate Sean Lacey tenth.
There was little change in the overall classification, with stage one winner Valter Bonca (Slovenia Perutnina Ptuj) maintaining his six second lead over Petter Renäng (Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic). Mark Lovatt (Yorkshire - Murphy and Gunn) remains in third, while David O'Loughlin (Ireland - Thornton's Recycling) and Anthony Malarczyk (Wales - Stena Line) stay in fourth and fifth. Cohnen's fine ride today moves him up into sixth place, overtaking last year's FBD Milk Rás runner-up Tobias Lergård.
In the other classifications, Lergård (Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic), Cohnen and Griffin are best in the mountains, under 23 and best county rider competitions respectively, while Brian Taafe (Dublin Wheelers All Systems) leads the second category contest.
The Ireland - Thornton's Recycling team were best international team on the stage while in the general classification that distinction stays with the Slovenia Perutnina Ptuj squad. Kerry were top county team on the stage and also lead that competition in the overall standings.
How it unfolded
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Today's flat, sun baked 171 kilometre stage was a day where the race radio burned with constant updates of who was heading up the road and who was chasing behind. Groups would get clear but then get reeled back in once more, causing an ever-changing stream of information which was confusing for those in the press car but, doubtlessly, far more bewildering for those in the race. Yesterday's opening stage saw five riders gain nearly two minutes on the race; today, it seemed, the sole tactic was to take no more chances but to simply bring everything back.
The first rider to get the hostilities under way was the double FBD Milk Rás winner Philip Cassidy, who launched a characteristic early attack as soon as the flag dropped. Before the race, he had stated that a stage win was his goal for the week; going up the road inside the first mile showed how serious he was in chasing that ambition.
However it was not to be. After one mile the 42 year old punctured and was passed by the rest of the field. His woes continued when he crashed during the ensuing chase, hitting a car in the cavalcade while racing to get back on. Cut and bruised, the Meath Lee Strand rider did eventually regain the main field but his bid for stage glory took a big knock with that fall.
Following Cassidy's blighted bid, a number of short-lived efforts followed, such as the combination of Eugene Moriarty (Ireland - Thornton's Recycling team) and USA/Britain's Curtis Gunn plus another with Huw Pritchard (Wales - Stena Line) and Kevin Dawson (Yorkshire - Murphy and Gunn). These enlivened matters without having a lasting effect, the bunch coming back up to the riders in each case.
A bigger and more dangerous looking move was established as the race approached the day's second prime sprint at Ballymore (70.1 kilometres/43.6 miles). Moriarty, Anthony Malarczyk (Wales - Stena Line), Kimmo Kananen (Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic), Matej Stare (Slovenia Perutnina Ptuj), Malcolm Elliott (Yorkshire - Murphy and Gunn), Daniel Lynch (Cork Kanturk Credit Union) and Mark Cassidy (Meath Lee Strand) raced clear and contested the sprint, won by Malarczyk. However all bar Lynch were soon back in the fold, the Marseille-based Irishman persisting with a solo effort.
He was joined soon afterwards by team-mate Tommy Evans (Ireland - Thornton's Recycling) and Philip Cassidy (Meath Lee Strand), with Tobias Lergård (Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic) and Irish professional Dermot Nally (Galway) coming across as reinforcements shortly afterwards. The presence of five strong riders seemed to bode well, but after losing two minutes to a similar-sized group yesterday the main bunch was in no mood to repeat the mistake. They quintet were promptly hauled back.
Undeterred by the bunch's attentiveness, David O'Loughlin (Ireland - Thornton's Recycling) and Brian Ahern (Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping Centre) decided to give it a go soon afterwards and built a useful lead. Lynch bridged across to give O'Loughlin, who was fourth overall, some assistance in holding off the main bunch but after thirty kilometres up front, they too were recaptured.
Almost immediately another stream of attacks were launched. O'Loughlin and Lynch, fortunately, had enough strength left to respond and soon found themselves as part of a 31-man group. Also present were their Ireland - Thornton's Recycling team-mates David McCann, Tommy Evans and Eugene Moriarty plus most of the race favourites, although contenders such as Mark Lovatt (Yorkshire - Murphy and Gunn) and Griffin (Kerry) had to do it the hard way and come across from the bunch.
Once the move was established a pattern of attack, chase and counterattack started to unfold. Glenn Bak (Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic) finally managed to break the elastic and got away for a while, opening up a 25 second lead and staying clear until about 23 kilometres to go. A number of others then tried, including Evans, but it was Cohnen who finally succeed in getting a good lead with about twelve kilometres to go.
Riding strongly and fully committed to his effort, he opened up a thirty second lead. And, while the riders behind did manage to rally somewhat before the finish, he had enough in hand to race home eight seconds ahead of McCann, Elliott, Gunn, Griffin and the rest of that chasing bunch to take an excellent win.
"It was quite a tough stage," he said after the presentation. "Other riders were attacking all day. I had good legs and when I saw my chance towards the end, I went for it. I am strong on the hills and had planned to try something later in the week, but when I got the chance today I seized it."
"Stefan was very strong," confirmed Ireland's David McCann. "I finished well and think I might have won the stage had he not been up the road, but he took his chance and had the strength to pull it off.
"I'm not really a sprinter but when I am in good form I can do all right at these types of finishes. It was a fast run-in and one of the Americans almost hit a car - it was pretty ropey. I ended up in a good position and was able to have a go at the end, taking second on the stage."
When asked how he thought his form was, McCann gave a cautious answer. "My legs don't feel great but if I can get up in a bunch sprint, then I must be going okay. Today was a good day for the team, all five of us made it into that split so we are happy. I think most of the favourites were there, but some of them had a hard ride trying to get across."
Yesterday's winner Valter Bonca was one who had little problems. "Today wasn't too difficult. My team were very good and worked well for me, helping me to keep the jersey. I am looking forward to the mountains later in the week, that is my favourite type of terrain so we will see how things work out."
Bonca, a 36 year old professional, competed with the Amore e Vita and Joli teams earlier in his career and rode two Tours of Italy. He should be more than able for the climbs in the second half of the race; with that in mind, the other contenders will do what they can on tomorrow's rolling 152 kilometre stage to Charleville to take back some time.
Photography
Images by INPHO Sports Photography
- The peloton rolls out on a typical May morning
- Eugene Moriarty (Ireland/Thorton's Recycling) on the way to a strong second place.
- Valter Bonca (Slovenia Perutnina) in the yellow of race leader.
- Stefan Cohnen (ComNet Senges) claims the stage victory
Results
1 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 3.54.12 2 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 0.08 3 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 4 Curtis Gunn (USA) USA/Britain 5 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 6 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 7 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 8 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 9 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 10 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 11 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 12 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 13 Rene Schild (Ger) ComNet Senges 14 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 15 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 16 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 17 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 18 Michael Pudlinski (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 19 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 20 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 21 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina 22 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 23 Petter Renang (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 24 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 25 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 26 Ivan Andreeyev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 27 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 28 Denis Lynch (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 29 Tommy Evans (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 30 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 31 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 32 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 33 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 34 Julian Winn (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 35 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina 36 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 37 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 0.15 38 Michael Henson (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 39 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 0.17 40 Xavier Melendez (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 41 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) ComNet Senges 1.17 42 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 43 Michael Norton (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 44 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 45 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 46 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey Racing League 47 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 48 John Tanner (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 49 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 50 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 51 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain U23 52 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 1.29 53 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 54 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 55 Chris Birch (GBr) Surrey Racing League 56 Greg Roche (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 57 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 58 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 59 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 60 Michael Schweizer (Ger) ComNet Senges 61 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 62 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 63 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 64 Gareth Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 65 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 66 Greg Abrahamson (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 3.04 67 George Rose (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 68 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 69 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 70 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 71 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 72 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 73 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 74 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 75 Tim Dunford (GBr) Surrey Racing League 76 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 77 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain U23 3.59 78 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 79 Andy Guptill (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 80 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 81 John Veness (GBr) Surrey Racing League 82 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Liverpool Century 83 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 84 Steven Kenny (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 85 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain U23 4.34 86 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 87 Isaiah Adams (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 88 Richard Eastham (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 89 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 90 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales Stena Line 91 Steve Howells (GBr) USA/Britain 92 Johnny Rondash (USA) USA/Britain 93 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 94 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 95 Lee Rosenthal (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 96 Robert Giannini (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 97 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 98 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 99 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 100 Ant Cassidy (GBr) Liverpool Century 101 Ian Paine (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 102 Richard Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 103 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 104 Steve Gibson (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 105 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 106 Richard Cartland (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 107 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 108 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 109 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 110 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 111 Chris Kuhl (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 112 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 113 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 114 Gregory Swinand (USA) Dublin Usher IRC 115 Terry Giblin (GBr) Liverpool Century 116 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 117 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 118 Peter Hey (GBr) USA/Britain 119 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 120 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 121 Mike Harrison (GBr) Liverpool Century 122 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 123 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 124 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 125 Jens Schiwedler (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 126 Sven Eckert (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 127 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 128 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 129 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 130 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 131 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 132 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 133 Uwe Sengewald (Ger) ComNet Senges 134 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 135 John Ibbotson (GBr) Surrey Racing League 136 Andy Hoskins (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 137 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 138 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 139 Ben Greenwood (GBr) USA/Britain 7.37 140 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 13.39 141 Noel Maloney (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 48.28 142 Andy Bennett (GBr) Liverpool Century 57.18 Points 1 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 15 pts 2 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 14 3 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 13 4 Curtis Gunn (USA) USA/Britain 12 5 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 11 6 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 10 7 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 9 8 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 8 9 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 7 10 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 6 11 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 5 12 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 4 13 Rene Schild (Ger) ComNet Senges 3 14 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 2 15 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 1 County rider 1 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 3.54.20 2 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 3 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 4 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 5 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 6 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 7 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 8 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 9 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 10 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 11 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 12 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 13 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 1.09 14 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 15 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 1.21 16 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 17 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 18 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 19 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 20 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 21 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 22 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 23 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 2.56 24 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 25 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 26 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 27 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 28 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 29 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 30 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 31 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 3.51 32 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 33 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 34 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 4.26 35 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 36 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 37 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 38 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 39 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 40 Ian Paine (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 41 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 42 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 43 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 44 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 45 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 46 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 47 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 48 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 49 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 50 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 51 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 52 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 53 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 54 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 55 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 56 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 57 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 58 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 59 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 60 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 61 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 13.31 62 Noel Maloney (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 48.20 CI Cat. 2 rider 1 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 3.55.29 2 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 1.47 3 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 2.42 4 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 5 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 3.17 6 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 7 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 8 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 9 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 10 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 11 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 12 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 12.22 Teams 1 Ireland Thorntons Recycling 11.43.00 2 Kazakhstan 3 Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 4 Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 5 Slovenia Perutnina 6 USA Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 0.16 7 Germany ComNet Senges 1.01 8 Great Britain U23 2.30 9 Surrey Racing League 5.26 10 Wales Stena Line 5.35 11 N. Wales Energy Cycles 5.38 12 Germany Stevens Von Hacht 6.44 13 USA/BRITAIN 8.52 14 USA CRCA/Sakonnet 11.13 15 NE England Bannatyne 12.43 16 Liverpool Century County Teams 1 Kerry 11.43.00 2 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 3 Galway 2.42 4 Meath Martin Donnelly 4.17 5 Dublin Usher IRC 6 Cork Kanturk Credit Union 4.26 7 Meath Lee Strand 5.26 8 Wicklow 8.08 9 Dublin Wheelers All Systems 8.31 10 Kildare Newbridge 10.13 11 Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 11.13 12 Dublin Exel Ravens 11.48 13 Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 12.43 General classification after stage 2 1 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 6.55.28 2 Petter Renang (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 0.06 3 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 0.18 4 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 0.22 5 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 0.28 6 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 1.58 7 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 2.00 8 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina 2.01 9 Denis Lynch (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 2.03 10 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 2.06 11 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 12 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 13 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 14 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina 15 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 16 Curtis Gunn (USA) USA/Britain 17 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 18 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 19 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 20 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 21 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 22 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 23 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 24 Ivan Andreeyev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 25 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 26 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 27 Rene Schild (Ger) ComNet Senges 28 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 29 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 30 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 31 Julian Winn (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 32 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 33 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 34 Michael Pudlinski (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 35 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 36 Tommy Evans (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 37 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 2.13 38 Michael Henson (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 39 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 2.15 40 Xavier Melendez (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 41 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) ComNet Senges 3.15 42 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 43 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 44 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 45 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 46 John Tanner (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 47 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 48 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 49 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain U23 50 Michael Norton (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 51 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey Racing League 52 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 3.27 53 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 54 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 55 Michael Schweizer (Ger) ComNet Senges 56 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 57 Chris Birch (GBr) Surrey Racing League 58 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 59 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 60 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 61 Greg Roche (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 62 Gareth Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 63 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 64 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 65 George Rose (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 5.02 66 Tim Dunford (GBr) Surrey Racing League 67 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 68 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 69 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 70 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 71 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 72 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 73 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 74 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 5.57 75 Andy Guptill (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 76 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain U23 77 John Veness (GBr) Surrey Racing League 78 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Liverpool Century 79 Steven Kenny (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 80 Jens Schiwedler (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 6.31 81 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain U23 6.32 82 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 83 Isaiah Adams (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 84 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales Stena Line 85 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 86 Richard Eastham (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 87 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 88 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 89 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 90 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 91 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 92 Sven Eckert (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 93 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 94 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 95 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 96 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 97 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 98 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 99 Chris Kuhl (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 100 Richard Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 101 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 102 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 103 Robert Giannini (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 104 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 105 Lee Rosenthal (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 106 Ian Paine (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 107 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 108 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 109 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 110 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 111 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 112 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 113 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 114 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 115 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 116 Gregory Swinand (USA) Dublin Usher IRC 117 Mike Harrison (GBr) Liverpool Century 118 John Ibbotson (GBr) Surrey Racing League 119 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 120 Ben Greenwood (GBr) USA/Britain 9.35 121 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 26.54 122 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 29.15 123 Uwe Sengewald (Ger) ComNet Senges 29.47 124 Johnny Rondash (USA) USA/Britain 29.50 125 Ant Cassidy (GBr) Liverpool Century 126 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 127 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 128 Peter Hey (GBr) USA/Britain 129 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 130 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 131 Greg Abrahamson (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 35.08 132 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 36.05 133 Steve Howells (GBr) USA/Britain 36.38 134 Richard Cartland (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 135 Andy Hoskins (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 36.58 136 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 38.35 137 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 39.10 138 Steve Gibson (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 139 Terry Giblin (GBr) Liverpool Century 42.38 140 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 51.23 141 Noel Maloney (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 1.26.32 142 Andy Bennett (GBr) Liverpool Century 1.35.22 Points classification 1 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 16 pts 2 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 15 3 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 15 4 Petter Renang (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 14 5 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 14 6 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 13 7 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 13 8 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 12 9 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 12 10 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 12 11 Curtis Gunn (USA) USA/Britain 12 12 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 11 13 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 10 14 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 10 15 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina 9 16 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 9 17 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 8 18 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 7 19 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 7 20 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 5 21 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 4 22 Rene Schild (Ger) ComNet Senges 3 23 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 3 24 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 2 25 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 2 26 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 2 Mountains classification 1 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 14 pts 2 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina 12 3 Jens Schiwedler (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 7 4 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 6 5 Denis Lynch (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 3 U23 classification 1 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 6.57.26 2 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 8.00 3 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 4 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 5 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 6 Ivan Andreeyev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 7 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 8 Rene Schild (Ger) ComNet Senges 9 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 10 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1.17 11 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain U23 12 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1.29 13 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 14 Michael Schweizer (Ger) ComNet Senges 15 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 3.04 16 Andy Guptill (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 3.59 17 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain U23 18 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain U23 4.34 19 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales Stena Line 20 Sven Eckert (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 21 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 22 Chris Kuhl (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 23 Robert Giannini (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 24 Lee Rosenthal (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 25 Ben Greenwood (GBr) USA/Britain 7.37 26 Noel Maloney (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 1.24.34 County Rider classification 1 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 6.57.34 2 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 3 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 4 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 5 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 6 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 7 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 8 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 9 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 10 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 11 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 12 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 13 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 1.09 14 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 15 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 1.21 16 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 17 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 18 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 19 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 20 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 21 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 22 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 2.56 23 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 24 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 25 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 26 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 27 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 28 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 29 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 3.51 30 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 4.26 31 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 32 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 33 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 34 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 35 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 36 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 37 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 38 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 39 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 40 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 41 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 42 Ian Paine (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 43 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 44 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 45 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 46 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 47 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 48 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 49 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 50 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 51 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 52 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 24.48 53 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 27.09 54 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 27.44 55 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 56 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 57 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 58 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 33.59 59 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 36.29 60 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 37.04 61 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 49.17 62 Noel Maloney (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 1.24.26 CI Cat. 2 rider classification 1 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 6.58.43 2 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 1.47 3 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 3.17 4 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 5 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 6 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 7 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 26.00 8 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 26.35 9 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 10 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 11 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 35.20 12 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 48.08 Teams classification 1 Slovenia Perutnina 20.50.46 2 Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 2.00 3 Ireland Thorntons Recycling 12.00 4 Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 5 Kazakhstan 1.56 6 USA Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 2.12 7 Germany ComNet Senges 2.57 8 Great Britain U23 4.26 9 Wales Stena Line 5.53 10 Surrey Racing League 7.22 11 N. Wales Energy Cycles 7.34 12 Germany Stevens Von Hacht 8.40 13 USA CRCA/Sakonnet 13.09 14 NE England Bannatyne 14.39 15 USA/BRITAIN 34.06 16 Liverpool Century 37.57 County Team classification 1 Kerry 20.52.42 2 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 3 Galway 2.42 4 Meath Martin Donnelly 4.17 5 Dublin Usher IRC 6 Cork Kanturk Credit Union 4.26 7 Meath Lee Strand 5.26 8 Wicklow 8.08 9 Dublin Wheelers All Systems 8.31 10 Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 11.13 11 Dublin Exel Ravens 11.48 12 Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 36.01 13 Kildare Newbridge 56.49 Courtesy of fbdmilkras.com
