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52nd FBD Milk Rás - 2.5
Ireland, May 23-30, 2004
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Stage 3 - May 25: Oranmore - Charleville, 152 km
Nally takes first pro win in home county
By Shane Stokes, Irishcycling.com
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What a perfect homecoming. Spanish based Irishman Dermot Nally today became the first Irish stage winner of this year's FBD Milk Rás, sprinting home two seconds clear to the finish on the streets of Charleville and taking his first pro win in the process. Nally moved to Valencia from Cork city when he was six years of age and speaks English with strong undertones of a Spanish accent, yet winning here in Cork will go down a treat.
The former Irish under 23 champion has been competing in the colours of the Paternina - Costa del Almeria team for the past year and a half. Knee problems earlier this year compromised his fitness yet today's fine showing will work wonders for his morale and motivation. The Galway Team rider has taken the stage win he came looking for, is now seventh overall and could well go on to bigger things in this race. What's more, the hope is that his career in general will start to flourish after today's fine ride.
"It's great to get this win, it is the first of my pro career," he said at the finish. "Coming into the race I had targeted a stage victory and a top ten finish overall. I've got the first of those now and am up there in the general classification so I'm pretty happy with things so far."
The Corkman displayed a perfect balance of tactics, strength and determination today, bridging across to a long established breakaway group at the right time and then choosing the perfect moment for the last-kilometre solo effort which carried him to the line.
Second place went to Valeriy Dmitryev, the Kazakh showing great reserves in taking second after spending the whole day up the road. He nipped by the former Tour of Spain points winner Malcolm Elliott inside the final 100 metres, Elliott placing a disappointed third but inheriting the green jersey as best sprinter.
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Irish contenders David McCann and Denis Lynch were fifth and sixth, while the 22 year old Kerry rider Sean Lacey placed an excellent seventh. He takes over in the best young rider competition. Fellow Irishman Paul Healion (Dublin Usher IRC) was tenth.
Overnight leader Valter Bonca finished alongside many of the other contenders in the main bunch, some 1 minute and 19 seconds behind Nally. The first five places overall remain unchanged, with Ireland - Thornton's Recycling rider David O'Loughlin in fourth. Lynch and Nally have moved up to sixth and seventh respectively, while Elliott is ninth and McCann is tenth. Lacey, Ritchie Cahill (Kerry) and Tommy Evans (Ireland - Thorton's Recycling) are eleventh, twelfth and fourteenth, and are all within a minute of Bonca's yellow jersey. Perfectly poised, in other words, if the legs are willing.
How it happened
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Paul Healion (Dublin Usher IRC) got the day's action underway with an attack in the first few minutes of racing, sparking off a seven-man breakaway which quickly gained time over the bunch. Healion's companions were Valeriy Dmitryev (Kazakhstan), Jamie Norfolk (Wales Stena Line), Mikael Segarsall (Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic), Massimo Demarin (Slovenia Perutnina Ptuj), Jens Schiwedler (Germany Stevens Von Hacht) and Kevin Dawson of the Yorkshire Murphy and Gunn team. The septet rode well together to put daylight between themselves and the rest of the field, their progress aided by the fact that the bunch seemed a little less willing to chase than had been the case yesterday.
These seven were joined shortly afterwards by two reinforcements, in the shape of Ireland - Thornton's Recycling rider David McCann, second on yesterday's stage, and Daniel Lynch (Cork Kanturk Credit Union).
With many of the strong teams represented, there was some blocking going on back in the bunch and this helped the break get established. By Gort (26 kilometres) the nine riders had extended their lead to over one minute, a lead which continued to grow. As the riders started the first of three King of the Mountains climbs at Killenena, their advantage was up to one minute and 50 seconds. Some scrappy jumping around ensued over the next 25 kilometres, the riders attacking each other at times instead of riding through, yet nevertheless they maintained this gap over the main field.
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During that time they crested three KOM summits, with Segarsall, Lynch and Schiwedler taking the top points at Killenena, Aylevaun and Ogonell respectively. The latter's solo effort on the final climb would prove to be enough to take over the mountains jersey from overnight leader Tobias Lergard (Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic).
As the break headed up over those rolling roads, McCann was clearly out of sorts. The Belfast man seemed to be under pressure whenever the road reared upwards, a surprising development given his second place yesterday and good form this year. Although position problems on the bike were one detail causing discomfort (he changed bikes in recent weeks), the main reason for his malaise was physiological. To put it simply, he was not quite firing on all cylinders.
"I'm not quite sure why it happened, but I was having one of those off days," he said this evening. "My legs just didn't feel good today. I was never in danger of getting dropped on the climbs, but I definitely wasn't riding as I normally would. I'm a little worried about it with the mountains coming tomorrow but hopefully I will be okay. My nose is blocked up at the moment so I am just praying it isn't a cold coming on.
"It was good getting into that move because sometimes it is easier being up the road when you are having an off day. It was very frustrating, though, with all that jumping around as if we had worked properly we could have taken several minutes out of the rest of the field. But there were some guys who wouldn't work and that started a bit of messing."
That "messing" - a.k.a a lack of cooperation between those up the road - saw the bunch come close on several occasions. Heading into Killaloe after 77 kilometres, the lead was one minute and 12 seconds. Yet just seven kilometres later in Birdhill the bunch had closed to within ten seconds. It looked like the day's great escape had come to an end, but somehow the break managed to rally and draw clear once more. However before those up front drew further ahead, Nally jumped across to the break, followed several minutes later by Kimmo Kananen (Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic). That made it eleven up front, although this dropped to ten when Lynch punctured.
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Healion tried to attack after Birdhill and indeed was clear for a while, but was reeled in by the rest of the break. They stayed largely together for some time after that, finally joining forces to try to fend off the chase behind. After Caherconlish, with just over forty kilometres remaining, five chasers managed to bridge across - namely Denis Lynch (Ireland - Thorton's Recycling), Malcolm Elliott (Yorkshire - Murphy and Gunn), plus the Kerry train of Sean Lacey, Ritchie Cahill and Vincent Gleeson - and then three others managed to join up. The addition of Tommy Evans (Ireland - Thorton's Recycling), Ivan Andreeyev (Kazakhstan) and Richard Eastham (North East England Bannatyne) with twenty kilometres to go swelled the front group to 18; these stayed together on the run in towards the finish in Charleville.
With the main bunch now well over a minute behind, it was clear that one of the eighteen would take the stage. The most likely outcome was a sprint, with Elliott favoured to come out on top, but Nally had other ideas. Jumping clear on a drag inside the final kilometres, the Corkman hurtled clear to a two second margin of victory, crossing the line arms aloft and overjoyed with his first ever pro win.
A disappointed Elliott looked set to take for second place but missed out on that when a fast-finishing Dmitreyev came off his wheel inside the final hundred metres. Third place, though, was good enough to earn him the green jersey of best sprinter, and he will keep trying to land that stage win for the rest of the race.
As expected, Nally was delighted with his win. "It's my first professional victory, I'm very happy," he said. "I just went on the last hill, with about five or six hundred metres to go. I wasn't feel particularly strong and didn't think I was in with a chance of winning when we were heading towards the finish. But the other riders were looking at each other a bit, getting ready for the sprint, so I thought I would give it a go."
"It worked out well for me early on when I got across to the break. The bunch had closed the gap right down. It was flat out at the time, in terms of speed, but I said that I would try to get across. I wasn't sure if I would make it, or if the break would end up staying clear, but things ended up fine. Coming into the race I had the goals of going for a stage win and finishing in the top ten overall. I've got the stage win and am now up there (he is seventh) so things are going well so far."
Slovenian rider Valter Bonca retained his yellow jersey for the second day. But as he finished back in the main bunch, 1 minute and 19 seconds in arrears, things have become a bit tighter at the top. The riders who took the first five placings on day one - Bonca, Petter Renang (Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic), Mark Lovatt (Yorkshire - Murphy and Gunn), O'Loughin and Anthony Malarczyk (Wales - Stena Line) - remain at the top of the leaderboard, but now ten others are within one minute of yellow. These include Irish riders Denis Lynch, Nally, McCann, Lacey Ritchie Cahill (Kerry) and Evans, so things are looking hopeful for the home riders going into the first real mountains tomorrow.
"Tomorrow is the first real indicator as to how things really are," said O'Loughlin this evening. "Things have tightened up after today but one good thing is that instead of the race leader having only one Ireland rider to watch, he now has four. We can work with that, try to put him and the other contenders under pressure."
"I got clear a couple of times today but once the break was gone, the bunch closed everything else down. I feel good, though, and had a pretty handy day today."
Stage 4 - May 26: Charleville - Cahirciveen, 181 km
The FBD Milk Rás continues tomorrow with the first real mountain stage of the race, a 181 marathon stage from Charleville to Cahirciveen. Eight categorised climbs await the riders, including the second category ascent of Cill Urlat and the first category Coonanaspic. Both come inside the final 26 kilometres of racing and should really shake up the overall classification.
Photography
Images by INPHO Sports Photography
- Irishman Dermot Nally (Galway) crosses the line solo in Charleville to become the first Irish stage winner of this year's FBD Milk Rás.
- Overnight leader Valter Bonca (Perutnina) finished alongside many of the other contenders in the main bunch, some 1 minute and 19 seconds behind Nally.
- David McCann (Ireland-Thorton's Recycling) successfully bridged across to the lead group with around 40 kilometres remaining.
- Spectators of all shapes, sizes and breeds came out to watch the day's racing.
- Isn't Ireland beautiful?
Results
1 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 3.37.05 (42.01 km/h) 2 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 0.02 3 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 4 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 5 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 6 Denis Lynch (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 7 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 0.05 8 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 0.06 9 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 10 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 0.07 11 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 12 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 13 Richard Eastham (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 0.09 14 Jens Schiwedler (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 15 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 16 Tommy Evans (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 0.12 17 Ivan Andreeyev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 0.18 18 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 19 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 1.19 20 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 21 Curtis Gunn (USA) USA/Britain 22 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 23 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 24 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain U23 25 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 26 Rene Schild (Ger) ComNet Senges 27 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain U23 28 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 29 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 30 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina 31 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 32 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 33 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 34 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 35 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 36 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 37 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 38 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 39 Petter Renang (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 40 Julian Winn (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 41 Tim Dunford (GBr) Surrey Racing League 42 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 43 Greg Abrahamson (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 44 Greg Roche (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 45 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 46 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina 47 Johnny Rondash (USA) USA/Britain 48 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 49 Chris Kuhl (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 50 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 51 Lee Rosenthal (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 52 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 53 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 54 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 55 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 56 George Rose (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 57 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 58 Chris Birch (GBr) Surrey Racing League 59 Andy Guptill (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 60 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 61 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales Stena Line 62 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 63 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 64 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 65 Steve Howells (GBr) USA/Britain 66 Robert Giannini (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 67 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 68 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 69 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 70 Mike Harrison (GBr) Liverpool Century 71 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) ComNet Senges 72 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain U23 73 John Tanner (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 74 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 75 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 76 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 77 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 78 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 79 Richard Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 80 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 81 Richard Cartland (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 82 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 83 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 84 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 85 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 86 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 87 Michael Norton (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 88 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 89 Ian Paine (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 90 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 91 Peter Hey (GBr) USA/Britain 92 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 93 John Veness (GBr) Surrey Racing League 94 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 95 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 96 Gareth Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 97 Ben Greenwood (GBr) USA/Britain 98 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 99 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey Racing League 100 John Ibbotson (GBr) Surrey Racing League 101 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 102 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 103 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 104 Steve Gibson (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 105 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 106 Steven Kenny (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 107 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Liverpool Century 108 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 109 Xavier Melendez (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 110 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 111 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 112 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 113 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 114 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 115 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 116 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 117 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 118 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 119 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 120 Michael Pudlinski (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 121 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 122 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 123 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 124 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 125 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 126 Gregory Swinand (USA) Dublin Usher IRC 127 Sven Eckert (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 2.00 128 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 2.20 129 Michael Schweizer (Ger) ComNet Senges 2.41 130 Uwe Sengewald (Ger) ComNet Senges 2.55 131 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 5.35 132 Andy Hoskins (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 18.45 133 Ant Cassidy (GBr) Liverpool Century 21.55 134 Terry Giblin (GBr) Liverpool Century 24.15 135 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 136 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 137 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 138 Michael Henson (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 139 Isaiah Adams (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 140 Andy Bennett (GBr) Liverpool Century 27.05 141 Noel Maloney (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens Points 1 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 15 pts 2 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 14 3 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 13 4 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 12 5 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 11 6 Denis Lynch (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 10 7 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 9 8 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 8 9 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 7 10 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 6 11 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 5 12 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 4 13 Richard Eastham (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 3 14 Jens Schiwedler (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 2 15 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 1 Mountains KOM Cat 3 at Killenana 1 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 5 pts 2 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 4 3 Jens Schiwedler (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 3 4 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 2 KOM Cat 3 at Aylevaun 1 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 5 pts 2 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 4 3 Jens Schiwedler (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 3 4 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 2 KOM Cat 3 at Ogonelle 1 Jens Schiwedler (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 5 pts 2 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 4 3 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 3 4 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 2 County rider 1 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 3.37.05 2 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 0.05 3 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 0.07 4 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 5 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 0.09 6 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 1.19 7 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 8 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 9 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 10 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 11 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 12 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 13 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 14 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 15 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 16 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 17 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 18 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 19 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 20 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 21 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 22 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 23 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 24 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 25 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 26 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 27 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 28 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 29 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 30 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 31 Ian Paine (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 32 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 33 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 34 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 35 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 36 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 37 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 38 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 39 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 40 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 41 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 42 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 43 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 44 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 45 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 46 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 47 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 48 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 49 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 50 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 51 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 52 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 53 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 54 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 55 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 56 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 2.20 57 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 5.35 58 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 24.15 59 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 60 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 61 Noel Maloney (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 27.05 CI Cat. 2 rider 1 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 3.38.24 2 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 3 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 4 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 5 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 6 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 7 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 8 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 9 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 4.16 10 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 22.56 11 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 12 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Teams 1 Ireland Thorntons Recycling 10.51.31 2 Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 1.11 3 Kazakhstan 1.23 4 Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 5 Wales Stena Line 2.28 6 Slovenia Perutnina 2.29 7 Germany Stevens Von Hacht 2.31 8 NE England Bannatyne 9 Great Britain U23 3.41 10 USA/BRITAIN 11 USA CRCA/Sakonnet 12 Germany ComNet Senges 13 N. Wales Energy Cycles 14 Surrey Racing League 15 USA Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 16 Liverpool Century 24.17 County Teams 1 Kerry 10.51.36 2 Galway 2.17 3 Dublin Usher IRC 2.24 4 Cork Kanturk Credit Union 3.36 5 Meath Martin Donnelly 6 Dublin Wheelers All Systems 7 Wicklow 8 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 9 Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 10 Meath Lee Strand 11 Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 12 Dublin Exel Ravens 13 Kildare Newbridge General classification after stage 3 1 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 10.33.52 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 Denis Lynch (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 0.46 7 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 0.47 8 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 0.49 9 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 10 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 11 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 0.52 12 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 0.54 13 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 14 Tommy Evans (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 0.59 15 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 1.00 16 Ivan Andreeyev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1.05 17 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 1.58 18 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 2.00 19 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina 2.01 20 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 2.02 21 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 2.06 22 Curtis Gunn (USA) USA/Britain 23 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 24 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 25 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina 26 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 27 Rene Schild (Ger) ComNet Senges 28 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 29 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 30 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 31 Julian Winn (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 32 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 33 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 34 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 35 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 36 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 37 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 38 Michael Pudlinski (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 39 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 2.10 40 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 2.15 41 Xavier Melendez (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 42 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 3.15 43 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 44 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) ComNet Senges 45 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 46 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 47 John Tanner (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 48 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 49 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain U23 50 Michael Norton (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 51 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey Racing League 52 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 3.27 53 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 54 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 55 Chris Birch (GBr) Surrey Racing League 56 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 57 Greg Roche (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 58 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 59 Gareth Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 60 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 61 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 62 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 4.28 63 Michael Schweizer (Ger) ComNet Senges 4.49 64 Tim Dunford (GBr) Surrey Racing League 5.02 65 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 66 George Rose (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 67 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 68 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 69 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 70 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 71 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 72 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 73 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 5.20 74 Jens Schiwedler (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 5.21 75 Richard Eastham (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 5.22 76 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 77 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 5.31 78 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain U23 5.57 79 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 80 Andy Guptill (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 81 John Veness (GBr) Surrey Racing League 82 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Liverpool Century 83 Steven Kenny (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 84 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain U23 6.32 85 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 86 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales Stena Line 87 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 88 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 89 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 90 Chris Kuhl (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 91 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 92 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 93 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 94 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 95 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 96 Lee Rosenthal (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 97 Robert Giannini (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 98 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 99 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 100 Richard Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 101 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 102 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 103 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 104 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 105 Ian Paine (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 106 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 107 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 108 Mike Harrison (GBr) Liverpool Century 109 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 110 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 111 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 112 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 113 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 114 John Ibbotson (GBr) Surrey Racing League 115 Gregory Swinand (USA) Dublin Usher IRC 116 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 117 Sven Eckert (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 7.13 118 Ben Greenwood (GBr) USA/Britain 9.35 119 Michael Henson (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 25.09 120 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 26.54 121 Isaiah Adams (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 29.28 122 Johnny Rondash (USA) USA/Britain 29.50 123 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 124 Peter Hey (GBr) USA/Britain 125 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 126 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 127 Uwe Sengewald (Ger) ComNet Senges 31.23 128 Greg Abrahamson (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 35.08 129 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 36.05 130 Steve Howells (GBr) USA/Britain 36.38 131 Richard Cartland (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 132 Steve Gibson (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 39.10 133 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 43.26 134 Ant Cassidy (GBr) Liverpool Century 50.26 135 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 52.46 136 Andy Hoskins (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 54.24 137 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 1.01.31 138 Terry Giblin (GBr) Liverpool Century 1.05.34 139 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.14.19 140 Noel Maloney (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 1.52.18 141 Andy Bennett (GBr) Liverpool Century 2.01.08 Points classification 1 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 26 pts 2 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 25 3 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 24 4 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 24 5 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 21 6 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 16 7 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 15 8 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 15 9 Petter Renang (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 14 10 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 14 11 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 13 12 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 12 13 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 12 14 Curtis Gunn (USA) USA/Britain 12 15 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 11 16 Denis Lynch (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 10 17 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 10 18 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina 9 19 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 8 20 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 8 21 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 7 22 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 7 23 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 7 24 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 7 25 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 6 26 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 5 27 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 4 28 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 4 29 Rene Schild (Ger) ComNet Senges 3 30 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 3 31 Richard Eastham (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 3 32 Jens Schiwedler (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 2 33 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 2 34 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 1 Mountains classification 1 Jens Schiwedler (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 18 pts 2 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 14 3 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina 12 4 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 12 5 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 9 6 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 6 7 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 4 8 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 4 9 Denis Lynch (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 3 10 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 2 U23 classification 1 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 10.34.44 2 Ivan Andreeyev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 0.13 3 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 1.06 4 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 1.14 5 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 6 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 7 Rene Schild (Ger) ComNet Senges 8 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 9 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 10 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1.18 11 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 2.23 12 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain U23 13 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 2.35 14 Michael Schweizer (Ger) ComNet Senges 3.57 15 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 4.10 16 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 4.39 17 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain U23 5.05 18 Andy Guptill (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 19 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain U23 5.40 20 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales Stena Line 21 Chris Kuhl (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 22 Lee Rosenthal (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 23 Robert Giannini (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 24 Sven Eckert (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 6.21 25 Ben Greenwood (GBr) USA/Britain 8.43 26 Noel Maloney (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 1.51.26 County rider classification 1 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 10.34.39 2 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 0.05 3 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 0.07 4 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 1.19 5 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 6 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 7 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 8 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 9 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 10 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 11 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 12 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 13 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 2.28 14 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 15 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 2.40 16 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 17 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 18 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 19 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 20 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 21 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 3.41 22 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 4.15 23 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 24 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 25 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 26 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 27 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 28 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 29 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 4.33 30 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 4.35 31 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 5.10 32 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 5.45 33 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 34 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 35 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 36 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 37 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 38 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 39 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 40 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 41 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 42 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 43 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 44 Ian Paine (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 45 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 46 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 47 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 48 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 49 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 50 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 51 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 52 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 26.07 53 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 29.03 54 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 55 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 56 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 35.18 57 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 42.39 58 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 51.59 59 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 1.00.44 60 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.13.32 61 Noel Maloney (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 1.51.31 CI Cat. 2 rider classification 1 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 10.37.07 2 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 1.47 3 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 3.17 4 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 5 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 6 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 7 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 26.35 8 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 9 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 40.11 10 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 49.31 11 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 58.16 12 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.11.04 Teams classification 1 Ireland Thorntons Recycling 31.42.29 2 Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 1.11 3 Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 1.13 4 Slovenia Perutnina 2.17 5 Kazakhstan 3.07 6 USA Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 5.41 7 Germany ComNet Senges 6.26 8 Great Britain U23 7.55 9 Wales Stena Line 8.09 10 Surrey Racing League 10.51 11 Germany Stevens Von Hacht 10.59 12 N. Wales Energy Cycles 11.03 13 USA CRCA/Sakonnet 16.38 14 NE England Bannatyne 16.58 15 USA/BRITAIN 37.35 16 Liverpool Century 1.02.02 County teams classification 1 Kerry 31.44.18 2 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 3.36 3 Galway 4.59 4 Dublin Usher IRC 6.41 5 Meath Martin Donnelly 7.53 6 Cork Kanturk Credit Union 8.02 7 Meath Lee Strand 9.02 8 Wicklow 11.44 9 Dublin Wheelers All Systems 12.07 10 Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 14.49 11 Dublin Exel Ravens 15.24 12 Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 39.37 13 Kildare Newbridge 1.00.25
