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52nd FBD Milk Rás - 2.5
Ireland, May 23-30, 2004
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Stage 5 - May 27: Cahirciveen - Millstreet, 152 km
Elliott turns back time
By Shane Stokes, Irishcycling.com
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Blast from the past. Former Tour of Spain points jersey winner Malcolm Elliott today turned back the clock in winning stage five of the FBD Milk Rás, proving quickest in the uphill drag to the finish line in Millstreet. The 42 year old Team Murphy and Gunn rider just held off Brian Ahern (Dublin Orwell - Dundrum Shopping Centre) and Kerry's Paul Griffin in the bunch sprint which ended the 152 kilometre stage, with all the main contenders finishing in the same time
Besides Ahern and Griffin, three other Irish riders made the top ten. Tommy Evans (Ireland - Thornton's Recycling) was seventh, while Adrian Hedderman (Cork Kanturk Credit Union) and Aidan Crowley (Meath Lee Strand) were ninth and tenth.
Elliott is well known to those in cycling from his days competing against Kelly and Roche in the Nissan Classic. He won several stages and wore the yellow jersey in the race and was regarded as one of the fastest finishers in cycling. He clearly has retained some of that speed, despite his veteran status.
"The finish here suited me well,' said Elliott. "I was in a good position before the sprint and once I saw the line ahead of me I had a strong feeling I wasn't going to be beaten.'
Elliott and Griffin had been part of a group riders who came down in a crash with 40 kilometres remaining. Together with Ireland - Thornton's Recycling race favourite David O'Loughlin they picked themselves up, dusted themselves down and regained contact with the main field. Fortunately none of the three suffered serious injury and so will be able to start tomorrow.
Despite plenty of action during the stage, the top ten in the general classification remain unchanged this evening as all the overall contenders finished in the same bunch. Valter Bonca (Slovenia Perutnina Ptuj) continues to lead overall by six seconds from Petter Renäng (Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic) with O'Loughlin in third. Along with teammates David McCann (fourth) and fifth-placed Denis Lynch the Ireland - Thornton's Recycling riders are perfectly poised to attack Bonca over the final three stages of the eight-day event.
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O'Loughlin and Lynch did just that today, the former going clear in the early stages and then Lynch showing his hand inside the final hour of racing. The Kanturk rider looked set for a perfect Cork homecoming on the streets of Millstreet when, along with Kevin Dawson (Yorkshire - Murphy and Gunn) and Huw Pritchard (Wales Stena Line) he broke away and built a 54 second lead. Lynch was just 46 seconds off yellow going into today's stage and became race leader on the road, but a furious chase mounted by Bonca's Slovenian team and the Kazakhstan national team saw all three riders hauled in before the stage end. Dawson was the last to succumb, being mopped up with about four kilometres remaining and so setting the scene for that big bunch finish.
O'Loughlin finished in the midst of the pack and seemed happy enough with his ride. "I had a go early on but it didn't work out as there were just two of us and the bunch was riding hard behind. I sat up in the hope that some riders would come across to me but that didn't happen.'
"I came down in that crash near the end but was lucky not to be badly hurt. I've got some cuts and bruises but am otherwise okay. I was about five riders back in the lineout just before it happened; one rider cut in on David McCann, clipping a wheel behind and causing a few of us to hit the ground. Luckily I was okay."
How it unfolded
As expected, today's stage of the FBD Milk Rás saw a number of big attacks and a difficult time for the Slovenian team of race leader Bonca. After an early move containing Lynch and six other riders was reeled in, double FBD Milk Rás winner Philip Cassidy attacked going through Waterville, 15 kilometres into the stage. Shortly afterwards, O'Loughlin and Julian Winn (Yorkshire - Murphy and Gunn) raced clear of the main field and passed Cassidy, the duo opening up a big lead over the Slovenia Perutnina Ptuj-led peloton.
Crossing the summit of the difficult first category climb, O'Loughlin and Winn were over a minute clear of the main field, making the Irishman race leader on the road. They persisted with the attack for some time but when it became clear that the lead wouldn't grow any further, O'Loughlin sat up in the hope that reinforcements would come across from the bunch. This failed to happen and O'Loughlin was reeled in by the main field, while Winn persisted until his recapture at Sneem.
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Next to try were the Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic duo of Kimmo Kananen and Tobias Lergĺrd. Lergĺrd was tenth overall and in leading the King of the Mountains classification, had two good reasons to ride. He dropped Kananen before Inchee Mountain (98.4 kilometres) but took maximum points at the top of the category one climb and again at the top of the category three County Bounds (111.4 kilometres) before being reeled in by the main bunch.
At the top of the County Bounds climb that big crash happened towards the front of the lineout, just as Tommy Evans and two others were forcing the pace. Race leader Bonca jumped across to the group while behind about ten riders hit the dirt, amongst them O'Loughlin, Griffin and Elliott. The three were able to rejoin the bunch, although damage caused to O'Loughlin's bike led him to take the bike of teammate Eugene Moriarty rather than wait for a replacement. Moriarty got a new bike and was able to get back up to the re-formed front group.
With 35 kilometres remaining, Wales Stena Line rider Huw Pritchard broke clear, however he was joined by Lynch and Kevin Dawson, the former become race leader on the road when the break gained nearly a minute on the field
The pendulum started to swing the opposite way with eleven kilometres to go, the Kazakhstan team coming to the front and starting to drive the peloton along. Sensing that the break was doomed, Dawson forged clear with nine kilometres remaining and built a decent lead; however, after reeling in Lynch and Pritchard, the bunch hauled back the British BBAR time trial champion with four kilometres to go and set the scene for that bunch finish, and Elliott's excellent win.
The 42 year old's victory saw him move ahead of McCann in the green jersey competition. Yet, while he is just 49 seconds back in the general classification, lying seventh overall, he is playing down his chances with regards an outright victory in the event.
"The race leader Bonca is very strong at the moment and there are a number of other contenders who are also going very well,' he said. "I think it's a long shot for me, with regards to winning the race.' However, after today's display he will be keen to aim for another stage win, with the concluding circuit race in the Phoenix Park this Sunday probably the ideal opportunity.
Before then, the FBD Milk Rás has two more mountain stages. Tomorrow's 151 kilometre leg to Carrick on Suir sees the riders cross the third category climb of the Pike (119.8 kilometres) before the final summit finish to the top of Seskin Hill in Carrick on Suir. It has been a full 21 years since the last such finale to a stage; big crowds are expected for what should be a very dramatic finish.
Photography
Images by INPHO Sports Photography
- The peloton during stage 5 of the FBD Milk Ras
- The Perutnina team controls the race for leader Valter Bonca
- Malcolm Elliot (Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn) crosses the line to win stage 5 of the Milk Ras
- Malcolm Elliot (Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn) celebrates his win
Images by Shane Stokes/www.irishcycling.com
- Tommy Evans (Ireland-Thorton's Recycling) before the stage.
- Bill Moore (Meath Martin Donnelly) gets a pre-race rub from soigneuse Emma Quirke.
- David O'Loughlin (Ireland-Thornton's Recycling) and Julian Winn (Yorkshire - Murphy and Gunn) went on the attack on the early part of the stage.
- O'Loughlin became yellow jersey on the road but was eventually brought back.
- Tommy Evans (Ireland-Thorton's Recycling) on the attack.
- Evan's team-mate Denis Lynch also had a go, here with Kevin Dawson (Yorkshire - Murphy and Gunn, centre) and Huw Pritchard (Wales - Stena Line).
- Malcolm Elliott (Yorkshire-Murphy and Gunn) won the stage, here kicking clear of Evans (centre) and Paul Griffin (Kerry).
- Elliot's win marked his first win in Ireland since the days of the Nissan Classic.
- Malcolm Elliott (Yorkshire-Murphy and Gunn) wears the green sprint leader's jersey.
- Malcolm Elliott (Yorkshire-Murphy and Gunn) once again returns to top form.
Results
1 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 4.00.09 2 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 3 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 4 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) ComNet Senges 5 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 6 Michael Schweizer (Ger) ComNet Senges 7 Tommy Evans (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 8 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 9 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 10 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 11 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 12 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 13 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 14 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 15 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 16 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 17 Petter Renang (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 18 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 19 Robert Giannini (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 20 Curtis Gunn (USA) USA/Britain 21 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 22 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 23 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 24 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 25 Julian Winn (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 26 Mike Harrison (GBr) Liverpool Century 27 John Tanner (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 28 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 29 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 30 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 31 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 32 George Rose (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 33 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 34 Rene Schild (Ger) ComNet Senges 35 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina 36 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 37 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 38 Andy Guptill (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 39 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 40 Denis Lynch (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 41 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 42 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 43 Richard Eastham (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 44 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 45 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 46 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 47 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales Stena Line 48 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 49 Michael Norton (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 50 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 51 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 52 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 53 Gareth Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 54 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 55 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 56 Tim Dunford (GBr) Surrey Racing League 57 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 58 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 59 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 60 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 61 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 62 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 63 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey Racing League 64 John Veness (GBr) Surrey Racing League 65 Ben Greenwood (GBr) USA/Britain 66 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 67 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 68 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain U23 69 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 70 Greg Roche (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 71 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 72 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 73 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 74 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 75 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 76 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 77 John Ibbotson (GBr) Surrey Racing League 78 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 79 Gregory Swinand (USA) Dublin Usher IRC 80 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 81 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain U23 82 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain U23 83 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina 0.49 84 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 1.01 85 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 1.09 86 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 1.42 87 Ivan Andreeyev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 2.09 88 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 4.12 89 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 9.16 90 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 91 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 10.46 92 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 93 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 94 Chris Kuhl (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 12.26 95 Peter Hey (GBr) USA/Britain 96 Richard Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 97 Greg Abrahamson (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 12.57 98 Xavier Melendez (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 99 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 100 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 101 Steven Kenny (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 102 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 103 Lee Rosenthal (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 104 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 105 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 106 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 107 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 108 Michael Henson (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 109 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 110 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 111 Michael Pudlinski (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 112 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 18.46 113 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Liverpool Century 31.23 114 Uwe Sengewald (Ger) ComNet Senges 34.52 115 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 37.01 116 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 117 Sven Eckert (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 118 Steve Gibson (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 41.51 119 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 120 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 121 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 54.31 122 Johnny Rondash (USA) USA/Britain 123 Ant Cassidy (GBr) Liverpool Century 58.25 124 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 125 Steve Howells (GBr) USA/Britain 126 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 127 Terry Giblin (GBr) Liverpool Century 128 Andy Bennett (GBr) Liverpool Century 129 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 130 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge DNF Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht DNF Isaiah Adams (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis DNF Richard Cartland (GBr) NE England Bannatyne DNF Chris Birch (GBr) Surrey Racing League DNS Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht DNS Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems DNS Ian Paine (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett Mountains KOM Category 1 at Coomakista 1 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 15 pts 2 Julian Winn (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 12 3 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina 10 4 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 8 5 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 6 6 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 5 7 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 3 KOM Category 1 at Inchee Mountain 1 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 15 pts 2 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 12 3 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 10 4 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 8 5 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 6 6 Julian Winn (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 5 7 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 3 KOM Cat 3 at County Bounds 1 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 5 pts 2 Tommy Evans (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 4 3 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 3 4 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 2 County rider 1 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 4.00.09 2 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 3 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 4 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 5 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 6 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 7 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 8 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 9 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 10 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 11 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 12 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 13 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 14 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 15 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 16 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 17 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 18 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 19 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 20 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 21 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 22 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 23 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 24 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 25 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 26 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 27 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 28 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 29 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 30 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 1.01 31 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 1.09 32 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 1.42 33 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 4.12 34 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 9.16 35 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 36 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 10.46 37 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 38 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 12.57 39 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 40 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 41 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 42 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 43 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 44 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 45 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 46 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 47 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 18.46 48 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 37.01 49 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 50 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 41.51 51 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 52 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 54.31 53 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 58.25 54 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 55 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 56 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge CI Cat. 2 rider 1 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 4.00.09 2 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 3 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 12.57 4 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 5 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 18.46 6 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 37.01 7 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 41.51 8 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 54.31 9 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 58.25 10 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping Teams 1 Germany ComNet Senges 12.00.27 2 Ireland Thorntons Recycling 3 Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 4 Great Britain U23 5 Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 6 Slovenia Perutnina 7 Wales Stena Line 8 Kazakhstan 9 N. Wales Energy Cycles 10 Surrey Racing League 11 USA CRCA/Sakonnet 12.26 12 USA/BRITAIN 13 NE England Bannatyne 12.57 14 USA Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 25.54 15 Germany Stevens Von Hacht 37.01 16 Liverpool Century 1.29.48 County teams 1 Kerry 12.00.27 2 Cork Kanturk Credit Union 3 Meath Lee Strand 4 Meath Martin Donnelly 5 Dublin Usher IRC 6 Dublin Wheelers All Systems 7 Wicklow 2.43 8 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 4.12 9 Galway 10.46 10 Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 37.01 11 Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 51.07 12 Dublin Exel Ravens 1.07.45 13 Kildare Newbridge 1.24.19 General classification after stage 5 1 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 19.01.43 2 Petter Renang (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 0.06 3 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 0.22 4 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 0.23 5 Denis Lynch (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 0.46 6 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 0.47 7 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 0.49 8 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 1.37 9 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 1.47 10 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 2.00 11 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 2.06 12 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 2.11 13 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 2.13 14 Tommy Evans (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 2.15 15 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 2.40 16 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 3.15 17 John Tanner (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 18 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 3.21 19 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina 3.22 20 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 21 Rene Schild (Ger) ComNet Senges 22 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 3.27 23 Curtis Gunn (USA) USA/Britain 3.44 24 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 3.46 25 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 26 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 27 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 4.55 28 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey Racing League 29 Gareth Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 5.07 30 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 5.56 31 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 32 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 6.21 33 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 6.34 34 Richard Eastham (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 6.41 35 Tim Dunford (GBr) Surrey Racing League 6.48 36 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 6.57 37 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) ComNet Senges 7.05 38 Michael Norton (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 39 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina 7.14 40 John Veness (GBr) Surrey Racing League 7.16 41 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 7.17 42 Greg Roche (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 43 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain U23 7.37 44 Andy Guptill (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 45 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 7.48 46 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 8.12 47 Mike Harrison (GBr) Liverpool Century 48 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 49 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 8.18 50 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 8.32 51 Julian Winn (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 8.37 52 Michael Schweizer (Ger) ComNet Senges 8.39 53 George Rose (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 8.52 54 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 8.56 55 Robert Giannini (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 9.38 56 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 10.22 57 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 58 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 59 John Ibbotson (GBr) Surrey Racing League 60 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 10.36 61 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 10.43 62 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 10.48 63 Ben Greenwood (GBr) USA/Britain 10.54 64 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 11.20 65 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 11.23 66 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 11.34 67 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 11.50 68 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 12.11 69 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain U23 12.13 70 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales Stena Line 13.03 71 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 72 Ivan Andreeyev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 13.19 73 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 13.20 74 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 14.45 75 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 15.07 76 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 15.27 77 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 15.59 78 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 16.13 79 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 16.37 80 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 81 Gregory Swinand (USA) Dublin Usher IRC 82 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 16.49 83 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain U23 17.22 84 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 18.08 85 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 19.07 86 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 19.38 87 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 20.14 88 Michael Pudlinski (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 20.44 89 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 21.34 90 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 22.05 91 Richard Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 22.48 92 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 22.53 93 Xavier Melendez (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 25.17 94 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 25.29 95 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 25.53 96 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 26.10 97 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 28.40 98 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 28.51 99 Steven Kenny (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 28.59 100 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 29.05 101 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 32.06 102 Chris Kuhl (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 33.05 103 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 33.27 104 Lee Rosenthal (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 33.36 105 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 42.02 106 Michael Henson (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 43.47 107 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Liverpool Century 47.25 108 Peter Hey (GBr) USA/Britain 54.51 109 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 55.36 110 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 56.54 111 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 56.56 112 Greg Abrahamson (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 58.02 113 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 1.02.30 114 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 1.05.18 115 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.05.20 116 Sven Eckert (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 1.06.47 117 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 1.10.56 118 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.15.59 119 Uwe Sengewald (Ger) ComNet Senges 1.20.22 120 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 1.26.18 121 Johnny Rondash (USA) USA/Britain 1.30.52 122 Steve Gibson (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 1.35.08 123 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 1.40.15 124 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 1.55.00 125 Steve Howells (GBr) USA/Britain 2.15.03 126 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 2.15.05 127 Ant Cassidy (GBr) Liverpool Century 2.28.51 128 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 2.39.56 129 Terry Giblin (GBr) Liverpool Century 2.43.59 130 Andy Bennett (GBr) Liverpool Century 3.39.33 Points classification 1 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 52 pts 2 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 44 3 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 39 4 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 31 5 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 25 6 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 24 7 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 24 8 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 21 9 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 21 10 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 20 11 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 19 12 Petter Renang (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 19 13 Denis Lynch (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 18 14 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 14 15 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 14 16 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 14 17 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 13 18 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 13 19 Tommy Evans (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 12 20 Curtis Gunn (USA) USA/Britain 12 21 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 12 22 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) ComNet Senges 12 23 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 11 24 Michael Schweizer (Ger) ComNet Senges 10 25 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 10 26 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina 9 27 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 8 28 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 8 29 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 7 30 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 7 31 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 7 32 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 7 33 John Tanner (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 6 34 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 6 35 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 6 36 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 5 37 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 4 38 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 4 39 Rene Schild (Ger) ComNet Senges 3 40 Richard Eastham (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 3 41 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 2 42 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 1 43 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 1 Mountains classification 1 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 63 pts 2 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina 43 3 Julian Winn (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 29 4 Petter Renang (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 28 5 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 25 6 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 24 7 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 24 8 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 22 9 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 20 10 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 19 11 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 16 12 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 12 13 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 10 14 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 10 15 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 10 16 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 8 17 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 8 18 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 7 19 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 6 20 Tommy Evans (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 4 21 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 4 22 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 4 23 Denis Lynch (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 3 24 John Tanner (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 3 U23 classification 1 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 19.03.49 2 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 0.05 3 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1.09 4 Rene Schild (Ger) ComNet Senges 1.16 5 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 1.21 6 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1.40 7 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 3.50 8 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 9 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 4.28 10 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain U23 5.31 11 Andy Guptill (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 12 Michael Schweizer (Ger) ComNet Senges 6.33 13 Robert Giannini (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 7.32 14 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 8.37 15 Ben Greenwood (GBr) USA/Britain 8.48 16 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain U23 10.07 17 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales Stena Line 10.57 18 Ivan Andreeyev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 11.13 19 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 12.39 20 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain U23 15.16 21 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 17.32 22 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 26.45 23 Chris Kuhl (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 30.59 24 Lee Rosenthal (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 31.30 25 Sven Eckert (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 1.04.41 County rider classification 1 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 19.02.30 2 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 1.24 3 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 2.35 4 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 2.59 5 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 6 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 5.09 7 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 5.34 8 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 6.10 9 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 6.30 10 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 7.01 11 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 7.25 12 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 13 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 7.31 14 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 9.35 15 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 16 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 17 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 9.49 18 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 9.56 19 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 10.01 20 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 10.33 21 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 10.36 22 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 11.03 23 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 12.33 24 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 14.20 25 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 14.40 26 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 15.26 27 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 15.50 28 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 16.02 29 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 17.21 30 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 18.20 31 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 19.27 32 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 20.47 33 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 21.18 34 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 22.06 35 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 24.42 36 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 25.06 37 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 25.23 38 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 27.53 39 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 28.04 40 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 28.18 41 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 31.19 42 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 32.40 43 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 41.15 44 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 54.49 45 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 56.07 46 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 56.09 47 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 1.01.43 48 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 1.04.31 49 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.04.33 50 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 1.10.09 51 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.15.12 52 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 1.25.31 53 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 1.39.28 54 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 1.54.13 55 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 2.14.18 56 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 2.39.09 CI Cat. 2 rider classification 1 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 19.12.05 2 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 3 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 15.48 4 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 54.56 5 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 54.58 6 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 1.00.34 7 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 1.15.56 8 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 1.44.38 9 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 2.04.43 10 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 2.29.34 Teams classification 1 Ireland Thorntons Recycling 57.05.36 2 Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 2.56 3 Slovenia Perutnina 5.18 4 Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 6.03 5 Kazakhstan 9.03 6 Germany ComNet Senges 12.06 7 Great Britain U23 14.29 8 Surrey Racing League 16.02 9 Wales Stena Line 17.44 10 N. Wales Energy Cycles 20.49 11 NE England Bannatyne 35.00 12 USA CRCA/Sakonnet 44.13 13 USA Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 47.13 14 USA/BRITAIN 59.55 15 Germany Stevens Von Hacht 1.09.54 16 Liverpool Century 3.24.01 County teams classification 1 Kerry 57.16.57 2 Meath Martin Donnelly 9.08 3 Cork Kanturk Credit Union 9.17 4 Dublin Wheelers All Systems 9.26 5 Dublin Usher IRC 11.07 6 Meath Lee Strand 13.17 7 Galway 17.38 8 Wicklow 19.44 9 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 24.34 10 Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 1.15.12 11 Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 1.32.29 12 Dublin Exel Ravens 1.58.54 13 Kildare Newbridge 3.06.25 Courtesy of fbdmilkras.com
