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52nd FBD Milk Rás - 2.5
Ireland, May 23-30, 2004
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Stage 6 - May 28: Millstreet - Seskin Hill Carrick-on Suir, 151 km
O'Loughlin takes first ever stage, just misses yellow
By Shane Stokes, Irishcycling.com
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With a summit finish at the top of the legendary Seskin Hill in Carrick on Suir, today's sixth stage of the FBD Milk Rás was expected to be an epic. So it proved, the first summit finish in 21 years earning David O'Loughin his first ever stage win in the race and taking him to within three seconds of the overall lead.
O'Loughlin's ride was born of a mixture of courage, determination and persistence. The Ireland - Thornton's Recycling rider went clear with his team-mate Eugene Moriarty plus Yorkshire Murphy and Gunn's John Tanner and Mark Lovatt just twenty kilometres into the 151 kilometre stage. Moriarty lost his place up front twenty kilometres later, but the other three riders persisted to eke out a maximum four minute lead. This proved to be just enough for O'Loughlin to hold off the peloton's late charge and take what was an excellent, and well deserved, win.
Race leader Valter Bonca (Slovenia Perutnina Ptuj) and Ireland - Thornton's Recycling rider David McCann finished nineteen seconds behind O'Loughlin, taking second and third. Tanner was overhauled by this duo on the final climb and placed fourth, while Lovatt had the misfortune to puncture out of the break with eight kilometres remaining and so lost his chance. He eventually finished a disappointed 34th on the stage, dropping from eighth to tenth overall.
Bonca's Slovenian Perutnina Ptuj team rode hard all day to keep their leader in touch and, after receiving the assistance of the Kazakhstan team towards the end of the stage, he was able to limit his losses. Bonca ripped clear of the main field on the final climb, with McCann the only other rider able to stay with him, and hit the line 19 seconds behind O'Loughlin. Crucially, this was just enough for him to defend his jersey. He will go into tomorrow's tough mountain stage three seconds clear, fully aware that he cannot afford to lose any more time.
"I'm delighted to win the stage today, but disappointed not to have taken the jersey," said a remarkably fresh-looking O'Loughlin after the finish. "The gap between myself and the race leader is very small - I will just have to go out there tomorrow and try again. I'm not sure if I will have the legs to do so, but I've got to try!"
Fellow Irishman Dermot Nally (Galway) finished 31 seconds after O'Loughlin to take fifth on the stage. Kerry's Paul Griffin was seventh, sandwiched in between the Germany ComNet Senges duo Stefan Cohnen and Rene Schild. Ireland - Thornton's Recycling rider Tommy Evans was eleventh while yesterday's stage winner Malcolm Elliott (Yorkshire - Murphy and Gunn) finished twelfth and moves up to fifth overall. Ahead of him in the general classification are Bonca, O'Loughlin, McCann and Nally, with those first four riders all within one minute of each other and all likely to slug it out on tomorrow's tough mountain stage.
How it unfolded
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Today's 151 kilometre stage from Millstreet to Carrick on Suir featured just two climbs, the category three ascent of The Pike coming after 119.8 kilometres and then the final category one finish up Seskin Hill. The latter climb has a legendary status in Irish cycling, being one of the climbs used by Sean Kelly when training in Ireland and also featuring in the Nissan Classic during the eighties. However the climb is only about two kilometres long, making an early attack necessary for those who were trying to take serious time out of the race leader Bonca.
This is exactly what happened. Almost immediately after the drop of the flag, Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic's Mikael Segarsall went up the road with Paul Healion (Dublin Usher IRC) and Philip Cassidy (Meath Lee Strand). These were brought back by the Slovenians, but then four more - Denis Lynch (Ireland - Thornton's Recycling), Segarsall, Mark Lovatt (Yorkshire - Murphy and Gunn) and Bonca's team-mate Branko Filip - went clear. They were hauled back after a couple of kilometres.
Next to try were Lovatt and O'Loughlin, who built a gap of seven seconds before being recaptured. The duo were soon at it again, however, bridging across to a move by O'Loughlin's teammate Eugene Moriarty and John Tanner (Yorkshire - Murphy and Gunn) 20 kilometres after the start.
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Moriarty was dropped 20 kilometres later but before then, his effort helped establish a one minute lead. Assisted somewhat by a slight tailwind, the three leaders continued to dig deep and draw clear, building a maximum lead of three minutes and two seconds by the 110 kilometre point.
Bonca's Slovenian team increased their pace to reduce the lead to two minutes and 15 seconds by the top of The Pike. With twenty kilometres remaining the gap had dipped to under two minutes; this lead continued to fall as the Kazakhstan national team came to the front and started to assist the Slovenians in their chase.
With ten kilometres remaining the break had only one minute and six seconds, making it conceivable that the riders could be caught before the finish. Lovatt punctured two kilometres later, further increasing the difficulty for O'Loughlin and Tanner. However, while the latter was caught and passed by Bonca and McCann - who exploded from the fragmenting main field on the climb - O'Loughlin was strong enough to stay clear to the line, stopping the clock nineteen seconds ahead of the next two riders. Tanner held on for fourth, while Nally, Cohnen, Griffin and Schild were next home.
In terms of the general classification, O'Loughlin is now three seconds adrift of Bonca with McCann 23 seconds down. Nally is 59 seconds in arrears. Each of the four will head into tomorrow's crucial mountain stage mindful that over nine categorised climbs, anything could happen. The Ireland - Thornton's Recycling team are in the strong position of having two riders so close to the lead, so if they alternate their attacks they could well put Bonca under pressure. That's the plan anyway.
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"We'll do what we can tomorrow to take the jersey," said team manger Frank Campbell. "We were disappointed not to take it today - I think if Lovatt hadn't punctured, David could have been in yellow tonight. Lovatt was still strong and without him the break lost a little bit of its speed.
"We were also unlucky in that the Slovenian team seemed to benefit from the efforts of some of the other teams in the race. Teams were riding that had no reason to ride; I'm not sure why they were riding but it is very frustrating when we are trying to race.
"We will just have to go for it tomorrow. The stage will be a little less crucial for Bonca's team - they seem to be certainly weakening - but I don't think they will be as much use to him tomorrow anyway. With all the climbing, tomorrow is going to be about the strong riders, those who are going well. Bonca's climbing well and teamwork may be a little less crucial for him than it was today."
Campbell says that the Ireland - Thornton's Recycling team will be in the right frame of mind to do what it can. "Morale is very good on the team. A few of the guys are up there in the general classification and they have been riding very well as a unit this week. We'll just go for it tomorrow and see what happens."
Tomorrow's penultimate stage from Carrick on Suir to Tullow has nine tough climbs, including category one ascents of The Heights, Corrabutt and Mount Leinster. It will be the big showdown for the 2004 FBD Milk Rás although, at this stage, few would be surprised if things are still wide open going into the final day's action in Dublin's Phoenix Park. If that three second gap is still there tomorrow evening, Sunday's race will be an absolute humdinger.
Photography
Images by INPHO Sports Photography
- A couple of hardened spectators watch the FBD Milk Ras leader fly by
- David O'Loughlin (Ireland/Thorton's Recycling) drives the breakaway with Lovatt, Tanner and Moriarty on his wheel
- And then there were three: John Tanner, David O'Loughlin and Mark Lovatt
- The Perutnina team had to work hard today for Valter Bonca
- David O'Loughlin (Ireland/Thorton's Recycling) wins the Seskin Hill stage
Results
1 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 3.25.47 2 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 0.19 3 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 4 John Tanner (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 0.25 5 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 0.31 6 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 7 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 8 Rene Schild (Ger) ComNet Senges 0.35 9 John Veness (GBr) Surrey Racing League 10 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 11 Tommy Evans (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 0.38 12 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 13 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 14 Denis Lynch (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 0.43 15 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 0.46 16 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 0.49 17 Lee Rosenthal (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 0.51 18 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 19 Julian Winn (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 20 Tim Dunford (GBr) Surrey Racing League 0.55 21 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 0.56 22 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1.00 23 Ben Greenwood (GBr) USA/Britain 24 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain U23 1.06 25 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) ComNet Senges 26 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 1.09 27 Mike Harrison (GBr) Liverpool Century 1.10 28 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 29 George Rose (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 30 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 31 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey Racing League 32 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 33 Robert Giannini (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 34 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 35 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 36 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 37 Richard Eastham (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 38 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 39 Curtis Gunn (USA) USA/Britain 40 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 1.17 41 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 42 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 43 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 44 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 45 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 46 Greg Roche (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 1.23 47 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 1.25 48 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 49 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 50 Michael Norton (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 51 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 52 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 53 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 54 Andy Guptill (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 55 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 56 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 57 Michael Schweizer (Ger) ComNet Senges 58 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 1.32 59 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 1.34 60 Chris Kuhl (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 61 Ivan Andreeyev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 62 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales Stena Line 63 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 64 Gareth Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 65 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 1.41 66 Johnny Rondash (USA) USA/Britain 67 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 1.44 68 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 69 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 70 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 71 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 72 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 73 Gregory Swinand (USA) Dublin Usher IRC 74 Peter Hey (GBr) USA/Britain 75 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 1.51 76 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 77 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 78 John Ibbotson (GBr) Surrey Racing League 79 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 1.59 80 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 2.01 81 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 82 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 2.05 83 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 84 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 85 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 86 Richard Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 87 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 88 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 2.13 89 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 90 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina 2.25 91 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 92 Uwe Sengewald (Ger) ComNet Senges 93 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 2.41 94 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 95 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 2.48 96 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain U23 3.02 97 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain U23 98 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 99 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 3.37 100 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 3.54 101 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 4.35 102 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 6.00 103 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Liverpool Century 6.14 104 Steven Kenny (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 6.21 105 Steve Gibson (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 6.29 106 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 107 Xavier Melendez (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 108 Greg Abrahamson (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 6.43 109 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 110 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 6.52 111 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 6.56 112 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 7.01 113 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 7.03 114 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 7.06 115 Terry Giblin (GBr) Liverpool Century 7.16 116 Michael Henson (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 7.27 117 Michael Pudlinski (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 118 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina 8.22 119 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 9.08 120 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 11.07 121 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 11.27 122 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 123 Ant Cassidy (GBr) Liverpool Century 12.08 124 Steve Howells (GBr) USA/Britain 12.25 125 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 13.07 126 Andy Bennett (GBr) Liverpool Century 18.50 127 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 26.50 DNF Petter Renang (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic DNF Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping DNS Sven Eckert (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht Mountains KOM Cat 3 at The Pike 1 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 5 pts 2 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 4 3 John Tanner (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 3 4 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 2 KOM Category 1 at Seskin Hill 1 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 15 pts 2 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 12 3 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 10 4 John Tanner (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 8 5 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 6 6 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 5 7 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 3 County rider 1 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 3.26.18 2 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 3 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 0.18 4 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 0.25 5 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 0.38 6 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 0.39 7 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 8 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 0.46 9 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 10 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 11 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 12 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 13 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 0.54 14 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 15 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 16 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 17 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 18 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 19 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 20 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 1.03 21 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 22 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 1.10 23 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 1.13 24 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 25 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 26 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 1.20 27 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 28 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 29 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 1.28 30 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 1.30 31 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 32 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 1.34 33 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 34 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 1.42 35 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 36 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 1.54 37 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 2.10 38 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 39 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 2.31 40 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 3.23 41 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 4.04 42 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 5.29 43 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 5.58 44 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 6.12 45 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 6.21 46 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 6.25 47 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 6.30 48 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 6.32 49 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 6.35 50 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 8.37 51 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 10.36 52 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 10.56 53 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 54 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 12.36 55 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 26.19 CI Cat. 2 rider 1 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 3.27.21 2 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 0.25 3 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 0.31 4 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 4.26 5 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 5.09 6 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 5.29 7 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 5.32 8 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 7.34 9 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 9.53 10 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 11.33 Teams 1 Ireland Thorntons Recycling 10.18.18 2 Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 0.57 3 Germany ComNet Senges 1.15 4 Surrey Racing League 1.43 5 Wales Stena Line 2.12 6 Kazakhstan 7 Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 2.23 8 USA CRCA/Sakonnet 2.29 9 USA/BRITAIN 2.54 10 Great Britain U23 3.03 11 N. Wales Energy Cycles 3.10 12 Slovenia Perutnina 3.31 13 NE England Bannatyne 7.44 14 Liverpool Century 13.43 15 USA Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 14.24 County teams 1 Kerry 10.20.19 2 Galway 0.23 3 Cork Kanturk Credit Union 0.45 4 Dublin Wheelers All Systems 0.46 5 Meath Martin Donnelly 1.20 6 Dublin Usher IRC 1.36 7 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 2.01 8 Meath Lee Strand 2.09 9 Wicklow 2.37 10 Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 9.36 11 Kildare Newbridge 13.27 12 Dublin Exel Ravens 17.45 13 Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 18.49 General classification after stage 6 1 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 22.27.49 2 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 0.03 3 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 0.23 4 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 0.59 5 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 1.08 6 Denis Lynch (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 1.10 7 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 2.14 8 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 2.18 9 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 2.19 10 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 2.28 11 Tommy Evans (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 2.34 12 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 3.09 13 John Tanner (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 3.21 14 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 3.31 15 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 16 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 3.34 17 Rene Schild (Ger) ComNet Senges 3.38 18 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 19 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 3.53 20 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 4.18 21 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 4.27 22 Curtis Gunn (USA) USA/Britain 4.35 23 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 4.44 24 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 25 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina 5.28 26 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 5.46 27 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey Racing League 28 Gareth Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 6.22 29 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 6.51 30 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 7.11 31 Tim Dunford (GBr) Surrey Racing League 7.24 32 Richard Eastham (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 7.32 33 John Veness (GBr) Surrey Racing League 34 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 7.42 35 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) ComNet Senges 7.52 36 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 7.59 37 Michael Norton (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 8.11 38 Greg Roche (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 8.21 39 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 8.22 40 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain U23 8.24 41 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 8.25 42 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 8.42 43 Andy Guptill (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 8.43 44 Mike Harrison (GBr) Liverpool Century 9.03 45 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 9.09 46 Julian Winn (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 47 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 9.10 48 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 9.23 49 George Rose (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 9.43 50 Michael Schweizer (Ger) ComNet Senges 9.45 51 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 10.21 52 Robert Giannini (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 10.29 53 Ben Greenwood (GBr) USA/Britain 11.35 54 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 11.37 55 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 11.49 56 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 11.54 57 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 58 John Ibbotson (GBr) Surrey Racing League 59 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 12.02 60 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 12.13 61 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 12.26 62 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 12.40 63 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 12.56 64 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 14.11 65 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 14.16 66 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales Stena Line 14.18 67 Ivan Andreeyev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 14.34 68 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 14.40 69 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain U23 14.56 70 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina 15.17 71 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 15.42 72 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 16.13 73 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 16.52 74 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 16.57 75 Gregory Swinand (USA) Dublin Usher IRC 18.02 76 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 18.03 77 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 18.23 78 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 18.43 79 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 19.30 80 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain U23 20.05 81 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 21.01 82 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 21.05 83 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 21.24 84 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 21.56 85 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 22.23 86 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 23.11 87 Richard Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 24.34 88 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 24.39 89 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 27.35 90 Michael Pudlinski (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 27.52 91 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 28.07 92 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 28.12 93 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 29.46 94 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 30.03 95 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 30.23 96 Xavier Melendez (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 31.27 97 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 32.54 98 Lee Rosenthal (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 34.08 99 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 34.18 100 Chris Kuhl (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 34.20 101 Steven Kenny (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 35.01 102 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 43.56 103 Michael Henson (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 50.55 104 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Liverpool Century 53.20 105 Peter Hey (GBr) USA/Britain 56.16 106 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 58.28 107 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 58.37 108 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 1.02.13 109 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.03.36 110 Greg Abrahamson (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 1.04.26 111 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 1.07.04 112 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.11.44 113 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 1.13.38 114 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.18.21 115 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 1.19.45 116 Uwe Sengewald (Ger) ComNet Senges 1.22.28 117 Johnny Rondash (USA) USA/Britain 1.32.14 118 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 1.33.05 119 Steve Gibson (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 1.41.18 120 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 1.51.03 121 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 2.00.41 122 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 2.26.13 123 Steve Howells (GBr) USA/Britain 2.27.09 124 Ant Cassidy (GBr) Liverpool Century 2.40.40 125 Terry Giblin (GBr) Liverpool Century 2.50.56 126 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 2.52.44 127 Andy Bennett (GBr) Liverpool Century 3.58.04 Points classification 1 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 57 pts 2 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 56 3 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 51 4 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 40 5 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 39 6 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 39 7 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 29 8 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 24 9 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 21 10 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 21 11 Denis Lynch (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 20 12 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 20 13 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 19 14 John Tanner (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 18 15 Tommy Evans (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 17 16 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 15 17 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 14 18 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 13 19 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 12 20 Curtis Gunn (USA) USA/Britain 12 21 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 12 22 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) ComNet Senges 12 23 Rene Schild (Ger) ComNet Senges 11 24 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 10 25 Michael Schweizer (Ger) ComNet Senges 10 26 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina 9 27 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 8 28 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 8 29 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 7 30 John Veness (GBr) Surrey Racing League 7 31 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 7 32 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 7 33 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 7 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 Richard Eastham (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 3 40 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 2 41 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 1 42 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 1 43 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 1 Mountains classification 1 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 65 pts 2 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 43 3 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina 43 4 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 31 5 Julian Winn (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 29 6 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 25 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 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 20 11 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 18 12 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 16 13 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 15 14 John Tanner (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 14 15 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 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 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 5 21 Tommy Evans (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 4 22 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 4 23 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 4 24 Denis Lynch (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 3 25 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 3 U23 classification 1 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 22.30.07 2 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 0.51 3 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1.13 4 Rene Schild (Ger) ComNet Senges 1.20 5 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 2.00 6 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 2.09 7 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 4.53 8 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 5.24 9 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 5.41 10 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain U23 6.06 11 Andy Guptill (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 6.25 12 Michael Schweizer (Ger) ComNet Senges 7.27 13 Robert Giannini (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 8.11 14 Ben Greenwood (GBr) USA/Britain 9.17 15 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 9.31 16 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales Stena Line 12.00 17 Ivan Andreeyev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 12.16 18 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain U23 12.38 19 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 15.45 20 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain U23 17.47 21 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 19.06 22 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 28.05 23 Lee Rosenthal (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 31.50 24 Chris Kuhl (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 32.02 County rider classification 1 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 22.28.48 2 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 2.10 3 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 2.35 4 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 3.45 5 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 6 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 5.52 7 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 6.12 8 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 7.23 9 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 7.26 10 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 7.43 11 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 8.10 12 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 8.11 13 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 10.38 14 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 10.50 15 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 10.55 16 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 17 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 11.03 18 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 11.14 19 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 11.27 20 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 11.57 21 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 13.12 22 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 14.43 23 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 15.14 24 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 15.53 25 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 17.44 26 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 18.31 27 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 20.02 28 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 20.06 29 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 20.57 30 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 21.24 31 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 22.12 32 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 23.40 33 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 26.36 34 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 27.08 35 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 27.13 36 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 28.47 37 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 29.04 38 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 29.24 39 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 31.55 40 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 33.19 41 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 42.57 42 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 57.29 43 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 57.38 44 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 1.01.14 45 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.02.37 46 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 1.06.05 47 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.10.45 48 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 1.12.39 49 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.17.22 50 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 1.18.46 51 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 1.32.06 52 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 1.50.04 53 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 1.59.42 54 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 2.25.14 55 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 2.51.45 CI Cat. 2 rider classification 1 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 22.39.26 2 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 0.25 3 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 21.17 4 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 55.27 5 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.00.07 6 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 1.08.08 7 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 1.21.28 8 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 1.49.04 9 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 2.14.36 10 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 2.41.07 Teams classification 1 Ireland Thorntons Recycling 67.23.54 2 Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 3.53 3 Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 8.26 4 Slovenia Perutnina 8.49 5 Kazakhstan 11.15 6 Germany ComNet Senges 13.21 7 Great Britain U23 17.32 8 Surrey Racing League 17.45 9 Wales Stena Line 19.56 10 N. Wales Energy Cycles 23.59 11 NE England Bannatyne 43.04 12 USA CRCA/Sakonnet 46.42 13 USA Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 1.01.37 14 USA/BRITAIN 1.02.49 15 Liverpool Century 3.37.44 County Teams classification 1 Kerry 67.37.16 2 Cork Kanturk Credit Union 10.02 3 Dublin Wheelers All Systems 10.12 4 Meath Martin Donnelly 10.28 5 Dublin Usher IRC 12.43 6 Meath Lee Strand 15.26 7 Galway 18.01 8 Wicklow 22.21 9 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 26.35 10 Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 1.24.48 11 Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 1.51.18 12 Dublin Exel Ravens 2.16.39 13 Kildare Newbridge 3.19.52
