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52nd FBD Milk Rás - 2.5
Ireland, May 23-30, 2004
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Stage 7 - May 29: Carrick-on-Suir - Tullow, 149 km
McCann seizes yellow with dramatic stage win
By Shane Stokes, Irishcycling.com
The final showdown. With nine categorised climbs awaiting the riders and Ireland's David O'Loughlin and David McCann just 3 and 23 seconds respectively off the yellow jersey, today's penultimate stage of the FBD Milk Rás was set to be an absolute humdinger of a race. And so it proved. At the end of the 149 kilometre leg to Tullow, McCann raced up to the line to take the stage, the yellow jersey and what is an almost certain overall victory in the 2.5 ranked event.
McCann finished 27 seconds clear of Anthony Malarczyk (Wales - Stena Line) and third-placed Dermot Nally (Galway), with Kimmo Kananen (Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic) and Kevin Dawson (Yorkshire - Murphy and Gunn) next home, 36 seconds down. Malcolm Elliott led in a big chasing group for sixth place, the yellow jersey of Bonca finishing with these riders and losing 59 seconds, plus the race lead, in the process.
With just tomorrow's one hour Phoenix Park circuit race remaining, today represented McCann's final chance to chase victory. His Ireland - Thornton's Recycling team-mate O'Loughlin was close enough to Bonca to - theoretically - challenge for the final yellow jersey if today's stage proved indecisive, but the business really had to be done before Tullow. As things stand this evening McCann will, barring accident or misfortune, win his first ever FBD Milk Rás tomorrow afternoon. He is a comfortable 36 seconds clear of Bonca, 39 ahead of O'Loughlin and 1'03 up on Nally.
As expected, the new race leader was delighted with what is now an almost certain victory in Ireland's premier cycling event. "Today worked out very well for the team," he beamed. "Nothing is guaranteed but with just tomorrow's short stage it is looking good. I have 36 seconds in hand and the final stage usually ends with a bunch sprint. It isn't over till it is over, but I'm very happy with the way things are."
How it unfolded
Following the start in Carrick on Suir, a number of attacks containing Ireland - Thornton's team members were fired off. The aim was to put pressure on Bonca's team right from the start in the hope that they would crack later on in the stage. Shortly after the riders left Carrick, Glenn Bak (Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic) opened up a ten second lead. Denis Lynch (Ireland - Thornton's Recycling) and two others then jumped across, only for the Slovenian Perutnina Ptuj team to close it all down.
Bak was at it again a few minutes later, going up the road with three other riders. These were Tommy Evans (Ireland - Thornton's Recycling), Kevin Dawson (Yorkshire - Murphy and Gunn) and Mark Cassidy (Meath Lee Strand).
The four leaders build a lead of sixteen seconds over the main field. A number of other riders saw the chance to get clear and tried to bridge the gap, but without success. The last to try was Valeriy Dmitryev (Kazakhstan), who did manage to get across, but shortly afterwards the whole break was hauled back.
Several small attacks followed before the Slovenian team decided to shut things down by riding tempo on the front of the bunch. This suited the challengers just fine and a stalemate of sorts transpired until the start of the first category ascent of The Heights. At the bottom of the climb mountains leader Tobias Lergård (Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic) attacked in pursuit of more points towards that classification. He maintained a small gap over the top of that climb and then onto the Corrabutt, the second of three consecutive cat. one mountains. Behind, McCann and Bonca forged clear of the fragmenting peloton, cresting the summit just behind Lergård and slightly ahead of O'Loughlin and Nally.
A small regrouping happened on the false flat between the top of the Corrabutt and the start of Mount Leinster. O'Loughlin continued the Ireland - Thornton's Recycling assault when he kicked clear and opened up a 22 second lead. However his legs had lost a little of their zing after the previous day's marathon breakaway. He crested the top clear of the others but Bonca - with McCann in tow - was in hot pursuit. Once over the top the three came together, with Nally and Lergård next across and then some other riders. McCann seized his chance on the descent, accelerating clear while O'Loughlin blocked Bonca's immediate pursuit.
McCann has been descending well all week and by the 107 kilometre point, his kamikaze effort had him twenty seconds clear. Bonca's team-mates were still trying to get back on terms after being dropped on the climbs and without their assistance, the jersey was losing time fast. At the 118 kilometre point McCann was clear leader on the road, 51 seconds ahead of Kimmo Kananen and Glenn Bak of the Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic team and 1'12 up on Bonca.
The race leader's dilemma was that if he went to the front of the group and chased McCann, he would leave himself vulnerable to attacks. To underline this point, O'Loughlin briefly went clear, compounding Bonca's worries. However his teammates managed to rejoin the front group and went straight to the head of the line of riders, bringing McCann well within sight by Bunclody. With twenty kilometres to go his advantage was just 21 seconds, making things look very precarious indeed.
Conscious that a pursuit race against several Slovenians was only going to go one way, the Ireland - Thornton's Recycling riders started attacking the group to try to isolate Bonca once more. While each of their accelerations ate into McCann's lead, the gamble was that he had enough of a buffer to be able to sustain his lead. With ten kilometres to go he was still just 26 seconds ahead. However, the big efforts by Evans and Lynch had broken the resolve of the Slovenian riders and from this point the gap started to go right back out again.
With eight kilometres to go team manager Frank Campbell got on the radio to David O'Loughlin, telling him that all their hopes now rested with McCann. "It was very hard to have to tell David that his chance had gone, but the way things turned out it was important for him to mark Bonca," he said after the stage. And while it was very difficult for O'Loughlin to give up on his dream of winning the 2004 FBD Milk Rás, he played the model teammate and sat on Bonca, refusing to help in the face of repeated attacks by other riders. This cracked the yellow jersey, who at that point realised that the game was up.
Inside the final ten kilometres Nally and Malarczyk were 20 seconds back from McCann and doing their utmost to get across. But the former national time trial champion was on an incredible ride and would not be brought back, roaring into the streets of Tullow and hitting the line 27 seconds clear of Malarczyk and third-placed Nally. Kananen and Kevin Dawson (Yorkshire - Murphy and Gunn) finished 36 seconds down, while Malcolm Elliott led home the big chasing group for sixth place. Paídi O'Brien (Cork Kanturk Credit Union) was eighth, one place ahead of O'Loughlin, with Bonca sixteenth. Crucially, though, this group was 59 seconds behind the McCann; more than enough to see the Ireland rider take over the leader's yellow jersey. Barring disaster in the final one hour circuit race, the 2004 FBD Milk Rás would be his.
McCann was quick to praise his teammates. "They all did a fantastic job today. With myself and David (O'Loughlin) up there overall the goal was to attack and to try to get some time on Bonca. It was difficult for him as he was so close to the yellow jersey and ended up having to sacrifice his chances. But he played a very good team role, as did the other guys, and it all worked out in the end.
"I attacked on the big climbs and when Bonca brought me back David went for it and opened up a good gap on Mount Leinster. I followed Bonca and could see it took him quite a bit of time to get up to David, so I knew he wasn't as sharp as he had been earlier in the race. As soon as David was brought back I attacked hard on the descent and got a gap. There were narrow, bumpy roads and as I have been descending well all week, I took a few risks on the corners and built a good lead.
"I was a bit worried at Bunclody because they closed to within about twenty seconds of me. I knew that with the jumping around behind they'd be quicker than me on the hills but was pretty confident that on the flat and the descents I could pull away again. The guys on the team attacked Bonca and were able to isolate him from his team-mates, which was a big help. At the end the gap was very big and I was able to take the jersey by a good margin."
McCann's team-mate David O'Loughlin started the day just three seconds behind Bonca in second place, but sacrificed his dream of a FBD Milk Rás win for the good of the team. "David did a very good job today, even though it would have been hard for him to have to sit back and let go of his chance to take yellow. We have all been playing a very good team role all week and this yellow jersey is due to that. Either of us could have taken it today. The whole team rode very well this week, it was a great effort."
O'Loughlin went straight over to McCann after the finish and congratulated him on what is now an almost-certain FBD Milk Rás win. However it was clear from his body language that he was disappointed at losing out on his chance to win the race. "It's hard to be so close to yellow, but the important thing was for one of the team to win," he said philosophically. "I hope to come back again and win the race some other time."
"It was very hard for David, but he did a great team ride today," said team manager Frank Campbell. "Either of the two (O'Loughlin or McCann) could have taken yellow, it could have gone either way. The goal was to try to get McCann up the road early on as he had more time to take back; David had just three seconds so he could have nipped away closer to the finish for that.
"Once McCann got his gap it was important to isolate Bonca. We saw on the road to Cahirciveen that he wasn't very comfortable without his team-mates, so near the end the team were attacking hard in order to get rid of them again. McCann wasn't going to be able to hold off a big chase group by himself but if we broke it up a bit, he had a much better chance.
"It was hard to have to tell David (O'Loughlin) with eight kilometres to go that it (his chance of taking yellow) was gone. At that stage it was all about letting McCann have his chance. David sat back a bit and while Bonca was looking for him to see if he would react when the attacks were going, he held back. It is hard for him today but he can come back and win this race again. He did very well this week and it should be good for his confidence and his career.
Campbell's riders have had a superb week, taking three stage wins in all, the best international team award overall and also the stage award in that classification on five occasions. Barring disaster, McCann and O'Loughlin look set to take first and third overall, with Lynch in sixth and Evans eleventh. McCann is currently leading the points classification while O'Loughlin is set to finish second in the mountains competition.
That theirs has been an excellent team performance is all the more notable as McCann and O'Loughlin are currently both aiming for Olympic selection. Two places are up for grabs and with Mark Scanlon looking almost certain to land one of these, the pressure is on for riders such as McCann, O'Loughlin, Lynch and US-based professional Ciarán Power to secure their passage to Athens. That the Irish team was able to work as such as tight unit this week is a tribute to the riders and team officials alike.
Tomorrow's final stage of the FBD Milk Rás takes place in Dublin's Phoenix Park, the riders due to slug it out in a circuit race of just over an hour in duration. Little change is expected overall, but McCann and co. will still have to be vigilant and stay out of trouble. There is sure to be a ferocious battle for the stage win, with attacks and counter attacks enlivening the FBD Milk Rás right until the drop of the flag.
Results
1 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 3.30.29 2 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 0.27 3 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 4 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 0.36 5 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 6 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 0.59 7 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 8 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 9 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 10 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 11 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain U23 12 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 13 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 14 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 15 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 16 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 17 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 18 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 19 Denis Lynch (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 20 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 21 Andy Guptill (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 22 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 23 Ben Greenwood (GBr) USA/Britain 24 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey Racing League 25 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 26 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 27 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina 28 John Veness (GBr) Surrey Racing League 29 Tommy Evans (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 30 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 1.26 31 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 5.54 32 Greg Roche (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 33 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 34 Curtis Gunn (USA) USA/Britain 35 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain U23 36 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 37 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 38 Michael Norton (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 39 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 40 Mike Harrison (GBr) Liverpool Century 41 George Rose (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 42 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 43 Richard Eastham (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 44 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 45 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 46 Lee Rosenthal (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 47 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 48 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales Stena Line 49 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 50 Ivan Andreeyev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 51 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 52 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 53 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 54 Tim Dunford (GBr) Surrey Racing League 55 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 56 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 57 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 8.09 58 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 59 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 60 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 61 Gareth Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 62 John Ibbotson (GBr) Surrey Racing League 63 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 64 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 21.51 65 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 66 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 23.19 67 Michael Schweizer (Ger) ComNet Senges 68 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina 69 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 70 John Tanner (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 71 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 25.44 72 Robert Giannini (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 27.40 73 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 27.43 74 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 33.26 75 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 76 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 77 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 78 Steven Kenny (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 79 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 80 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 81 Richard Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 82 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 83 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain U23 84 Xavier Melendez (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 43.56 85 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) ComNet Senges 86 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 46.36 87 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 88 Steve Gibson (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 89 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 90 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 91 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 92 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 93 Peter Hey (GBr) USA/Britain 94 Uwe Sengewald (Ger) ComNet Senges 95 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 96 Greg Abrahamson (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 97 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 98 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Liverpool Century 99 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 100 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 101 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 102 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 103 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 51.04 104 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 105 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 106 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 107 Gregory Swinand (USA) Dublin Usher IRC 108 Michael Henson (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 109 Johnny Rondash (USA) USA/Britain 110 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 111 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 112 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 57.54 113 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 59.17 114 Steve Howells (GBr) USA/Britain 1.00.01 115 Terry Giblin (GBr) Liverpool Century 116 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 117 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 118 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 119 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 1.01.01 120 Michael Pudlinski (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 1.02.31 121 Andy Bennett (GBr) Liverpool Century 122 Ant Cassidy (GBr) Liverpool Century 123 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 124 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway DNF Rene Schild (Ger) ComNet Senges DNF Chris Kuhl (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet DNF Julian Winn (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn Mountains KOM Cat 3 at Cussan 1 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 5 pts 2 Julian Winn (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 4 3 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 3 4 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 2 KOM Cat 2 at Scullogue Gap 1 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 10 pts 2 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 8 3 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 6 4 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina 4 5 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 3 6 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina 1 KOM Cat 3 at Bolamar 1 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 5 pts 2 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 4 3 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 3 4 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina 2 KOM Cat 3 at Cranavane 1 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 5 pts 2 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 4 3 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 3 4 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 2 KOM Category 1 at The Heights 1 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 15 pts 2 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 12 3 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 10 4 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 8 5 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 6 6 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 5 7 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 3 KOM Category 1 at Corrabut 1 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 15 pts 2 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 12 3 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 10 4 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 8 5 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 6 KOM Category 1 at Mount Leinster 1 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 15 pts 2 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 12 3 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 10 4 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 8 5 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 6 6 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 5 7 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 3 KOM Cat 3 at Bolamar 1 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 5 pts 2 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 4 3 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 3 4 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 2 KOM Cat 3 at Bunclody 1 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 5 pts 2 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 4 3 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 3 4 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 2 County rider 1 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 3.30.56 2 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 0.32 3 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 4 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 5 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 6 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 5.27 7 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 8 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 9 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 10 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 11 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 12 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 13 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 14 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 15 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 16 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 17 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 18 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 7.42 19 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 20 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 21 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 22 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 21.24 23 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 24 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 22.52 25 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 26 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 25.17 27 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 27.16 28 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 32.59 29 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 30 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 31 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 32 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 33 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 34 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 46.09 35 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 36 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 37 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 38 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 39 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 40 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 41 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 42 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 43 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 50.37 44 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 45 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 46 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 47 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 48 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 49 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 57.27 50 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 58.50 51 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 59.34 52 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 53 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 1.00.34 54 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 1.02.04 55 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway CI Cat. 2 1 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 3.38.38 2 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 25.17 3 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 4 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 5 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 38.27 6 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 49.45 7 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 51.08 8 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 51.52 9 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 10 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 54.22 Teams 1 Ireland Thorntons Recycling 10.33.25 2 Wales Stena Line 0.27 3 Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 0.36 4 Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 5 Slovenia Perutnina 1.26 6 Great Britain U23 5.54 7 Kazakhstan 8 Surrey Racing League 9 N. Wales Energy Cycles 17.59 10 USA CRCA/Sakonnet 32.35 11 NE England Bannatyne 43.16 12 USA/BRITAIN 51.31 13 Germany ComNet Senges 1.06.16 14 USA Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 1.38.56 15 Liverpool Century 1.50.33 County teams 1 Cork Kanturk Credit Union 10.39.19 2 Kerry 4.55 3 Galway 6.38 4 Dublin Usher IRC 12.05 5 Meath Martin Donnelly 43.12 6 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 7 Meath Lee Strand 50.32 8 Dublin Wheelers All Systems 54.16 9 Wicklow 1.04.54 10 Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 1.49.15 11 Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 1.59.35 12 Kildare Newbridge 2.07.42 13 Dublin Exel Ravens 2.20.52 General classification after stage 7 1 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 25.58.41 2 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 0.36 3 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 0.39 4 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 1.03 5 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 1.44 6 Denis Lynch (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 1.46 7 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 2.18 8 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 2.54 9 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 2.55 10 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 3.04 11 Tommy Evans (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 3.10 12 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 3.44 13 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 4.07 14 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 4.10 15 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 4.29 16 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 4.41 17 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 4.54 18 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 5.03 19 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 5.20 20 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina 6.04 21 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey Racing League 6.22 22 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 7.47 23 John Veness (GBr) Surrey Racing League 8.08 24 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 8.40 25 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain U23 9.00 26 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 9.01 27 Andy Guptill (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 9.19 28 Curtis Gunn (USA) USA/Britain 10.06 29 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 10.15 30 Ben Greenwood (GBr) USA/Britain 12.11 31 Tim Dunford (GBr) Surrey Racing League 12.55 32 Richard Eastham (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 13.03 33 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 13.16 34 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 13.32 35 Michael Norton (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 13.42 36 Greg Roche (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 13.52 37 Gareth Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 14.08 38 Mike Harrison (GBr) Liverpool Century 14.34 39 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 14.41 40 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 14.52 41 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 14.54 42 George Rose (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 15.14 43 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 16.28 44 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 17.10 45 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 17.20 46 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 17.25 47 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 17.44 48 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 17.57 49 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 19.23 50 John Ibbotson (GBr) Surrey Racing League 19.40 51 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales Stena Line 19.49 52 Ivan Andreeyev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 20.05 53 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain U23 20.27 54 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 20.42 55 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 21.44 56 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 23.34 57 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 25.01 58 John Tanner (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 26.17 59 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 26.55 60 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 28.42 61 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 30.37 62 Michael Schweizer (Ger) ComNet Senges 32.41 63 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 34.11 64 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 34.50 65 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 35.34 66 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 37.32 67 Robert Giannini (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 37.46 68 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina 38.13 69 Lee Rosenthal (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 39.39 70 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 39.49 71 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 42.13 72 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 43.51 73 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 45.05 74 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 47.14 75 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) ComNet Senges 51.25 76 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 51.26 77 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain U23 53.08 78 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 53.19 79 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 53.55 80 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 54.04 81 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 54.35 82 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 56.34 83 Richard Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 57.37 84 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 1.00.53 85 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 1.01.15 86 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 1.01.55 87 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 1.04.56 88 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 1.07.18 89 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 1.07.37 90 Steven Kenny (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 1.08.04 91 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 1.08.09 92 Gregory Swinand (USA) Dublin Usher IRC 1.08.43 93 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 1.10.52 94 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 1.14.20 95 Xavier Melendez (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 1.15.00 96 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 1.18.16 97 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 1.19.07 98 Michael Pudlinski (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 1.30.00 99 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 1.34.37 100 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Liverpool Century 1.39.33 101 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 1.40.07 102 Michael Henson (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 1.41.36 103 Peter Hey (GBr) USA/Britain 1.42.29 104 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.44.47 105 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 1.44.50 106 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.49.09 107 Greg Abrahamson (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 1.50.39 108 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.54.17 109 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 2.04.19 110 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 2.04.21 111 Uwe Sengewald (Ger) ComNet Senges 2.08.41 112 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 2.09.02 113 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 2.17.16 114 Johnny Rondash (USA) USA/Britain 2.22.55 115 Steve Gibson (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 2.27.31 116 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 2.31.59 117 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 2.51.41 118 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 3.00.19 119 Steve Howells (GBr) USA/Britain 3.26.47 120 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 3.28.21 121 Ant Cassidy (GBr) Liverpool Century 3.42.48 122 Terry Giblin (GBr) Liverpool Century 3.50.34 123 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 3.52.22 124 Andy Bennett (GBr) Liverpool Century 5.00.12 Points classification 1 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 72 pts 2 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 66 3 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 64 4 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 46 5 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 43 6 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 39 7 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 29 8 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 29 9 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 26 10 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 26 11 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 24 12 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 23 13 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 21 14 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 21 15 Denis Lynch (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 20 16 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 20 17 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 18 18 John Tanner (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 18 19 Tommy Evans (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 17 20 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 13 21 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 12 22 Curtis Gunn (USA) USA/Britain 12 23 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 12 24 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) ComNet Senges 12 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 John Veness (GBr) Surrey Racing League 7 30 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 7 31 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 7 32 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 7 33 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 6 34 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 6 35 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 6 36 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain U23 5 37 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 5 38 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 5 39 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 4 40 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 4 41 Richard Eastham (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 3 42 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 2 43 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 1 44 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 1 Mountains classification 1 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 123 pts 2 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 76 3 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 68 4 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 48 5 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina 47 6 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 47 7 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 40 8 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 38 9 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 34 10 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 23 11 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 22 12 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 20 13 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 16 14 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 15 15 John Tanner (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 14 16 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 10 17 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 8 18 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 7 19 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 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 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina 3 U23 classification 1 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 26.01.35 2 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1.13 3 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 2.00 4 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 2.09 5 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 4.53 6 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 5.46 7 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain U23 6.06 8 Andy Guptill (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 6.25 9 Ben Greenwood (GBr) USA/Britain 9.17 10 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 14.26 11 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales Stena Line 16.55 12 Ivan Andreeyev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 17.11 13 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain U23 17.33 14 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 20.40 15 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 24.01 16 Michael Schweizer (Ger) ComNet Senges 29.47 17 Robert Giannini (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 34.52 18 Lee Rosenthal (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 36.45 19 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain U23 50.14 20 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 50.25 21 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 51.01 22 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 1.04.43 County rider classification 1 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 25.59.44 2 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 3.07 3 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 4.17 4 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 6.44 5 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 7.37 6 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 7.58 7 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 9.12 8 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 13.38 9 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 15.25 10 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 16.17 11 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 16.22 12 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 16.41 13 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 16.54 14 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 18.20 15 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 19.39 16 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 20.41 17 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 23.58 18 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 27.39 19 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 29.34 20 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 33.08 21 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 33.47 22 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 34.31 23 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 36.29 24 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 38.46 25 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 41.10 26 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 42.48 27 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 44.02 28 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 46.11 29 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 52.16 30 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 53.01 31 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 53.32 32 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 1.00.12 33 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 1.00.52 34 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 1.03.53 35 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 1.06.15 36 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 1.07.06 37 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 1.09.49 38 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 1.13.17 39 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 1.17.13 40 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 1.18.04 41 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 1.33.34 42 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 1.39.04 43 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.43.44 44 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 1.43.47 45 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.48.06 46 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.53.14 47 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 2.03.16 48 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 2.03.18 49 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 2.07.59 50 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 2.16.13 51 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 2.30.56 52 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 2.50.38 53 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 2.59.16 54 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 3.27.18 55 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 3.51.19 CI Cat. 2 rider classification 1 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 26.18.04 2 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 25.42 3 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 59.44 4 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 1.20.44 5 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.25.24 6 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 1.57.53 7 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 2.12.36 8 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 2.40.56 9 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 3.08.58 10 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 3.32.59 Teams classification 1 Ireland Thorntons Recycling 77.57.19 2 Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 4.29 3 Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 9.02 4 Slovenia Perutnina 10.15 5 Kazakhstan 17.09 6 Wales Stena Line 20.23 7 Great Britain U23 23.26 8 Surrey Racing League 23.39 9 N. Wales Energy Cycles 41.58 10 USA CRCA/Sakonnet 1.19.17 11 Germany ComNet Senges 1.19.37 12 NE England Bannatyne 1.26.20 13 USA/BRITAIN 1.54.20 14 USA Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 2.40.33 15 Liverpool Century 5.28.17 County teams classification 1 Kerry 78.21.30 2 Cork Kanturk Credit Union 5.07 3 Galway 19.44 4 Dublin Usher IRC 19.53 5 Meath Martin Donnelly 48.45 6 Dublin Wheelers All Systems 59.33 7 Meath Lee Strand 1.01.03 8 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.04.52 9 Wicklow 1.22.20 10 Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 3.09.08 11 Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 3.45.58 12 Dublin Exel Ravens 4.32.36 13 Kildare Newbridge 5.22.39
