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52nd FBD Milk Rás - 2.5
Ireland, May 23-30, 2004
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Stage 8 - May 30: Phoenix Park Circuit, 40 km
Stage win for Elliott, Overall for McCann
By Shane Stokes, Irishcycling.com
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The battle went to former top sprint ace Malcolm Elliott, but the war to David McCann. Today, as the Yorkshire - Murphy and Gunn galloper raced to a fine win in the Phoenix Park, McCann finished safely in the main bunch to make sure of his first ever win in the FBD Milk Rás.
McCann had started the stage with a comfortable margin of 36 seconds over the Slovenian professional Valter Bonca and, with the day's action confined to a circuit race in Dublin's Phoenix Park, it was likely that there would be no change to the overall standings. However that depended on McCann keeping tabs on Bonca and also avoiding crashes or last minute mechanical problems; happily for him, neither was an issue and he crossed the line in ninth to win the race overall.
Bonca was second in the general classification while McCann's teammate David O'Loughin was a further three seconds back in third.
"I'm speechless...I'm absolutely chuffed," McCann said after the prize presentation. "The FBD Milk Rás was the big goal of my season, even more so than the Olympics. If someone asked me if I'd rather win the FBD Milk Rás or go to Athens, I'd pick the first of those in an instant. I was second in the race in 1996 and it was on my list of races to win. I've ticked that off now, and it feels great."
The elated 31 year old was quick to praise his team. "A lot of this is down to the Ireland - Thornton's Recycling team and how well we worked together," he said. "We raced hard all week to get the jersey, with David O'Loughlin giving up his chance to win overall yesterday to make sure I got the race lead. Today each of the riders were at the front, keeping things together and bringing back any dangerous breakaways. We had to stay out of trouble and make sure Bonca didn't get any time, and were able to do both."
"I'm overjoyed, I'm happier than I've been in a long time," said team manager Frankie Campbell after the race. "I worked with some of the riders on the team at the Tour of Langkawi at the start of the year and knew they could do something big in the FBD Milk Rás. I came in with the belief that if I treated them like professionals, they'd ride like professionals and that is exactly what happened."
The control exerted by the Ireland - Thornton's Recycling team set the scene for a big bunch gallop. After finishing second on this stage last year and needing to win to enhance his chances of taking the green jersey as best sprinter, Elliott cannoned off the front of the bunch and took his second stage of the week. Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic's Kimmo Kananen was next, ahead of Dublin Usher's Paul Healion, Mark Cavendish (Great Britain Under 23), Colm Bracken (Galway) and Aidan Crowley (Meath Lee Strand). Matej Stare (Slovenia Perutnina Ptuj) was seventh, with Paídi O'Brien (Cork Kanturk Credit Union) eighth and McCann ninth.
Elliott was delighted to get the win and so secure his green jersey, although he, Healion and several other riders ran into the back of an impeded commissaire's car just past the line. Fortunately no-one was badly hurt.
In terms of the overall classifications, McCann took the 2004 title by 36 seconds over Bonca and 39 over O'Loughlin. Fellow Ireland - Thornton's Recycling riders Denis Lynch and Tommy Evans were sixth and eleventh overall, with the team taking the best international team award. They also landed the best international team stage prize today, adding to their five previous victories in that competition this week.
How it unfolded
Hard to believe, considering the unpredictable Irish climate, but the final stage brought the first rainfall of this year's FBD Milk Rás. Several splattering showers causing the large crowd to take cover under trees or beneath umbrellas; quite a change from the warm, bright sunshine seen for much of the week. Things brightened up for the end, though, with the last few laps of the flat, triangular circuit and the prize presentation being run off in bright light.
Ireland - Thornton's Recycling David McCann started this final stage in yellow after an excellent solo win 24 hours earlier into Tullow. Besides McCann's considerable horsepower, a great team ride by the Ireland squad was responsible for the success. Their collective effort finally cracked race leader Valter Bonca and his Slovenia Perutnina Ptuj team, which came agonisingly close to winning the race. Had he done so, Bonca would have been only the third rider to lead the FBD Milk Ras from start to finish. The feat was first achieved by the great Se O'Hanlon in 1964, 1965 and 1966. Russian rider Alexander Gysiatnikov was the last to do so, way back in 1970.
One of those who played the biggest part in dethroning Bonca was McCann's teammate David O'Loughlin, who selflessly sacrificed his chances on the final run-in to Tullow. O'Loughlin had a fantastic race and was certainly strong enough to win overall. He just missed taking yellow by three seconds on Friday; had he done so, yesterday's stage would have been very different.
Needing to set a steady pace to dissuade attacks and to keep the chance of crashes to a minimum, the Irish team rode at the front for almost the entirety of the final 37 mile stage. There were a number of short-lived attacks, including several by Wicklow team riders but few got any real distance. Most of the gaps came from riders gaining slightly as they fought it out for the four Cycleways primes during the race. The first of these went to Meath Lee Strand's Aidan Crowley ahead of his teammate Mark Cassidy, the two coincidentally riding this season as part of the Cycleways - Lee Strand team.
The second prime came several laps later and went to Michael Schweizer (Germany ComNet Senges), just ahead of Dublin Usher's Paul Healion. Like Crowley and Cassidy in the previous sprint, the two opened up a slight lead over the main bunch but the Ireland - Thornton's Recycling team wasted little time in closing things down again.
Mark Cassidy's father Phil took the third sprint, jumping away going onto the finish straight and hitting the line about a second clear. Cassidy won the FBD Milk Rás in 1983 and 1999 but at 42 years of age, had limited his ambitions to a stage win this time. Following the fourth prime - won by Daniel Lynch (Cork Kanturk Credit Union), brother of Ireland's Denis Lynch - Cassidy made his big bid for that stage, racing clear with Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic' s Mikael Segarsall.
The two opened up a considerable lead of ten seconds but with green jersey contender Dermot Nally (Galway) and several others trying to close things down for the bunch gallop, they were back in the bunch with two laps to go. The Great Britain Under 23 team led the bunch through for the bell, hoping to set one of their riders up for the win. Inside the final 200 metres GB's Mark Cavendish was right up there, but Elliott was quickest, taking the honours just ahead of Kimmo Kananen (Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic), Paul Healion and Cavendish and so sealing victory in the points competition.
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Second last year in the Phoenix Park, Elliott was delighted to take his second win of the week although he, Healion and several other riders ran into the back of an impeded commissaire's car just past the line. Fortunately no-one was badly hurt. There was also a crash in the bunch with about 200 metres to go; again, there were no serious casualties.
McCann, though, avoided both spills and crossed the line safely to win the 2004 FBD Milk Ras. It was a great ride by the former double national champion and the whole Ireland - Thornton's Recycling team, their strength in numbers finally overhauling Bonca after a tough week of racing. The Slovenian had been confident of holding yellow to the end after winning the first stage, but starting the race one teammate down due to injury made the defence of his yellow jersey all the more difficult. Bonca rode very strongly throughout the race, but in the end had to be content with one stage win and second overall. Incidentally, he is due to ride the Race Across America in mid June; an even bigger test of endurance and determination for the 36 year old.
So, in terms of the overall classifications, the 2004 FBD Milk Rás title went to McCann. Eight years after he finished as runner-up to Tommy Evans, the Belfastman finally took the title by 36 seconds over Bonca and 39 over O'Loughlin. Fellow Ireland - Thornton's Recycling riders Denis Lynch and Tommy Evans were sixth and eleventh overall, with the team taking the best international team award. They also landed the best international team stage prize today, adding to their five previous victories in that competition this week.
Paul Healion was the Cuculann Crystal best county rider on the stage with Nally taking that distinction overall. He was a fine fourth in the general classification. Kerry was the best county team overall, ahead of Cork Kanturk Credit Union and Galway, with the latter taking the stage honours today.
The points classification went right down to the wire, Elliott's stage win enough to give him a narrow two point victory over McCann. Nally was third, fifteen points further back. The best climber in the race was Tobias Lergård, (Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic), the Swede beating O'Loughlin and Bonca in the mountains category. Stefan Cohnen (Germany ComNet Senges) came out best in the under 23 standings, with Irish competitors Paídi O'Brien (Cork Kanturk Credit Union) and Sean Lacey (Kerry) showing promise in finishing fifth and sixth overall. Lacey led the classification for one day during the week, a fine achievement for a domestic-based rider.
Donal Byrne (Dublin Orwell Shopping Centre) also rode well to take the best second category rider award, finishing well clear of Daire McCaughley (Dublin Wheelers All Systems) and Noel McGlynn (Dublin Exel Ravens).
And so ends the 2004 FBD Milk Rás. It has been an excellent race, with the route, the riders, the weather, the drama and the action all making for a great spectacle. The event is now 52 years old and counting; long may it continue
Photography
Images by INPHO Sports Photography
- David McCann (Thorntons Recycling) looking composed in the leader's jersey after his magnificent stage win yesterday.
- McCann's Mob - the Thorntons Recycling team of race leader David McCann set the tempo up front around the Phoenix Park Circuit.
- Malcolm Elliot (Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn) wins the final stage of the Rás, outsprinting Kimmo Kananen (Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic) and Paul Healion (Dublin Usher IRC). The win moved Elliot up into fifth overall.
- David McCann (Thorntons Recycling), a very proud winner of the 2004 FBD Milk Rás.
Results
1 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 1.18.31 2 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 3 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 4 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain U23 5 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 6 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 7 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina 8 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 9 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 10 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 11 Denis Lynch (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 12 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 13 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 14 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 15 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 16 Michael Schweizer (Ger) ComNet Senges 17 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 18 Robert Giannini (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 19 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 20 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 21 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 22 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 23 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 24 Curtis Gunn (USA) USA/Britain 25 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 26 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 27 Mike Harrison (GBr) Liverpool Century 28 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 29 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 30 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 31 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) ComNet Senges 32 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 33 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 34 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 35 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 36 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 37 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 38 John Tanner (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 39 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 40 Michael Norton (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 41 George Rose (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 42 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 43 Uwe Sengewald (Ger) ComNet Senges 44 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina 45 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 46 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 47 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 48 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 49 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales Stena Line 50 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 51 Andy Guptill (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 52 Richard Eastham (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 53 Tim Dunford (GBr) Surrey Racing League 54 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 55 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 56 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 57 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 58 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 59 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 60 Ivan Andreeyev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 61 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 62 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 63 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 64 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 65 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 66 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 67 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 68 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 69 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 70 Gareth Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 71 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 72 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 73 Tommy Evans (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 74 Johnny Rondash (USA) USA/Britain 75 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain U23 76 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 77 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 78 Lee Rosenthal (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 79 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 80 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 81 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain U23 82 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 83 Greg Abrahamson (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet 84 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 85 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 86 Xavier Melendez (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 87 John Veness (GBr) Surrey Racing League 88 Greg Roche (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 89 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 90 Richard Jones (GBr) N. Wales Energy Cycles 91 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 92 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 93 Peter Hey (GBr) USA/Britain 94 Steve Howells (GBr) USA/Britain 95 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey Racing League 96 John Ibbotson (GBr) Surrey Racing League 97 Glenn Bak (Den) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 98 Michael Henson (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 99 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 100 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 101 Ben Greenwood (GBr) USA/Britain 102 Steve Gibson (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 103 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 104 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 105 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 106 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 107 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 108 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Liverpool Century 109 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 110 Gregory Swinand (USA) Dublin Usher IRC 111 Andy Bennett (GBr) Liverpool Century 112 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 113 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 114 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 115 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 116 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 117 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 118 Steven Kenny (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 119 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 120 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 121 Ant Cassidy (GBr) Liverpool Century 4.42 122 Terry Giblin (GBr) Liverpool Century 6.40 123 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 15.45 124 Michael Pudlinski (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 19.29 Sprints Cycleways Prime 1 1 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways Prime 2 1 Michael Schweizer (Ger) ComNet Senges Cycleways Prime 3 1 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways Prime 4 1 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union County rider 1 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 1.18.31 2 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 3 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 4 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 5 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 6 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 7 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 8 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 9 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow 10 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 11 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 12 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Galway 13 John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 14 Bill Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 15 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 16 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 17 Donal Byrne (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 18 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Wicklow 19 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 20 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 21 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 22 John Peppard (Irl) Galway 23 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 24 Brian Stewart (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 25 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 26 Brian Keane (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 27 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow 28 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 29 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 30 Emmet Hogan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 31 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Kerry 32 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 33 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow 34 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 35 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 36 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 37 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 38 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 39 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 40 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 41 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 42 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 43 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 44 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 45 Kieran Keane (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 46 John O'Shea (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 47 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 48 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 49 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 50 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 51 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 52 David Early (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 53 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 54 James Walsh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 55 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 15.45 Teams 1 Ireland Thorntons Recycling 3.55.33 2 Kazakhstan 3 Slovenia Perutnina 4 Germany ComNet Senges 5 Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 6 Wales Stena Line 7 Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 8 USA CRCA/Sakonnet 9 Great Britain U23 10 USA/BRITAIN 11 N. Wales Energy Cycles 12 NE England Bannatyne 13 USA Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 14 Surrey Racing League 15 Liverpool Century County Teams 1 Galway 3.55.33 2 Kerry 3 Meath Martin Donnelly 4 Cork Kanturk Credit Union 5 Dublin Usher IRC 6 Meath Lee Strand 7 Wicklow 8 Dublin Wheelers All Systems 9 Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 10 Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 11 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 12 Dublin Exel Ravens 13 Kildare Newbridge Final general classification 1 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 27.17.12 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 Graham Thomas (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 1.34.37 99 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Liverpool Century 1.39.33 100 Robert Wyse (Irl) Wicklow 1.40.07 101 Michael Henson (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 1.41.36 102 Peter Hey (GBr) USA/Britain 1.42.29 103 Seamus Kelly (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 1.44.47 104 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 1.44.50 105 Pat Keneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.49.09 106 Michael Pudlinski (USA) Stelvio Teamwear - Orbis 1.49.29 107 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 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 3.00.19 118 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 3.07.26 119 Steve Howells (GBr) USA/Britain 3.26.47 120 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Exel Ravens 3.28.21 121 Ant Cassidy (GBr) Liverpool Century 3.47.30 122 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dublin Orwell Dundrum Shopping 3.52.22 123 Terry Giblin (GBr) Liverpool Century 3.57.14 124 Andy Bennett (GBr) Liverpool Century 5.00.12 Points classification 1 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 81 pts 2 David McCann (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 79 3 Dermot Nally (Irl) Galway 64 4 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 47 5 Paul Griffin (Irl) Kerry 43 6 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 40 7 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina 39 8 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 31 9 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) ComNet Senges 29 10 Evan Oilphant (GBr) Great Britain U23 29 11 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 26 12 Denis Lynch (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 25 13 Valeriy Dmitryev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 24 14 Sean Lacey (Irl) Kerry 21 15 Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain U23 21 16 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 20 17 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher IRC 19 18 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 18 19 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina 18 20 John Tanner (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 18 21 Tommy Evans (Irl) Thorntons Recycling 17 22 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand 16 23 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Yorkshire Murphy & Gunn 13 24 Colm Bracken (Irl) Galway 13 25 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Scandinavia Bianchi Nordic 12 26 Curtis Gunn (USA) USA/Britain 12 27 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens Von Hacht 12 28 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) ComNet Senges 12 29 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain U23 12 30 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Galway 12 31 Michael Schweizer (Ger) ComNet Senges 10 32 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales Stena Line 8 33 John Veness (GBr) Surrey Racing League 7 34 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Kerry 7 35 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 7 36 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 7 37 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales Stena Line 6 38 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 6 39 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain U23 5 40 Roger Aiken (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 5 41 Paul Slane (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 5 42 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina 4 43 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Kanturk Credit Union 4 44 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 3 45 Richard Eastham (GBr) NE England Bannatyne 3 46 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles Bennett 2 47 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Kerry 1 48 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 27.20.06 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 27.18.15 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 Maurice Hickey (Irl) Dublin Wheelers All Systems 2.59.16 53 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 3.06.23 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 27.36.35 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 81.52.52 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 82.17.03 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
