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50th FBD Milk Ras - 2.5
Ireland, May 19-26, 2002
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Stage 4 - May 22: Killorglin - Castletownbere, 171 km
Newton fights back
By Shane Stokes
The chief rival to race leader Ciarán Power showed that he had little intention of backing down in today's fourth stage of the FBD Milk Rás. Chris Newton raced clear on the road to Castletownbere and claimed back some of the time that his Irish rival gained 24 hours before.
After tracking Power for most of the 107 mile stage, Great Britain rider Newton launched a massive attack against the Team Ireland Stena Line cyclist on the foothills of the first category Healy Pass, the final climb of the day, and sped to the finish in Castletownbere some 39 seconds ahead of his main rival.
Newton remains over four minutes behind Power but while today's was a small gain, it proved to be a valuable confidence booster. While in yellow he had said that the overall classification did not interest him, yet with four stages remaining it is clear that the war is far from over.
One who has lost all chance of winning this 50th edition of the race is Mayo Connacht Gold rider David O'Loughlin. The American-based Irish pro jumped up to second overall yesterday but was forced to pull out of the race this morning due to a stomach bug. "I woke up during the night and didn't feel quite right," he said. "I initially didn't know what was wrong but then started vomiting. I am totally drained this morning and on medical advice, have decided not to start the stage."
Given that this was the first real mountain leg of the race, O'Loughlin's choice seems a wise one. The roads around the Ring of Kerry are notoriously difficult and with seven categorised climbs lying in wait, even fully-healthy riders were facing a gruelling day in the saddle.
Following several skirmishes, the first significant break occurred one hour into the stage when a group of ten joined together up the road and began to pull away from the main bunch. Newton had two team-mates in this break -- Steve Cummings and Tim Buckle, while Power's team-mate Paul Griffin was present to police the move. This was just as well, as there were other danger-men present -- Danish rider Ari Hojgaard and Huw Pritchard were both up overall and had the opportunity to regain some of their lost time.
Apart from Griffin, Irish interests were represented by Cork Stafford Fuels rider Richie Cahill, while Paddy Moriarty (Dublin Skip Hire) had the misfortune to puncture while bridging across to the escape.
Back in the bunch, the Team Ireland Stena Line team -- in particular Tommy Evans -- limited the gain of the leading group to around one minute, controlling the race for Power, but the yellow jersey was briefly caught napping when Newton and several others raced clear before the start of the Healy Pass.
Power quickly closed the gap to his main rival, but a chain problem meant that he was unable to respond to Newton's next attack shortly afterwards.
Clear of the Navigators professional, Newton drove the pace up towards the summit of the climb and, with eleven others to contribute, sped down the twisting descent and on towards Castletownbere. Power was forty seconds down at the top but combined with the Lancashire Compensation Group squad and Surrey's Gethin Butler to hold that gap to the line, where he rolled in a weary, but relieved, rider.
Newton was second in the sprint for stage honours behind Canadian professional Andrew Randell, and was bullish. "I could have won today if I had a clear run to the line -- the barriers jutted out near the finish and I had to back off," he said. "The real priority though was to gain time on the yellow jersey and I am pretty happy with how things went. Ciarán still has a big lead but I will keep on trying all the way to the finish."
Still over four minutes clear, Power remains in a strong position. "Newton got clear when I had bike problems and while I couldn't close the gap, we held him on the run in to the line," he said. "I am still confident. Every day is a danger, but I think we are strong enough to keep the jersey until the finish on Sunday."
Results
1 Andrew Randell (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 4.21.26 2 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 3 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 4 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia 5 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 6 Hichem Menad (Alg) France VC La Pomme 7 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 8 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 9 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 10 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia 0.06 11 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 0.39 12 Jean-Francois Laroche (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 13 Nicolas White (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 14 Mark Kelly (GBr) Isle Of Man 15 Ross Muir (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 16 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 17 Rob Holden (GBr) Isle Of Man 18 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 19 Gethin Butler (GBr) Surrey League 20 Jurgen Rodenbeck (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 21 Alexander Ross (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 22 John Tanner (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 23 Marek Blazej (Pol) Poland Team Legia 24 Bryan Steel (GBr) Great Britain 25 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 26 Ben Brooks (Aus) NW England Cycle Centre RT 27 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 28 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 29 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 30 Rory Wyley (Irl) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 31 Tim Buckle (GBr) Great Britain 32 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 5.59 33 Raymond Clarke (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 34 Gary Dodd (GBr) Surrey League 6.57 35 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales 36 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey League 37 Alastair Kay (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 38 Greg Roche (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 7.21 39 Dominique Rollin (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 40 Chris Belsham (GBr) Nth East England 7.24 41 Tim Davies (GBr) Wales 7.26 42 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Isle Of Man 7.33 43 Matthew Melville (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 44 Martin O'Louglin (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 45 Takeshi Hashimoto (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 46 Stephen Mifsud (Fra) France VC La Pomme 47 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 48 Richard Eastham (GBr) Nth East England 49 Nikolas Knudsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 50 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 51 Sean Farrell (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 52 Timo Wolk (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 53 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey League 54 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 55 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme 56 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 57 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 58 Andrew Roche (Irl) Isle Of Man 59 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 60 Elliot Baxter (GBr) Isle Of Man 61 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 62 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 63 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales 64 Daniel Spence (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 65 Josh Hall (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 66 Gareth Jones (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 67 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 68 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 69 Denis Easton (Irl) Meath Avonmore 70 Thomas Hogan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 71 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jap) France VC La Pomme 72 Stefen Small (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 73 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales 12.09 74 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 12.24 75 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 76 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 77 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 78 Philip Finegan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 79 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 80 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 12.32 81 Taichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 82 Andrew Yates (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 83 Adrian Hedderman (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 84 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin UCD 85 Tom Hughes (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 86 Justin Hoy (GBr) Surrey League 87 Richard Cahill (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 88 Peter Hey (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 89 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 90 John Charlesworth (GBr) Nth East England 91 Tim Ahern (Irl) Dublin UCD 92 Frederic Pedersoli (Fra) France VC La Pomme 93 Michael Laursen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 94 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 95 Tommy Evans (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 96 Rodney Green (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 16.44 97 Lars Bojsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 25.59 98 Dermot Healy (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 99 Paul Griffin (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 100 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 31.03 101 Laurence Roche (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 31.36 102 Kealan O'Connor (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 103 James Hodnett (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 104 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 105 Aidan Crowley (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 106 Colm Farrell (Irl) Meath Avonmore 107 David Byrne (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 108 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 109 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 110 William Byrne (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 38.40 111 Buck Miller (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 112 Peter Murdoch (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 113 Pat Kennealy (Irl) Dublin UCD 114 Jonathan Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 115 John Paul Hilliard (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 116 Jake Hennen (USA) NW England Cycle Centre RT 117 David Elson (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 118 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 119 Thomas Graham (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 120 Stephen Howells (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 121 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 122 Paul Watson (GBr) Nth East England 123 Steve Gibson (GBr) Nth East England 124 Daniel Holt (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 125 Jeff Austin (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 126 Paddy Sweeney (Irl) Meath Avonmore 127 Phil Southerland (USA) People's Cycling Team 128 Tim Barry (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 129 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 130 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 131 Ciaran Kelly (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 132 Ian Furniss (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 133 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 134 Brian Lynch (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 135 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 136 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 137 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 138 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 139 Steve Lepine (USA) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 43.06 140 Niall Quinlan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 141 Francis Ennis (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 142 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD 143 John Dillon (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 144 Boyd Johnson (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 45.37 145 Emmett Roche (Irl) Meath Avonmore 49.26 146 Christopher Harnish (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 51.46 147 Andrew Duffin (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 148 Julian Sharples (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 149 Jim Maguire (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 150 Brian Hammond (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 151 Paul Reid (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 152 Dave Walsh (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 153 David Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD 59.31 154 Moritz Bock (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 155 Nils Wartemann (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex General classification after stage 4 1 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 16.27.45 2 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 4.04 3 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 4.32 4 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 4.33 5 Andrew Randell (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 6 Hichem Menad (Alg) France VC La Pomme 7 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 8 John Tanner (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 4.55 9 Ben Brooks (Aus) NW England Cycle Centre RT 5.00 10 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 5.04 11 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 5.12 12 Jean-Francois Laroche (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 13 Gethin Butler (GBr) Surrey League 14 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 15 Tim Buckle (GBr) Great Britain 5.58 16 Gary Dodd (GBr) Surrey League 11.28 17 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia 11.35 18 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 19 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia 11.39 20 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-F 11.59 21 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales 12.04 22 Daniel Spence (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 12.06 23 Jurgen Rodenbeck (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 12.14 24 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 25 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 26 Nicolas White (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 27 Rob Holden (GBr) Isle Of Man 28 Rory Wyley (Irl) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 29 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 13.46 30 Bryan Steel (GBr) Great Britain 15.46 31 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 32 Raymond Clarke (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 16.47 33 Michael Laursen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 17.05 34 Justin Hoy (GBr) Surrey League 35 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 17.34 36 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme 17.46 37 Marek Blazej (Pol) Poland Team Legia 18.01 38 Stephen Mifsud (Fra) France VC La Pomme 18.21 39 Alastair Kay (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 18.32 40 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales 41 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey League 42 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 18.40 43 Takeshi Hashimoto (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 19.08 44 Andrew Roche (Irl) Isle Of Man 45 Timo Wolk (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 46 Nikolas Knudsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 47 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 48 Denis Easton (Irl) Meath Avonmore 49 Thomas Hogan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 50 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 51 Mark Kelly (GBr) Isle Of Man 21.10 52 Ross Muir (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 53 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales 23.16 54 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 23.59 55 Peter Hey (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 24.07 56 Tommy Evans (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 57 Frederic Pedersoli (Fra) France VC La Pomme 24.31 58 Dominique Rollin (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 25.11 59 Greg Roche (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 60 Matthew Melville (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 25.23 61 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 26.01 62 Josh Hall (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 27.36 63 Chris Belsham (GBr) Nth East England 27.55 64 Tim Davies (GBr) Wales 27.57 65 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 28.04 66 Richard Eastham (GBr) Nth East England 67 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 68 Elliot Baxter (GBr) Isle Of Man 69 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 70 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Isle Of Man 71 Gareth Jones (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 72 Sean Farrell (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 28.28 73 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 30.14 74 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 30.22 75 Adrian Hedderman (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 76 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 32.55 77 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 78 Philip Finegan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 79 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 80 Andrew Yates (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 33.03 81 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 82 John Charlesworth (GBr) Nth East England 83 Richard Cahill (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 84 Tom Hughes (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 34.34 85 Rodney Green (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 37.15 86 Lars Bojsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 39.28 87 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 40.46 88 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 40.57 89 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jap) France VC La Pomme 40.57 90 Alexander Ross (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 42.08 91 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey League 42.39 92 James Hodnett (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 43.11 93 Taichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 45.56 94 Paul Griffin (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 46.30 95 Aidan Crowley (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 49.26 96 Colm Farrell (Irl) Meath Avonmore 49.50 97 Peter Murdoch (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 50.15 98 Tim Barry (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 50.39 99 Kealan O'Connor (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 52.07 100 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 52.07 101 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 54.45 102 Laurence Roche (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 55.40 103 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 56.30 104 John Paul Hilliard (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 105 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 57.50 106 Martin O'Louglin (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 57.56 107 Stefen Small (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 57.56 108 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin UCD 58.56 109 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 59.11 110 Paul Watson (GBr) Nth East England 59.35 111 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD 1.00.56 112 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 1.02.44 113 Ciaran Kelly (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 1.03.40 114 Tim Ahern (Irl) Dublin UCD 1.07.06 115 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 1.10.56 116 Buck Miller (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 1.11.18 117 Phil Southerland (USA) People's Cycling Team 1.11.18 118 William Byrne (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 1.12.04 119 Stephen Howells (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 1.12.28 120 Steve Gibson (GBr) Nth East England 1.12.28 121 Brian Lynch (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 1.15.55 122 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 1.18.14 123 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.21.50 124 Thomas Graham (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 1.24.12 125 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 1.30.53 126 Julian Sharples (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 1.31.30 127 Ian Furniss (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 1.35.08 128 Francis Ennis (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 1.35.43 129 Dermot Healy (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 1.37.20 130 Jonathan Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 1.38.59 131 Pat Kennealy (Irl) Dublin UCD 1.47.17 132 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 1.47.51 133 David Byrne (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 1.50.15 134 Jake Hennen (USA) NW England Cycle Centre RT 1.50.28 135 Brian Hammond (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 1.52.05 136 Jeff Austin (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 1.58.33 137 David Elson (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 1.59.57 138 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 139 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 140 Niall Quinlan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 2.02.35 141 Daniel Holt (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 2.03.49 142 John Dillon (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 2.08.32 143 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 2.10.22 144 Steve Lepine (USA) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 2.16.44 145 Moritz Bock (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 2.23.46 146 Paul Reid (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 2.27.26 147 Nils Wartemann (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 2.31.29 148 Paddy Sweeney (Irl) Meath Avonmore 2.34.38 149 Boyd Johnson (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 2.40.41 150 David Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD 2.40.51 151 Dave Walsh (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 2.46.50 152 Jim Maguire (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 2.47.54 153 Emmett Roche (Irl) Meath Avonmore 2.54.31 154 Christopher Harnish (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 3.07.32 155 Andrew Duffin (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 3.19.02 Points classification 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 49 pts 2 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 36 3 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales 32 4 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 29 5 John Tanner (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 26 6 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 25 7 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia 24 8 Ben Brooks (Aus) NW England Cycle Centre RT 23 9 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 20 10 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 17 11 Andrew Randell (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 15 12 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 13 13 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme 13 14 Hichem Menad (Alg) France VC La Pomme 12 15 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 12 16 Lars Bojsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 12 17 Gary Dodd (GBr) Surrey League 10 18 Dominique Rollin (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 9 19 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-F 8 20 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 7 21 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 7 22 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia 6 23 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 6 24 Paul Griffin (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 6 25 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 5 26 Michael Laursen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 5 27 Jean-Francois Laroche (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 4 28 Andrew Roche (Irl) Isle Of Man 4 29 Nicolas White (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 3 30 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 3 31 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 3 32 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 3 33 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 2 34 Mark Kelly (GBr) Isle Of Man 2 35 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 2 36 Gethin Butler (GBr) Surrey League 1 37 Ross Muir (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 1 Mountains classification 1 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 41 pts 2 Daniel Spence (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 31 3 Paul Griffin (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 27 4 Tim Buckle (GBr) Great Britain 18 5 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 18 6 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 18 7 Hichem Menad (Alg) France VC La Pomme 16 8 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales 16 9 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 14 10 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 11 11 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme 10 12 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 10 13 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 10 14 Timo Wolk (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 9 15 Andrew Randell (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 6 16 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 6 17 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-F 5 18 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jap) France VC La Pomme 5 19 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia 4 20 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia 3 21 Stephen Mifsud (Fra) France VC La Pomme 3 22 Richard Cahill (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 3 23 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 2 24 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 1 25 Rodney Green (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 1 Ben McKenna Trophy 1 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 16.32.18 2 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 3 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 0.39 4 Jean-Francois Laroche (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 0.39 5 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia 7.02 6 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia 7.06 7 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme 13.13 8 Thomas Hogan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 14.35 9 Mark Kelly (GBr) Isle Of Man 16.37 10 Dominique Rollin (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 20.38 11 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 23.31 12 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 23.31 13 Lars Bojsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 34.55 14 Alexander Ross (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 37.35 15 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 50.12 16 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 53.17 17 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 58.11 18 Tim Ahern (Irl) Dublin UCD 1.02.33 19 Buck Miller (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 1.06.45 20 Phil Southerland (USA) People's Cycling Team 1.06.45 21 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 1.43.18 22 David Byrne (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 1.45.42 23 Jeff Austin (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 1.54.00 24 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 1.55.24 25 Daniel Holt (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 1.59.16 26 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 2.05.49 27 Steve Lepine (USA) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 2.12.11 28 Moritz Bock (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 2.19.13 International Teams 1 Great Britain 49.37.13 2 Lancaster Compensation Group 1.17 3 Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 7.14 4 South Africa Team HSBC 8.32 5 Poland Team Legia 13.21 6 Surrey League 14.14 7 France VC La Pomme 20.27 8 Canada Team Sympatico 20.30 9 Wales 27.40 10 Scotland-Visit Scotland 30.56 11 NW England Cycle Centre RT 35.22 12 Isle Of Man 38.34 13 Team Ireland Stena Line 47.45 14 Japan Cycleways 1.06.17 15 Nth East England 1.15.04 16 Southend www.Sdeals.Com 1.36.07 17 Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 1.37.24 18 Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 2.11.13 19 USA Peoples Cycling Team 4.43.26 County Teams 1 Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 50.11.22 2 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 23.04 3 Dublin Skip Hire 33.19 4 Cork Stafford Fuels 34.18 5 Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 36.05 6 Dublin Usher Insulation 40.33 7 Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 55.31 8 Kildare Team Fig Roll 1.39.37 9 Dublin UCD 1.49.24 10 Meath Avonmore 2.39.18 11 Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 3.12.53 12 Dublin Ravens West 4.03.06 13 Dublin Ravens North 5.38.08 Courtesy of Seamus Shortall/www.fbdmilkras.com
