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50th FBD Milk Ras - 2.5
Ireland, May 19-26, 2002
Stage 1 - May 19: Dublin - Ballinamore, 156 km
Newton time trials to first stage win
By Shane Stokes
Great Britain riders took up where they left off last year when joint team leader Chris Newton today won the opening stage of the FBD Milk Rás and took the first yellow jersey of the eight day event. Newton raced clear on the tight, twisting finish circuit and soloed to victory into Ballinamore, twenty seconds clear of Team Ireland-Stena Line rider Ciarán Power and the rest of a 27-man breakaway group.
The victory was a sweet one for Newton, coming one year after he was forced to pull out of the race with foot problems. Back then, team-mate Paul Manning stepped into the breach and won the race, and while Manning finished as part of the main bunch which lost over seven minutes today, Newton, Tim Buckle and Steve Cummings are all very much in the hunt to bring yellow back to Britain once again.
All Irish hopes rest with Power, David O'Loughlin (Mayo Wheelers) and Ray Clarke (Meath Lee Strand Cycleways), who were the only home riders to slip into the 27 man breakaway group which opened up a huge lead over a lethargic, and poorly organised main field. Amongst those now resigned to searching for stage wins rather than yellow are previous champions Phil Cassidy (Meath Lee Strand Cycleways), Julian Winn (Wales), Andy Roche (Isle of Man) and Tommy Evans (Team Ireland-Stena Line).
Last year's race may have been characterised by tight, controlled racing which resulted in few time gaps, but today bucked this trend. Strong tailwinds on the road out from Dublin pushed the speeds up, and once the riders turned left and hit strong crosswinds and driving rain, the splits started happening. Shortly after Newton took the bonus seconds at the Kells hot-spot sprint, a six man breakaway group comprising Power, Buckle, John Tanner (Lancashire Compensation Group), Daniel Spence (South Africa HSBC), Neil Swithenbank (Lancashire Mk Cycles Bianchi) and Ari Hojgaard (Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn) raced clear. A second chase group of nine riders bridged across 13 miles later, with the final junction being made shortly afterwards.
Despite some inconsistent work, the now-27 strong group pulled steadily clear of the main bunch. Power, Clarke and O'Loughlin were here, as were Newton and his GB team-mates Buckle and Cummings. The ever-consistent Lancashire Compensation Group trio of Mark Lovatt, John Tanner and Kevin Dawson also made the split along with riders from the South Africa HSBC, Poland Legia and Canada Sympatic pro teams.
Tanner had won the hot spot sprint into Virginia but Newton countered that with some more bonus seconds when he was first over the line into Killeshandra. That should have been enough to ensure he took the first yellow jersey of the race but he was after the stage as well; an unsuccessful attack coming into Ballinamore was followed by a more decisive effort on the final ten kilometre finishing loop.
Showing the time trial skills which won him the recent Tour de la Manche in France, he drew steadily clear on a tight, twisting run-in to the finish beside the Shannon-Erne waterway, and soloed up the main street to an ear-splitting reception. Twenty seconds later Power coolly out-sprinted the remainder of the break to take second on the stage, with Neil Swithenbank (Lancashire MK Cycles Bianchi) and Lars Bojsen (Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn next home.
"It is great to win the stage", said Manning afterwards. "I had foot problems last year and had to pull out of the race. This season I have built up a bit more slowly but am in good form – I won the Tour De La Manche last week in France and am going pretty well."
"We got a good gap today but I was a bit unhappy that the group didn't work better as I think we could have opened up a lead of ten or fifteen minutes. I really wanted to win the stage so I had a couple of goes on the way in towards the finish – I got clear and just time-trialled from there to the line."
"Getting the jersey so early makes things difficult – I was conscious that the FBD Milk Rás is a very difficult race to control. But I thought it was better to win a stage rather than hold back, in case anything went wrong later in the week. I am not too worried about the overall – there are three of us from the team up there now and so the pressure is not really on me."
Irish hope Ciarán Power was also satisfied with his day's racing. "I felt very good during the stage," he said. "Unfortunately a few of the Irish team were sick and missed the move, so I was the only one there. I think I could have brought Newton back near the end but the other riders weren't willing to give me a hand. I was hoping to win the stage and so didn't want to give anyone an armchair ride to the finish. I backed off and Newton stayed away. It is a long week, though, and I feel pretty good!
Results
1 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 3.36.04 (43.32 km/h) 2 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 0.20 3 Neil Swithenbank (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 4 Lars Bojsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 5 John Tanner (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 6 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales 7 Ben Brooks (Aus) NW England Cycle Centre RT 8 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 9 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 10 Gary Dodd (GBr) Surrey League 11 Michael Laursen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 12 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 13 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 14 Hichem Menad (Alg) France VC La Pomme 15 Gethin Butler (GBr) Surrey League 16 Andrew Randell (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 17 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 18 Stephen Mifsud (Fra) France VC La Pomme 19 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 20 Raymond Clarke (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 21 Justin Hoy (GBr) Surrey League 22 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 23 Tim Buckle (GBr) Great Britain 24 Neil MacDonald (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 25 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 26 Daniel Spence (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 27 Jean-Francois Laroche (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 28 Josh Hall (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 6.54 29 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 30 Marek Blazej (Pol) Poland Team Legia 31 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales 32 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia 7.20 33 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia 7.22 34 Rodney Green (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 35 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 36 Dominique Rollin (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 37 David Smyth (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 38 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 39 Bryan Steel (GBr) Great Britain 40 Buck Miller (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 41 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 42 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 43 Greg Roche (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 44 William Byrne (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 45 Chris Belsham (GBr) Nth East England 46 Matthew Melville (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 47 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 48 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 49 Takeshi Hashimoto (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 50 Alastair Kay (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 51 Elliot Baxter (GBr) Isle Of Man 52 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 53 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 54 Jurgen Rodenbeck (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 55 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales 56 Tim Davies (GBr) Wales 57 Taichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 58 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 59 John Paul Hilliard (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 60 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 61 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 62 Timo Wolk (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 63 Nikolas Knudsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 64 Mark Kelly (GBr) Isle Of Man 65 Nicolas White (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 66 Ross Muir (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 67 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD 68 Richard Eastham (GBr) Nth East England 69 James Hodnett (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 70 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 71 Andrew Yates (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 72 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 73 Andrew Roche (Irl) Isle Of Man 74 Philip Finegan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 75 Peter Hey (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 76 Thomas Hogan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 77 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 78 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jap) France VC La Pomme 79 Paul Griffin (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 80 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Isle Of Man 81 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 82 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 83 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 84 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 85 Gareth Jones (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 86 John Charlesworth (GBr) Nth East England 87 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey League 88 Sean Farrell (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 89 Denis Easton (Irl) Meath Avonmore 90 Colm Farrell (Irl) Meath Avonmore 91 Tim Barry (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 92 Peter Murdoch (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 93 Robert Looby (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 94 Adrian Hedderman (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 95 Dermot Nally (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 96 Thomas Graham (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 97 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 98 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 99 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 100 Tim Ahern (Irl) Dublin UCD 101 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 102 Richard Cahill (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 103 Alexander Ross (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 104 Kealan O'Connor (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 105 Rob Holden (GBr) Isle Of Man 106 Stephen Howells (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 107 Frederic Pedersoli (Fra) France VC La Pomme 108 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme 109 Steve Gibson (GBr) Nth East England 110 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 111 Aidan Crowley (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 112 Tommy Evans (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 113 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 114 Paul Watson (GBr) Nth East England 115 Rory Wyley (Irl) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 116 Martin Maguire (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 8.07 117 Tom Hughes (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 8.29 118 Laurence Roche (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 10.55 119 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin UCD 120 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 121 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 12.41 122 Mick O'Donnell (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 13.20 123 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 14.08 124 Ciaran Kelly (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 125 Nils Wartemann (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 126 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 14.38 127 Ian Furniss (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 21.57 128 Paddy Sweeney (Irl) Meath Avonmore 129 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 130 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey League 131 David Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD 23.30 132 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 26.11 133 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 134 David Elson (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 135 Brian Lynch (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 136 Brian Hammond (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 137 Julian Sharples (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 138 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 139 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 140 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 141 Jonathan Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 142 Francis Ennis (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 143 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 26.25 144 Steve Lepine (USA) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 34.30 145 Pat Kennealy (Irl) Dublin UCD 146 John Dillon (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 147 Dave Ryan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 37.08 148 Fergus Whelan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 149 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 150 Jim Maguire (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 37.14 151 David Byrne (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 152 Martin O'Louglin (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 153 Christopher Harnish (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 154 Boyd Johnson (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 155 Moritz Bock (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 156 Paul Teahan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 157 John Wall (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 158 Stefen Small (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 159 Dermot Healy (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 160 Anto Moran (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 161 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 162 Dave Walsh (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 163 Niall Quinlan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 45.22 164 Tommy McGowan (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 165 Jake Hennen (USA) NW England Cycle Centre RT 166 Jeff Austin (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 167 Daniel Holt (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 168 Paul Reid (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 169 Emmett Roche (Irl) Meath Avonmore 47.15 170 Tom O'Toole (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 51.35 171 Garth Rees (Aus) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 53.15 172 Andrew Duffin (Irl) Dublin Ravens North General classification after stage 1 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 3.35.55 2 John Tanner (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 0.25 3 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 0.27 4 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales 5 Gary Dodd (GBr) Surrey League 6 Tim Buckle (GBr) Great Britain 7 Neil Swithenbank (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 0.28 8 Ben Brooks (Aus) NW England Cycle Centre RT 9 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 10 Lars Bojsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 29.00 11 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 0.29 12 Michael Laursen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 13 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 14 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 15 Hichem Menad (Alg) France VC La Pomme 16 Gethin Butler (GBr) Surrey League 17 Andrew Randell (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 18 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 19 Stephen Mifsud (Fra) France VC La Pomme 20 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 21 Raymond Clarke (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 22 Justin Hoy (GBr) Surrey League 23 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 24 Neil MacDonald (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 25 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 26 Daniel Spence (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 27 Jean-Francois Laroche (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 28 Josh Hall (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 7.03 29 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 30 Marek Blazej (Pol) Poland Team Legia 31 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales 32 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia 7.29 33 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia 7.31 34 Rodney Green (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 35 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 36 Dominique Rollin (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 37 David Smyth (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 38 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 39 Bryan Steel (GBr) Great Britain 40 Buck Miller (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 41 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 42 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 43 Greg Roche (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 44 William Byrne (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 45 Chris Belsham (GBr) Nth East England 46 Matthew Melville (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 47 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 48 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 49 Takeshi Hashimoto (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 50 Alastair Kay (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 51 Elliot Baxter (GBr) Isle Of Man 52 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 53 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 54 Jurgen Rodenbeck (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 55 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales 56 Tim Davies (GBr) Wales 57 Taichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 58 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 59 John Paul Hilliard (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 60 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 61 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 62 Timo Wolk (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 63 Nikolas Knudsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 64 Mark Kelly (GBr) Isle Of Man 65 Nicolas White (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 66 Ross Muir (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 67 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD 68 Richard Eastham (GBr) Nth East England 69 James Hodnett (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 70 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 71 Andrew Yates (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 72 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 73 Andrew Roche (Irl) Isle Of Man 74 Philip Finegan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 75 Peter Hey (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 76 Thomas Hogan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 77 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 78 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jap) France VC La Pomme 79 Paul Griffin (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 80 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Isle Of Man 81 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 82 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 83 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 84 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 85 Gareth Jones (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 86 John Charlesworth (GBr) Nth East England 87 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey League 88 Sean Farrell (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 89 Denis Easton (Irl) Meath Avonmore 90 Colm Farrell (Irl) Meath Avonmore 91 Tim Barry (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 92 Peter Murdoch (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 93 Robert Looby (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 94 Adrian Hedderman (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 95 Dermot Nally (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 96 Thomas Graham (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 97 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 98 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 99 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 100 Tim Ahern (Irl) Dublin UCD 101 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 102 Richard Cahill (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 103 Alexander Ross (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 104 Kealan O'Connor (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 105 Rob Holden (GBr) Isle Of Man 106 Stephen Howells (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 107 Frederic Pedersoli (Fra) France VC La Pomme 108 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme 109 Steve Gibson (GBr) Nth East England 110 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 111 Aidan Crowley (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 112 Tommy Evans (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 113 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 114 Paul Watson (GBr) Nth East England 115 Rory Wyley (Irl) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 116 Martin Maguire (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 8.16 117 Tom Hughes (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 8.38 118 Laurence Roche (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 11.04 119 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin UCD 120 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 121 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 12.50 122 Mick O'Donnell (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 13.29 123 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 14.17 124 Ciaran Kelly (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 125 Nils Wartemann (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 126 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 14.47 127 Ian Furniss (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 22.06 128 Paddy Sweeney (Irl) Meath Avonmore 129 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 130 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey League 131 David Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD 23.39 132 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 26.20 133 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 134 David Elson (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 135 Brian Lynch (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 136 Brian Hammond (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 137 Julian Sharples (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 138 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 139 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 140 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 141 Jonathan Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 142 Francis Ennis (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 143 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 26.34 144 Steve Lepine (USA) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 34.39 145 Pat Kennealy (Irl) Dublin UCD 146 John Dillon (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 147 Dave Ryan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 37.17 148 Fergus Whelan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 149 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 150 Jim Maguire (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 37.23 151 David Byrne (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 152 Martin O'Louglin (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 153 Christopher Harnish (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 154 Boyd Johnson (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 155 Moritz Bock (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 156 Paul Teahan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 157 John Wall (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 158 Stefen Small (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 159 Dermot Healy (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 160 Anto Moran (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 161 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 162 Dave Walsh (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 163 Niall Quinlan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 45.31 164 Tommy McGowan (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 165 Jake Hennen (USA) NW England Cycle Centre RT 166 Jeff Austin (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 167 Daniel Holt (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 168 Paul Reid (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 169 Emmett Roche (Irl) Meath Avonmore 47.24 170 Tom O'Toole (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 51.44 171 Garth Rees (Aus) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 53.24 172 Andrew Duffin (Irl) Dublin Ravens North Points classification 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 15 pts 2 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 14 3 Neil Swithenbank (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 13 4 Lars Bojsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 12 5 John Tanner (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 11 6 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales 10 7 Ben Brooks (Aus) NW England Cycle Centre RT 9 8 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 8 9 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 7 10 Gary Dodd (GBr) Surrey League 6 11 Michael Laursen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 5 12 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 4 13 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 3 14 Hichem Menad (Alg) France VC La Pomme 2 15 Gethin Butler (GBr) Surrey League 1 Ben McKenna Memorial Trophy 1 Lars Bojsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 3.36.24 2 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 3 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 4 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 5 Jean-Francois Laroche (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 6 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia 7.00 7 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia 7.02 8 Dominique Rollin (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 9 Buck Miller (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 10 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 11 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 12 Mark Kelly (GBr) Isle Of Man 13 Thomas Hogan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 14 Dermot Nally (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 15 Tim Ahern (Irl) Dublin UCD 16 Alexander Ross (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 17 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme 18 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 10.35 19 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 12.21 20 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 13.48 21 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 21.37 22 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 25.51 23 Steve Lepine (USA) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 34.10 24 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 36.48 25 David Byrne (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 36.54 26 Moritz Bock (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 27 Jeff Austin (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 45.02 28 Daniel Holt (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team Teams 1 Great Britain 10.48.52 2 Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 0.20 3 Lancaster Compensation Group 3 Surrey League 5 South Africa Team HSBC 6 Canada Team Sympatico 6.54 7 France VC La Pomme 7.22 8 Poland Team Legia 13.54 9 Wales 13.56 10 NW England Cycle Centre RT 14.24 11 Scotland-Visit Scotland 12 Team Ireland Stena Line 13 Japan Cycleways 21.26 14 Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 15 Isle Of Man 16 Nth East England 17 Southend www.Sdeals.Com 18 Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 33.13 19 USA Peoples Cycling Team 1.59.10 County teams 1 Mayo Connacht Gold 11.03.16 2 Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 3 Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 6.34 4 Dublin Usher Insulation 7.02 5 Dublin Skip Hire 6 Kildare Team Fig Roll 7 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 8 Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 9 Cork Stafford Fuels 10 Dublin UCD 10.35 11 Meath Avonmore 21.37 12 Dublin BH-Raleigh 30.09 13 Dublin Ravens West 44.40 14 Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 15 Meath M. Donnelly Team 45.47 16 Dublin Ravens North 1.22.51 17 Dublin Stagg Cycles 1.25.23 Courtesy of Seamus Shortall/www.fbdmilkras.com
