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50th FBD Milk Ras - 2.5
Ireland, May 19-26, 2002
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Stage 2 - May 20: Ballinamore - Nenagh, 163 km
Tanner gets the sprint; Newton holds on
By Shane Stokes
John Tanner (Lancashire Compensation Group) was the strongest in the four-man finishing sprint at the end of today's second stage of the FBD Milk R‡s, beating Meath Lee-Strand Cycleways leader Phil Cassidy.
Previously, Cassidy had gone clear clear with Tanner's team-mate Kevin Dawson with 25 of today's 102 wind-lashed miles remaining, but despite opening up a lead of over one and a half minutes on a chasing bunch behind, they eventually succumbed to the strong headwind and a determined drive by Tanner and Ben Brooks (NW England Cycle Centre RT) to get back on terms.
Caught with just four miles remaining on the stage, 40 year old Cassidy – who last won a stage back in 1987 – kicked hard in the finishing sprint but was no match for Tanner. Chris Newton (Great Britain) benefited from the high-power finish of the combined GB and Team Ireland Stena Line squads to retain his race lead, finishing just 13 seconds behind Tanner today.
This second stage from Ballinamore to Nenagh was a classic FBD Milk R‡s day. Gale force winds, spitting skies and a hard, hard slog from gun to flag clearly suited Cassidy well, but also appealed to those who were willing (and strong enough) to have a go. The first serious break went after fifteen miles when four riders – Tim Barry (Team Ireland Stena Line), Dariusz Rudnicki (Poland Team Legia) and France VC La Pomme duo Denis Lynch and Stephan Mifsud built a solid lead. These were eventually joined by a dozen others, Tanner included, but despite the reinforcements the field was all together again by the 39 mile mark.
The ceasefire lasted all of one mile before chaos resumed once more. Previous winner Julian Winn (Wales) and Tanner's team-mate Mark Lovatt went clear and eventually sparked off a massive free-for-all, with riders trying repeatedly to steal a march on their rivals and gain time. Team Ireland Stena Line's Ciar‡n Power was one of the main aggressors, trying to overcome the 27 seconds separating him and race leader Chris Newton, while David O'Loughlin (Mayo Wheelers), Ray Clarke (Meath Lee Strand Cycleways) and Paddy Moriarty (Dublin Skip Hire) also tried their luck. But Newton and his GB squad were simply too strong, sooner or later getting onto terms with all the moves.
The Poland Team Legia rider Herbert Nowak then took off and led the race for ten miles, holding off the chase of Martin O'Loughlin (Tipperary Dan Morrissey) and Meath Avonmore's Denis Easton but eventually yeilding to the pitiless headwind. Cassidy, Kevin Dawson (Lancashire Compensation Group) and VC La Pomme rider Frederick Pedersoli then seized their opportunity, opening a considerable lead over a group of favourites who were concentrating more on negating each other's attacks.
Pedersoli faded at the 88 mile mark, fourteen from home, as Cassidy and Dawson increased their advantage to 1 minute 40 seconds over a South Africa HSBC-led chasing group. They had perfect incentive to work together; Cassidy was hunting for a stage win and Dawson was aiming to snatch yellow from Newton, now almost three minutes back, and fully committed, they raced towards Nenagh to what seemed like a happy ending.
However, a late charge from Tanner and Ben Brooks (New England Cycle Centre RT) saw their lead come tumbling down and the pursuing pair joined the leaders with just four miles remaining.
Cassidy's Irish supporters had their fingers crossed that the double FBD Milk R‡s victor (1983 and 1999) would somehow sprout the fast-twitch fibres needed to out-kick Tanner, but despite a determined finishing burst he was beaten to the line. Brooks and an exhausted Dawson were next home, while Newton benefited from a late charge to bounce back to finish just thirteen seconds behind.
Relaxed and smiling in a new yellow jersey, Newton was relaxed after the stage. "I didn't panic today. I said I wasn't going to try to defend the lead as I am more interested in stage wins, but things worked out pretty well in the end. The headwind meant that breaks weren't going to get too far out in front, so when the speed went down later on we were able to close things back up."
"Ciar‡n Power and several other riders tried hard to get clear during the stage but each time I got up to them, they eased back. Ciar‡n looked strong but wouldn't really commit himself."
"It was good to hang on to the jersey in the end. The crowds are really appreciative here and there is a great atmosphere. Over in France people are much calmer after races, just directing you to go up onto the podium, but here everybody is genuinely pleased and happy for you when you are doing well. It doesn't matter whether you are Irish, English or from somewhere else - the crowd and the race organisation are all very warm."
As for Cassidy, he promised to try again. "I have just finished a course of antibiotics today, as I had a bad chest infection for the past three weeks. I didn't expect to feel this good so soon. But the legs were very strong today. I thought the stage was definitely possible as I think I would have beaten Dawson at the finish if we had stayed away. But when Tanner caught us with four miles to go, that changed everything. He is very fast."
"I will keep trying – I think a stage is definitely in reach, if I have the necessary luck. This is almost certainly my last FBD Milk R‡s so I would really like to get a stage before the end of the race."
Results
1 John Tanner (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 4.45.14 2 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 0.01 3 Ben Brooks (Aus) NW England Cycle Centre RT 0.02 4 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 0.05 5 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales 0.13 6 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 7 Dominique Rollin (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 8 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 9 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 10 Paul Griffin (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 11 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia 12 Andrew Roche (Irl) Isle Of Man 13 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 14 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 15 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 16 Lars Bojsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 17 Michael Laursen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 18 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 19 Jean-Francois Laroche (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 20 Chris Belsham (GBr) Nth East England 21 James Hodnett (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 22 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia 23 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 24 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 25 Takeshi Hashimoto (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 26 Pat Kennealy (Irl) Dublin UCD 27 Jurgen Rodenbeck (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 28 Nikolas Knudsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 29 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 30 Alastair Kay (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 31 Buck Miller (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 32 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD 33 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 34 Phil Southerland (USA) People's Cycling Team 35 Bryan Steel (GBr) Great Britain 36 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 37 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 38 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 39 Timo Wolk (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 40 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 41 Raymond Clarke (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 42 Mick O'Donnell (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 43 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 44 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 45 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme 46 Paul Reid (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 47 Richard Eastham (GBr) Nth East England 48 Martin O'Louglin (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 49 Elliot Baxter (GBr) Isle Of Man 50 Mark Kelly (GBr) Isle Of Man 51 Aidan Crowley (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 52 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 53 Greg Roche (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 54 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 55 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 56 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 57 John Paul Hilliard (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 58 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 59 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 60 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales 61 Gethin Butler (GBr) Surrey League 62 Rodney Green (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 63 Neil Swithenbank (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 64 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 65 Peter Murdoch (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 66 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 67 John Charlesworth (GBr) Nth East England 68 Adrian Hedderman (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 69 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 70 Andrew Randell (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 71 Stefen Small (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 72 Taichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 73 Nicolas White (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 74 Andrew Yates (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 75 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 76 Marek Blazej (Pol) Poland Team Legia 77 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 78 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 79 Daniel Spence (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 80 Matthew Melville (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 81 Kealan O'Connor (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 82 Gary Dodd (GBr) Surrey League 83 William Byrne (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 84 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales 85 Dermot Healy (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 86 Alexander Ross (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 87 Stephen Mifsud (Fra) France VC La Pomme 88 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 89 Rory Wyley (Irl) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 90 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 91 Hichem Menad (Alg) France VC La Pomme 92 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey League 93 Denis Easton (Irl) Meath Avonmore 94 Thomas Hogan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 95 Rob Holden (GBr) Isle Of Man 96 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Isle Of Man 97 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 98 Josh Hall (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 99 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 100 Laurence Roche (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 101 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey League 102 Gareth Jones (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 103 Niall Quinlan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 104 Peter Hey (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 105 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 106 Graham Briggs (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 107 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jap) France VC La Pomme 108 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 109 Tim Davies (GBr) Wales 110 Richard Cahill (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 111 Philip Finegan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 112 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 113 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 114 Tommy Evans (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 115 Ross Muir (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 116 Ian Furniss (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 0.37 117 Stephen Howells (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 118 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 119 Julian Sharples (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 120 Tim Barry (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 121 Ciaran Kelly (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 122 Francis Ennis (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 123 Jeff Austin (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 124 Steve Gibson (GBr) Nth East England 125 Colm Farrell (Irl) Meath Avonmore 126 Sean Farrell (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 127 Jake Hennen (USA) NW England Cycle Centre RT 128 Tom Hughes (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 129 Paul Watson (GBr) Nth East England 130 Frederic Pedersoli (Fra) France VC La Pomme 131 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 132 Brian Lynch (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 0.49 133 John Dillon (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 0.51 134 Tim Buckle (GBr) Great Britain 1.01 135 Neil MacDonald (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 136 Justin Hoy (GBr) Surrey League 0.13 137 Tim Ahern (Irl) Dublin UCD 13.18 138 Martin Maguire (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 139 Daniel Holt (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 13.58 140 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 15.36 141 David Byrne (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 142 David Elson (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 21.12 143 David Smyth (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 144 Dermot Nally (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 145 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 146 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 147 Brian Hammond (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 148 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 149 Moritz Bock (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 150 Fergus Whelan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 151 Jonathan Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 152 Robert Looby (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 153 Thomas Graham (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 25.14 154 Paul Teahan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 155 Steve Lepine (USA) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 156 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin UCD 157 Jim Maguire (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 28.49 158 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 29.14 159 Dave Ryan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 30.05 160 Boyd Johnson (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 43.56 161 Nils Wartemann (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 162 Emmett Roche (Irl) Meath Avonmore 163 Paddy Sweeney (Irl) Meath Avonmore 164 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 165 Tommy McGowan (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 166 Andrew Duffin (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 167 Christopher Harnish (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 168 Tom O'Toole (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 169 Dave Walsh (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 170 David Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD DNF Darren Kay (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi DNF Garth Rees (Aus) Southend www.Sdeals.Com DNF John Wall (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh DNF Anto Moran (Irl) Dublin Ravens North DNS John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann General classification after stage 2 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 8.21.22 2 John Tanner (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 0.12 3 Ben Brooks (Aus) NW England Cycle Centre RT 0.17 4 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 0.21 5 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 0.27 6 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales 7 Gary Dodd (GBr) Surrey League 8 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 0.28 9 Neil Swithenbank (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 10 Lars Bojsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 0.29 11 Michael Laursen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 12 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 13 Jean-Francois Laroche (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 14 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 15 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 16 Raymond Clarke (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 17 Gethin Butler (GBr) Surrey League 18 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 19 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 20 Andrew Randell (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 21 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 22 Daniel Spence (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 23 Stephen Mifsud (Fra) France VC La Pomme 24 Hichem Menad (Alg) France VC La Pomme 25 Justin Hoy (GBr) Surrey League 26 Tim Buckle (GBr) Great Britain 1.15 27 Neil MacDonald (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 1.17 28 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 7.03 29 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales 30 Marek Blazej (Pol) Poland Team Legia 31 Josh Hall (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 32 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 7.19 33 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia 7.29 34 Dominique Rollin (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 7.31 35 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia 36 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 37 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 38 Chris Belsham (GBr) Nth East England 39 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 40 Phil Southerland (USA) People's Cycling Team 41 Buck Miller (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 42 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 43 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 44 Takeshi Hashimoto (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 45 Bryan Steel (GBr) Great Britain 46 Alastair Kay (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 47 Jurgen Rodenbeck (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 48 Andrew Roche (Irl) Isle Of Man 49 Paul Griffin (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 50 James Hodnett (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 51 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 52 Nikolas Knudsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 53 Rodney Green (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 54 Greg Roche (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 55 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD 56 Elliot Baxter (GBr) Isle Of Man 57 Timo Wolk (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 58 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 59 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 60 Mark Kelly (GBr) Isle Of Man 61 Richard Eastham (GBr) Nth East England 62 John Paul Hilliard (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 63 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 64 Matthew Melville (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 65 William Byrne (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 66 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 67 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 68 Taichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 69 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 70 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 71 Nicolas White (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 72 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales 73 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 74 Andrew Yates (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 75 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme 76 John Charlesworth (GBr) Nth East England 77 Peter Murdoch (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 78 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 79 Aidan Crowley (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 80 Adrian Hedderman (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 81 Tim Davies (GBr) Wales 82 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 83 Thomas Hogan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 84 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 85 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Isle Of Man 86 Peter Hey (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 87 Graham Briggs (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 88 Ross Muir (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 89 Denis Easton (Irl) Meath Avonmore 90 Kealan O'Connor (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 91 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jap) France VC La Pomme 92 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 93 Philip Finegan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 94 Gareth Jones (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 95 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey League 96 Alexander Ross (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 97 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 98 Rob Holden (GBr) Isle Of Man 99 Rory Wyley (Irl) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 100 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 101 Richard Cahill (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 102 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 103 Tommy Evans (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 104 Tim Barry (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 7.55 105 Sean Farrell (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 106 Colm Farrell (Irl) Meath Avonmore 107 Stephen Howells (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 108 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 109 Steve Gibson (GBr) Nth East England 110 Frederic Pedersoli (Fra) France VC La Pomme 111 Paul Watson (GBr) Nth East England 112 Tom Hughes (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 9.02 113 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 11.04 114 Laurence Roche (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 115 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 12.50 116 Mick O'Donnell (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 13.29 117 Ciaran Kelly (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 14.41 118 Tim Ahern (Irl) Dublin UCD 20.36 119 Martin Maguire (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 21.21 120 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey League 22.06 121 Ian Furniss (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 22.30 122 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 22.54 123 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 26.20 124 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 125 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 26.34 126 Julian Sharples (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 26.44 127 Francis Ennis (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 128 Brian Lynch (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 26.56 129 David Smyth (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 28.30 130 Dermot Nally (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 131 Robert Looby (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 132 Thomas Graham (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 32.32 133 Pat Kennealy (Irl) Dublin UCD 34.39 134 John Dillon (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 35.17 135 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin UCD 36.05 136 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 37.17 137 Martin O'Louglin (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 37.23 138 Stefen Small (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 139 Dermot Healy (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 140 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 37.47 141 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 43.18 142 Paul Reid (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 45.31 143 Niall Quinlan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 144 Jeff Austin (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 45.55 145 Jake Hennen (USA) NW England Cycle Centre RT 146 David Elson (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 47.19 147 Robert Moore (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 148 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 149 Brian Hammond (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 150 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 151 Jonathan Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 152 David Byrne (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 52.46 153 Nils Wartemann (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 58.00 154 Fergus Whelan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 58.16 155 Moritz Bock (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 58.22 156 Daniel Holt (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 59.16 157 Steve Lepine (USA) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 59.40 158 Paul Teahan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 1.02.24 159 Paddy Sweeney (Irl) Meath Avonmore 1.05.49 160 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 1.05.49 161 Jim Maguire (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 1.05.59 162 Dave Ryan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 1.07.09 163 David Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD 1.07.22 164 Boyd Johnson (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 1.21.06 165 Christopher Harnish (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 166 Dave Walsh (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 167 Tommy McGowan (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 1.29.14 168 Emmett Roche (Irl) Meath Avonmore 1.31.07 169 Tom O'Toole (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 1.35.27 170 Andrew Duffin (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 1.37.07 Points classification 1 John Tanner (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 26 pts 2 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 25 3 Ben Brooks (Aus) NW England Cycle Centre RT 22 4 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 22 5 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales 21 6 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 14 7 Neil Swithenbank (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 13 8 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 12 9 Lars Bojsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 12 10 Dominique Rollin (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 9 11 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 8 12 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 7 13 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 7 14 Gary Dodd (GBr) Surrey League 6 15 Paul Griffin (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 6 16 Michael Laursen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 5 17 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia 5 18 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 4 19 Andrew Roche (Irl) Isle Of Man 4 20 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 3 21 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 3 22 Hichem Menad (Alg) France VC La Pomme 2 23 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 2 24 Gethin Butler (GBr) Surrey League 1 25 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 1 Mountains classification 1 Timo Wolk (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 5 pts 2 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia 4 3 Paul Griffin (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 3 Ben McKenna Trophy 1 Lars Bojsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 8.21.51 2 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 3 Jean-Francois Laroche (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 4 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 5 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 6 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia 7.00 7 Dominique Rollin (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 7.02 8 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia 9 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 10 Phil Southerland (USA) People's Cycling Team 11 Buck Miller (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 12 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 13 Mark Kelly (GBr) Isle Of Man 14 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme 15 Thomas Hogan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 16 Graham Briggs (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 17 Alexander Ross (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 18 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 10.35 19 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 12.21 20 Tim Ahern (Irl) Dublin UCD 20.07 21 Dermot Nally (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 28.01 22 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 36.48 23 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 42.49 24 Jeff Austin (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 45.26 25 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 46.50 26 David Byrne (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 52.17 27 Moritz Bock (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 57.53 28 Daniel Holt (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 58.47 29 Steve Lepine (USA) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 59.11 30 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 1.05.20 Teams classification 1 Lancaster Compensation Group 25.05.12 2 Great Britain 0.01 3 Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 0.21 4 Surrey League 5 South Africa Team HSBC 6 Canada Team Sympatico 6.55 7 France VC La Pomme 7.23 8 Poland Team Legia 13.55 9 Wales 13.57 10 NW England Cycle Centre RT 14.14 11 Scotland-Visit Scotland 14.25 12 Team Ireland Stena Line 14.25 13 Japan Cycleways 21.27 14 Isle Of Man 21.27 15 Nth East England 21.27 16 Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 21.27 17 Southend www.Sdeals.Com 21.51 18 Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 33.14 19 USA Peoples Cycling Team 1.35.20 County team classification 1 Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 25.19.25 2 Mayo Connacht Gold 0.12 3 Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 7.10 4 Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 5 Dublin Usher Insulation 6 Dublin Skip Hire 7 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 8 Kildare Team Fig Roll 9 Cork Stafford Fuels 10 Dublin UCD 23.52 11 Dublin BH-Raleigh 1.04.25 12 Meath Avonmore 1.05.56 13 Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 1.06.15 14 Meath M. Donnelly Team 1.07.22 15 Dublin Ravens West 1.26.50 16 Dublin Ravens North 2.07.24 17 Dublin Stagg Cycles 2.36.09 Courtesy of Seamus Shortall/www.fbdmilkras.com
