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50th FBD Milk Ras - 2.5
Ireland, May 19-26, 2002
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Stage 6 - May 24: (Transfer To Dungarvan) Dungarvan - Arklow, 155 km
Power impresses, gears up for hardest stage
By Shane Stokes
For the second day running, Team Ireland Stena Line cyclist Ciar‡n Power foiled a concerted effort by the Great Britain team to eat into his four minute race lead before tomorrow's crucial stage of the FBD Milk R‡s. Power finished a fine fifth on today's 97 mile race from Dungarvan to Arklow, run off at record speed in just over three hours and 2 minutes, and conceded a mere one second to chief rival Chris Newton in the finishing sprint.
The result is a big disappointment to the Great Britain rider, who was hoping to peg back Power's advantage before tomorrow's mountainous stage around the toughest peaks in Wicklow. The GB team's sole consolation is that last year's winner, Paul Manning, raced clear in the closing miles and scooped a fine solo victory on this sixth leg of the 2.5 event.
The win was just reward for the rider who has dedicated his strength this week to helping Newton in his bid to reclaim the yellow jersey. Indeed the other three members of the GB team gave their all today to further that aim, joining with Newton and Manning in launching a ferocious attack shortly after the start in Dungarvan.
Pushed along by a gale force tailwind, the break swiftly opened up a big lead over the main bunch. Power succeeded in joining the move but with just one team-mate present – Tim Barry – to Newton's four, there was a real danger that the race leader would be first isolated and then worked over down the road. Adding to the danger was the presence of many of the other challengers in the race.
The threat increased yet further when the furious pace caused Barry to slip back, leaving Power and the ever-consistent, ever-impressive Paddy Moriarty (Dublin Skip Hire) as the sole Irishmen up front. There was a real possibility that Newton and team-mate Steve Cummings (also high up on the general classification) would work over the race leader but this golden opportunity faded when Cummings, Tim Buckle and Bryan Steel overdid things and got into difficulties themselves before Waterford.
Cummings briefly rejoined but once out of Power's home city he was dropped once more, leading to a ferocious attack by the race leader which temporarily splintered the dozen remaining up front and, more importantly, sealed the Briton's fate. That left just Newton and Manning left of the GB quintet and a relieved Power began to contribute to the pacemaking.
The twelve riders read like a list of the strongmen of the race with three recent FBD Milk R‡s winners present (Power, Manning and Welshman Julian Winn) plus Newton, professionals Hubert Nowak (Poland Legia) and Ian McLeod (South Africa HSBC), Huw Pritchard (Wales), John Tanner and Mark Lovatt (Lancashire Compensation Group), Moriarty, Ari Hojgaard (Denmark Distrikt Jylland Fyn) and France VC La Pomme's Hichem Menad. Their collective effort, plus the effects of the strong wind, saw them cover a scorching 34.3 miles in the first hour, 64 by hour two and open up a 9 minute lead over the disorganised and weary main bunch.
Relaxed and looking more and more comfortable in yellow, Power had a go with three miles remaining but was marked by Manning, who refused to work. The Team Ireland Stena Line rider sat up but Manning jumped again, soloing clear and crossing the line 11 seconds ahead of Newton, who was in turn one second ahead of Lovatt, Nowak and Power.
In all they took just over three hours and two minutes to cover the 97 miles: an average speed of 31.7 mph, which the race organisers say was the fastest ever.
"I felt very good today and am happy with how things went", said Power after receiving a fresh yellow jersey. "I was a little worried early on when all five of the GB team were in the break but when they started slipping back I was more relaxed. Declan Byrne (Irish team manager) said that Cummings had cracked so I put in a 2 kilometre effort to make sure he didn't get back on, and then after that there was less danger."
"I had a go at the end but Manning went at the same time and got onto my wheel. He wasn't coming through and I saw the Danish rider coming up to us – he was very strong – so I eased back. Manning got away then and took the stage."
"I am looking forward to tomorrow's stage. I think I should do a good ride. I didn't feel like myself the other day when I lost a little bit of time to Newton (Wednesday) but now I feel a lot better and am pretty confident of my chances tomorrow. We will just take it as it comes and hopefully it will work out well."
Tomorrow's stage: Arklow-Baltinglas, 95 miles. Includes the first category climbs of the Devil's Glen, Luggala, Drumgoff and Wicklow Gap.
Results
1 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 3.02.31 2 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 0.11 3 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 0.12 4 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 5 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 6 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 7 John Tanner (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 8 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales 9 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 10 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 11 Hichem Menad (Alg) France VC La Pomme 0.22 12 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 13 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia 7.15 14 Gary Dodd (GBr) Surrey League 7.16 15 Denis Easton (Irl) Meath Avonmore 16 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 17 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 18 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 19 Bryan Steel (GBr) Great Britain 20 Peter Murdoch (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 21 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme 22 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 23 Jurgen Rodenbeck (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 24 Takeshi Hashimoto (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 25 Timo Wolk (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 26 Daniel Spence (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 27 Nikolas Knudsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 28 Gethin Butler (GBr) Surrey League 29 Marek Blazej (Pol) Poland Team Legia 30 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales 31 Jean-Francois Laroche (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 32 Ross Muir (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 33 Matthew Melville (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 34 Raymond Clarke (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 35 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 36 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 37 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 38 Elliot Baxter (GBr) Isle Of Man 39 Tim Davies (GBr) Wales 40 Rory Wyley (Irl) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 41 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 42 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 43 Andrew Yates (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 44 Philip Finegan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 45 Paul Watson (GBr) Nth East England 46 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 47 Richard Cahill (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 48 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales 49 Stefen Small (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 50 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 51 Ben Brooks (Aus) NW England Cycle Centre RT 52 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia 53 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 54 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 55 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 56 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 11.05 57 Tim Ahern (Irl) Dublin UCD 11.06 58 Richard Eastham (GBr) Nth East England 11.07 59 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey League 60 Chris Belsham (GBr) Nth East England 61 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 11.09 62 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 63 Tom Hughes (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 64 Sean Farrell (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 65 Dermot Healy (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 66 Stephen Mifsud (Fra) France VC La Pomme 67 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 68 Aidan Crowley (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 69 Josh Hall (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 70 Justin Hoy (GBr) Surrey League 71 Nicolas White (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 72 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 73 Kealan O'Connor (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 74 Taichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 75 Adrian Hedderman (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 76 Laurence Roche (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 77 Thomas Hogan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 78 Buck Miller (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 16.40 79 Frederic Pedersoli (Fra) France VC La Pomme 80 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Isle Of Man 81 Greg Roche (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 82 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 83 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey League 84 Tim Buckle (GBr) Great Britain 85 Alexander Ross (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 86 Rob Holden (GBr) Isle Of Man 87 Mark Kelly (GBr) Isle Of Man 88 Jeff Austin (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 89 John Charlesworth (GBr) Nth East England 90 Tim Barry (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 91 Tommy Evans (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 92 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jap) France VC La Pomme 93 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 94 James Hodnett (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 95 Andrew Randell (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 30.55 96 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 97 Peter Hey (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 98 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin UCD 99 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 100 Francis Ennis (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 101 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 102 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 103 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 104 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 105 Pat Kennealy (Irl) Dublin UCD 106 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 107 William Byrne (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 108 Martin O'Louglin (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 109 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 110 Steve Gibson (GBr) Nth East England 111 Brian Lynch (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 112 Paul Griffin (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 113 Alastair Kay (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 114 Andrew Roche (Irl) Isle Of Man 115 David Elson (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 31.19 116 Gareth Jones (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 117 Thomas Graham (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 118 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD 119 Jonathan Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 120 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 121 Phil Southerland (USA) People's Cycling Team 122 John Paul Hilliard (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 123 Ciaran Kelly (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 124 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 125 Paddy Sweeney (Irl) Meath Avonmore 33.33 126 John Dillon (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 34.54 127 Steve Lepine (USA) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 35.28 128 Julian Sharples (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 129 Ian Furniss (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 130 Rodney Green (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 131 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 132 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 133 Jim Maguire (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 134 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 43.51 135 Niall Quinlan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 48.22 136 Christopher Harnish (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 137 David Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD 138 Jake Hennen (USA) NW England Cycle Centre RT 139 Stephen Howells (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 140 Nils Wartemann (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 49.29 General classification after stage 6 1 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 23.08.21 2 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 4.03 3 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 4.32 4 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 4.33 5 Hichem Menad (Alg) France VC La Pomme 4.43 6 John Tanner (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 4.55 7 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 5.12 8 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 5.12 9 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 11.35 10 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 12.08 11 Ben Brooks (Aus) NW England Cycle Centre RT 12.14 12 Jean-Francois Laroche (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 12.16 13 Gethin Butler (GBr) Surrey League 12.16 14 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 12.24 15 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales 13.54 16 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 15.34 17 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia 18.38 18 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia 18.43 19 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 19.03 20 Daniel Spence (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 19.10 21 Jurgen Rodenbeck (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 19.18 22 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 19.18 23 Rory Wyley (Irl) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 19.18 24 Gary Dodd (GBr) Surrey League 19.56 25 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 20.50 26 Bryan Steel (GBr) Great Britain 22.50 27 Nicolas White (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 23.11 28 Raymond Clarke (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 23.51 29 Tim Buckle (GBr) Great Britain 24.14 30 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 24.38 31 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme 24.50 32 Marek Blazej (Pol) Poland Team Legia 25.05 33 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales 25.36 34 Takeshi Hashimoto (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 26.12 35 Timo Wolk (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 26.12 36 Nikolas Knudsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 26.12 37 Denis Easton (Irl) Meath Avonmore 26.12 38 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 26.12 39 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 27.34 40 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 27.36 41 Ross Muir (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 28.14 42 Rob Holden (GBr) Isle Of Man 28.42 43 Justin Hoy (GBr) Surrey League 29.52 44 Stephen Mifsud (Fra) France VC La Pomme 31.08 45 Thomas Hogan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 31.29 46 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales 32.10 47 Matthew Melville (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 34.17 48 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 35.12 49 Andrew Randell (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 35.16 50 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey League 36.24 51 Elliot Baxter (GBr) Isle Of Man 36.32 52 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 36.46 53 Tim Davies (GBr) Wales 36.51 54 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 36.58 55 Richard Eastham (GBr) Nth East England 38.59 56 Mark Kelly (GBr) Isle Of Man 39.28 57 Philip Finegan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 39.59 58 Josh Hall (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 40.23 59 Tommy Evans (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 40.35 60 Chris Belsham (GBr) Nth East England 40.40 61 Sean Farrell (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 41.15 62 Andrew Yates (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 41.57 63 Richard Cahill (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 41.57 64 Frederic Pedersoli (Fra) France VC La Pomme 42.49 65 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 43.01 66 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 43.09 67 Adrian Hedderman (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 43.09 68 Greg Roche (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 43.29 69 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 45.42 70 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Isle Of Man 46.22 71 Tom Hughes (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 47.21 72 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 49.14 73 Alastair Kay (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 49.15 74 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 49.25 75 John Charlesworth (GBr) Nth East England 49.31 76 Andrew Roche (Irl) Isle Of Man 49.51 77 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 51.21 78 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey League 55.24 79 Alexander Ross (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 58.36 80 Taichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 58.43 81 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 58.47 82 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jap) France VC La Pomme 59.15 83 Peter Murdoch (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 59.33 84 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 1.00.37 85 Gareth Jones (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 1.01.01 86 James Hodnett (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 1.01.29 87 Aidan Crowley (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 1.02.09 88 Kealan O'Connor (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 1.04.50 89 Stefen Small (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 1.05.00 90 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 1.05.24 91 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 1.06.44 92 Paul Watson (GBr) Nth East England 1.08.29 93 Rodney Green (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 1.14.21 94 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.20.09 95 Peter Hey (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 1.25.14 96 Paul Griffin (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 1.28.09 97 Buck Miller (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 1.29.32 98 Martin O'Louglin (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.30.29 99 Tim Barry (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 1.32.07 100 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 1.32.27 101 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 1.34.02 102 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 1.36.02 103 Ciaran Kelly (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 1.36.37 104 Laurence Roche (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 1.37.01 105 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 1.43.29 106 Steve Gibson (GBr) Nth East England 1.45.01 107 Tim Ahern (Irl) Dublin UCD 1.48.24 108 Brian Lynch (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 1.48.28 109 Dermot Healy (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 1.50.07 110 John Paul Hilliard (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 1.52.37 111 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.54.23 112 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 1.54.42 113 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin UCD 2.00.03 114 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD 2.02.27 115 William Byrne (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 2.13.11 116 Jeff Austin (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 2.16.51 117 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 2.20.24 118 Thomas Graham (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 2.25.43 119 Phil Southerland (USA) People's Cycling Team 2.28.32 120 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 2.32.24 121 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 2.32.30 122 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 2.35.04 123 Francis Ennis (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 2.36.50 124 Jonathan Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 2.40.30 125 Ian Furniss (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 2.40.48 126 Stephen Howells (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 2.46.45 127 Pat Kennealy (Irl) Dublin UCD 2.48.24 128 Julian Sharples (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 2.52.53 129 David Elson (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 3.01.28 130 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 3.05.37 131 Jake Hennen (USA) NW England Cycle Centre RT 3.24.45 132 John Dillon (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 3.29.21 133 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 3.31.45 134 Niall Quinlan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 3.36.52 135 Steve Lepine (USA) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 3.38.07 136 Paddy Sweeney (Irl) Meath Avonmore 3.54.06 137 Nils Wartemann (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 4.06.53 138 Jim Maguire (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 4.09.17 139 David Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD 4.15.08 140 Christopher Harnish (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 4.41.49 U23 classification 1 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 23.12.54 2 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 0.39 3 Jean-Francois Laroche (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 7.43 4 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia 14.05 5 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia 14.10 6 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme 20.17 7 Thomas Hogan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 26.56 8 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 32.25 9 Mark Kelly (GBr) Isle Of Man 34.55 10 Alexander Ross (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 54.03 11 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 54.14 12 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 1.02.11 13 Buck Miller (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 1.24.59 14 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 1.31.29 15 Tim Ahern (Irl) Dublin UCD 1.43.51 16 Jeff Austin (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 2.12.18 17 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 2.15.51 18 Phil Southerland (USA) People's Cycling Team 2.23.59 19 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 2.27.57 20 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 3.27.12 21 Steve Lepine (USA) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 3.33.34 Points classification 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 77 pts 2 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 60 3 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 49 4 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia 42 5 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales 40 6 John Tanner (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 36 7 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 31 8 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 29 9 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 26 10 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 24 11 Ben Brooks (Aus) NW England Cycle Centre RT 23 12 Andrew Randell (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 22 13 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 18 14 Hichem Menad (Alg) France VC La Pomme 17 15 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 16 16 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 15 17 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia 15 18 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme 13 19 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 12 20 Gary Dodd (GBr) Surrey League 12 21 Ross Muir (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 12 22 Jean-Francois Laroche (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 9 23 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 8 24 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 7 25 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 6 26 Paul Griffin (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 6 27 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 4 28 Andrew Roche (Irl) Isle Of Man 4 29 Gethin Butler (GBr) Surrey League 3 30 Nicolas White (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 3 31 Marek Blazej (Pol) Poland Team Legia 3 32 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 3 33 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 3 34 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 3 35 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 2 36 Mark Kelly (GBr) Isle Of Man 2 37 Denis Easton (Irl) Meath Avonmore 1 Mountains classification 1 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 67 pts 2 Daniel Spence (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 50 3 Tim Buckle (GBr) Great Britain 45 4 Paul Griffin (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 27 5 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales 21 6 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 18 7 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 17 8 Hichem Menad (Alg) France VC La Pomme 16 9 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 15 10 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 14 11 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme 10 12 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 10 13 Timo Wolk (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 9 14 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 8 15 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 6 16 Andrew Randell (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 6 17 John Tanner (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 5 18 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 5 19 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jap) France VC La Pomme 5 20 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia 4 21 Alexander Ross (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 4 22 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia 3 23 Stephen Mifsud (Fra) France VC La Pomme 3 24 Richard Cahill (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 3 25 Tim Barry (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 3 26 Ben Brooks (Aus) NW England Cycle Centre RT 2 27 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 2 28 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 2 29 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 1 30 Rodney Green (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 1 International team classification 1 Great Britain 69.45.52 2 Lancaster Compensation Group 1.30 3 Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 14.31 4 South Africa Team HSBC 19.42 5 Poland Team Legia 20.37 6 Wales 29.43 7 France VC La Pomme 33.37 8 Surrey League 35.14 9 Scotland-Visit Scotland 45.17 10 Canada Team Sympatico 49.54 11 Isle Of Man 1.13.07 12 Team Ireland Stena Line 1.24.46 13 NW England Cycle Centre RT 1.26.26 14 Nth East England 1.38.57 15 Japan Cycleways 1.50.00 16 Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 2.29.11 17 Southend www.Sdeals.Com 3.06.37 18 Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 3.41.43 19 USA Peoples Cycling Team 7.46.24 County team classification 1 Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 70.34.22 2 Dublin Skip Hire 33.32 3 Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 45.24 4 Dublin Usher Insulation 49.30 5 Cork Stafford Fuels 52.39 6 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 55.40 7 Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 1.28.33 8 Kildare Team Fig Roll 3.12.33 9 Dublin UCD 4.11.44 10 Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 6.11.09 Courtesy SŽamus Shortall/www.fbdmilkras.com
