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50th FBD Milk Ras - 2.5

Ireland, May 19-26, 2002

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Stage 7 - May 25: Arklow - Baltinglass, 153 km

Power set to win 2002 FBD Milk Ras

By Shane Stokes, Irishcycling.com

Barring accident, Ciarán Power looks set to win this year's FBD Milk Rás after a storming ride on the penultimate and toughest stage of the event. He may have lost a little time on Wednesday when the race hit the first category Healy Pass, but today there were no such cracks in his defence and he easily answered the challenges of his rivals.

The Team Ireland Stena Line rider finished just behind his closest-placed contender Chris Newton in an 8 man sprint to place second on the mountainous 95 mile stage to Baltinglass. That means Power goes into tomorrow's hour-long criterium in Dublin's Phoenix Park with a lead of 4 minutes and 3 seconds which, barring accident or serious misfortune, will see him take his first international victory since turning professional in 2000.

Prior to the stage, Power was in confident mood about his chances of matching Newton and the other leading riders over the stage's seven tough climbs, which began after 15 miles with the first category Devil's Glen. Keeping the bunch together until then was the priority and so his team-mates Tommy Evans, Tim Barry and Paul Griffin set a high tempo at the front. ,p> The riders duly hit the base of the tough climb en bloc and charged up towards its one-in-four summit where mountains leader Julian Winn and yesterday's stage victor Paul Manning grinded their way clear. Behind, Power was under no obvious pressure and crested the crowd-lined top in fifth place.

Motivated by thoughts of taking more KOM points (Winn) and nabbing a second stage victory (Manning), the leading duo hit the slopes of the first-category Luggala climb one minute ahead. Manning was clearly pedalling with more ease and before the summit of the climb he moved clear to begin a brave solo bid for success.

By the top of the second category Sally Gap the Great Britain rider was over a minute ahead of Winn and nearly two clear of Power's group, which was now greatly reduced. The yellow jersey appeared to be climbing well while Newton looked under pressure to follow wheels; clearly things were going to plan for the race leader.

There remained however 30 miles of undulating roads before the next major climb of Drumgoff. It was important for Power that his main rivals did not get clear before then, and this was ensured when a small regrouping saw his team-mates Tommy Evans, Tim Barry and Paul Griffin regain contact. Setting a high pace at the front, they reeled in Winn and kept the chasing group together, while an impressive Manning increased his advantage to three and a half minutes.

Feeling good, Power seized the initiative on Drumgoff and jumped clear with Newton and Poland Team Legia's Hubert Nowak on the steep, tree-lined lower slopes. Surrey League rider Gethin Butler and France VC La Pomme's Hichem Menad got across the gap soon afterwards, with the latter going to the front and setting a ferocious pace to the top.

After the tricky, high speed descent the five chasers were joined by a group of 16 but the pressure applied by Power and, particularly, Menad on the first category Wicklow Gap caused a permanent rupture. Newton, Nowak and John Tanner (Lancaster Compensation Group) held on over the top, two minutes and 45 seconds behind Manning, while Butler and Tanner's team-mate Mark Lovatt got back on shortly afterwards to make a seven man chasing group.

Swinging around into the wind, Manning was starting to tire and his commendable solo effort came to an end ten miles from the finish. Power was sitting on and was favourite to take the sprint for his first stage win of the 2002 FBD Milk Rás, but the Englishman had enough strength in the final mile to lead out Newton into the long finishing straight. Here the green-jersey holder kicked for home and sprinted impressively to deny the race leader.

"I thought I would get it when he led it out from so far back," said Power. "But he was very strong and got to the line before me. I wanted to get a stage but the overall is the most important thing...and that went very well."

"I felt very good today. The (Irish) lads worked really hard for me early on to keep things together and did a great job to get me to the bottom of Drumgoff. I felt good there so decided to attack - when you have the legs, that is sometimes the best form of defence and so I went for it. A few guys got up to me but that split things up behind."

Power has just tomorrow left and is feeling confident. "Anything can happen in cycling but with such a big lead things should be fine. I said at the start of the week that I wanted to enjoy the race and although I have the pressure of the jersey, that is really starting to happen."

Tomorrow's eighth and final stage: 1 hour criterium, Phoenix Park. Starts 3 pm.

Results

1 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain                           3.54.36 (39.08 km/h)
2 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line
3 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group
4 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia
5 John Tanner (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group
6 Hichem Menad (Alg) France VC La Pomme
7 Gethin Butler (GBr) Surrey League                             0.03
8 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                              0.06
9 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales                                       3.05
10 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia
11 Ross Muir (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland
12 Rob Holden (GBr) Isle Of Man
13 Ben Brooks (Aus) NW England Cycle Centre RT
14 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Poland Team Legia
15 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC
16 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group
17 Jurgen Rodenbeck (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont
18 Tim Buckle (GBr) Great Britain
19 Alastair Kay (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland
20 Nicolas White (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC
21 Marek Blazej (Pol) Poland Team Legia
22 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire
23 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn              3.10
24 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia
25 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn
26 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation                    7.50
27 Mark Kelly (GBr) Isle Of Man                                 7.52
28 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation
29 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales
30 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond
31 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond
32 Sean Farrell (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann
33 Bryan Steel (GBr) Great Britain
34 Dermot Healy (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire
35 Nikolas Knudsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn
36 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme
37 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey
38 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann
39 Philip Finegan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll
40 Raymond Clarke (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
41 Rory Wyley (Irl) Southend www.Sdeals.Com
42 Gary Dodd (GBr) Surrey League
43 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
44 Daniel Spence (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC
45 Elliot Baxter (GBr) Isle Of Man
46 Tommy Evans (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line                    8.07
47 Alexander Ross (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland
48 Peter Murdoch (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland
49 Andrew Randell (Can) Canada Team Sympatico                  14.42
50 Paul Watson (GBr) Nth East England                          14.53
51 Stephen Mifsud (Fra) France VC La Pomme
52 Stefen Small (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi
53 Paul Griffin (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line                  24.46
54 Timo Wolk (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex
55 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jap) France VC La Pomme                   25.06
56 Takeshi Hashimoto (Jpn) Japan Cycleways                     29.54
57 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways
58 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Isle Of Man
59 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold
60 Josh Hall (Can) Canada Team Sympatico
61 Jeff Austin (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team                  32.21
62 Tim Ahern (Irl) Dublin UCD
63 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team
64 Ian Furniss (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group
65 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey
66 Buck Miller (Can) Canada Team Sympatico
67 Frederic Pedersoli (Fra) France VC La Pomme
68 Thomas Hogan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels
69 Gareth Jones (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT
70 Tim Davies (GBr) Wales
71 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll
72 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont
73 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex
74 Steve Gibson (GBr) Nth East England
75 Peter Hey (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT
76 Adrian Hedderman (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
77 Brian Lynch (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels
78 William Byrne (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann
79 James Hodnett (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold
80 Aidan Crowley (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
81 Martin O'Louglin (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey
82 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales
83 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex
84 Kealan O'Connor (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond
85 Greg Roche (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT
86 Francis Ennis (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery
87 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond
88 Laurence Roche (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh
89 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey
90 Matthew Melville (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com
91 Justin Hoy (GBr) Surrey League
92 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels
93 Tim Barry (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line
94 Ciaran Kelly (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann
95 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin UCD
96 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey League
97 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey League
98 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
99 Niall Quinlan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll
100 Phil Southerland (USA) People's Cycling Team
101 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire
102 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation
103 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Ravens West
104 Pat Kennealy (Irl) Dublin UCD
105 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Ravens North
106 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles
107 Chris Belsham (GBr) Nth East England
108 Richard Eastham (GBr) Nth East England
109 Andrew Yates (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi
110 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond
111 David Elson (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh
112 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation
113 John Charlesworth (GBr) Nth East England
114 Rodney Green (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC
115 Denis Easton (Irl) Meath Avonmore
116 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels
117 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey
118 Tom Hughes (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team
119 Thomas Graham (Irl) Dublin Ravens West
120 Jonathan Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery            58.24
121 Taichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways
122 Jim Maguire (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles
123 Steve Lepine (USA) Southend www.Sdeals.Com
124 John Dillon (Irl) Dublin Ravens North
125 John Paul Hilliard (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire
126 David Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD
127 Paul Reid (Irl) Dublin Ravens West
128 Paddy Sweeney (Irl) Meath Avonmore
129 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery
130 Richard Cahill (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels
131 Julian Sharples (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi
132 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD                               1.03.24
133 Christopher Harnish (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team
134 Stephen Howells (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com
135 Jake Hennen (USA) NW England Cycle Centre RT
 
General classification after stage 7
 
1 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line                27.02.57
2 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain                              4.03
3 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia                          4.33
4 Hichem Menad (Alg) France VC La Pomme                         4.43
5 John Tanner (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group                4.55
6 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group                5.12
7 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn               7.42
8 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC                       8.17
9 Gethin Butler (GBr) Surrey League                            12.19
10 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales                                     14.40
11 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group             15.13
12 Ben Brooks (Aus) NW England Cycle Centre RT                 15.19
13 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire                     15.29
14 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                            15.40
15 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia                    21.48
16 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia
17 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn   22.13
18 Jurgen Rodenbeck (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont          22.23
19 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Poland Team Legia
20 Nicolas White (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC                  26.16
21 Daniel Spence (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC                  27.02
22 Rory Wyley (Irl) Southend www.Sdeals.Com                    27.10
23 Tim Buckle (GBr) Great Britain                              27.19
24 Gary Dodd (GBr) Surrey League                               27.48
25 Marek Blazej (Pol) Poland Team Legia                        28.10
26 Bryan Steel (GBr) Great Britain                             30.42
27 Ross Muir (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland                     31.19
28 Raymond Clarke (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways             31.43
29 Rob Holden (GBr) Isle Of Man                                31.47
30 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways            32.30
31 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme                        32.42
32 Nikolas Knudsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn          34.04
33 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann               35.26
34 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey            35.28
35 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales                                   40.02
36 Elliot Baxter (GBr) Isle Of Man                             44.24
37 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond                    44.50
38 Stephen Mifsud (Fra) France VC La Pomme                     46.01
39 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales                                   46.15
40 Mark Kelly (GBr) Isle Of Man                                47.20
41 Philip Finegan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll                  47.51
42 Tommy Evans (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line                   48.42
43 Sean Farrell (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann                   49.07
44 Andrew Randell (Can) Canada Team Sympatico                  49.58
45 Timo Wolk (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex                50.58
46 Alastair Kay (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland                  52.20
47 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways             53.11
48 Takeshi Hashimoto (Jpn) Japan Cycleways                     56.06
49 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold                    56.06
50 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation                   57.15
51 Denis Easton (Irl) Meath Avonmore                           58.33
52 Justin Hoy (GBr) Surrey League                            1.02.13
53 Thomas Hogan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels                    1.03.50
54 Matthew Melville (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com            1.06.38
55 Alexander Ross (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland              1.06.43
56 Peter Murdoch (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland               1.07.40
57 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey League                          1.08.45
58 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey             1.09.07
59 Tim Davies (GBr) Wales                                    1.09.12
60 Josh Hall (Can) Canada Team Sympatico                     1.10.17
61 Richard Eastham (GBr) Nth East England                    1.11.20
62 Chris Belsham (GBr) Nth East England                      1.13.01
63 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation                1.13.16
64 Andrew Yates (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi              1.14.18
65 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond           1.14.36
66 Frederic Pedersoli (Fra) France VC La Pomme               1.15.10
67 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll                    1.15.22
68 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation                1.15.30
69 Adrian Hedderman (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways         1.15.30
70 Greg Roche (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT               1.15.50
71 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Isle Of Man                          1.16.16
72 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation               1.18.03
73 Tom Hughes (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team                   1.19.42
74 Stefen Small (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi              1.19.53
75 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire                      1.21.35
76 John Charlesworth (GBr) Nth East England                  1.21.52
77 Paul Watson (GBr) Nth East England                        1.23.22
78 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex    1.23.42
79 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jap) France VC La Pomme                 1.24.21
80 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey League                        1.27.45
81 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond              1.32.58
82 Gareth Jones (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT             1.33.22
83 James Hodnett (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold                    1.33.50
84 Aidan Crowley (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways            1.34.30
85 Kealan O'Connor (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond             1.37.11
86 Richard Cahill (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels                  1.40.21
87 Rodney Green (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC                 1.46.42
88 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                  1.52.30
89 Paul Griffin (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line                1.52.55
90 Taichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways                       1.57.07
91 Peter Hey (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT                1.57.35
92 Dermot Healy (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire                       1.57.59
93 Buck Miller (Can) Canada Team Sympatico                   2.01.53
94 Martin O'Louglin (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey            2.02.50
95 Tim Barry (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line                   2.04.28
96 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex        2.04.48
97 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels                     2.06.23
98 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont            2.08.23
99 Ciaran Kelly (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann                 2.08.58
100 Laurence Roche (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh                   2.09.22
101 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team              2.15.50
102 Steve Gibson (GBr) Nth East England                      2.17.22
103 Tim Ahern (Irl) Dublin UCD                               2.20.45
104 Brian Lynch (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels                    2.20.49
105 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey            2.26.44
106 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels                    2.27.03
107 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin UCD                            2.32.24
108 William Byrne (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann               2.45.32
109 Jeff Austin (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team               2.49.12
110 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways                     2.50.18
111 John Paul Hilliard (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire                2.51.01
112 Thomas Graham (Irl) Dublin Ravens West                   2.58.04
113 Phil Southerland (USA) People's Cycling Team             3.00.53
114 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Ravens North                 3.04.45
115 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles                   3.04.51
116 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD                               3.05.51
117 Francis Ennis (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery            3.09.11
118 Ian Furniss (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group           3.13.09
119 Pat Kennealy (Irl) Dublin UCD                            3.20.45
120 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery         3.33.28
121 David Elson (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh                      3.33.49
122 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Ravens West                      3.37.58
123 Jonathan Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery          3.38.54
124 Stephen Howells (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com            3.50.09
125 Julian Sharples (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi          3.51.17
126 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond               4.04.06
127 Niall Quinlan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll                4.09.13
128 John Dillon (Irl) Dublin Ravens North                    4.27.45
129 Jake Hennen (USA) NW England Cycle Centre RT             4.28.09
130 Steve Lepine (USA) Southend www.Sdeals.Com               4.36.31
131 Paddy Sweeney (Irl) Meath Avonmore                       4.52.30
132 Paul Reid (Irl) Dublin Ravens West                       5.00.07
133 Jim Maguire (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles                    5.07.41
134 David Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD                              5.13.32
135 Christopher Harnish (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team       5.45.10
 
Points classification
 
1 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain                                92 pts
2 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line                      74
3 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia                            61
4 John Tanner (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group                  47
5 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia                        42
6 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales                                       40
7 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales                                         33
8 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC                         32
9 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group                  31
10 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways                29
11 Hichem Menad (Alg) France VC La Pomme                          27
12 Ben Brooks (Aus) NW England Cycle Centre RT                    26
13 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn                24
14 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                               23
15 Andrew Randell (Can) Canada Team Sympatico                     22
16 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia                  21
17 Ross Muir (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland                        17
18 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways               16
19 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme                           13
20 Gethin Butler (GBr) Surrey League                              12
21 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group                12
22 Gary Dodd (GBr) Surrey League                                  12
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 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Poland Team Legia                        6
27 Paul Griffin (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line                      6
28 Rob Holden (GBr) Isle Of Man                                    4
29 Nicolas White (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC                      3
30 Marek Blazej (Pol) Poland Team Legia                            3
31 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                3
32 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex              3
33 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond                        2
34 Mark Kelly (GBr) Isle Of Man                                    2
35 Denis Easton (Irl) Meath Avonmore                               1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales                                        115 pts
2 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                                87
3 Daniel Spence (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC                      62
4 Hichem Menad (Alg) France VC La Pomme                           58
5 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line                      49
6 Tim Buckle (GBr) Great Britain                                  45
7 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain                                45
8 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia                            33
9 Paul Griffin (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line                      27
10 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn                26
11 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales                                      21
12 Nicolas White (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC                     18
13 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways                14
14 John Tanner (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group                 14
15 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Poland Team Legia                       11
16 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme                           10
17 Timo Wolk (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex                    9
18 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation                      8
19 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group                  7
20 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn       6
21 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways                6
22 Stephen Mifsud (Fra) France VC La Pomme                         6
23 Andrew Randell (Can) Canada Team Sympatico                      6
24 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jap) France VC La Pomme                       5
25 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia                   4
26 Alexander Ross (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland                    4
27 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia                        3
28 Richard Cahill (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels                        3
29 Tim Barry (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line                         3
30 Ben Brooks (Aus) NW England Cycle Centre RT                     2
31 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways                            2
32 Gethin Butler (GBr) Surrey League                               1
33 Tommy Evans (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line                       1
34 Rodney Green (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC                       1
 
Ben McKenna U23 trophy
 
1 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia                      27.07.30
2 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC                       3.44
3 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia                     17.15
4 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia                17.15
5 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme                         28.09
6 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond                     40.17
7 Mark Kelly (GBr) Isle Of Man                                 42.47
8 Thomas Hogan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels                       59.17
9 Alexander Ross (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland               1.02.10
10 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond           1.10.03
11 Buck Miller (Can) Canada Team Sympatico                   1.57.20
12 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont            2.03.50
13 Tim Ahern (Irl) Dublin UCD                                2.16.12
14 Jeff Austin (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team                2.44.39
15 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways                      2.45.45
16 Phil Southerland (USA) People's Cycling Team              2.56.20
17 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles                    3.00.18
18 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond                3.59.33
19 Steve Lepine (USA) Southend www.Sdeals.Com                4.31.58
							    
International Team classification
 
1 Great Britain                                             81.32.51
2 Lancaster Compensation Group                                  1.24
3 Poland Team Legia                                            23.36
4 Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn                                 25.32
5 South Africa Team HSBC                                       30.33
6 France VC La Pomme                                           53.11
7 Scotland-Visit Scotland                                      56.23
8 Wales                                                      1.09.50
9 Surrey League                                              1.12.19
10 Isle Of Man                                               1.28.45
11 Team Ireland Stena Line                                   1.54.28
12 Canada Team Sympatico                                     2.03.40
13 NW England Cycle Centre RT                                2.31.02
14 Nth East England                                          2.55.21
15 Japan Cycleways                                           3.45.01
16 Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex                              3.55.28
17 Southend www.Sdeals.Com                                   4.42.03
18 Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi                                 5.24.10
19 USA Peoples Cycling Team                                  9.51.19
 
County Team classification
 
1 Meath Lee Strand Cycleways                                83.06.15
2 Dublin Skip Hire                                             28.45
3 Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond                                      45.24
4 Dublin Usher Insulation                                      49.28
5 Tipperary Dan Morrissey                                    1.20.09
6 Dublin Iarnrod Eireann                                     1.28.33
7 Cork Stafford Fuels                                        1.41.37
8 Kildare Team Fig Roll                                      3.37.02
9 Dublin UCD                                                 5.00.42
10 Kildare Newbridge Cutlery                                 7.52.13
11 Dublin Ravens West                                        8.38.23

Courtesy of Seamus Shortall/www.fbdmilkras.com