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FBD Milk Rás - 2.5
Ireland, May 18-25, 2003
Stage 1 - May 18: Dublin – Roscrea, 135km
FBD Milk Ras begins
By Shane Stokes, Irishcycling.com
The Team Ireland squad made an excellent start to the FBD Milk Ras today with Tommy Evans first across the line in Roscrea. The French-based Belfastman went clear with Paul Manning of the Great Britain squad and Danish rider Ari Hojgaard in the closing miles of the mainly-flat rain splattered stage and successfully staved off all attempts by the bunch to reel them in.
Manning, the 2001 winner, cramped in the closing kilometre, leaving 1996 Ras champion Evans to outsprint Hojgaard and take both the stage and the first yellow jersey of the race. The bunch came home 20 seconds later with all the other contenders present.
"I've got the stage win I came for, so that's my race completed," Evans joked afterwards, thoughts of an early exit the furthest thing from his mind. "It's two years since I won a stage and that was my big goal coming into the Rás. It would have perhaps been better not to take yellow on the first day as it will put a lot of pressure on the team, but then again you don't pass over a chance like this."
With the yellow jersey up for grabs, it was expected that today's opening stage would see the riders head out with guns blazing, attacking all the way in the hope of landing early glory. This certainly would have been the pattern of racing in years past, but then again since the FBD Milk Rás became part of the international calendar in 2001, the style of racing has changed somewhat. Instead, the first half of the 84 mile stage was a controlled affair, with small breakaway groups succeeding in going clear but thereafter being unable to build upon their lead. Two, three miles out front, and then the main field dragged the escapees back again.
The tight control ensured that the first hot spot sprint of the day was contested by the entire bunch, and on the streets of Newbridge David Harrigan (Team Down Under) got the best of Meath Lee Strand-Cycleways' Aidan Crowley and Adam Hodges Myerson, of the American Sportsbook.com pro squad. A number of small attacks followed before a group finally succeeded in opening up a somewhat decent lead.
The attack in question came just before the second hot spot sprint in Montmellick, when four professionals put their heads down and the speed right up. Adam Hodges Myerson (Team Sportsbook.com), Matthew Yates (Team Down Under) and the Bianchi-Scandinavia pairing of Jonas Holmkvist and Thomas Lovkvist opened up a 30 second gap. And yet, despite the later collaboration of Ari Hojgaard (Denmark Jylland Fyn), this group was unable to break the elastic and was finally recaptured after 13 miles out front.
The Kazakh Maxim Iglinskiv made his own bid for victory on the day's only categorised climb, opening up an impressive 30 second lead on third category climb of The Cut, but after several lonely miles at the head of the race he too was overhauled. That paved the way for Evans' successful move, the 1996 FBD Milk Rás winner going clear with 2001 champion Paul Manning and a persistent Hojgaard with fifteen miles remaining.
Their attack set the alarm bells ringing and chaos ensued for several miles as the other big guns tried desperately to get back on terms. Riders forged clear and got close to the three up front but were then reabsorbed by the bunch, causing the speed to drop slightly. This staccato pattern of surge and stall worked to the advantage of Evans, Manning and Hojgaard, and when the bunch finally lost the impetus of their chase, the gap quickly opened.
Maintaining their lead into the streets of Roscrea, the trio sped towards the finishing line. The expected three-up gallop failed to materialise when Manning cramped and abruptly dropped off the pace, leaving Evans with little to do in winning the sprint and taking his fourth-ever FBD Milk Ras stage. Twenty seconds later, Team Down Under pro Cody Stevenson headed the bunch's charge across the line, taking third on the stage by a narrow margin ahead of world track points champion Chris Newton.
The result left Evans five seconds clear at the top of the general classification, at the head of the race he won seven years ago.
"The plan today was for the team to mark everything that went clear towards the end of the stage," he explained. "I jumped across to Manning and one of the other English riders, and then bridged across to Hojgaard...Manning came across and we just went for it then."
"We worked well together and got a good gap. I thought Manning was going to be a threat in the sprint but his legs went just before the end."
Delighted to be in yellow again, he is nevertheless aware that protecting his lead would be a tall order for the Team Ireland-Irish Sports Council squad. "I don't expect the team to defend the lead," he admitted. "It is too early in the week, there is too much racing yet to come." But he is remaining optimistic about the team's prospects in the race. "Ciaran and David are both going well, and hopefully my legs will be good on the hills later in the week. The Gap of Mamore is very steep, but the good thing is that it is not too long."
Before then, the riders have to contend with the heavy, wind-exposed roads of the West of Ireland. Many in the race are looking to Thursday and Friday as being the crucial days, but much could happen before then. Tomorrow the field tackles the longest stage of the 2003 FBD Milk Ras, a 117 mile marathon from Roscrea to Cliffden.
Results
1 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 3.26.37 (39.23 km/h) 2 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn 3 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under 0.20 4 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 5 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 6 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under 7 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 8 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 9 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com 10 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 11 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 12 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 13 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Down Under 14 Gary Dodd (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 15 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 16 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena Line 17 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North 18 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 19 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under 20 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 21 Greg Roche (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 22 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 23 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 24 Ross Hooker (Can) Kildare HirEquip 25 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 26 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 27 Sven Biermann (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 28 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 29 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 30 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip 31 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 32 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 33 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 34 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group 35 Neil Swithenbank (GBr) North West Division 36 Bryan Steel (GBr) Great Britain 37 Neil Smith (GBr) Lincoln 38 Roger Morgan (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 39 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 40 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 41 Jeff Capper (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 42 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Stena Line 43 Lawrence Perera (USA) Sportsbook.com 44 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 45 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 46 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division 47 Alastair Kay (GBr) primera-bournemouth 48 James Ball (RSA) Team HSBC 49 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Life Repair Group 50 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 51 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 52 Matt Svatek (USA) Sportsbook.com 53 Matt Melville (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 54 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 55 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 56 David Harrigan (Aus) Team Down Under 57 John Charlesworth (GBr) primera-bournemouth 58 Peter Hey (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 59 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 60 Ryan Leech (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 61 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Team HSBC 62 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 63 George Rose (GBr) Stena Line 64 Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 65 Richard Eastham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 66 Rob Enslin (RSA) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 67 Dara McCaughley (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 68 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 69 Nick Kenwright (GBr) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 70 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena Line 71 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena Line 72 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 73 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 74 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 75 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 76 Lars Werenberg (Den) Jylland-Fyn 77 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Jylland-Fyn 78 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 79 David Berkeley (NZl) Team gbcycles.co.uk 80 Jorg Scherf (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 81 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com 82 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 83 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 84 Ben Hallam (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 85 Paul Mulligan (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 86 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations 87 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 88 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group 89 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC 90 Rory Wyley (Irl) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 91 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell 92 Brian Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 93 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 94 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip 95 Jeff Howes (RSA) Team HSBC 96 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC 97 Christopher Belsham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 98 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1.41 99 Stephen Gibson (GBr) primera-bournemouth 100 Denis Markouris (Aus) Kildare Newbridge 101 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group 102 Iain Roche (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 103 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group 104 Ross Muir (GBr) Lincoln 105 Stephen Howells (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 106 James Dobbin (GBr) Lincoln 107 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 108 Justin Hoy (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 109 Gareth Jones (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 110 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 2.20 111 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 112 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 2.29 113 Ryan Connor (GBr) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 5.57 114 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 9.58 115 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 116 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell 117 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 118 Christopher Varley (GBr) North West Division 119 Ryan Dewald (USA) Sportsbook.com 120 Mark Kelly (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 121 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 122 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 123 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 124 Nat Brindley (GBr) Lincoln 125 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 126 Cian Lynch (Irl) Kildare North 127 Bert Fox (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 18.25 128 Isaiah Adams (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 129 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip 130 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 131 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North 132 Daniel Hohmann (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 22.01 133 Chris Doel (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 27.45 134 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 135 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell 136 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North 137 Steve McEwen (GBr) Kildare HirEquip 138 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 139 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 140 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 33.52 141 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell 36.58 142 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 143 Robert Looby (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 144 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 145 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 146 Bill Nickson (GBr) North West Division 39.25 147 Joseph Alachoyan (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 41.08 148 Sean Furley (Irl) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 149 Declan Kinch (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 150 Dan Plitman (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 42.38 151 David Everett (GBr) North West Division General classification after stage 1 1 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 3.26.27 2 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn 0.04 3 David Harrigan (Aus) Team Down Under 0.25 4 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under 0.26 5 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 0.27 6 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 7 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com 8 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 0.28 9 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under 0.29 10 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 11 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 0.30 12 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 13 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 14 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 15 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 16 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Down Under 17 Gary Dodd (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 18 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 19 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena Line 20 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North 21 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under 22 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 23 Greg Roche (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 24 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 25 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 26 Ross Hooker (Can) Kildare HirEquip 27 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 28 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 29 Sven Biermann (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 30 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 31 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 32 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip 33 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 34 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 35 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 36 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group 37 Neil Swithenbank (GBr) North West Division 38 Bryan Steel (GBr) Great Britain 39 Neil Smith (GBr) Lincoln 40 Roger Morgan (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 41 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 42 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 43 Jeff Capper (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 44 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Stena Line 45 Lawrence Perera (USA) Sportsbook.com 46 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 47 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 48 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division 49 Alastair Kay (GBr) primera-bournemouth 50 James Ball (RSA) Team HSBC 51 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Life Repair Group 52 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 53 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 54 Matt Svatek (USA) Sportsbook.com 55 Matt Melville (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 56 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 57 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 58 John Charlesworth (GBr) primera-bournemouth 59 Peter Hey (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 60 Ryan Leech (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 61 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Team HSBC 62 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 63 George Rose (GBr) Stena Line 64 Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 65 Richard Eastham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 66 Rob Enslin (RSA) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 67 Dara McCaughley (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 68 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 69 Nick Kenwright (GBr) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 70 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena Line 71 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena Line 72 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 73 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 74 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 75 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 76 Lars Werenberg (Den) Jylland-Fyn 77 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Jylland-Fyn 78 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip 79 David Berkeley (NZl) Team gbcycles.co.uk 80 Jorg Scherf (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 81 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com 82 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 83 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 84 Ben Hallam (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 85 Paul Mulligan (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 86 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations 87 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 88 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group 89 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC 90 Rory Wyley (Irl) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 91 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell 92 Brian Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn 93 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 94 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip 95 Jeff Howes (RSA) Team HSBC 96 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC 97 Christopher Belsham (GBr) primera-bournemouth 98 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1.51 99 Stephen Gibson (GBr) primera-bournemouth 100 Denis Markouris (Aus) Kildare Newbridge 101 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group 102 Iain Roche (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 103 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group 104 Ross Muir (GBr) Lincoln 105 Stephen Howells (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 106 James Dobbin (GBr) Lincoln 107 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 108 Justin Hoy (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 109 Gareth Jones (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia 110 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 2.30 111 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 112 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 2.39 113 Ryan Connor (GBr) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 6.07 114 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 10.08 115 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 116 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell 117 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 118 Christopher Varley (GBr) North West Division 119 Ryan Dewald (USA) Sportsbook.com 120 Mark Kelly (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 121 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 122 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 123 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 124 Nat Brindley (GBr) Lincoln 125 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 126 Cian Lynch (Irl) Kildare North 127 Bert Fox (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 18.35 128 Isaiah Adams (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 129 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip 130 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip 131 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North 132 Daniel Hohmann (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 22.11 133 Chris Doel (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 27.55 134 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell 135 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell 136 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North 137 Steve McEwen (GBr) Kildare HirEquip 138 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 139 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 140 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay 34.02 141 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell 37.08 142 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 143 Robert Looby (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 144 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 145 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 146 Bill Nickson (GBr) North West Division 39.35 147 Joseph Alachoyan (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 41.18 148 Sean Furley (Irl) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 149 Declan Kinch (Irl) Wicklow Sahara 150 Dan Plitman (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 42.48 151 David Everett (GBr) North West Division Points classification 1 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council 15 pts 2 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn 14 3 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under 13 4 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 12 5 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 11 6 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under 10 7 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 9 8 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 8 9 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com 7 10 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 6 11 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 5 12 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann 4 13 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Down Under 3 14 Gary Dodd (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk 2 15 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 1 Mountains classification 1 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 5 pts 2 David Harrigan (Aus) Team Down Under 4 3 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 3 4 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 2 U23 classification 1 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 2 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan 3 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 4 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 5 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 6 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 7 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 8 Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip 9 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 10 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 11 Ben Hallam (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 12 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 13 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group 14 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group 15 Ryan Connor (GBr) Meath Donnelly Avonmore 16 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North 17 Christopher Varley (GBr) North West Division 18 Mark Kelly (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics 19 Chris Doel (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 27.28 20 David Everett (GBr) North West Division 42.21 Teams classification 1 Ireland - Irish Sports Council 10.20.31 2 Denmark Jylland-Fyn 3 Australia Team Down Under 0.20 4 Great Britain 5 Kazakhstan 6 Sweden Bianchi Scandinavia 7 Surrey Team gbcycles.co.uk 8 USA Team Sportsbook.com 9 Wales Energy Cycles Principia 10 Wales Stena Line 11 England primera-bournemouth 12 Cambridge Team Dataphonics 13 Lancaster Life Repair Group 14 Germany Rg Gutersloh/Neheim 15 South Africa Team HSBC 16 London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc 1.41 17 Lincoln 3.02 18 England North West Division 9.58 19 USA Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj 18.25 County Teams 1 Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 10.20.51 2 Dublin Usher Insulations 3 Kildare HirEquip 4 Dublin Iarnród Eireann 5 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 6 Dublin Skip 7 Mayo Galway Bay 9.38 8 Meath Donnelly Avonmore 15.15 9 Kildare North 19.16 10 Dublin Orwell 37.03 11 Kildare Newbridge 39.59 12 Wicklow Sahara 1.04.28 Courtesy of fbdmilkras.com
