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FBD Milk Rás - 2.5

Ireland, May 18-25, 2003

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Stage 3 - May 20: Clifden – Ballina, 142km

Power sprints to first ever stage win

By Shane Stokes, Irishcycling.com

There was further success for the Team Ireland squad on today's third stage of the FBD Milk Ras, when Ciaran Power was first across the line in Ballina. The Irish professional benefited from fine work by his team to haul in lone breakaway Mark Lovatt before the finish, and then took the uphill sprint with some ease ahead of Kerryman Eugene Moriarty (Meath Lee Strand Cycleways) and the former top professional Malcolm Elliott (London Irish).

The victory is Power's first ever stage win in his five participations in the event. He has won the race itself twice, in 1998 and again last year, but a stage victory always eluded him. Last year he was second on three occasions, beaten each time by Great Britain rider Chris Newton, but today finally added such a win to his palmarès. In doing so, he also took his second professional win.

The day was a good one for Power’s Team Ireland squad. Evans retained his yellow jersey, David O’Loughlin finished eighth in the bunch gallop and the quintet continue to lead the International team classification. The three riders are all amongst the 16 left in contention, with Power and O’Loughlin 30 seconds behind Evans. All in all, team manager Frankie Campbell has a lot to smile about.

The opposite was true in the early stages of today’s 90.3 mile race from Clifden to Ballina. A big crash at the start caused disarray and then, sixteen miles into the stage, Mark Lovatt (Lancaster Life Repair Group), Chris Newton (Great Britain), Jonas Holmkvist (Bianchi Scandinavia-Sweden) and Tipperary Dan Morrissey’s Richie Cahill broke clear. Aided by a thundering tailwind which helped their speeds rise to forty miles an hour, the dangerous breakaway gained time and forced the Ireland riders to mount a hectic chase.

Hurtling along roads which passed through some of the most striking countryside in Ireland, the race had mist-shrouded lakes and stony mountains as its backdrop. The film The Field was made here, and parallels could be drawn between its story and what was happening on the road, vis-à-vis Irishmen clashing with foreign visitors. Thankfully things didn’t go quite as far as in the film.

After twelve miles of frantic pursuit, the front group was finally hauled back but an energized Lovatt forged clear again, this time with Swede Thomas Lovkvist and 2001 winner Paul Manning. The Team Ireland squad were ready, though; David O’Loughlin slipped into the move and Power later managed to jump across, in turn sparking off a reaction from behind and forming an eventual fifty man front group.

Present were most of the main contenders, including Evans, but behind the remainder of the field were splintered into small, suffering packs. Once through Westport Lovatt tried again, and opened up a substantial gap. The surge was one too many and the field chose not to react, enabling the former yellow jersey wearer to build a one and a half minute solo lead.

For the next 46 miles he bravely plugged away, trying to maintain his advantage in the hope of landing a first-ever stage win. Team Ireland’s Andrew Donnellan and Vincent Gleeson were sent to the front of the chasing group and rode tempo in order to keep Lovatt somewhat in check. He did manage to maintain his ninety second lead to the top of the day’s sole categorised climb, twenty-seven miles from the finish, but on the flat, exposed plain after Keenagh the conditions changed. Racing along past bogs of heather and gorse, with long legs pumping and head bobbing, Lovatt’s speed slowed as the road turned towards the wind.

With 25 miles to go he had less than a minute’s advantage; ten miles later, an Irish/Danish alliance at the head of the bunch cut this in half. And, despite a brave, defiant bid to stay clear, the disappointed rider was overhauled with just one mile remaining.

Power was ready for his chance. Assisted by Evans and Gleeson, he scythed his way through the bunch and manoeuvred his way towards the front. Newton went early, trying to line Manning up for the win, but Power was in close attendance. When he finally kicked for home, his velocity carried him clear to what appeared an easy victory.

Second place went to the impressive Meath Lee Strand Cycleways rider Eugene Moriarty, who sprinted in ahead of former top professional Malcolm Elliott, Paul Manning, and the rest of the front group.

"This feels great...just great," Power said afterwards. "I am so happy now. I have ridden the race five times and this is my first stage. The team were absolutely fantastic today, Andrew (Donnellan) and Vincent (Gleeson) rode very strongly to bring back Lovatt. Tommy Evans helped me get position, and once I got onto Manning’s wheel, I knew I had it."

If Power was the happiest man in the race, Evans was probably next in the smiling stakes. On Sunday he won the opening stage, but insisted that it was too early in the race for the Irish team to consider defending the yellow jersey. Two days later, he is still wearing that golden fleece. There may be a long way to go yet in this race, but two stages, the overall lead and their position as best international team is a huge boost for the Ireland squad, who are up against perhaps the toughest foreign opposition yet assembled.

Next up for the riders is tomorrow’s mainly-flat 107 mile stage to Letterkenny, the final day’s racing before the field heads into the mountains on Thursday and Friday. Sixteen riders lie within thirty seconds of Evans’ lead, and so the next few days will be crucial.

Results

1 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council          3.27.24 (38.40 km/h)
2 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
3 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc
4 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain
5 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia
6 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under
7 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena Line
8 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council
9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan
10 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia
11 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia
12 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain
13 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip
14 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk
15 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council
16 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim
17 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia
18 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
19 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations
20 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn
21 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group
22 Ross Muir (GBr) Lincoln
23 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group
24 Gary Dodd (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk
25 John Charlesworth (GBr) primera-bournemouth
26 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations
27 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
28 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip
29 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Life Repair Group
30 Christopher Belsham (GBr) primera-bournemouth
31 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan
32 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia
33 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain
34 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain
35 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC
36 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division
37 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey
38 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey
39 Neil Smith (GBr) Lincoln
40 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Jylland-Fyn
41 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council
42 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council
43 Bryan Steel (GBr) Great Britain
44 David Harrigan (Aus) Team Down Under
45 Brian Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn                               0.44
46 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC                                   0.54
47 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                      1.10
48 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations                 8.47
49 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore
50 Neil Swithenbank (GBr) North West Division
51 Richard Eastham (GBr) primera-bournemouth
52 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan
53 Sven Biermann (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim
54 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
55 Roger Morgan (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk
56 Jorg Scherf (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim
57 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
58 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
59 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations
60 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena Line
61 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena Line
62 Gareth Jones (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia
63 Jeff Howes (RSA) Team HSBC
64 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay
65 Justin Hoy (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk
66 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under
67 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                        14.43
68 Rob Enslin (RSA) Cambridge Team Dataphonics
69 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Team HSBC
70 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan
71 Jeff Capper (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia
72 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group
73 Nick Kenwright (GBr) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj
74 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip
75 David Berkeley (NZl) Team gbcycles.co.uk
76 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North
77 Stephen Gibson (GBr) primera-bournemouth
78 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
79 Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip
80 Ben Hallam (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics
81 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Cambridge Team Dataphonics
82 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey               15.21
83 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                        32.45
84 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay
85 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay
86 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip
87 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North
88 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell
89 Matt Svatek (USA) Sportsbook.com
90 Isaiah Adams (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj
91 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North
92 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group
93 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore
94 Dara McCaughley (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore
95 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations
96 Greg Roche (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia
97 Nat Brindley (GBr) Lincoln
98 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
99 Lawrence Perera (USA) Sportsbook.com
100 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore
101 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip
102 James Dobbin (GBr) Lincoln
103 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com
104 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge
105 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
106 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell
107 Ross Hooker (Can) Kildare HirEquip
108 Matt Melville (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics
109 Bill Nickson (GBr) North West Division
110 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Down Under
111 Denis Markouris (Aus) Kildare Newbridge
112 Christopher Varley (GBr) North West Division
113 Ryan Leech (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj
114 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara
115 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara
116 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
117 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com
118 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip
119 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn
120 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North
121 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara
122 James Ball (RSA) Team HSBC
123 Declan Kinch (Irl) Wicklow Sahara
124 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge
125 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell
126 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow Sahara
127 Stephen Howells (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc         39.50
128 Paul Mulligan (Irl) Kildare HirEquip
129 Sean Furley (Irl) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc             43.52
130 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell
131 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell
132 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under                        44.06
133 George Rose (GBr) Stena Line
DNF Daniel Hohmann (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim
DNF Bert Fox (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim
DNF Rory Wyley (Irl) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc
DNF Peter Hey (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia
DNF Alastair Kay (GBr) primera-bournemouth
DNF Mark Kelly (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics
DNF Cian Lynch (Irl) Kildare North
DNS Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Stena Line
DNS Iain Roche (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia
DNS David Everett (GBr) North West Division
 
 
Points
 
1 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council               15 pts
2 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways                 14
3 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc              13
4 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                                12
5 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                       11
6 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under                            10
7 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena Line                                    9
8 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council            8
9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                   7
10 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                       6
11 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                       5
12 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain                                4
13 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip                              3
14 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk                      2
15 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council               1
 
Mountains
 
Keenagh - Cat. 3
 
1 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group                              5 pts
2 David Harrigan (Aus) Team Down Under                             4
3 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                        3
4 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                        2
 
County rider
 
1 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways            3.27.24
2 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip
3 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
4 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations
5 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations
6 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
7 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip
8 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey
9 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey
10 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council
11 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                      1.10
12 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations                 8.47
13 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore
14 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
15 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
16 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
17 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations
18 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay
19 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                        14.43
20 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip
21 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North
22 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
23 Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip
24 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey               15.21
25 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                        32.45
26 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay
27 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay
28 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip
29 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North
30 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell
31 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North
32 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore
33 Dara McCaughley (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore
34 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations
35 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
36 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore
37 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip
38 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge
39 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
40 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell
41 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara
42 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara
43 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
44 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip
45 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North
46 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara
47 Declan Kinch (Irl) Wicklow Sahara
48 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge
49 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell
50 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow Sahara
51 Paul Mulligan (Irl) Kildare HirEquip                        39.50
52 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell                              43.52
53 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell
 
Teams
 
1 Ireland - Irish Sports Council                            10.22.12
2 Sweden Bianchi Scandinavia
3 Great Britain
4 Lancaster Life Repair Group
5 Denmark Jylland-Fyn                                           0.44
6 Kazakhstan                                                    8.47
7 Surrey Team gbcycles.co.uk
8 England primera-bournemouth
9 Australia Team Down Under
10 South Africa Team HSBC                                       9.41
11 Germany Rg Gutersloh/Neheim                                 17.34
12 Wales Stena Line
13 Lincoln                                                     32.45
14 England North West Division                                 41.32
15 Cambridge Team Dataphonics                                  44.09
16 Wales Energy Cycles Principia                               56.15
17 USA Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj                            1.20.13
18 London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc                              1.23.42
19 USA Team Sportsbook.com                                   1.38.15
 
County Team
 
1 Tipperary Dan Morrissey                                   10.23.22
2 Meath Lee Strand Cycleways                                    7.37
3 Dublin Usher Insulations
4 Dublin Iarnród Eireann                                       16.24
5 Dublin Skip                                                  46.18
6 Kildare HirEquip
7 Mayo Galway Bay                                              55.05
8 Meath Donnelly Avonmore                                    1.13.07
9 Kildare North                                              1.19.03
10 Dublin Orwell                                             1.37.05
11 Kildare Newbridge
12 Wicklow Sahara
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council         12.07.05
2 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn                                0.04
3 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                     0.27
4 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                     0.29
5 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                0.30
6 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain
7 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain
8 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council
9 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
10 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council
11 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group
12 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain
13 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia
14 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division
15 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip
16 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group
17 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain
18 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC                                   1.24
19 Gary Dodd (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk                          9.03
20 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                            9.17
21 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan
22 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council        9.44
23 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena Line                               12.30
24 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia
25 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk
26 Neil Smith (GBr) Lincoln
27 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey
28 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North                         15.13
29 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Team HSBC
30 David Harrigan (Aus) Team Down Under
31 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under                        15.14
32 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc          15.18
33 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations
34 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
35 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip
36 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations
37 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Life Repair Group
38 Patrick Kohler (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim
39 Bryan Steel (GBr) Great Britain
40 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey
41 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council
42 John Charlesworth (GBr) primera-bournemouth
43 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
44 Christopher Belsham (GBr) primera-bournemouth
45 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia
46 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC
47 Brian Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn                              16.02
48 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                     16.28
49 Ross Muir (GBr) Lincoln                                     16.39
50 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan
51 Sven Biermann (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim                     17.50
52 Roger Morgan (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk                      21.17
53 Richard Eastham (GBr) primera-bournemouth                   24.05
54 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
55 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
56 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations
57 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Team Down Under
58 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena Line
59 Jeff Howes (RSA) Team HSBC
60 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations
61 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
62 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan                            24.24
63 Gareth Jones (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia                  25.26
64 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                        30.01
65 Jeff Capper (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia
66 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip
67 David Berkeley (NZl) Team gbcycles.co.uk
68 Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip
69 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Cambridge Team Dataphonics
70 Rob Enslin (RSA) Cambridge Team Dataphonics
71 Ben Hallam (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics
72 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Jylland-Fyn                    31.44
73 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey               32.00
74 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann                   32.01
75 Matt Svatek (USA) Sportsbook.com                            33.15
76 Josh Beck (USA) Sportsbook.com
77 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena Line                              41.34
78 Jorg Scherf (Ger) Rg Gutersloh/Neheim
79 Justin Hoy (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk                        42.55
80 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com                    44.26
81 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Down Under                            45.15
82 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell
83 Neil Swithenbank (GBr) North West Division                  45.41
84 Nick Kenwright (GBr) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj             47.30
85 Greg Roche (GBr) Energy Cycles Principia                    48.03
86 Matt Melville (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics
87 Ross Hooker (Can) Kildare HirEquip
88 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
89 Lawrence Perera (USA) Sportsbook.com
90 James Ball (RSA) Team HSBC
91 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip
92 Michael Larsen (Den) Jylland-Fyn
93 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group                       48.51
94 Stephen Gibson (GBr) primera-bournemouth
95 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group                       49.24
96 James Dobbin (GBr) Lincoln
97 Denis Markouris (Aus) Kildare Newbridge
98 Paul Mulligan (Irl) Kildare HirEquip                        55.08
99 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North                            57.41
100 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
101 Nat Brindley (GBr) Lincoln
102 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under                        59.23
103 George Rose (GBr) Stena Line                               59.24
104 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore             1.00.43
105 Christopher Varley (GBr) North West Division             1.05.05
106 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways           1.05.30
107 Dara McCaughley (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore            1.05.32
108 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip                      1.06.08
109 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge                       1.07.32
110 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations             1.07.41
111 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North                       1.12.40
112 Stephen Howells (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc       1.13.58
113 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell                          1.14.07
114 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                        1.14.52
115 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore             1.15.10
116 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore
117 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara
118 Ryan Leech (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj              1.19.08
119 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                     1.21.35
120 Isaiah Adams (USA) Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj            1.23.37
121 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip
122 Bill Nickson (GBr) North West Division                   1.27.08
123 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                       1.28.46
124 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara                       1.32.57
125 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara
126 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell
127 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell                           1.44.04
128 Declan Kinch (Irl) Wicklow Sahara                        1.46.20
129 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow Sahara                    1.47.13
130 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge                 1.50.45
131 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North                            1.55.10
132 Sean Furley (Irl) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc           2.11.03
133 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell                        2.24.50
 
Points classification
 
1 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                       35 pts
2 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                  32
3 Ciarán Power (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council               26
4 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under                            23
5 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Jylland-Fyn                                  21
6 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                                18
7 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council               16
8 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain                                16
9 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc              14
10 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways                14
11 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann                      13
12 Ian McLeod (RSA) Team HSBC                                     13
13 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North                            12
14 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council          11
15 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                              10
16 Matthew Yates (NZl) Team Down Under                            10
17 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena Line                                   9
18 Hamish Haynes (GBr) North West Division                         8
19 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                8
20 Adam Hodges Myerson (USA) Sportsbook.com                        7
21 John Tanner (GBr) Life Repair Group                             6
22 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                       6
23 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                       5
24 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Team HSBC                                 5
25 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations                5
26 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip                               4
27 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip                              3
28 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Down Under                                3
29 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                        2
30 Gary Dodd (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk                             2
31 Dave Worthington (GBr) Team gbcycles.co.uk                      2
32 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                             1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 David Harrigan (Aus) Team Down Under                             8 pts
2 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                        6
3 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Life Repair Group                              5
4 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                 5
5 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                        2
6 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                              2
 
U23 classification
 
1 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                 12.07.32
2 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                     0.02
3 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                0.03
4 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain
5 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain
6 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                           8.50
7 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip                           14.51
8 Mikael Segarsall (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia
9 Vadin Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan                         16.12
10 Maxim Iglinskiv (Kaz) Kazakhstan                            23.57
11 Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip                         29.34
12 Ben Hallam (GBr) Cambridge Team Dataphonics
13 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Life Repair Group                       48.24
14 Graham Briggs (GBr) Life Repair Group                       48.57
15 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North                            57.14
16 Christopher Varley (GBr) North West Division             1.04.38
 
County rider classification
 
1 Paul Griffin (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann                 12.07.35
2 Patrick Moriaty (Irl) Dublin Skip
3 Simon Kelly (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                             8.47
4 Ritchie Cahill (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                 12.00
5 Keith Gallagher (Irl) Kildare North                          14.43
6 Edward O'Donoghue (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations             14.48
7 Eugene Moriaty (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
8 Brian Ahern (Irl) Kildare HirEquip
9 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations
10 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey
11 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Ireland - Irish Sports Council
12 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways
13 Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey                     15.58
14 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways         23.35
15 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
16 Brian Stewart (GBr) Dublin Usher Insulations
17 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations
18 John Dempsey (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
19 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                        29.31
20 John Horgan (Irl) Dublin Skip
21 Conor Murphy (Irl) Kildare HirEquip
22 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey               31.30
23 John Peppard (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann                   31.31
24 Scott McDonald (Irl) Dublin Orwell                          44.45
25 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways             47.33
26 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Skip
27 Paul Mulligan (Irl) Kildare HirEquip                        54.38
28 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Kildare North                            57.11
29 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Iarnród Eireann
30 Derek Finnegan (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore              1.00.13
31 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways            1.05.00
32 Dara McCaughley (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore             1.05.02
33 John Paul Hillard (Irl) Dublin Skip                       1.05.38
34 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge                        1.07.02
35 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations              1.07.11
36 Laurence Roche (Irl) Kildare North                        1.12.10
37 Brian Lynch (Irl) Dublin Orwell                           1.13.37
38 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                         1.14.22
39 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore              1.14.40
40 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore
41 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara
42 Michael Devins (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                      1.21.05
43 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip                           1.23.07
44 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                        1.28.16
45 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara                        1.32.27
46 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara
47 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell
48 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell                            1.43.34
49 Declan Kinch (Irl) Wicklow Sahara                         1.45.50
50 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow Sahara                     1.46.43
51 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge                  1.50.15
52 John Wall (Irl) Kildare North                             1.54.40
53 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell                         2.24.20
 
CI Category 2 classification
 
1 Dara McCaughley (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore             13.12.37
2 Tom Greene (Irl) Kildare Newbridge                            2.00
3 Aidan Reade (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                             9.20
4 Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Donnelly Avonmore                      9.38
5 Keith O'Sullivan (Irl) Wicklow Sahara
6 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip                              18.05
7 Cathal Keane (Irl) Mayo Galway Bay                           23.14
8 Feargal Kelly (Irl) Wicklow Sahara                           27.25
9 Brian Harris (Irl) Wicklow Sahara
10 David Tansey (Irl) Dublin Orwell
11 Eamon Finn (Irl) Dublin Orwell                              38.32
12 Declan Kinch (Irl) Wicklow Sahara                           40.48
13 Martin Caddow (Irl) Dublin Orwell                         1.19.18
 
Teams classification
 
1 Ireland - Irish Sports Council                            36.22.25
2 Sweden Bianchi Scandinavia                                    0.20
3 Great Britain
4 Lancaster Life Repair Group                                  15.08
5 Kazakhstan                                                   18.21
6 South Africa Team HSBC                                       24.49
7 Denmark Jylland-Fyn                                          30.20
8 Surrey Team gbcycles.co.uk                                   41.40
9 Australia Team Down Under                                    50.43
10 England primera-bournemouth                                 53.31
11 Germany Rg Gutersloh/Neheim                                 56.03
12 Wales Stena Line                                            59.30
13 Lincoln                                                   1.17.23
14 England North West Division                               1.28.30
15 Cambridge Team Dataphonics                                1.28.53
16 Wales Energy Cycles Principia                             1.40.59
17 USA Team Sportsbook.com                                   1.49.49
18 London Irish Team Sdeals/Jbc                              2.17.07
19 USA Bici Imports-CSN-Rudy Proj                            3.29.05
 
County team classification
 
1 Tipperary Dan Morrissey                                   37.05.31
2 Dublin Iarnród Eireann                                        4.24
3 Meath Lee Strand Cycleways                                   10.25
4 Dublin Usher Insulations
5 Dublin Skip                                                  34.18
6 Kildare HirEquip                                             49.06
7 Mayo Galway Bay                                              52.43
8 Kildare North                                              1.23.31
9 Meath Donnelly Avonmore                                    2.06.08
10 Dublin Orwell                                             2.48.03
11 Kildare Newbridge                                         3.03.25
12 Wicklow Sahara                                            3.36.48

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