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54th FBD Insurance Rás - 2.2
Ireland, May 21-28, 2006
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Stage 9 - May 28: Clara - Skerries + 2 Laps of Circuit, 155 km
House comes out best in closest ever edition of FBD Insurance Rás
By Shane Stokes
Eight days, nine stages, 1231.6 kilometres, and yet separated only by their stage placings. English rider Kristian House took one of his top career results in Skerries when he beat Danny Pate (USA TIAA CREF) in the closest ever finish to the FBD Insurance Rás. The Britain Recycling.co.uk rider ended the 2.2 ranked event on exactly the same overall time as the former world under 23 champion, winning the race on countback.
The final stage from Clara to Skerries saw a number of attacks on House's yellow jersey, with Pate, David O'Loughlin (Ireland Grant Thornton) and Tommy Evans (Dublin IRC Usher Insulations) trying several times to get clear. However the Britain Recycling.co.uk team proved too strong, with last year's winner Chris Newton doing a lot of work on the tough finishing circuit to haul back any of the overall contenders who tried to slip away.
The final stage came down to a 19 man sprint, won by Morten Hegreberg (Norway Sparebanken Vest) ahead of Simon Kelly (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group), Bartlomiej Matysiak (Poland Legia Bazylisek) and Tommy Evans. Pate needed to finish ten places ahead of House to scoop victory but he crossed the line four behind, the two rivals finishing fifth and ninth.
They ended the race on the same time, with Hegreberg 12 seconds back in third overall. Irish riders David O'Loughlin (Grant Thornton Ireland) and Tommy Evans (Dublin IRC Usher Insulations) were 21 and 38 seconds back respectively, taking fourth and fifth. Another Irishman was next in line, Simon Kelly's second place on the final stage lifting him over Peter Herzig (Australia FRF Couriers) into sixth place. The Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group rider was only called in as a late replacement for an injured Andrew Roche, yet ended up being the Continental team's best GC finisher.
Ciarán Power had a very encouraging return to international competition after an operation earlier this year, winning two stages in the race, placing second to Bartlomiej Matysiak (Poland Legia Bazylisek) on Saturday and yesterday cementing his hold on the polka-dot jersey. The status at the start of the day was similar to the battle between House and Pate for the yellow jersey, in that Power and closest rival Peter Herzig (Australia FRF Couriers) were level on points and separated only by countback. However the Waterford rider finished ahead of Herzig on three out of the day's four climbs, making sure of his win in the classification.
Hegreberg's victory in Skerries earned him the top prize in the points competition ahead of Saturday's stage winner Bartlomiej Matysiak (Poland Legia Bazylisek). However the latter had the consolation of taking the Ben McKenna trophy for best Under 23 competitor. The Norway Sparebanken Vest squad were best international team, Meath MyHome.ie/Cycleways won the Irish county team award and Tommy Evans was best county rider. John McCarthy had a dominant win in the Cycling Ireland category 2 classification, finishing 26 minutes and 6 seconds clear of second-placed rider Myles Kirby (Dublin Dundrum Town Centre).
House was very relieved to win the closest Rás in history. "I am very happy to win this race, it ranks up there along with the stage win in the Tour of Brittany as my best career results to date," he said after the podium presentation. "I was pretty nervous today as things were so tight on time but I had a very strong team behind me and my team-mate Chris Newton (last year's winner) rode really well to help me out."
Tommy Evans knew he had given his all. "Myself and David both attacked House many times, but couldn't stay clear of the group. Britain and Poland were riding together and it was too difficult to stay away."
Race organiser Dermot Dignam took a chance by designing one of the flattest courses in years, but ended up with a very competitive and utterly fascinating edition of the FBD Insurance Rás. "It was a great contest and went right down to the wire," he said.
How it unfolded
The riders set off at the slightly later time of noon for the final stage of the 2006 FBD Insurance Rás, a 115 kilometre leg from Clara to Skerries. The route would see them tackling four categorised climbs, at Pluckhimin (99.3 km), Cross of the Cage (118.6 km) and then two ascents of the Black Hills on a 14 kilometre finishing circuit in and around Skerries. These climbs would come after 131.8 km and 145.6 km, settling the King of the Mountains competition and also providing a possible springboard to attack to GC contenders Danny Pate, Morten Hegreberg, David O'Loughlin and Tommy Evans.
Shortly after the start, three riders went clear. They were Paídi O'Brien (Ireland Grant Thornton), Mark Lovatt (Britain Doncaster Stena Line) and Ray Clarke (Éireann Dan Morrissey). Mike Friedman (USA – TIAA CREF) and David Peelo (Kildare Murphy Surveyors) soon joined up, but the Britain Recycling.co.uk and Poland Legia Bazylisek-led bunch brought them all back.
Ryan Connor (Ireland Grant Thornton) was next to try, striking out after about 15 kilometres. He was joined by Ray Clarke, and then by Simon Saunders (Surrey Racing League). Several riders tried to bridge, including Gary Crory (Dublin IRC Usher Insulations), but they were unable to do so.
Heading through Tyrellspass (15.5 km), the three leaders had 22 seconds lead. Michael Concannon (Ireland M. Donnelly Sean Kelly), Stephen McKenna (Down Biznet Solutions) and Mathew Ward (Dublin IRC Usher Insulations) tried to get across but they too were mopped up. So too a subsequent move by Toby Neave (Surrey Racing League), David Peelo, and Drew McKinley (Louth Cúchulainn Crystal), the latter two persisting after McKinley was dropped. Neave and Peelo closed to within 45 seconds but, with the wind-assisted leaders averaging 48.4 kilometres per hour for the first hour of racing, they were unable to get across.
Saunders was dropped around Trim (62.6 km), after which the gap for the two leaders went up to 1 minute and 41 seconds. As was the case yesterday, it was being led by the Britain Recycling.co.uk team and the Poland Legia Bazylisek squad. Clarke and Connor were presumably up front so they could help team leaders Ciarán Power and David O'Loughlin should they be able to bridge across, and continued to ride well as the stage progressed. At Dunshaughin, 82 kilometres into the stage and 73 kilometres from the end, they were a 1 minute and 30 seconds clear. Toby Neave tried again to get across but was unable to do so.
The day's first climb, Pluckhimin, came after 99.3 kilometres and here Connor led Clarke over the top. Behind, things were getting interesting; after a short attack by Padraig Marrey (Kerry Earl of Desmond), five riders left the bunch to fight it out for the remaining points. KOM leader Ciarán Power had one team-mate there, Tim Barry, while his closest rival Peter Herzig had Peter McDonald and Cody Stevenson to lead him out. However, although the numerical advantage was with the Australia FRF Couriers riders, Power was able to nab third and thus open a one point lead over Herzig.
Several kilometres after the climb, previous race leader Mike Friedman (USA – TIAA CREF) attacked. He caught and passed Connor and Clarke, who in turn were caught by the peloton. However Friedman was unable to stay clear, being himself recaptured soon afterwards.
Roger Aiken (Ireland Grant Thornton) was next to try, surging clear and being joined by Paul Healion just before the day's second climb, Cross of the Cage. (118.6 km). Healion was first to the top while Power and Herzig came out of the bunch one more to scrap it out for those vital KOM points. Once again Power proved quicker, moving a further point clear of his rival. He then continued his effort to join the leaders and together they pulled 19 seconds ahead, holding much of this advantage as they crossed the crowd-thronged finish line in Skerries for the first time.
Once onto the tough finishing circuit, the bunch started to close up again. The leading riders made the junction on the category three climb at Black Hills, after 131.8 kilometres of racing. However just as the peloton got across, Power jumped hard and crossed the prime line comfortably ahead, extending his lead over Herzig to seven points and thus winning the King of the Mountains classification. Dan Bowman (USA TIAA-CREF), Martin Prazdnovsky (Norway Sparebanken Vest) and Tommy Evans (Dublin IRC Usher Insulations) took the remaining points.
As the bunch then headed towards Skerries for the second passage of the finish line, six riders ripped clear. Herzig, Paídi O'Brien (Ireland Grant Thornton), Mark Lovatt (Britain Doncaster Stena Line), Tamas Lengyel (Norway Sparebanken Vest), Lukasz Modzelewski (Poland Legia Bazylisek) and Lucas Euser (USA TIAA – CREF) were 18 seconds in front going onto the last lap but despite this strong lead, they were caught before the second and final ascent of the Black Hills.
Johannes Sickmüller (Germany Stevens) and Lengyel jumped away to take first and second over the top, while O'Loughlin surged in an unsuccessful bid to try to shake off House and was next over the prime line.
Once down the other side the two leaders were joined by Wayne Randle and then 17 others managed to bridge. All of the main contenders were in the group and the proximity of the finish line meant that the race was going down to the first two riders, with time having run out for the other contenders.
House was there, along with team-mate Newton, Danny Pate had Lucas Euster to assist him and David O'Loughlin had Ryan Connor. Others present were Morten Hegreberg, third overall, and his team-mate Martin Prazdnovsky (Norway Sparebanken Vest), plus fifth-placed Tommy Evans, Peter McDonald (Australia FRF Couriers Caravel), Jehudi Schoonacker (Ireland M. Donnelly Sean Kelly), Simon Kelly (Ireland Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group), Bartlomiej Matysiak and Lukasz Modzelewski (Poland Legia Bazylisek), Alex Hagman (Surrey Racing League), John McCarthy (Kerry Earl of Desmond) and Ciarán Power.
Pate needed to finish ten places better than House or else reach the line a second or more clear in order to win. However strong riding by Newton and the yellow jersey meant that he was unable to do either, the finish coming down to a nineteen man gallop won by Hegreberg ahead of Simon Kelly, Bartlomiej Matysiak and Tommy Evans. Crucially, House was fifth, four places better than Pate and therefore the winner of the 2006 FBD Insurance Rás.
It was the closest ever finish to the race and one which House was very relieved to win. "I didn't sleep very well last night," he said, smiling, to the huge and enthusiastic crowd which had gathered. "Things were very close but they have worked out great."
Results
1 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 3.28.10 (44.68 km/h) 2 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 3 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 4 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 5 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 6 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Sparebanken Vest 7 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 8 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 9 Danny Pate (USA) TIAA-CREF 10 Wayne Randle (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 11 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Grant Thornton 12 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 13 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 14 Alex Hagman (USA) Surrey Racing League 15 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 16 Tamas Lengyel (Hun) Sparebanken Vest 17 Johannes Sickmüller (Ger) Stevens 18 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 19 Ryan Connor (Irl) Grant Thornton 20 Mehall Fitzgerald (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 0.23 21 Cody Stevenson (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 22 Mike Friedman (USA) TIAA-CREF 23 Joshua Marden (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 24 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Stevens 25 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 26 Ashley Brown (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 27 Bill Moore (Irl) M. Donnelly 28 John Lynch (Irl) Murphy Surveys 29 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 30 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M. Donnelly 31 Kurt Bogaerts (Bel) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 32 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 33 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 34 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 35 Florian Schroder (Ger) Stevens 36 Joe McDonnell (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 37 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 38 Gavin Evans (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 39 Stephen McKenna (Irl) Biznet Solutions 40 Brian Kenneally (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 41 Jaco Ehlers (RSA) Surrey Racing League 42 Eoin Whelan (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 43 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 44 Morgan Fox (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 45 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 46 John Mason (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 47 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens 48 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 49 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 50 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 51 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 52 Bryan Smith (USA) TIAA-CREF 53 Bryan Keane (Irl) Whs. All Systems 54 David Sachs (USA) Endeavour Cycling 55 Jeff Sherstobitoff (Can) Symmetrics 56 Lucas Euser (USA) TIAA-CREF 57 Micheal Concannon (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 58 Greg Reian (Can) Stevens 59 Dan Bowman (USA) TIAA-CREF 60 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 61 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics 62 Greg Swinard (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 63 Denis Lynch (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 64 Rory Wyley (Irl) Dan Morrissey 65 Mathew Ward (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 66 Jason O'Callaghan (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 1.04 67 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 68 Mick Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 69 David Lane (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 70 Christopher Belsham (GBr) JE James RT 71 Myles Kirby (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 72 Eldon Looney (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 73 Simon Whelan (Irl) Whs. All Systems 74 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 75 Adrian Crowley (Irl) Velotec.ie 76 Daniel Duguid (GBr) Surrey Racing League 0.23 77 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 1.56 78 Frank O'Connor (Irl) M. Donnelly 79 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Whs. All Systems 80 Dieter Droger (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 81 Paul Hanna (Irl) Biznet Solutions 82 Aidan Crowley (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 83 Martin O'Loughlin (Irl) Dan Morrissey 84 David McLoughlin (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 85 Gary Crory (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 86 Michal Pawlyta (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 4.01 87 Przemyslaw Pietrzak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 88 Peter Hey (GBr) JE James RT 89 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 90 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 91 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 92 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Whs. All Systems 93 Josh James (Can) Endeavour Cycling 94 Simon Saunders (GBr) Surrey Racing League 95 Frank Dunne (Irl) Velotec.ie 96 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Biznet Solutions 97 Roger Aiken (Irl) Grant Thornton 98 Michael Hennessey (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 99 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Velotec.ie 4.13 100 David Peelo (Irl) Murphy Surveys 101 Noel Moloney (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 102 John Dempsey (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 5.19 103 Ray Clarke (Irl) Dan Morrissey 104 Emmett Murphy (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 5.41 105 Karl Dolan (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 7.28 106 Simon Mulvany (Irl) M. Donnelly 107 Drew McKinley (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 108 Seamus Kelly (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 109 Llewellyn Byrne (GBr) JE James RT 110 Keith Griffin (Irl) Velotec.ie 111 Richard Malone (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 16.06 112 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 16.55 113 Toby Neave (GBr) Surrey Racing League 114 Phil Maher (Irl) Velotec.ie 22.07 115 Isaiah Adams (USA) Endeavour Cycling 26.30 116 Kevin Lynch (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 117 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) E. Loakman Remax DNF Brandon Crichton (Can) Symmetrics DNF Brad Fairall (Can) Symmetrics Mountains Pluckhimin - Cat. 3 1 Ryan Connor (Irl) Grant Thornton 5 pts 2 Ray Clarke (Irl) Dan Morrissey 4 3 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 3 4 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 2 Cross of the Cage - Cat. 3 1 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 5 pts 2 Roger Aiken (Irl) Grant Thornton 4 3 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 3 4 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 2 Black Hills #1 - Cat. 3 1 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 5 pts 2 Dan Bowman (USA) TIAA-CREF 4 3 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Sparebanken Vest 3 4 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 2 Black Hills #2 - Cat. 3 1 Johannes Sickmüller (Ger) Stevens 5 pts 2 Tamas Lengyel (Hun) Sparebanken Vest 4 3 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Grant Thornton 3 4 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 2 County Rider 1 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 3.28.10 2 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 3 Mehall Fitzgerald (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 0.23 Cotter Hoose CI Category 2 1 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 3.28.10 2 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 0.23 3 Jason O'Callaghan (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 1.04 4 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 5 Myles Kirby (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 6 Eldon Looney (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training International Team Stage 1 Sparebanken Vest 10.24.30 2 Grant Thornton 0.23 3 Recycling.co.uk 4 FRF Couriers-Caravello 0.46 5 Doncaster Stena Line 6 Stevens 7 Murphy & Gunn 8 TIAA-CREF 9 M.Donnelly S.Kelly 10 Dan Morrissey 11 Surrey Racing League 12 Legia Bazylisek 4.01 13 JE James RT 12.33 14 Endeavour Cycling 30.54 County Team Stage 1 Earl Of Desmond 10.25.16 2 IRC Usher Insuls. 3 MyHome.ie Cycleways 0.23 4 Murphy Surveys 1.04 5 M. Donnelly 1.56 6 Whs. All Systems 2.37 7 Dundrum Town Ctr. 3.18 8 Murray Ford Develops. 4.42 9 Eurocycles Eurobaby 4.54 10 Biznet Solutions 5.34 11 Velotec.ie 8.32 12 Cúchulainn Crystal 18.11 13 Nat. Safety & Training 22.54 14 E. Loakman Remax 23.11 Final General classification 1 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 29.16.33 (41.57 km/h) 2 Danny Pate (USA) TIAA-CREF 3 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 0.12 4 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Grant Thornton 0.21 5 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 0.38 6 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 2.18 7 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 8 Wayne Randle (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 4.47 9 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 6.51 10 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 6.52 11 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Sparebanken Vest 7.36 12 Mike Friedman (USA) TIAA-CREF 7.40 13 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 8.12 14 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 8.57 15 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 9.27 16 Ryan Connor (Irl) Grant Thornton 17 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 10.29 18 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 11.07 19 Greg Reian (Can) Stevens 11.39 20 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 12.06 21 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 12.14 22 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 12.35 23 Joshua Marden (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 12.46 24 Joe McDonnell (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 13.31 25 Alex Hagman (USA) Surrey Racing League 15.20 26 Tamas Lengyel (Hun) Sparebanken Vest 15.37 27 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 16.06 28 Lucas Euser (USA) TIAA-CREF 16.16 29 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 18.01 30 Ray Clarke (Irl) Dan Morrissey 18.35 31 Brian Kenneally (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 19.15 32 Micheal Concannon (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 20.13 33 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens 21.18 34 Mehall Fitzgerald (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 21.48 35 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 22.02 36 Bryan Smith (USA) TIAA-CREF 22.23 37 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 22.31 38 Cody Stevenson (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 23.12 39 Dan Bowman (USA) TIAA-CREF 23.32 40 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Stevens 23.43 41 Florian Schroder (Ger) Stevens 23.55 42 Johannes Sickmüller (Ger) Stevens 24.09 43 Gavin Evans (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 24.17 44 Jeff Sherstobitoff (Can) Symmetrics 45 Mick Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 24.33 46 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 27.12 47 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 27.16 48 Bill Moore (Irl) M. Donnelly 27.34 49 Simon Saunders (GBr) Surrey Racing League 27.35 50 Jaco Ehlers (RSA) Surrey Racing League 28.47 51 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 29.20 52 Dieter Droger (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 29.37 53 Przemyslaw Pietrzak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 30.34 54 Michal Pawlyta (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 55 David Peelo (Irl) Murphy Surveys 30.41 56 John Mason (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 31.08 57 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 31.13 58 John Lynch (Irl) Murphy Surveys 31.44 59 Christopher Belsham (GBr) JE James RT 32.09 60 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M. Donnelly 32.14 61 Martin O'Loughlin (Irl) Dan Morrissey 34.39 62 Eoin Whelan (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 35.15 63 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 36.40 64 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 37.01 65 Bryan Keane (Irl) Whs. All Systems 37.16 66 Daniel Duguid (GBr) Surrey Racing League 37.41 67 Rory Wyley (Irl) Dan Morrissey 37.51 68 Myles Kirby (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 38.12 69 Aidan Crowley (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 38.33 70 Stephen McKenna (Irl) Biznet Solutions 39.07 71 Mathew Ward (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 39.10 72 Kurt Bogaerts (Bel) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 41.38 73 David Lane (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 41.49 74 Roger Aiken (Irl) Grant Thornton 42.19 75 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Whs. All Systems 42.36 76 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 42.41 77 Morgan Fox (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 43.36 78 John Dempsey (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 46.58 79 Denis Lynch (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 48.58 80 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 50.49 81 Adrian Crowley (Irl) Velotec.ie 54.23 82 Karl Dolan (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 54.34 83 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 59.24 84 Paul Hanna (Irl) Biznet Solutions 1.00.13 85 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics 1.06.02 86 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Whs. All Systems 1.06.24 87 Gary Crory (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 1.07.35 88 Seamus Kelly (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 1.09.20 89 Michael Hennessey (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 1.10.25 90 David Sachs (USA) Endeavour Cycling 1.11.51 91 Toby Neave (GBr) Surrey Racing League 1.12.11 92 Simon Whelan (Irl) Whs. All Systems 1.12.51 93 Ashley Brown (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 94 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 1.23.01 95 Jason O'Callaghan (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 1.26.18 96 Peter Hey (GBr) JE James RT 1.29.00 97 Greg Swinard (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 1.37.07 98 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Velotec.ie 1.38.04 99 Frank O'Connor (Irl) M. Donnelly 1.41.26 100 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 1.41.29 101 David McLoughlin (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 1.41.58 102 Josh James (Can) Endeavour Cycling 1.53.36 103 Eldon Looney (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 2.00.14 104 Llewellyn Byrne (GBr) JE James RT 2.00.56 105 Emmett Murphy (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 2.01.38 106 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 2.06.20 107 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Biznet Solutions 2.09.44 108 Keith Griffin (Irl) Velotec.ie 2.19.02 109 Noel Moloney (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 2.20.19 110 Frank Dunne (Irl) Velotec.ie 2.28.05 111 Drew McKinley (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 2.44.00 112 Simon Mulvany (Irl) M. Donnelly 2.54.55 113 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 3.03.46 114 Richard Malone (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 3.22.44 115 Kevin Lynch (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 4.00.35 116 Phil Maher (Irl) Velotec.ie 4.06.02 117 Isaiah Adams (USA) Endeavour Cycling 4.18.29 Points classification 1 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 65 pts 2 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 65 3 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 58 Mountains classification 1 Ciarán Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 63 pts 2 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 56 3 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 23 4 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 22 5 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 20 6 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Sparebanken Vest 18 7 Johannes Sickmüller (Ger) Stevens 16 8 Danny Pate (USA) TIAA-CREF 16 9 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 14 10 Ryan Connor (Irl) Grant Thornton 13 11 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 13 12 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 11 13 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 11 14 Joe McDonnell (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 11 15 Greg Reian (Can) Stevens 10 16 Wayne Randle (GBr) Doncaster Stena Line 9 17 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Grant Thornton 8 18 Tamas Lengyel (Hun) Sparebanken Vest 7 19 Lucas Euser (USA) TIAA-CREF 6 20 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Stevens 6 21 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group 5 22 Denis Lynch (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 5 23 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 5 24 Mike Friedman (USA) TIAA-CREF 5 25 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 5 U23 Rider classification 1 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 29.23.24 2 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 2.36 3 Ryan Connor (Irl) Grant Thornton 4 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 3.38 5 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 5.44 6 Micheal Concannon (Irl) M.Donnelly Sean Kelly 13.22 7 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens 14.27 8 Florian Schroder (Ger) Stevens 17.04 9 Przemyslaw Pietrzak (Pol) Legia Bazylisek 23.43 10 Paul Hanna (Irl) Biznet Solutions 53.22 11 Josh James (Can) Endeavour Cycling 1.46.45 CI Category 2 classification 1 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 29.28.39 2 Myles Kirby (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 26.06 3 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Whs. All Systems 30.30 4 Gary McNulty (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 30.35 5 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 38.43 6 Adrian Crowley (Irl) Velotec.ie 42.17 7 Simon Whelan (Irl) Whs. All Systems 1.00.45 8 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 1.10.55 9 Jason O'Callaghan (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 1.14.12 10 Frank O'Connor (Irl) M. Donnelly 1.29.20 11 David McLoughlin (Irl) Dundrum Town Ctr. 1.29.52 12 Eldon Looney (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 1.48.08 13 Emmett Murphy (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 1.49.32 14 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nat. Safety & Training 1.54.14 15 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Biznet Solutions 1.57.38 16 Keith Griffin (Irl) Velotec.ie 2.06.56 17 Noel Moloney (Irl) Eurocycles Eurobaby 2.08.13 18 Drew McKinley (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 2.31.54 19 Richard Malone (Irl) E. Loakman Remax 3.10.38 20 Kevin Lynch (Irl) Cúchulainn Crystal 3.48.29 21 Phil Maher (Irl) Velotec.ie 3.53.56 County Rider classification 1 Tommy Evans (Irl) IRC Usher Insuls. 29.17.11 2 John McCarthy (Irl) Earl Of Desmond 11.28 3 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Murray Ford Develops. 17.23 4 Brian Kenneally (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 18.37 5 Mehall Fitzgerald (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 21.10 6 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 21.53 7 Mick Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 23.55 8 Bill Moore (Irl) M. Donnelly 26.56 9 David Peelo (Irl) Murphy Surveys 30.03 10 John Mason (Irl) MyHome.ie Cycleways 30.30 International Team classification 1 Sparebanken Vest 88.27.18 2 Recycling.co.uk 2.54 3 FRF Couriers-Caravello 7.08 4 TIAA-CREF 7.47 5 Grant Thornton 8.42 6 Legia Bazylisek 26.04 7 Britain Doncaster Stena Line 30.58 8 Dan Morrissey 35.08 9 Murphy & Gunn 43.26 10 Stevens 43.48 11 M.Donnelly S.Kelly 51.05 12 Surrey Racing League 58.11 13 JE James RT 2.19.32 14 Endeavour Cycling 7.04.03 County Team classification 1 MyHome.ie Cycleways 89.19.43 2 IRC Usher Insuls. 1.08 3 Murphy Surveys 13.52 4 Earl Of Desmond 17.20 5 Cork Murray Ford Develops. 30.09 6 Whs. All Systems 1.05.52 7 Dundrum Town Ctr. 1.06.52 8 M. Donnelly 1.14.57 9 Biznet Solutions 2.53.36 10 Kildare E. Loakman Remax 3.08.47 11 Dublin Eurocycles Eurobaby 3.41.58 12 Velotec.ie 3.44.23 13 Cúchulainn Crystal 4.04.34 14 Nat. Safety & Training 4.59.03 Courtesy of fbdinsuranceras.com
