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55th FBD Insurance Rás - 2.2
Ireland, May 20-27, 2007
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Stage 2 - May 21: Templemore – Loughrea, 147 Kms
Victory for Kenneally as Van Der Velde nabs yellow
By Shane Stokes
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Five years before Ricardo Van der Velde was born, his father Johan was making headlines. He finished third in the 1982 Tour de France, having previously placed 14th, 12th, 12th , and won the white jersey for best young rider in the race.
Fast-forward 25 years and his son is continuing in the family tradition. After two days of the FBD Insurance Rás he is currently top of the leaderboard and the 20 year-old also heads the best young rider classification.
He and his brother Alain are competing with a Dutch national under 23 team in the race and have been riding strong thus far in the 2.2 ranked event.
"I had the opportunity to get the yellow but I was actually thinking more of the mountains jersey," said Ricardo after Stage 2, a 147 kilometre race from Templemore to Loughrea. "I attacked for that and later on a group came up to us. We were working very hard, doing 50 to 55 kilometres per hour, and managed to stay away from the peloton. It is great to have the lead."
Van der Velde is only riding his second ever stage race and so he said he will pay things by ear. "If I have the lead after stage five, maybe it is possible to win," he stated.
Equally happy at the finish was Irishman Brian Kenneally (Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC), victorious some seven years after he won his first stage in the race. Back then he was tipped for a pro career but the pieces never really fell into place. He spent some time away from the sport, gradually got back into top shape and earlier this year dominated the Irish domestic scene.
The 32 year-old was targeting a strong ride in the Rás and bounced back from a bad crash in last month’s Shay Elliott Memorial to realise that goal today, jumping clear from a 13 man breakaway to finish two seconds clear of his fellow escapees.
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"I felt a bit blocked early on but then felt much stronger later in the stage," he said. "I did two attacks – one to bridge up to the break, and then one to win the stage. A Dutch rider attacked near the end, I got onto his wheel and when he saw me there he just pulled over. As soon as I saw that, I went and was 100 percent committed."
Tony Martin (Germany Thuringer Energy) placed second on the stage, with Paul Griffin (Ireland Subway) and Mark Cassidy (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) making it three Irish in the top ten when they took sixth and eighth respectively.
Overnight leader Mart Ojavee finished back in the main bunch, losing over a minute and conceding the yellow jersey to the promising Van der Velde.
The latter had started the day second overall thanks to the time bonuses gained in three of Sunday’s hot spot sprints, and is now three seconds clear of Jesse Anthony (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) in the general classification. Kenneally is third overall, five seconds back.
"A stage was the goal in the race," said the Irishman. "I would love to stay up on the overall but in the Rás, it is easy to miss a move. We will see."
The crucial break started approximately 50 kilometres from the finish and by the end of the stage, all but 12 riders finished a minute or more back. Amongst those to concede time are former race winners David McCann (Ireland Subway Eat Fresh) and Chris Newton (Stena Line Recycling.co.uk).
The Irish national team is now likely to concentrate its efforts on the in-form Griffin, now seven seconds off yellow, while compatriots Kenneally and Cassidy are third and seventh overall and also in the hunt. The eight-day race continues tomorrow with a mainly flat 171 kilometre leg to Sligo.
How it unfolded
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Under mainly cloudless skies, 143 riders lined out in Templemore for the 147 kilometres second stage of the FBD Insurance Rás. The day was a hillier one than the opening leg of the race, with three climbs - Curreeney Cross (category 2 KOM), Lecarrow (category 3 KOM) and Killanena (category 3 KOM) featuring en route to the finish in Loughrea.
Following the drop of the flag, things got off to an aggressive start with constant attacks being fired off in the opening kilometres. Mountains leader Jesse Anthony (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) experienced bike problems early on, but was able to regain his place in the bunch despite the high speeds.
Alo Jakin (Estonia Kalev Chocolate) and Robin Kelly (Waterford Comeragh CC) were the first riders to succeed in opening a decent gap, attacking about 20 minutes into the stage and building a maximum advantage of 1.05 before being reeled in. A 30 man group then went clear on the approach to the Curreeney Cross climb but these were also hauled back before the start of the 6.7 kilometre ascent.
Pushed along by a strong tailwind, which saw them cover 44 kilometres in the first hour, the peloton stayed largely together until the top, where mountains leader Jesse Anthony (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) out sprinted closest rival Ricardo Van der Velde (Netherlands) and extended his advantage by two points. Patrick Gretsch (Germany Thuringer Energy) was third.
After the descent, Glenn Bak (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) went clear and opened up an 18 second lead over the peloton. He was caught and then Ryan Roth (USA Kelly Benefit Strategies) and Nathan Jones (Kildare Newbridge Remax) countered.
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These were joined by Simon Kelly (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) and Scott McDonald (Meath MyHome.ie/ BDBC) before being reeled in, with a subsequent move by Brendan Brooks (Australia FRF Couriers NSW IS) and Mads Bugge (Denmark Vision Bikes) also proving unsuccessful.
Stephen Gallagher (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) and double Rás champion Chris Newton (Britain Stena Line/Recycling.co.uk) were next to try, opening up a 27 second lead over the peloton. They were away for several kilometres, resisting a chase by Peter McDonald (Australia FRF Couriers NSW IS), Dominique Perras (USA Kelly Benefit Strategies) and René Birkenfeld (Germany Stevens Von Hacht) before eventually succumbing to the pace of the main bunch.
Around about the 95 kilometre point, three riders went clear and hit the start of the Lecarrow second category climb with a decent lead. René Birkenfeld (Germany Stevens Von Hacht), Ricardo Van der Velde (Netherlands) and Justin Spinelli (USA Kelly Benefit Strategies) opened up a 12 second gap and crested the summit in that order, while mountains jersey leader Jesse Anthony (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) set off in pursuit. He was unable to bridge across before the prime line, but picked up fourth place and took two points, thus limiting the inroads closest rival Van der Velde made into his lead.
Back in the bunch, Peter Herzig (Australia FRF Couriers NSW IS) crashed. He remounted and was helped back to the peloton by teammates Brendan Brooks and Chris Jory. Meanwhile Anthony had successfully got across to the three leaders and these four were then joined by nine chasers at the 105 kilometre point.
That made it 13 up front, namely Paul Griffin (Ireland Subway), Van der Velde, Yvo Kusters and Dennis Kreder (all Netherlands), Mark Cassidy (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly), Peter McDonald (Australia FRF Couriers NSW IS), Benjamin Justesen (Denmark Vision Bikes), Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada), Anthony, Spinelli, Birkenfeld, Ryan Roth (US Kelly Benefit Strategies) and Brian Kenneally (Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC).
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The gap at this stage was 24 seconds but Tony Martin (Germany Thuringer Energy) was determined to get across, even if it meant doing it alone. He jumped away from the main bunch and rode strongly on the final climb of the day, the third category Killanena, bridging the gap. At the front of the group, Anthony won the prime from Birkenfeld, Van der Velde and McDonald and thus increased his lead once more.
With about 26 kilometres remaining, Justesen’s legs gave out and he dropped back, reducing the lead group's number back to thirteen. The gap was hovering around 37 seconds but despite a hard chase behind, the peloton was unable to make any significant inroads into the break. With 20 kilometres to go it was 32 seconds; 10 kilometres later it was up to 53 seconds and it was looking almost certain that the winner would come from the group.
Realising this, Kenneally was determined to give it a shot. After one of the Dutch riders tried unsuccessfully to get clear, he attacked hard inside the final two kilometres and opened a decisive lead. He put his head down and gave it everything to fend off the chase and hit the line two seconds clear, repeating his stage win of seven years ago.
Tony Martin took second, while Ryan Roth netted third and Griffin was next best of the Irish in sixth. Van der Velde crossed the line in tenth but with overnight leader Mart Ojavee finishing 1.06 back in 31st place, the 20 year-old Dutch rider took over at the top of the general classification. He also retained his lead in the best under 23 classification, while Anthony and Dominque Rollin ended the day as leaders of the mountains and points competitions.
Photography
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Images by Stephen McMahon
- Brian Kenneally begins celebrating his victory on Stage 2
- Brian Kenneally (Meath MyHome.ie BDBC) was overjoyed with his solo victory on Stage 2
- Kenneally receives his Stage 2 Winner's jersey in Loughrea, County Galway.
- Kenneally punches the air after winning Stage 2
- Brian Kenneally crosses the finish line on Stage 2
- Chris Newton (Stena Line/Recycling) broke clear from the main field to finish 14th on Stage 2
- Murphy & Gunn Newlyn Group rider Derek Burke brings home a large group of the main field on Stage 2
- Stage winner Brian Kenneally (Meath MyHome.ie BDBC) race leader Ricardo Van der Velde (Netherlands National Team) and leader of the Mountains Classification Jesse Anthony (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) make up the podium on Stage 2
- The full podium of awarded riders on Stage 2
- Ryan Roth (USA Kelly Benefit Strategies) receives his podium bouquet for 3rd place on Stage 2
- Tony Martin riding with the Germany Thuringer Energy Team, pips Ryan Roth (USA Kelly Benefit Strategies) for second on Stage 2
Results
1 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 3.22.21 (41.92 km/h) 2 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 0.02 3 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 4 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 5 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 6 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 7 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 8 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 9 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 10 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 11 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 12 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 0.12 13 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 0.55 14 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 0.39 15 Josef Soukup (Cze) Sparta Praha 16 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M.Donnelly-Sean Kelly 1.06 17 Michael Johansen (Den) Vision Bikes 18 Wayne Randle (GBr) Team Sportscover 19 Thomas Bendixen (Den) Vision Bikes 20 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 21 Petr Pucelik (Cze) Sparta Praha 22 Marcin Bialoblocki (GBr) Team Sportscover 23 Nico Graf (Ger) Thuringer Energy 24 Derek Burke (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 25 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 26 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 27 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 28 Paul Wright (GBr) North England West Pennine 29 David McCann (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 30 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 31 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 32 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 33 Conor McGrath (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 34 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thuringer Energy 35 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 36 Simon Jensen (Den) Vision Bikes 37 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thuringer Energy 38 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 39 Mick Mulcahy (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 40 Neil Delahaye (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 41 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 42 Tom Fanning (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 43 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 44 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 45 Dominique Perras (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 46 Llewellyn Byrne (Irl) North England West Pennine 47 Kieran Downey (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 48 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 49 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 50 Matthew Green (GBr) Surrey 51 Alan Carey (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 52 Alo Jakin (Est) Kalev Chocolate 53 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thuringer Energy 54 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 55 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 56 John O'Brien (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 57 Miceál Concannon (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 58 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 59 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 60 Ashley Brown (GBr) Team Sportscover 61 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 62 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 63 Johannes Sickmuller (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 64 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 65 Scott McDonald (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 66 Ondrej Pavek (Cze) Sparta Praha 67 Tomas Hruby (Cze) Sparta Praha 68 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 69 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 70 Josh Thornton (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 71 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 72 Ben Pochee (GBr) Surrey 73 Dermot Nally (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 74 Roger Aiken (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 75 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 76 Markku Ainsalu (Est) Kalev Chocolate 77 Conor Murphy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 78 Hugh Mulhearne (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 79 John Charlsworth (GBr) Team Sportscover 80 Zdenek Krizek (Cze) Sparta Praha 81 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 82 Richard Eastham (GBr) North England West Pennine 83 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 84 Silvar Kibur (Est) Kalev Chocolate 85 David Brennan (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 86 Simon Holt (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 87 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 88 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 89 Mads Bugge (Den) Vision Bikes 90 Graham Briggs (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 91 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Team Sportscover 92 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 93 David Peelo (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 94 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 95 Tom Diggle (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 96 Nick Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 97 Richard Simmonds (GBr) Surrey 98 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 99 Michael Butler (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 100 Yannick Tiedt (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 101 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 0.39 102 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 1.39 103 Benjamin Justesen (Den) Vision Bikes 9.39 104 Chris Belsham (GBr) North England West Pennine 14.39 105 Matthew Ward (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 15.34 106 James Lattimore (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 107 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 108 Kevin Donagher (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 109 Michael Storan (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 110 Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 111 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 112 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 113 Robin Kelly (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 25.11 114 Toby Neave (GBr) Surrey 25.14 115 Adrian Hederman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 116 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 117 Don Feighery (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 30.47 118 Noel Moloney (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 119 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 30.58 120 Colm Bracken (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 121 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 122 Colm Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 123 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 124 Michael Hennessy (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 125 Stephen Surdival (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 126 Paul Delahunty (NZl) Surrey 127 David Mulholland (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 39.03 128 Myles McCorry (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 129 Ben Lieberson (GBr) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 40.46 130 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 131 Dave McLoughlin (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 47.51 132 Peter Hey (GBr) North England West Pennine 133 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Down Mar Properties 134 Cian Hogan (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 135 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 136 Thomas O'Flaherty (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 137 Barry Mullin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 138 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Down Mar Properties 139 Tony Kemp (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 140 Frank Dunne (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 141 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 142 John Neill (Irl) Down Mar Properties DNF Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax Mountains KOM Cat 2: Curreeney Cross 1 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 10 pts 2 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 8 3 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thuringer Energy 6 4 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 4 5 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 3 6 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 1 KOM Cat 3: Lecarrow 1 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 5 pts 2 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 4 3 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 3 4 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 2 KOM Cat 3: Killanena 1 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 5 pts 2 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 4 3 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 3 4 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 2 County Rider 1 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 3.22.21 2 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.06 3 Derek Burke (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn International Team Stage 1 Netherlands National Team U23 10.07.19 2 Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 0.54 3 Kelly Benefit Strategies 1.47 4 Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly. 1.58 5 Thuringer Energy 6 Stevens-Von Hacht 7 Ireland/Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 8 FRF Couriers Nswis 9 Stena Line / Recycling 3.00 10 Vision Bikes 3.02 11 Team Sportscover 12 Sparta Praha 13 North England West Pennine 14 Kalev Chocolate 15 Surrey County Team 1 Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 10.09.15 2 Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 1.06 3 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 4 Dublin Usher Insulations 5 Armagh Big Picture Dev 6 Kildare Murphy Surveys 7 Kerry Earl Of Desmond 8 Waterford Comeragh CC 25.11 9 Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 25.14 10 Cork Omega Designs Ltd 30.58 11 Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 45.26 12 Kildare Newbridge ReMax 45.28 13 Dublin Eurocycles - Eurobaby 1.32.00 14 Down Mar Properties 1.49.04 General Classification 1 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 7.15.00 2 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 0.03 3 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 0.05 4 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 0.07 5 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 6 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 7 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 8 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 9 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 10 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 11 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 12 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 0.17 13 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 1.00 14 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 1.01 15 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 1.05 16 Petr Pucelik (Cze) Sparta Praha 1.07 17 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 1.09 18 Ondrej Pavek (Cze) Sparta Praha 19 Michael Johansen (Den) Vision Bikes 1.10 20 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 21 Nico Graf (Ger) Thuringer Energy 1.11 22 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 23 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 24 David McCann (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 25 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thuringer Energy 26 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 27 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 28 Conor McGrath (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 29 Thomas Bendixen (Den) Vision Bikes 30 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 31 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 32 Wayne Randle (GBr) Team Sportscover 33 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 34 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 35 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 36 Derek Burke (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 37 Mick Mulcahy (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 38 Llewellyn Byrne (Irl) North England West Pennine 39 Simon Jensen (Den) Vision Bikes 40 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 41 Marcin Bialoblocki (GBr) Team Sportscover 42 Alo Jakin (Est) Kalev Chocolate 43 Dominique Perras (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 44 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 45 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 46 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 47 Josef Soukup (Cze) Sparta Praha 48 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 49 Ashley Brown (GBr) Team Sportscover 50 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 51 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 52 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 53 Zdenek Krizek (Cze) Sparta Praha 54 Matthew Green (GBr) Surrey 55 Scott McDonald (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 56 Miceál Concannon (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 57 Josh Thornton (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 58 Graham Briggs (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 59 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 60 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thuringer Energy 61 Kieran Downey (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 62 Markku Ainsalu (Est) Kalev Chocolate 63 David Brennan (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 64 Alan Carey (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 65 Johannes Sickmuller (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 66 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 67 Simon Holt (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 68 Silvar Kibur (Est) Kalev Chocolate 69 Tom Fanning (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 70 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thuringer Energy 71 Neil Delahaye (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 72 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 73 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 74 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 75 Richard Eastham (GBr) North England West Pennine 76 Mads Bugge (Den) Vision Bikes 77 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 78 Tomas Hruby (Cze) Sparta Praha 79 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 80 Ben Pochee (GBr) Surrey 81 John O'Brien (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 82 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 83 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 84 Yannick Tiedt (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 85 Hugh Mulhearne (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 86 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 87 John Charlsworth (GBr) Team Sportscover 88 Michael Butler (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 89 Conor Murphy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 90 Dermot Nally (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 91 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 92 Richard Simmonds (GBr) Surrey 93 Tom Diggle (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 94 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Team Sportscover 95 David Peelo (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 96 Nick Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 97 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 1.13 98 Roger Aiken (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 1.43 99 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 1.47 100 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 1.50 101 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 4.27 102 Benjamin Justesen (Den) Vision Bikes 10.10 103 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 15.39 104 Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 105 James Lattimore (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 106 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 107 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 108 Michael Storan (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 109 Matthew Ward (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 110 Kevin Donagher (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 111 Paul Wright (GBr) North England West Pennine 15.45 112 Chris Belsham (GBr) North England West Pennine 16.11 113 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 25.19 114 Toby Neave (GBr) Surrey 115 Adrian Hederman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 116 Don Feighery (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 30.52 117 Paul Delahunty (NZl) Surrey 31.03 118 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 119 Colm Bracken (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 120 Stephen Surdival (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 121 Michael Hennessy (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 122 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 34.40 123 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 35.05 124 David Mulholland (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 39.08 125 Ben Lieberson (GBr) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 40.51 126 Cian Hogan (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 47.56 127 Robin Kelly (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 48.09 128 Thomas O'Flaherty (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 51.12 129 Dave McLoughlin (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 53.00 130 Noel Moloney (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 53.45 131 Myles McCorry (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 53.50 132 Colm Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 53.56 133 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 56.56 134 Tony Kemp (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 1.04.01 135 Peter Hey (GBr) North England West Pennine 1.10.49 136 Frank Dunne (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 137 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 138 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Down Mar Properties 139 Barry Mullin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 140 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 141 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Down Mar Properties 142 John Neill (Irl) Down Mar Properties Points classification 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 24 pts 2 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 18 3 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 17 4 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 15 5 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 15 6 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 14 7 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 14 8 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 14 9 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 13 10 Petr Pucelik (Cze) Sparta Praha 13 11 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 11 12 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 10 13 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 9 14 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 9 15 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 8 16 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 6 17 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 5 18 Nico Graf (Ger) Thuringer Energy 5 19 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 4 20 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thuringer Energy 4 21 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 3 22 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 3 23 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 2 24 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 2 25 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 1 26 Josef Soukup (Cze) Sparta Praha 1 Mountains classification 1 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 27 pts 2 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 23 3 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 9 4 Michael Johansen (Den) Vision Bikes 6 5 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thuringer Energy 6 6 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 4 7 Ondrej Pavek (Cze) Sparta Praha 4 8 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 3 9 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 3 10 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 3 11 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 2 12 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 1 13 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 1 U23 classification 1 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 7.15.00 2 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 0.03 3 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 0.07 4 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 5 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 6 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 0.17 7 Nico Graf (Ger) Thuringer Energy 1.11 8 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 9 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thuringer Energy 10 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 11 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 12 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team U23 13 Derek Burke (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 14 Alo Jakin (Est) Kalev Chocolate 15 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 16 Zdenek Krizek (Cze) Sparta Praha 17 Matthew Green (GBr) Surrey 18 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thuringer Energy 19 Simon Holt (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 20 Silvar Kibur (Est) Kalev Chocolate 21 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thuringer Energy 22 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 23 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 24 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 25 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 26 Yannick Tiedt (Ger) Stevens-Von Hacht 27 Tom Diggle (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 28 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 1.47 29 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 4.27 30 Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 15.39 31 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 32 David Mulholland (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 39.08 County Rider classification 1 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 7.15.05 2 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 0.01 3 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 4 Conor McGrath (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 5 Derek Burke (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 6 Mick Mulcahy (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 7 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 8 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 9 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 10 Scott McDonald (Irl) Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC CI Category 2 1 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 7.16.11 2 Conor McGrath (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 3 Kieran Downey (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 4 Alan Carey (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 5 Tom Fanning (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 6 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 7 James Lattimore (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 14.28 8 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 9 Kevin Donagher (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 10 Stephen Surdival (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 29.52 11 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 33.29 12 Ben Lieberson (GBr) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 39.40 13 Cian Hogan (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 46.45 14 Dave McLoughlin (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 51.49 15 Noel Moloney (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 52.34 16 Colm Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 52.45 17 Tony Kemp (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 1.02.50 18 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 1.09.38 19 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Down Mar Properties 20 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Down Mar Properties International Team classification 1 Netherlands National Team U23 21.45.31 2 Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 0.54 3 Kelly Benefit Strategies 1.47 4 FRF Couriers Nswis 1.58 5 Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 6 Thuringer Energy 7 Stevens-Von Hacht 8 Ireland/ Ireland Subway Eat Fresh 9 Stena Line / Recycling 3.00 10 Sparta Praha 3.02 11 Kalev Chocolate 12 Vision Bikes 13 Team Sportscover 14 Surrey 15 North England West Pennine 3.34 County team classification 1 Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC 21.47.27 2 Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 1.06 3 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 4 Dublin Usher Insulations 5 Kerry Earl Of Desmond 6 Armagh Big Picture Dev 7 Kildare Murphy Surveys 8 Waterford Comeragh CC 25.11 9 Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 25.14 10 Cork Omega Designs Ltd 30.58 11 Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 45.26 12 Kildare Newbridge ReMax 49.30 13 Dublin Eurocycles - Eurobaby 2.17.46 14 Down Mar Properties 2.34.50
