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55th FBD Insurance Rás - 2.2
Ireland, May 20-27, 2007
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Stage 6 - May 25: Buncrana – Derry, 96 km
Another win for Rollin, yellow jersey battle continues
By Shane Stokes
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Landing his second stage win of the race, Dominique Rollin took the sixth leg of the FBD Insurance Rás in Derry today. The Canadian Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada rider proved best out of a fourteen man breakaway group on the steep uphill finish to the line.
He jumped away from the others with about a kilometre remaining, got a gap and held off Marcel Barth (Germany Thuringer Energie), young Irishman Mark Cassidy (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) and the rest. The time gained meant that he moved up a place to fifth overall.
Race leader Tony Martin and closest challengers Paídi O'Brien (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) and Jesse Anthony (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) all missed the move but remain to the fore in the general classification, although Peter McDonald (Australia FRF Couriers) does move ahead of Anthony into third place.
He, Rollin, Irish riders Cassidy, Stephen Gallagher (Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly), Brian Kenneally (Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC), best county rider Isaac Speirs (Dublin Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group) plus eight others went clear in the first half of the short 96-kilometre stage. Martin's team and several others tried to haul them back but left it too late.
As a result of the time gained, McDonald, Rollin and Cassidy move up to third, fifth and sixth overall and are all within striking distance of Martin heading into tomorrow's penultimate stage.
So too former race leader Jesse Anthony, who dropped a place to fourth today but stays 36 seconds off the yellow jersey. Double Rás winner Chris Newton is 1 minute 2 seconds down in seventh; he'd like to be closer, but knows that the unpredictable nature of the race means that the final victory is still possible.
O'Brien (17 seconds back) and Cassidy (44 seconds) are chief Irish hopes but Gallagher, Kenneally and David McCann (Ireland Subway Eat Fresh) are also in the top ten, lying between 1'15 and 1'35 back.
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"I think I could perhaps have got second on the stage but an American rider let a gap open around the last corner and I lost a bit of ground," said Cassidy, son of double FBD Rás winner Philip Cassidy. "We are really motivated to ride here in the race. We have three guys in the top ten and everyone is playing off each other. We are really racing well and are in the contention for the win. There are still two stages left so we will keep riding aggressively."
Martin is looking strong but must watch a lot of riders in the final two stages. O'Brien, Cassidy and the others will be hoping that this plays to their advantage, but so too Rollin and Anthony.
The latter said that he is hoping to get back into yellow. "I'm looking forward to the next two days. It looks like they are going to be super-hard races, there is a lot of racing left to go. Everybody is still trying to get up there.
"Today was relatively painless. We had Dom in the big move off the front. It would have been nice to have had one more guy in there. I was third starting the day, the break got a little time but I will still be in the top five. I think it is possible to get right back up there in the next two stages. Things could really blow apart because a lot of guys are hurting while others are riding really strong right now. At the end of the race like this, the levels can go way up or down. Some guys just get totally blown while some guys are just flying."
He led the race up until the end of the fifth stage, which crossed the first category Gap of Mamore near the finish. "Losing yellow then was partly down to the fact that we have such small teams and is hard to control the race," he explained, when asked how he fell back in the general classification. "The end of that stage was really difficult with small roads, a bunch of little climbs - it was hard to navigate without knowing exactly what was coming up. That break just got a little bit too far up the road and in the end, that climb didn't hurt them as much as it hurt us.
"I was also not superstrong at the end, but I definitely gave it my best shot. We are still close...Dom got some time today some now we have two players, so anything can happen."
The race continues tomorrow with a 165 kilometre stage from Derry to Newcastle. A further reshuffling is very possible and so too on Sunday's final leg to Skerries. This has six category three climbs littering the 174 kilometre route, and is likely to play a decisive part in the final outcome.
How it unfolded
133 riders lined out in sunny but chilly conditions for the start of the shortest stage of this year's FBD Insurance Rás, a 96 kilometre race from Buncrana to Derry. Several of the Ireland Subway Eat Fresh team were on borrowed bikes due to the fact that their own machines had been stolen from the team van during the night by thieves.
The stage was flat and expected to be very aggressive, and so it proved. Brian Taafe (Meath M. Donnelly Cycleways) lit the touchpaper when he jumped clear just after the drop of the flag and after he was reeled in, Paídi O'Brien (Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M.Donnelly Sean Kelly), Jason Hegert, Brendan Brooks (Australia FRF Couriers), Marcel Barth (Germany Thuringer Energie), Jesse Anthony (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) and Eugene Moriarty (Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC) raced clear.
O'Brien and former race leader Jesse Anthony had started the day second and third overall and it was of no surprise that the Germany Thuringer Energie team of yellow jersey Tony Martin closed this move down straight away.
Matthew Ward (Dublin Usher Insulations) and Brian Ahern (Dublin Dundrum Town Centre Orwell Wheelers) were next to try, with Ahern persisting alone. He was joined by Florian Frohn (Germany Thuringer Energie) and Brian Kenneally (Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC) but once again this came to nothing, and so too did a subsequent move by Neil Delahaye (Dublin Usher Insulations).
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The next big break was the crucial one. Shortly after the town of Carndonagh nine riders slipped away at around the 28 kilometre point. They were former leader and current king of the mountains Ricardo Van der Velde (Netherlands), Stephen Gallagher (Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly), Peter McDonald (Australia FRF Couriers NSWIS), Ondrej Pavek (Czech Republic Sparta Praha), Michael Johansen (Denmark Vision Bikes), Marcel Barth (Germany Thuringer Energie), Marcel Barth (Germany Thuringer Energie), Dominique Rollin (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada), Mark Lovatt (Team Sportscover) and Isaac Speirs (Dublin Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group).
With the gap at half a minute, Thomas Bendixen (Denmark Vision Bikes), Dominique Perras (USA Kelly Benefit Strategies) and Nathan Jones (Kildare Newbridge Remax) set off in pursuit. They were joined shortly afterwards by Mark Cassidy (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) and Brian Kenneally (Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC). This quintet finally made the junction an hour after the start, by which time the peloton were a full minute back.
Peter Herzig (Australia FRF Couriers NSWIS) and Conor Murphy (Dublin Usher Insulations) tried to bridge but two against fourteen was a very tough task. With 55 kilometres covered they were 47 seconds back, while the bunch was a full 1 minute 50 seconds in arrears.
They finally gave up some 16 kilometres later, around about the time the leaders reached the 25 kilometre to go marker. The peloton was 1 minute 31 seconds adrift then but a number of teams including the Netherlands, Germany Thuringer Energie and Britain Stena Line Recycling.co.uk combined to try to close the move down.
The gap did fall as the riders raced onto the finishing circuit in Derry, but not fast enough. With one kilometre to go it was over twenty seconds, making it certain that one of those in the break would take the stage. That rider was Dominique Rollin, the Canadian surging clear with approximately a kilometre to go and rounding the corner alone onto the steep finishing straight. He sprinted up to the line and while Marcel Barth (Germany Thuringer Energie) closed up on him somewhat, Rollin was not to be denied.
Mark Cassidy came home a further two seconds back to net third ahead of Ricardo Van der Velde, while Stephen Gallagher and Thomas Bendixen landed fifth and sixth. Tomas Hruby (Czech Republic Sparta Praha) was first home of the bunch, placing 15th, some 22 seconds behind.
Meanwhile several other riders, including second-placed Paídi O'Brien plus David McCann and Dermot Nally of the Ireland Subway Eat Fresh team, crashed inside the slippery, technical final kilometre but were given the same time as the main bunch.
Photography
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- Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) took his second stage win of the race.
- Rollin approached the brutally steep final 200 metres with a slender lead and managed to hold off a fast finishing Marcel Barth (Germany Thuringer Energy Team)
- Rollin celebrates a fine victory.
- Another strong finish from Mark Cassidy (Ireland Murphy & Gunn/Sean Kelly Team).
- Mountains leader Ricardo Van der Velde (Netherlands) pushed hard to the line.
- Stephen Gallagher (Murphy & Gunn/Sean Kelly Team) rode strongly in the escape group to finish fifth.
- An excellent seventh place for Isaac Spears (Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn Group) was enough to give see him awarded the Best County Rider award on Stage 6.
- Ondrej Pavek (Sparta Praha) finished ninth.
- Brian Kenneally (Meath MyHome.ie BDBC) was glad to see the finish line after an exceptionally fast Stage 6.
- Simon Jensen (Vision Bikes) and Paul Wright (North England West Pennine).
- German rider Rene Birkenfeld (Stevens-Von-Hacht) shows his relief.
- Padraig Marrey (Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn Group) and Donegal man Ronan McLaughlin (Down Mar Properties) finishing in the main group.
- Brendan Brooks (FRF Couriers NSWIS) was another rider pleased to see the finish line.
- Jason Hegert and Chris Jory (FRF Couriers NSWIS).
- Race leader Tony Martin (Thuringer Energy Team) seemed pleased with his performance.
- Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) took his second stage victory of the event.
- Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) is congratulated by one of his teammates.
- A fair and noble victory: Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) is congratulated on his win by Stephen Gallagher (Ireland Murphy & Gunn Sean Kelly Team).
- Colm Bracken and Conor Murphy (Dublin Usher Insulations) trying to cool down in the shade after a furious ride from Buncrana to Derry City.
- Stephen Gallagher (Murphy & Gunn/Sean Kelly Team) was happy with his fifth place on Stage 6.
- Mark Cassidy (Murphy & Gunn/Sean Kelly Team) chats with stage winner and current Canadian Road Race Champion Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada).
- Cassidy has good reason to smile after another strong performance.
- Marcel Barth (Thuringer Energy Team) took second place on Stage 6.
- Ricardo Van der Velde (Netherlands) maintained his lead in the mountains classification.
- American Jesse Anthony (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada Team) was happy to have maintained his lead in the U23 rider classification.
- Isaac Spears (Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn Group) rode very strongly in the difficult finale and was awarded the Best County Rider prize.
- A second stage win and a another green jersey: an excellent day in the saddle for French Canadian Dominique Rollin.
- Race leader Tony Martin (Thuringer Energy Team) receives his yellow jersey.
- The full podium: Best placed County Rider Isaac Spears (Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn Group), third place on the stage Mark Cassidy (Murphy & Gunn/Sean Kelly Team), U23 classification leader Jesse Anthony (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada), double stage winner and points leader Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada), race leader Tony Martin (Thuringer Energy Team), second place on the stage Marcel Barth (Thuringer Energy Team) and leader of the mountains classification Ricardo Van der Velde (Netherlands).
- The major players: U23 classification leader Jesse Anthony (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada), double stage winner and points leader Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada), race leader Tony Martin (Thuringer Energy Team), second place on the stage Marcel Barth (Thuringer Energy Team) and leader of the mountains classification Ricardo Van der Velde (Netherlands).
Results
1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 2.12.14 (42.39 km/h) 2 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thuringer Energy 0.01 3 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 0.03 4 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 5 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 0.04 6 Thomas Bendixen (Den) Vision Bikes 7 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 0.06 8 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Team Sportscover 9 Ondrej Pavek (Cze) Sparta Praha 10 Dominique Perras (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 0.08 11 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 12 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 13 Michael Johansen (Den) Vision Bikes 0.10 14 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 0.16 15 Tomas Hruby (Cze) Sparta Praha 0.22 16 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 0.24 17 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 18 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 19 Marcin Bialoblocki (GBr) Team Sportscover 20 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 21 Zdenek Krizek (Cze) Sparta Praha 22 Simon Jensen (Den) Vision Bikes 23 Paul Wright (GBr) North England West Pennine 24 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 25 Alo Jakin (Est) Kalev Chocolate 26 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 27 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thuringer Energy 28 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands 29 Matthew Ward (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 30 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 31 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 32 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn 33 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 34 Derek Burke (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 35 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 36 Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 37 Yannick Tiedt (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 38 Paul Delahunty (NZl) Surrey 39 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 40 Ashley Brown (GBr) Team Sportscover 41 Josef Soukup (Cze) Sparta Praha 42 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 43 Nico Graf (Ger) Thuringer Energy 44 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 45 Paul Griffin (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 46 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 47 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thuringer Energy 48 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 49 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 50 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 51 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 52 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 53 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 54 Miceál Concannon (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 55 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 56 Neil Delahaye (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 57 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Netherlands 58 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 59 Mick Mulcahy (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 60 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 61 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 62 Chris Belsham (GBr) North England West Pennine 63 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 64 Roger Aiken (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 65 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 66 Wayne Randle (GBr) Team Sportscover 67 Markku Ainsalu (Est) Kalev Chocolate 68 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 69 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 70 Peter Hey (GBr) North England West Pennine 71 John Charlsworth (GBr) Team Sportscover 72 Kevin Donagher (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 73 Tom Fanning (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 74 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 75 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 76 Matthew Green (GBr) Surrey 77 Nick Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 78 John O'Brien (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 79 Richard Eastham (GBr) North England West Pennine 80 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 81 Alan Carey (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 82 Josh Thornton (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 83 Silvar Kibur (Est) Kalev Chocolate 84 Johannes Sickmuller (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 85 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 86 Mads Bugge (Den) Vision Bikes 87 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 88 Adrian Hederman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 89 Conor McGrath (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 90 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 91 Tom Diggle (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 92 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 93 David Brennan (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 94 Conor Murphy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 95 Benjamin Justesen (Den) Vision Bikes 96 Petr Pucelik (Cze) Sparta Praha 97 Hugh Mulhearne (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 98 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 99 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 100 Simon Holt (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 101 David McCann (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 102 Dermot Nally (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 103 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 104 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 105 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 106 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 107 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Netherlands 108 Graham Briggs (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 2.04 109 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 3.15 110 Ben Pochee (GBr) Surrey 111 Michael Butler (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 3.20 112 Barry Mullin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 3.24 113 Thomas O'Flaherty (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 3.27 114 James Lattimore (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 115 Robin Kelly (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 4.00 116 Richard Simmonds (GBr) Surrey 117 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Down Mar Properties 4.09 118 Dave McLoughlin (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 6.14 119 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 6.20 120 Scott McDonald (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 6.30 121 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 10.48 122 Michael Hennessy (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 15.03 123 Colm Bracken (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 124 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 15.15 125 Tony Kemp (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 20.53 126 Ben Lieberson (GBr) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 127 Frank Dunne (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 128 Don Feighery (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 129 Toby Neave (GBr) Surrey 25.00 130 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Down Mar Properties 131 Colm Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers DNF Stephen Surdival (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers DNF David Peelo (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys County rider 1 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 2.12.20 2 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 0.02 3 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 0.18 International team 1 Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 6.37.13 2 Vision Bikes 0.07 3 Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 0.17 4 Thuringer Energy 0.18 5 Netherlands 0.20 6 Sparta Praha 0.21 7 Team Sportscover 0.23 8 Kelly Benefit Strategies 0.25 9 RF Couriers NSWIS 10 Kalev Chocolate 0.41 11 Stevens-Von-Hacht 12 North England West Pennine 13 Ireland Subway 14 Stena Line/Recycling 15 Surrey 3.32 County team 1 Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 6.37.36 2 Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 0.02 3 Kildare Newbridge ReMax 0.10 4 Dublin Usher Insulations 0.18 5 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 6 Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 7 Kerry Earl Of Desmond 3.14 8 Waterford Comeragh CC 3.54 9 Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 6.08 10 Down Mar Properties 7.03 11 Cork Omega Designs Ltd 14.57 12 Kildare Murphy Surveys 20.53 General classification after stage 6 1 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 19.49.58 2 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 0.17 3 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 0.24 4 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 0.36 5 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 0.40 6 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 0.44 7 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 1.02 8 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 1.15 9 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 1.22 10 David McCann (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 1.35 11 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thuringer Energy 1.43 12 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 1.44 13 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 14 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 15 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands 1.52 16 Paul Griffin (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 17 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 18 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 2.09 19 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 2.44 20 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 2.45 21 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thuringer Energy 2.52 22 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 2.56 23 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Netherlands 24 Roger Aiken (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 3.31 25 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn 3.45 26 Michael Johansen (Den) Vision Bikes 4.23 27 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 4.38 28 Josh Thornton (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 10.31 29 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thuringer Energy 12.31 30 Johannes Sickmuller (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 13.07 31 Dominique Perras (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 13.21 32 Thomas Bendixen (Den) Vision Bikes 13.59 33 Zdenek Krizek (Cze) Sparta Praha 15.45 34 Ondrej Pavek (Cze) Sparta Praha 16.25 35 Neil Delahaye (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 16.31 36 Josef Soukup (Cze) Sparta Praha 16.45 37 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 38 Markku Ainsalu (Est) Kalev Chocolate 39 Yannick Tiedt (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 16.49 40 Petr Pucelik (Cze) Sparta Praha 17.01 41 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 17.25 42 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 18.39 43 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 18.49 44 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 19.33 45 Graham Briggs (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 20.10 46 Nico Graf (Ger) Thuringer Energy 20.17 47 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 21.24 48 Wayne Randle (GBr) Team Sportscover 22.03 49 Silvar Kibur (Est) Kalev Chocolate 50 Marcin Bialoblocki (GBr) Team Sportscover 22.36 51 Alo Jakin (Est) Kalev Chocolate 52 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 22.41 53 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 22.51 54 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 55 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 23.30 56 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Netherlands 23.39 57 Simon Jensen (Den) Vision Bikes 27.20 58 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 27.26 59 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 27.38 60 Tomas Hruby (Cze) Sparta Praha 27.48 61 Ashley Brown (GBr) Team Sportscover 28.28 62 Tom Diggle (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 30.39 63 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 35.25 64 Mick Mulcahy (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 35.41 65 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 35.47 66 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Team Sportscover 36.22 67 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 36.40 68 Conor Murphy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 69 Benjamin Justesen (Den) Vision Bikes 36.59 70 Dermot Nally (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 37.17 71 John O'Brien (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 37.50 72 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 38.27 73 John Charlsworth (GBr) Team Sportscover 38.34 74 David Brennan (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 75 Simon Holt (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 38.37 76 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 77 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 38.38 78 Alan Carey (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 38.39 79 Mads Bugge (Den) Vision Bikes 38.54 80 Tom Fanning (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 39.55 81 Ben Pochee (GBr) Surrey 40.41 82 Matthew Ward (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 40.56 83 Derek Burke (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 42.42 84 Michael Butler (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 43.09 85 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 43.52 86 Hugh Mulhearne (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 45.06 87 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 46.29 88 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 46.38 89 Scott McDonald (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 46.42 90 Matthew Green (GBr) Surrey 47.16 91 Nick Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 47.47 92 Conor McGrath (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 49.05 93 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 94 Paul Wright (GBr) North England West Pennine 50.07 95 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 51.32 96 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 53.02 97 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 55.04 98 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 57.17 99 Miceál Concannon (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 58.08 100 Richard Simmonds (GBr) Surrey 59.12 101 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 59.24 102 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 1.02.27 103 Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 1.04.24 104 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 1.15.16 105 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 1.17.39 106 Kevin Donagher (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 1.19.33 107 Chris Belsham (GBr) North England West Pennine 1.19.40 108 Paul Delahunty (NZl) Surrey 1.24.58 109 Richard Eastham (GBr) North England West Pennine 1.27.39 110 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 1.36.47 111 Michael Hennessy (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 1.50.52 112 Adrian Hederman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 1.54.24 113 Robin Kelly (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 1.55.40 114 James Lattimore (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 1.59.32 115 Colm Bracken (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 2.01.59 116 Toby Neave (GBr) Surrey 2.11.53 117 Barry Mullin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 2.17.30 118 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 2.19.23 119 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 2.22.17 120 Thomas O'Flaherty (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 2.23.20 121 Peter Hey (GBr) North England West Pennine 2.32.53 122 Don Feighery (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 2.35.05 123 Ben Lieberson (GBr) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 2.36.22 124 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 2.38.36 125 Dave McLoughlin (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 2.39.02 126 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Down Mar Properties 2.43.39 127 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 3.05.35 128 Colm Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 3.08.55 129 Tony Kemp (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 3.10.04 130 Frank Dunne (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 3.16.48 131 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Down Mar Properties 3.25.48 Points classification 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 68 pts 2 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 42 3 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands 39 4 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 36 5 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 31 6 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 30 7 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 30 8 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 30 9 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thuringer Energy 30 10 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 29 11 Nico Graf (Ger) Thuringer Energy 26 12 Paul Griffin (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 25 13 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 21 14 Simon Jensen (Den) Vision Bikes 19 15 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 18 16 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 17 17 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 15 18 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 14 19 Tomas Hruby (Cze) Sparta Praha 14 20 Petr Pucelik (Cze) Sparta Praha 13 21 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 11 22 David McCann (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 10 23 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Netherlands 10 24 Thomas Bendixen (Den) Vision Bikes 10 25 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands 10 26 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 9 27 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 9 28 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn 8 29 Michael Johansen (Den) Vision Bikes 8 30 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 8 31 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Team Sportscover 8 32 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thuringer Energy 7 33 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 7 34 Ondrej Pavek (Cze) Sparta Praha 7 35 Dominique Perras (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 6 36 Josef Soukup (Cze) Sparta Praha 5 37 Marcin Bialoblocki (GBr) Team Sportscover 5 38 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thuringer Energy 4 39 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Netherlands 4 40 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 3 41 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 3 42 Michael Johansen (Den) Vision Bikes 3 43 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 3 44 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 2 45 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 2 Mountains classification 1 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 76 pts 2 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 40 3 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 24 4 Nico Graf (Ger) Thuringer Energy 19 5 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 16 6 Yannick Tiedt (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 16 7 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 15 8 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thuringer Energy 15 9 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 7 10 Michael Johansen (Den) Vision Bikes 6 11 Petr Pucelik (Cze) Sparta Praha 5 12 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 5 13 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 4 14 Roger Aiken (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 4 15 Ondrej Pavek (Cze) Sparta Praha 4 16 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 3 17 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 3 18 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 3 19 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 3 20 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 3 21 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 3 22 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 3 23 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 2 24 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands 2 25 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 2 26 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 1 27 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 1 Under 23 rider classification 1 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 19.49.58 2 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 0.36 3 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 0.44 4 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thuringer Energy 1.43 5 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 1.44 6 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 7 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands 1.52 8 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thuringer Energy 2.52 9 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Netherlands 2.56 10 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 4.38 11 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thuringer Energy 12.31 12 Zdenek Krizek (Cze) Sparta Praha 15.45 13 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 16.45 14 Yannick Tiedt (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 16.49 15 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 18.49 16 Nico Graf (Ger) Thuringer Energy 20.17 17 Silvar Kibur (Est) Kalev Chocolate 22.03 18 Alo Jakin (Est) Kalev Chocolate 22.36 19 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Netherlands 23.39 20 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 27.26 21 Tom Diggle (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 30.39 22 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 35.25 23 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 35.47 24 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 36.40 25 Simon Holt (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 38.37 26 Derek Burke (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 42.42 27 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 43.52 28 Matthew Green (GBr) Surrey 47.16 29 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 53.02 30 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 57.17 31 Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 1.04.24 County rider classification 1 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 19.51.20 2 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.22 3 Roger Aiken (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 2.09 4 Neil Delahaye (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 15.09 5 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 16.03 6 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 17.17 7 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 18.11 8 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 21.29 9 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 26.16 10 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 34.03 International team classification 1 Thuringer Energy 59.31.36 2 Netherlands 0.01 3 Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 0.14 4 FRF Couriers NSWIS 2.10 5 Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 2.34 6 Kelly Benefit Strategies 4.48 7 Stevens-Von-Hacht 29.18 8 Kalev Chocolate 34.40 9 Ireland Subway 39.02 10 Stena Line / Recycling 42.41 11 Vision Bikes 43.24 12 Sparta Praha 47.13 13 Team Sportscover 1.09.08 14 Surrey 2.13.26 15 North England West Pennine 2.38.23 County team classification 1 Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 60.14.34 2 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 26.52 3 Dublin Usher Insulations 33.44 4 Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 47.06 5 Kerry Earl Of Desmond 1.34.53 6 Kildare Murphy Surveys 1.44.21 7 Cork Omega Designs Ltd 2.14.50 8 Waterford Comeragh CC 2.15.06 9 Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 2.17.01 10 Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 2.46.53 11 Kildare Newbridge ReMax 3.00.40 12 Down Mar Properties 4.56.58
