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55th FBD Insurance Rás - 2.2
Ireland, May 20-27, 2007
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Stage 7 - May 26: Derry – Newcastle, 165 km
Third stage win for Rollin
Martin continues to hold lead
By Shane Stokes in Newcastle
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With just over a minute and a half separating the top ten riders in the general classification and five of those contenders 44 seconds or less away from the yellow jersey of Tony Martin, the riders concerned will have hoped for some splits in the field at the end of today’s seventh stage of the FBD Insurance Rás.
However, despite repeated attacks along the 165 kilometre route from Derry to Newcastle, a bunch of 88 riders fought it out for the victory in the northern town. The verdict went to Canadian national champion Dominique Rollin, who hit the line well clear of Mart Ojavee (Estonia Kalev Chocolate) and Ondrej Pavek (Czech Republic Sparta Praha).
The win marked the third victory of the week for the Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada rider, who triumphed just over 24 hours earlier in Derry and also topped the podium on stage three in Sligo. He was also second on day four into Dungloe, and just needs to finish the final stage to hold onto his green points jersey.
"My team helped me a bit in the run-up to the sprint," he said. "We were disrupted a bit by a roundabout and so I just sat on the wheel of the [Estonia Kalev] Chocolate team, then jumped with 200 metres to go.
"This is my third win of the race. I missed one the other day by half a wheel but things have been going well."
Race leader Martin (Germany Thuringer Energie) placed 12th in the gallop, conceding no time to his rivals and thus preserving his 17 second lead over Irish rider Paídi O'Brien (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly). Peter McDonald (Australia FRF Couriers NSWIS) remains 24 seconds down while Jesse Anthony and team-mate Dominique Rollin (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) are 36 and 40 seconds back respectively.
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Another Irish rider, Mark Cassidy (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) is next overall in sixth place.
The 165 kilometre stage was marked by constant attacks as riders aimed for the stage win or to improve their position in the general classification. Local rider Roger Aiken (Armagh Big Picture Developments) was perhaps the most aggressive of all but his efforts plus that of the various other attackers such as Stephen Gallagher (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) and David McCann (Ireland Subway Eat Fresh) were ultimately unsuccessful.
In contrast to the big breaks of earlier in the week, the attempts to get time only led to brief stints off the front of the bunch and, coming towards the finish in Newcastle, it became clear that a bunch gallop was the most likely outcome.
Young Dutchman Ricardo Van der Velde launched a dangerous attack at the top of the day’s final climb, going clear with ten kilometres remaining and holding off the bunch for several minutes. He was caught but has the considerable consolation of an almost certain victory in the King of the Mountains classification. He was first and third on the day’s two climbs and it is now mathematically impossible for closest challenger Jesse Anthony (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) to catch him.
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"I had very good legs today and was trying to win the stage," said Van der Velde, son of former Tour de France podium-getter Johan Van der Velde. "I attacked going over the top of the last climb and was clear for two or three kilometres by myself. But I never made it because it was downhill from there and the peloton is always quicker than one rider."
Aidan Crowley (Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC) was ninth on the stage, finishing as best county rider and also best Irishman on the stage.
"I said to myself with 50 miles to go that I could win the stage," he said. "The top riders really wanted to keep the bunch together; the Canadians really wanted to keep it together for Dominique [Rollin], the Estonians and the Czechs wanted to keep it together for their sprinters, and that is the way it panned out.
"It got very dangerous in the last five kilometres when we went from a bunch down to twenty riders at the front and then at the last corner, there were basically ten of us in a line turning. It was very risky. I went for the win but unfortunately these guys are very quick."
Like Van der Velde, Rollin is also certain to carry off a major prize tomorrow, barring accident. He fortified his points jersey lead by winning the bunch sprint to the line. However with he and Jesse Anthony in fourth and fifth overall, they are after a bigger prize, and were disappointed that the peloton finished together in Newcastle.
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"The problem today is that all the GC guys were watching each other so it gave an easy ride to the yellow jersey," he stated. "The GC guys were bringing everything back. The leader’s team really had nothing to do, just sit there and wait.
"Tomorrow will be as aggressive as today, we will try to get the jersey back. The riders are still separated by a handful of seconds so we think we can make it back. The finishing circuit is supposed to be hard so that will help."
Crowley agrees, saying that the race is not over yet. "Everything is to play for. The circuit tomorrow around Skerries is actually very, very hard. Three times up the Black Hills will make a difference. I remember last year 150 of us hit the Black Hills together and we thought ‘ah, it is only ten miles to the finish.’ But at the line, there were only twenty riders in the front group in the first group, twenty in the second group and twenty in the third group. Those hills disintegrated the bunch.
"I don’t think you will see all the top guys together at the end. I think you will see Paídi O’Brien and one or two others really go for it. I fancy him to do something and I wouldn’t say it is all over yet."
The FBD Insurance Rás concludes tomorrow with a 174 kilometre stage from Newcastle to Skerries. Six categorised climbs litter the route and with a tough finishing circuit ending the race, it is indeed possible that the final outcome will go right down to the closing kilometres.
How it unfolded
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One hundred and thirty riders lined out in mainly overcast conditions for the penultimate stage of the FBD Insurance Rás, a 165 kilometre race from Derry to Newcastle in County Down. Benjamin Justesen (Demark Vision Bikes) was the only non-starter.
The early part of the stage saw several short-lived attacks. The first such move was by Martyn Irvine (Ireland Subway Eat Fresh), Markku Ainsalu (Estonia Kalev Chocolate) and Sean Lacey (Dublin Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group), with Mark Cassidy (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group) joining up just before the peloton reeled it in.
Andrei Mustonen (Estonia Kalev Chocolate) was next to try, then Peter Herzig (Australia FRF Couriers NSWIS) set out alone. Both of these moves were hauled back.
After approximately 22 kilometres of racing a crash brought down a large group of riders. Most remounted and set off in pursuit of the bunch, but Josh Thornton (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) ended up instead in the race ambulance. He pulled out of the FBD Rás but thankfully was reported by race personnel as not being too seriously hurt.
Former yellow jersey Jesse Anthony (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) beat KOM leader Ricardo Van der Velde (Netherlands) at the top of the third category Glenshane Pass (39.2 km), one of two such climbs on today’s stage. Jason Hegert (Australia FRF Couriers) and Ondrej Pavek (Czech Republic Sparta Praha) were third and fourth.
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Anthony had previously led the competition and was Van der Velde’s closest rival. At this point seven category three climbs remained in the 2007 FBD Insurance Rás; when the results of Glenshane Pass were factored into the total, Anthony was 35 points behind with 35 remaining. Barring accident, it meant that Van der Velde was in a position to seal his success on the final climb later in the stage.
After one hour of racing the field had covered a brisk 45.5 kilometres. Things stayed together until just after Moneymore (63.4 km), when Mark Walters (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) opened a slight – but short-lived – gap. Approximately ten kilometres later Yvo Kusters (Netherlands) and Stephen Gallagher (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) went clear and were joined soon afterwards by Jesse Anthony. They too were brought back.
The high pace continued to and beyond the end of the second hour, by which time the field had covered 91 kilometres. David McCann (Ireland Subway Eat Fresh) and Stephen Gallagher got a gap around this point and were joined shortly afterwards by Alo Jakin (Estonia Kalev Chocolate), Nico Graf (Germany Thuringer Energie) and Roger Aiken (Armagh Big Picture Developments).
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This move came to an end after approximately ten minutes. Shortly afterwards Tom Diggle (Britain Stena Line Recycling.co.uk) crashed out of the race when he hit a civilian car. He was fortunately reported as not being too badly hurt.
Although no move had yet stuck, riders were determined to try to break the elastic. Ondrej Pavek (Czech Republic Sparta Praha), Marcel Barth (Germany Thuringer Energie), Mark Lovatt (Team Sportscover), Roger Aiken and Conor Murphy (Dublin Usher Insulations) went away approximately 55 kilometres from the end of the stage.
They built a lead of 17 seconds, prompting Dermot Nally (Ireland Subway Eat Fresh), Alain Van der Velde (Netherlands), Andrei Mustonen (Estonia Kalev Chocolate), Ryan Roth (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) and Derek Burke (Dublin Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group) to chase. Others also tried the same and the net result was a split in the main field, with several distinct groups forming before an eventual regrouping.
Aiken is from the area and was determined to show well. He went away with Mark Walters (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada), was brought back and then went again after a solo move by Mads Bugge (Denmark Vision Bikes) came to nothing. With approximately 30 kilometres remaining he tried yet again, tearing through Banbridge at the head of the race and building a 21 second lead.
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Dermot Nally (Ireland Subway Eat Fresh) went after Aiken and spent a couple of kilometres chasing before being joined by Dennis Kreder (Netherlands). With about 25 kilometres to go Brian Kenneally (Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC) went after the front three, who all joined up.
Alo Jakin (Estonia Kalev Chocolate) had a similar plan but was unable to bridge. Mark Cassidy and Chris Newton (Britain Recycling.co.uk) then attacked and got across to the four leaders but despite the extra firepower, this group was brought back.
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David McCann, Glenn Bak (Ireland Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) and Ben Raby (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) attacked on the third category climb of Devils Elbow, which topped out 9.9 km from the finish. The bunch was quickly onto the move, but Raby was nonetheless first to the top, ahead of Marcel Barth (Germany Thuringer Energie) and Van der Velde, who won the mountains competition with his third place on the hill.
Motivated perhaps by this, he kicked hard going over the top and stayed clear for two or three kilometres. However he was reeled in, as was subsequent attacker René Birkenfeld (Germany Stevens Von Hacht). From there to the line things stayed mainly together, and the ensuing bunch sprint saw yesterday’s stage winner Dominique Rollin (US Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) once again hit the line first.
The Estonia Kalev Chocolate team had done most of the driving on the run in towards the finish but had to be satisfied with Mart Ojavee’s second place. Ondrej Pavek (Czech Republic Sparta Praha) netted third, while Aidan Crowley (Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC) was best Irishman and top county rider in ninth.
Race leader Tony Martin crossed the line in twelfth and with all his major challengers also finishing in the same time, it ensures that the general classification remains the same heading into tomorrow’s final stage.
Photography
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Images by Stephen McMahon
- Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) completed his hat trick by taking his third stage win of the race.
- Canadian road race champion Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) dominated the sprint and had ample time to celebrate his third stage win.
- Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) experienced a little turbulence on his final approach to his third stage victory of the 2007 Rás.
- Leader of the mountains classification Ricardo Van der Velde (Netherlands) finished in the main group.
- Former double winner of the race Chris Newton (Britain Stena Line/Recycling) discusses the finale with one of his team mates. ©: Stephen McMahon.
- U23 classification leader Jesse Anthony (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada).
- Current Irish U23 road race champion Paidi O'Brien (Murphy & Gunn/Sean Kelly Team).
- Mart Ojavee (Kalev Chocolate) finished strongly but had to settle for second place on the stage.
- Stage winner Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) discusses the day's racing with David McCann (Ireland Subway Team).
- Junior rider Liam McGreavey turned up to support fellow Banbridge rider Roger Aiken (Armagh Big Picture Developments).
- Stage winner Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) discusses aerodynamics with Aidan Crawley (Meath Myhome.ie BDBC) who was given the Best County Rider award.
- Mart Ojavee (Kalev Chocolate) receives his bouquet for second place on the stage.
- Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) presents Miss FBD Rás with a rose from his winner's bouquet.
- Ronan McLaughlin (Down Mar Properties) was presented with a special award for the best placed Down team rider.
- Aidan Crawley (Meath Myhome.ie BDBC) receives the Best County Rider award.
- Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada) was awarded his points leader jersey by former Rás winner Tommy Evans (left) and four month old Thomas Evans.
- Race leader Tony Martin (Thuringer Energy Team).
- The full podium: Third placed rider Ondrej Pavek (Sparta Praha), second placed rider Mart Ojavee (Kalev Chocolate), stage winner and points leader Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada), race leader Tony Martin (Thuringer Energy Team), best placed county rider Aidan Crawley (Meath Myhome.ie BDBC), leader of the mountains classification Ricardo Van der Velde (Netherlands), U23 classification leader Jesse Anthony (Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada Team) and best placed County Down team rider Ronan McLaughlin (Down Mar Properies).
- The Weapon of Mass Domination: Triple stage winner Dominique Rollin's Kuota Kredo.
Results
1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 3.38.53 (42.84 km/h) 2 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 3 Ondrej Pavek (Cze) Sparta Praha 4 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thuringer Energy 5 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 6 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Netherlands 7 Tomas Hruby (Cze) Sparta Praha 8 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 9 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 10 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 11 Paul Wright (GBr) North England West Pennine 12 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 13 Silvar Kibur (Est) Kalev Chocolate 14 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn 15 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 16 Graham Briggs (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 17 Josef Soukup (Cze) Sparta Praha 18 Alo Jakin (Est) Kalev Chocolate 19 David McCann (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 20 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands 21 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 22 Derek Burke (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 23 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 24 Chris Belsham (GBr) North England West Pennine 25 Dominique Perras (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 26 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 27 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 28 Simon Jensen (Den) Vision Bikes 29 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 30 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 31 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 32 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 33 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thuringer Energy 34 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 35 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 36 Zdenek Krizek (Cze) Sparta Praha 37 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 38 Ashley Brown (GBr) Team Sportscover 39 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 40 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Netherlands 41 Roger Aiken (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 42 Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 43 Matthew Green (GBr) Surrey 44 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 45 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 46 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 47 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 48 Mick Mulcahy (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 49 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 50 Matthew Ward (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 51 Neil Delahaye (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 52 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 53 Markku Ainsalu (Est) Kalev Chocolate 54 Peter Hey (GBr) North England West Pennine 55 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 56 Thomas Bendixen (Den) Vision Bikes 57 Nico Graf (Ger) Thuringer Energy 58 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 59 Yannick Tiedt (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 60 Michael Butler (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 61 Paul Griffin (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 62 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 63 Nick Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 64 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 65 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 66 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thuringer Energy 67 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 68 Conor Murphy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 69 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 70 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 71 Alan Carey (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 72 Kevin Donagher (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 73 Johannes Sickmuller (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 74 Wayne Randle (GBr) Team Sportscover 75 John Charlsworth (GBr) Team Sportscover 76 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 77 Mads Bugge (Den) Vision Bikes 78 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 79 John O'Brien (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 80 Dermot Nally (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 81 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 82 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 83 Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 84 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Team Sportscover 85 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 86 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 87 Miceál Concannon (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 88 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 89 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 0.35 90 Petr Pucelik (Cze) Sparta Praha 0.43 91 Ben Pochee (GBr) Surrey 0.49 92 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 0.51 93 Adrian Hederman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 1.01 94 Marcin Bialoblocki (GBr) Team Sportscover 1.48 95 Colm Bracken (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 96 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 2.05 97 Michael Johansen (Den) Vision Bikes 2.37 98 Scott McDonald (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 2.40 99 Michael Hennessy (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 100 David Brennan (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 101 Richard Eastham (GBr) North England West Pennine 3.03 102 Colm Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 10.00 103 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Down Mar Properties 12.04 104 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 12.08 105 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 12.12 106 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 12.30 107 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 21.58 108 Thomas O'Flaherty (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 30.57 109 Robin Kelly (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 33.20 110 Hugh Mulhearne (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 111 James Lattimore (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 112 Frank Dunne (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 113 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 114 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 115 Paul Delahunty (NZl) Surrey 116 Richard Simmonds (GBr) Surrey 117 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Down Mar Properties 42.19 118 Ben Lieberson (GBr) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 119 Tony Kemp (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 120 Conor McGrath (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 121 Tom Fanning (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 122 Toby Neave (GBr) Surrey 123 Dave McLoughlin (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 124 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 125 Don Feighery (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 126 Barry Mullin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 127 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 42.57 Mountians Glenshane (Cat. 3) 1 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 5 pts 2 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 4 3 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 3 4 Ondrej Pavek (Cze) Sparta Praha 2 Devils Elbow (Cat. 3) 1 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 5 pts 2 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thuringer Energy 4 3 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 3 4 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 2 County rider 1 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 3.38.53 2 Derek Burke (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 3 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn International team 1 Czech Rep. Sparta Praha 10.56.39 2 Kalev Chocolate 3 Netherlands 4 Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 5 Thuringer Energy 6 Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 7 Stevens-Von-Hacht 8 North England West Pennine 9 Kelly Benefit Strategies 10 FRF Couriers Nswis 11 Stena Line / Recycling 12 Ireland Subway 13 Vision Bikes 14 Team Sportscover 15 Surrey 34.09 County team 1 Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 10.56.39 2 Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 3 Dublin Usher Insulations 4 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 5 Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 1.36 6 Kildare Murphy Surveys 1.48 7 Kerry Earl Of Desmond 2.40 8 Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 10.00 9 Kildare Newbridge ReMax 13.03 10 Cork Omega Designs Ltd 44.59 11 Down Mar Properties 54.23 12 Waterford Comeragh CC 1.48.59 General classification after stage 7 1 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 23.28.51 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 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Netherlands 2.56 23 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 24 Roger Aiken (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 3.31 25 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn 3.45 26 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 4.38 27 Michael Johansen (Den) Vision Bikes 7.00 28 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thuringer Energy 12.31 29 Johannes Sickmuller (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 13.07 30 Dominique Perras (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies 13.21 31 Thomas Bendixen (Den) Vision Bikes 13.59 32 Zdenek Krizek (Cze) Sparta Praha 15.45 33 Neil Delahaye (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 16.31 34 Ondrej Pavek (Cze) Sparta Praha 16.45 35 Josef Soukup (Cze) Sparta Praha 36 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 37 Markku Ainsalu (Est) Kalev Chocolate 38 Yannick Tiedt (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 16.49 39 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 17.25 40 Petr Pucelik (Cze) Sparta Praha 17.44 41 Brian Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 18.39 42 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 18.49 43 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 19.33 44 Graham Briggs (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 20.10 45 Nico Graf (Ger) Thuringer Energy 20.17 46 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 21.24 47 Wayne Randle (GBr) Team Sportscover 22.03 48 Silvar Kibur (Est) Kalev Chocolate 49 Alo Jakin (Est) Kalev Chocolate 22.36 50 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 22.41 51 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 22.51 52 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 23.30 53 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Netherlands 23.39 54 Marcin Bialoblocki (GBr) Team Sportscover 24.24 55 Simon Jensen (Den) Vision Bikes 27.20 56 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 27.26 57 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 27.38 58 Tomas Hruby (Cze) Sparta Praha 27.48 59 Ashley Brown (GBr) Team Sportscover 28.28 60 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 35.25 61 Mick Mulcahy (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 35.41 62 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 35.47 63 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Team Sportscover 36.22 64 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 36.40 65 Conor Murphy (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 66 Dermot Nally (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 37.17 67 John O'Brien (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 37.50 68 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 38.27 69 John Charlsworth (GBr) Team Sportscover 38.34 70 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 38.37 71 Alan Carey (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 38.39 72 Mads Bugge (Den) Vision Bikes 38.54 73 Matthew Ward (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 40.56 74 David Brennan (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 41.14 75 Ben Pochee (GBr) Surrey 41.30 76 Derek Burke (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 42.42 77 Michael Butler (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 43.09 78 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 43.52 79 Matthew Green (GBr) Surrey 47.16 80 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 47.29 81 Nick Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 47.47 82 Scott McDonald (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 49.22 83 Paul Wright (GBr) North England West Pennine 50.07 84 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 51.08 85 Daire McCaughley (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 51.52 86 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 53.02 87 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 57.17 88 Miceál Concannon (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 58.08 89 Raymond Clarke (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 59.24 90 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 1.02.27 91 Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 1.04.24 92 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 1.05.48 93 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 1.17.02 94 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 1.17.39 95 Hugh Mulhearne (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 1.18.26 96 Kevin Donagher (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 1.19.33 97 Chris Belsham (GBr) North England West Pennine 1.19.40 98 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 1.19.49 99 Tom Fanning (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 1.22.14 100 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 1.27.28 101 Richard Eastham (GBr) North England West Pennine 1.30.42 102 Conor McGrath (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 1.31.24 103 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 104 Richard Simmonds (GBr) Surrey 1.32.32 105 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 1.37.22 106 Michael Hennessy (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 1.53.32 107 Adrian Hederman (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 1.55.25 108 Paul Delahunty (NZl) Surrey 1.58.28 109 Colm Bracken (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 2.03.47 110 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 2.21.28 111 Robin Kelly (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 2.29.00 112 James Lattimore (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 2.32.52 113 Peter Hey (GBr) North England West Pennine 2.32.53 114 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 2.34.25 115 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 2.38.36 116 Toby Neave (GBr) Surrey 2.54.12 117 Thomas O'Flaherty (Irl) Kerry Earl Of Desmond 2.54.17 118 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Down Mar Properties 2.55.43 119 Barry Mullin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 2.59.49 120 Don Feighery (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 3.17.24 121 Ben Lieberson (GBr) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 3.18.41 122 Colm Ahern (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 3.18.55 123 Dave McLoughlin (Irl) Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 3.21.21 124 John-Paul Lyons (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles -Eurobaby 3.38.55 125 Frank Dunne (Irl) Waterford Comeragh CC 3.50.08 126 Tony Kemp (Irl) Cork Omega Designs Ltd 3.52.23 127 Brendan Kirk (Irl) Down Mar Properties 4.08.07 Points classification 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 83 pts 2 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 44 3 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 43 4 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thuringer Energy 42 5 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands 39 6 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 39 7 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 36 8 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 34 9 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 30 10 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 29 11 Nico Graf (Ger) Thuringer Energy 26 12 Paul Griffin (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 25 Mountains classification 1 Ricardo Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 83 pts 2 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 45 3 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 24 4 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 19 5 Nico Graf (Ger) Thuringer Energy 19 6 Yannick Tiedt (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 16 7 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens-Von-Hacht 15 8 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thuringer Energy 15 9 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 8 10 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 7 11 Michael Johansen (Den) Vision Bikes 6 12 Ondrej Pavek (Cze) Sparta Praha 6 13 Petr Pucelik (Cze) Sparta Praha 5 14 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 5 15 Chris Newton (GBr) Stena Line / Recycling 5 16 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada 4 17 Roger Aiken (Irl) Armagh Big Picture Dev 4 18 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thuringer Energy 4 19 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 3 20 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 3 21 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 3 22 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge ReMax 3 23 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn 3 24 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 2 25 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Netherlands 2 26 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 2 27 Alain Van der Velde (Ned) Netherlands 1 28 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 1 U23 rider classification 1 Tony Martin (Ger) Thuringer Energy 23.28.51 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 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 35.25 22 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 35.47 23 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers NSWIS 36.40 24 Derek Burke (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 42.42 25 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Subway Eat Fresh 43.52 26 Matthew Green (GBr) Surrey 47.16 27 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn Newlyn 53.02 28 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 57.17 29 Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) Down Mar Properties 1.04.24 County rider classification 1 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 23.30.13 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 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 26.16 9 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulations 34.03 10 Mick Mulcahy (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 34.19 International team classification 1 Germany Thuringer Energy 70.28.15 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 North England West Pennine 2.38.23 15 Surrey 2.47.35 County team classification 1 Meath Myhome.Ie/BDBC 71.11.13 2 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 26.52 3 Dublin Usher Insulations 33.44 4 Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 47.06 5 Kerry Earl Of Desmond 1.37.33 6 Kildare Murphy Surveys 1.46.09 7 Meath M.Donnelly Cycleways 2.18.37 8 Dublin DTC Orwell Wheelers 2.56.53 9 Cork Omega Designs Ltd 2.59.49 10 Kildare Newbridge ReMax 3.13.43 11 Waterford Comeragh CC 4.04.05 12 Down Mar Properties 5.51.21
