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56th FBD Insurance Rás - 2.2
Ireland, May 18-25, 2008
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Stage 1 - May 18: Navan - Ballinamore, 142 km
American Hanson claims opening win
By Shane Stokes in Ballinamore
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American rider Ken Hanson galloped to success on day one of the FBD Insurance Rás in Ballinamore, Ireland, winning the bunch sprint to the line and taking the first yellow jersey. The criterium specialist normally competes with the BMC racing team but is guesting with the Isle of Man Microgaming Dolan squad for the 2.2-ranked Irish event.
The victory in Leitrim was a sweet one for the 26 year-old, given that it was his first international individual win. Adding to the importance of the win, Ireland is the county where his grandmother came from.
"My first time here was last October," he said. "I met all my cousins then. I know about the race as some of the teams I race against in the US have competed here in the past.
"I normally ride with the BMC Racing team but asked the promoter if there was a team with an open spot," he added. "Ten days ago I got contacted by the guy who runs the Isle of Man team who said he had a spot if I was interested."
That team director was surely pinching himself last night, given that Hanson had already made his week a success. "It all happened so fast," said Hanson. "I am so happy that I was able to make it and have success on the first stage."
Hanson beat Dutchman Patrick Kos (Dutch National Team), Belgian Benny de Schrooder (Ireland An Post M. Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly team) plus the rest of the bunch in the slightly uphill sprint to the line.
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Mark Nestor (Pezula Racing), Scott McDonald (Meath Cycleways@53degreesnorth) and Paídi O'Brien (Ireland An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly) were best of the home riders, finishing sixth, seventh and 11th respectively.
Hanson's win saw him end the day in the yellow jersey. The top Irish competitor in the general classification is Neill Delahaye (Dublin Usher IRC), who broke away alone prior to the first hot spot sprint and combined King of the Mountains prime in Kells, taking the points and bonus seconds available there. His efforts ensured that he holds the first mountains jersey and that he will also start today's mainly flat 167 kilometre stage to Claremorris in equal fourth overall.
"I'm very happy, it is good to get any sort of recognition in this race," the Dubliner said afterwards about his mountains jersey. "I was aiming for that, I clipped away a couple of kilometres before the hot spot sprint so I am happy enough."
The mainly flat stage was marked by a number of breakaways, with the most important coming just before Ballyjamesduff, 51 kilometres into the stage, when Irishman Eugene Moriarty (Meath/MyHome.ie BDBC) and Tim van der Zanden (Netherlands) attacked.
They were joined over ten kilometres later by seven others, namely Rob Partridge (Britain Team Stena Line Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk), Alex Higham (Britain Plowman Craven), Daniel Lloyd (Ireland An Post M. Donnelly Grand Thornton Sean Kelly), Morten Hegreberg (Norway Sparebanken Vest), plus Irishmen Derek Burke (Ireland Pezula Racing), Simon Kelly (Dublin IRC Ushers) and Sean Lacey (Dublin Eurocycles).
Van der Zanden, Higham and Lloyd then forged on ahead on the run-in towards the finish but the hard-chasing peloton eventually got back on terms inside the final eight kilometres.
How it unfolded
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140 riders lined out for the start of the 2008 FBD Insurance Rás, a 142 kilometre stage from Navan to Ballinamore. Temperatures were mild and the day was bright, with scattered clouds overhead.
The route included two category three climbs, in Kells (14.2 kilometres) and at Slieve an gCallaigh (29.3 kilometres), as well as hot spot sprints there and at Newtownforbes (104.2 kilometres).
Early attacks included solo moves by Ismael Kip (Netherlands), Daniel Davies (Britain S of E Primera Sport) and Neill Delahaye (Dublin IRC Ushers), the latter getting 15 seconds and staying out front until just after the hot spot sprint/King of the Mountains in Kells.
The next move of significance was sparked off when Alex Higham (Britain Plowman Craven) went clear and was joined by 2004 race victor David McCann (Ireland) and Stephen Gallagher (Ireland An Post M. Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly). They were however hauled back by the peloton.
On the climb of Slieve an gCallaigh, six riders forged ahead. Levi Heimans (Netherlands), Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Poland), Amir Zargari (Iran Islamic Azad Univer), Christer Rake (Norway Sparebanken Vest), Jean Marc Maurin (France Province Alpe Cote d'Azur) and Johannes Sickmuller (Germany Stevens von Hacht) opened up a gap but were then brought back.
It did however enable Dabrowski and Rake to take first and third at the prime, with Kieran Page (Ireland Pezula) and Kristian House (Britain Team Stena Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk) getting up for second and fourth.
Shortly afterwards, nine riders got away and opened up a maximum lead of 35 seconds. These were Miceal Concannon (Ireland), Wojciech Dybel (Poland), Dean Downing (Britain Stena Line Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk), Alex Higham (Britain Plowman Craven), Paídi O'Brien, Stephen Gallagher (both Ireland An Post M. Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly), Kieran Page (Ireland Pezula Racing), Stian Remme (Norway Sparebanken Vest) and Nicolas Ligier (France Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur).
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They were recaptured, with Tim van der Zanden (Netherlands) and Eugene Moriarty (Meath/MyHome BDBC) then going away just before Ballyjamesduff (which came 51.3 kilometres into the stage). At the 64 kilometre point they were caught by seven others, namely Rob Partridge (Britain Team Stena Line Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk), Alex Higham (Britain Plowman Craven), Daniel Lloyd (Ireland An Post M. Donnelly Grand Thornton Sean Kelly), Derek Burke (Ireland Pezula Racing), Morten Hegreberg (Norway Sparebanken Vest), Simon Kelly (Dublin IRC Ushers) and Sean Lacey (Dublin Eurocycles).
The peloton was 29 seconds back at this point and the gap continued to grow. Once past the midway point of the stage, Jean Marc Maurin (France Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur) set off alone from the peloton and started chasing. He was 50 seconds back, with Barry Sutton (Meath Cycleways@53degreesnorth) 1 minute and 13 seconds behind, and the main bunch at 1 minute 40 seconds.
These chasers were both reeled in, but the bunch's deficit nevertheless went up to 2 minutes and 15 seconds.
Iran was riding at the front and then the Ireland national team, the Ireland An Post M. Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly squad and the Ireland Pezula Racing outfit began to drive hard. The latter two had riders - Daniel Lloyd and Derek Burke - in the move but it was decided that the composition was not right and thus the decision was taken to chase.
Partridge took the final hot spot sprint in Newtownforbes ahead of Hegreberg and Lloyd. Shortly afterwards, when heading through Rooskey with 28 kilometres left to go, the gap was down to 28 seconds.
Van der Zanden, Higham and Lloyd then attacked and opened up a decisive lead over their former breakaway companions. However the peloton continued to draw closer and a resigned Lloyd then sat up with about twelve kilometres left to race.
Van der Zanden and Higham pressed on but they were finally reeled in by the bunch inside the final eight kilometres. A number of attacks were then fired off, including a move containing former race winner Andrew Roche (Isle of Man Microgaming Dolan). However it seemed that a bunch sprint was destined to happen and so it proved, 110 riders hitting the line together in Ballinamore.
Hanson was quickest, holding off a strong Kos in their dual to the line. De Schrooder also showed his pace when he nabbed third, while Nestor, McDonald and O'Brien were sixth, seventh and eleventh respectively.
Hanson, Delahaye (twice), Kos, Shane Hurley (Dublin Dundrum Town Centre) ended the day best in the points, mountains, county rider, under 23 and category two rider classifications. France Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur and Meath MyHome.ie/BDBC are tops in the international team and county team classifications.
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- Ballinamore in County Leitrim played host to the finish of Stage 1 of the 2008 FBD Insurance Rás. The local Irish dancing school entertained the crowd as they waited for the race to arrive. This particular set is called a broom dance.
- It was a spectacular pageant, representing a lot of preparation and hard work by the dancers.
- A mysterious camera crew were seen acting suspiciously around the finish line!
- The commentator announced that the race was arriving earlier than anticipated. The atmosphere was electric; the crowd held their breath as riders came thundering around the final bend and into the finishing straight.
- A bitter rivalry between employees of two local supermarkets was settled on the unforgiving roads of Ballinamore. The crowd certainly enjoyed the entertainment as they awaited the arrival of the men of the Rás.
- The wait was well worth it as the crowd were treated to the spectacle of a furious bunch sprint.
- Ken Hanson (Isle of Man – Microgaming) wins by half a wheel from Patrick Kos (Dutch National Team) with Benny de Schrooder (Ireland – An Post – Sean Kelly Team) completing the podium.
- The American rider was very happy with the victory as were the crowd in Ballinamore when they discovered that Hanson’s Irish grandmother was a native of County Leitrim. It was as good as a home win.
- Both sides of the coin: Just as Hanson was being awarded the winner’s bouquet Colin Robinson (Meath – Martin Donnelly) rolled across the line, over twenty seven minutes down. Robinson suffered the misfortune of a puncture after less than a kilometre of racing and spent his day chasing the peloton.
- The podium after Day 1 of the 2008 FBD Insurance Rás: (L-R) Third on the stage, Benny de Schrooder (An Post – Sean Kelly Team), King of the Mountains, Neil Delahaye (Dublin IRC Usher Insulation), Second on the stage, Patrick Kos (Netherlands National Team), Stage winner and Race Leader, Ken Hanson (Isle of Man – Microgaming), Best County Rider, Scott McDonald (Meath – Cycleways) and wearing the white jersey of Best Young Rider, Sondre Sortveit (Norway – Sparebanken Vest).
- The stage finish and presentations were a colorful affair. Here, pupils of the local Irish dancing school applaud the leading riders.
- With seven more stages, race leader Ken Hanson (Isle of Man – Microgaming – Dolan – High 5) could be forgiven for wondering what lies ahead as the race heads into the wilds of the west country.
- Enthusiasts of all ages were in Ballinamore to support the race.
Results
1 Ken Hanson (USA) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 3.06.32 (45.675 km/h) 2 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team 3 Benny de Schrooder (Bel) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 4 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish National Team 5 Dean Downing (GBr) RCR BRIStena Rapha-Condor ReCycling.Co.Uk 6 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 7 Scott McDonald (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 8 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 9 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 10 Jean Marc Maurin (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 11 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 12 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Polish National Team 13 Josh James (Can) Kinesis 14 Havard Nybo (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 15 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 16 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 17 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 18 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 19 Rene Birkenfeld (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 20 S. M. Razaei Khormizi (Irl) Team Azad University 21 Paul Healion (Irl) McNally Swords 22 Stevens Aubert (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 23 Andrew Bye (GBr) Surrey Racing League 24 Chris Newton (GBr) RCR BRIStena Rapha-Condor ReCycling.Co.Uk 25 Nicolas Ligier (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 26 Florain Fina (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 27 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 28 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 29 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis 30 Neil Coleman (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 31 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 32 John Lynch (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 33 Ole Quast (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 34 Neill Delahaye (Irl) Usher Insulations 35 Tom Kirk (GBr) Team Primera Sport.Co.Uk 36 Spas Gyurov (Bul) Team Nessebar 37 Denis Dunworth (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 38 Farshad Salehian (Irl) Team Azad University 39 Shane Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 40 Martin Ford (GBr) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 41 Wojciech Dybel (Pol) Polish National Team 42 Tom Last (GBr) Kinesis 43 Kiedt Yannick (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 44 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 45 Wouter Sybrandy (Ned) Surrey Racing League 46 Dale Appleby (GBr) RCR BRIStena Rapha-Condor ReCycling.Co.Uk 47 Mark Cassidy (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 48 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 49 Roger Aiken (Irl) Irish National Team 50 Dave Sinclair (GBr) Surrey Racing League 51 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Pezula 52 lsmael Kip (Ned) Dutch National Team 53 Graham Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 54 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 55 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Team Pezula 56 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 57 Rob Partridge (GBr) RCR BRIStena Rapha-Condor ReCycling.Co.Uk 58 Diarmuid Carew (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 59 Kevin Donagher (Irl) McNally Swords 60 Brendan Lacey (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 61 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 62 Martin Grashev (Bul) Team Nessebar 63 Matt Cronshaw (GBr) Kinesis 64 Christer Rake (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 65 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 66 Amir Zargari (Irn) Team Azad University 67 Warren Flynn (GBr) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 68 Michael Lucey (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 69 Kristian House (GBr) RCR BRIStena Rapha-Condor ReCycling.Co.Uk 70 Andrew Roche (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 71 Con Collis (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 72 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey Racing League 73 Levi Heimans (Ned) Dutch National Team 74 Abbas Saeidi Tanha (Irl) Team Azad University 75 Stian Remme (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 76 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 77 Robin Seymour (Irl) Irish National Team 78 Kieran Page (GBr) Team Pezula 79 Johannes Sickmuller (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 80 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Team Pezula 81 Adrian Hederman (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 82 Stephen Surdival (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 83 Georgi Georgiev (Bul) Team Nessebar 84 Paul Griffin (Irl) Irish National Team 85 Bogdan Stoytchev (Bul) Team Nessebar 86 Tamas Lengyel (Hun) Team Sparebanken Vest 87 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Polish National Team 88 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 89 David Brennan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 90 Michael Butler (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 91 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 92 Linus Murphy (Irl) Usher Insulations 93 Laurence Roche (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 94 Cian Crowley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 95 Simon Coughlan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 96 Colm Cassidy (Irl) Usher Insulations 97 Barry Sutton (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 98 Chris Moores (GBr) Surrey Racing League 99 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 100 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 101 Chris Troy (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 102 Maurice Schreurs (Ned) Dutch National Team 103 Peter Hawkins (Irl) Usher Insulations 104 Alex Higham (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 105 David Peelo (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 106 Stephen Halpin (Irl) McNally Swords 107 Richard McCauley (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 108 Rafal Ratajczyk (Pol) Polish National Team 109 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge 110 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 111 Mehdi Fahridi Kovij (Irl) Team Azad University 0.45 112 Sascha Wagner (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 0.49 113 Ciaran Lewis (Irl) McNally Swords 114 Stanislav Zaraliev (Bul) Team Nessebar 115 Danny Carroll (Irl) Team Primera Sport.Co.Uk 116 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 0.56 117 Simon Kelly (Irl) Usher Insulations 118 Tim van der Zanden (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.01 119 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 1.34 120 Alan Clogher (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 121 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 122 Derek Burke (Irl) Team Pezula 1.36 123 Miceal Concannon (Irl) Irish National Team 124 James Sampson (GBr) Kinesis 15.41 125 Michael Storan (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 126 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 127 Urban Monks (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 128 Brian Geraghty (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 21.59 129 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 24.22 130 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 27.06 131 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 132 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 133 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 27.55 134 William Hedden (GBr) Team Primera Sport.Co.Uk 135 Colin Robinson (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 136 Daniel Davies (GBr) Team Primera Sport.Co.Uk 137 Matthew Melville (GBr) Team Primera Sport.Co.Uk 138 Paul Teahan (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork Mountains Cat. 3 - Kells 1 Neill Delahaye (Irl) Usher Insulations 5 pts 2 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 4 3 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 3 4 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis 2 Cat. 3 - Slieve an gCallaigh 1 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Polish National Team 5 pts 2 Kieran Page (GBr) Team Pezula 4 3 Christer Rake (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 3 4 Kristian House (GBr) RCR BRIStena Rapha-Condor ReCycling.Co.Uk 2 Sprints Kells 1 Neill Delahaye (Irl) Usher Insulations 3 pts 2 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 2 3 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 1 4 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis Slieve an gCallaigh 1 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Polish National Team 3 pts 2 Kieran Page (GBr) Team Pezula 2 3 Christer Rake (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 1 4 Kristian House (GBr) RCR BRIStena Rapha-Condor ReCycling.Co.Uk Newtownforbes 1 Rob Partridge (GBr) RCR BRIStena Rapha-Condor ReCycling.Co.Uk 3 pts 2 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 2 3 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 1 General Classification after Stage 1 1 Ken Hanson (USA) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 3.06.22 2 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team 0.04 3 Benny de Schrooder (Bel) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 0.06 4 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 0.07 5 Neill Delahaye (Irl) Usher Insulations 6 Rob Partridge (GBr) RCR BRIStena Rapha-Condor ReCycling.Co.Uk 7 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Polish National Team 8 Kieran Page (GBr) Team Pezula 0.08 9 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 10 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 0.09 11 Christer Rake (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 12 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish National Team 0.10 13 Dean Downing (GBr) RCR BRIStena Rapha-Condor ReCycling.Co.Uk 14 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 15 Scott McDonald (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 16 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 17 Jean Marc Maurin (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 18 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 19 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Polish National Team 20 Josh James (Can) Kinesis 21 Havard Nybo (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 22 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 23 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 24 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 25 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 26 Rene Birkenfeld (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 27 S. M. Razaei Khormizi (Irl) Team Azad University 28 Paul Healion (Irl) McNally Swords 29 Stevens Aubert (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 30 Andrew Bye (GBr) Surrey Racing League 31 Chris Newton (GBr) RCR BRIStena Rapha-Condor ReCycling.Co.Uk 32 Nicolas Ligier (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 33 Florain Fina (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 34 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 35 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis 36 Neil Coleman (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 37 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 38 John Lynch (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 39 Ole Quast (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 40 Tom Kirk (GBr) Team Primera Sport.Co.Uk 41 Spas Gyurov (Bul) Team Nessebar 42 Denis Dunworth (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 43 Farshad Salehian (Irl) Team Azad University 44 Shane Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 45 Martin Ford (GBr) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 46 Wojciech Dybel (Pol) Polish National Team 47 Tom Last (GBr) Kinesis 48 Kiedt Yannick (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 49 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 50 Wouter Sybrandy (Ned) Surrey Racing League 51 Dale Appleby (GBr) RCR BRIStena Rapha-Condor ReCycling.Co.Uk 52 Mark Cassidy (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 53 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 54 Roger Aiken (Irl) Irish National Team 55 Dave Sinclair (GBr) Surrey Racing League 56 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Pezula 57 lsmael Kip (Ned) Dutch National Team 58 Graham Hurley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 59 Simon Richardson (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 60 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Team Pezula 61 Philip Finegan (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 62 Diarmuid Carew (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 63 Kevin Donagher (Irl) McNally Swords 64 Brendan Lacey (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 65 Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 66 Martin Grashev (Bul) Team Nessebar 67 Matt Cronshaw (GBr) Kinesis 68 Sean Lacey (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 69 Amir Zargari (Irn) Team Azad University 70 Warren Flynn (GBr) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 71 Michael Lucey (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 72 Kristian House (GBr) RCR BRIStena Rapha-Condor ReCycling.Co.Uk 73 Andrew Roche (Irl) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 74 Con Collis (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 75 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey Racing League 76 Levi Heimans (Ned) Dutch National Team 77 Abbas Saeidi Tanha (Irl) Team Azad University 78 Stian Remme (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 79 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 80 Robin Seymour (Irl) Irish National Team 81 Johannes Sickmuller (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 82 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Team Pezula 83 Adrian Hederman (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 84 Stephen Surdival (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 85 Georgi Georgiev (Bul) Team Nessebar 86 Paul Griffin (Irl) Irish National Team 87 Bogdan Stoytchev (Bul) Team Nessebar 88 Tamas Lengyel (Hun) Team Sparebanken Vest 89 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 90 David Brennan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 91 Michael Butler (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 92 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 93 Linus Murphy (Irl) Usher Insulations 94 Laurence Roche (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 95 Cian Crowley (Irl) Dundrum Town Centre 96 Simon Coughlan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 97 Colm Cassidy (Irl) Usher Insulations 98 Barry Sutton (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 99 Chris Moores (GBr) Surrey Racing League 100 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 101 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 102 Chris Troy (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 103 Maurice Schreurs (Ned) Dutch National Team 104 Peter Hawkins (Irl) Usher Insulations 105 Alex Higham (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 106 David Peelo (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 107 Stephen Halpin (Irl) McNally Swords 108 Richard McCauley (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 109 Rafal Ratajczyk (Pol) Polish National Team 110 Nathan Jones (Aus) Kildare Newbridge 111 Mehdi Fahridi Kovij (Irl) Team Azad University 0.55 112 Sascha Wagner (Ger) Team Stevens von Hacht 0.59 113 Ciaran Lewis (Irl) McNally Swords 114 Stanislav Zaraliev (Bul) Team Nessebar 115 Danny Carroll (Irl) Team Primera Sport.Co.Uk 116 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Plowman Craven 1.06 117 Simon Kelly (Irl) Usher Insulations 118 Tim van der Zanden (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.11 119 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 1.44 120 Alan Clogher (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 121 Simon Mulvany (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 122 Derek Burke (Irl) Team Pezula 1.46 123 Miceal Concannon (Irl) Irish National Team 124 James Sampson (GBr) Kinesis 15.51 125 Michael Storan (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 126 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 127 Urban Monks (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 16.33 128 Brian Geraghty (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 22.09 129 Noel McGlynn (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys 24.32 130 Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 27.16 131 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Kildare Newbridge 132 Paul Vaughan (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork 133 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies 28.05 134 William Hedden (GBr) Team Primera Sport.Co.Uk 135 Colin Robinson (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly 136 Daniel Davies (GBr) Team Primera Sport.Co.Uk 137 Matthew Melville (GBr) Team Primera Sport.Co.Uk 138 Paul Teahan (Irl) Kanturk Town Cork Points classification 1 Ken Hanson (USA) Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5 15 pts 2 Patrick Kos (Ned) Dutch National Team 14 3 Benny de Schrooder (Bel) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 13 4 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish National Team 12 5 Dean Downing (GBr) RCR BRIStena Rapha-Condor ReCycling.Co.Uk 11 6 Mark Nestor (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles 10 7 Scott McDonald (Irl) Meath Cycleways @53degreesnorth 9 8 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 8 9 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 7 10 Jean Marc Maurin (Fra) Provence Alpes Cote D'A 6 11 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 5 12 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Polish National Team 4 13 Josh James (Can) Kinesis 3 14 Havard Nybo (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 2 15 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath My home.ie/BDBC 1 Mountains classification 1 Neill Delahaye (Irl) Usher Insulations 5 pts 2 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Polish National Team 5 3 Kieran Page (GBr) Team Pezula 4 4 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly 4 5 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 3 6 Christer Rake (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 3 7 Kit Gilham (GBr) Kinesis 2 8 Kristian House (GBr) RCR BRIStena Rapha-Condor ReCycling.Co.Uk 2
