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57th FBD Insurance Rás - 2.2
Ireland, May 18-25, 2009
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Stage 2 - May 18: Wexford – Cobh, 178 km
Wilkinson seizes stage win and yellow jersey
By Shane Stokes in Cobh
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Game over for most of the main field. British Ian Wilkinson (Team Halfords Bike Hut) and another former mountain bike specialist Simon Richardson (Rapha Condor) proved strongest on today's rain-lashed, wind-buffeted second stage of the FBD Rás, putting paid to the overall classification ambitions of most of the peloton.
The duo were clearly the best of an eight-man group which had gone clear just 10 kilometres into the 178-kilometre stage, staving off the chase of those behind and ultimately drawing far, far ahead of their pursuers. At the end of a tough day of racing Wilkinson hit the finish line in Cobh 14 seconds ahead of Richardson, and a full three minutes and three seconds ahead of another former breakaway companion Mads Christensen (Team Designa Kokken).
Rune Jogert (Team Giant-Veolia), Jan Barta (ARBÖ-KTM-Junkers), Bert Roesems (Cinelli-Down Under) and Darren Lapthorne (Rapha Condor) were a further 35 seconds back, with Ole Joregen Jensen (Team Giant-Veoila) the only other rider to stay within four minutes of the new race leader. The rest of the field was at least seven minutes back, with the peloton - and yellow jersey wearer Nico Eeckhout (An Post-Sean Kelly Team) finishing nine minutes and 45 seconds down.
There was little joy for Irish riders in terms of a high placing. David O'Loughlin (An Post-Sean Kelly Team) had been part of the original break, as had Paul Healion (Irish National Team), and was ahead with Wilkinson, Richardson and Christensen with approximately 30 kilometres remaining. However, he had not been working as much as the others and became caught up in an argument with Christensen, who stalled repeatedly and tried to take him out of the back of the break.
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Wilkinson and Richardson put the hammer down and left the other two behind; Christensen hung on for third, but O'Loughlin faded to eventually finish eleventh, just over seven minutes back. He was best of the home crowd but, along with most of the peloton, now looks to have very little chance of winning the race overall.
Wilkinson, however, is in a very strong position. He may be just 19 seconds ahead of Richardson in the general classification but the next rider, Christensen, is three minutes and eight seconds back, and the rest of the field is even further in arrears. While recognising that taking the lead so early is a difficult task, he is also relishing the challenge.
"I am looking forward to tomorrow, getting into the mountains," he said "That will probably thin the field out a bit more. I am not a mountain goat but I like to think I can get over a climb or two.
"Today was a tough day, it worked out well for me. There was a lot of rain and wind, it got really cold in the break but I had a rain cape on and that helped. After the main climb of the day it seemed like a group was coming across to us but it never really progressed. We got rid of a couple of other riders on the last King of the Mountains and kept going until the end.
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"We came left on the cobbles and then turned right...the road kicked up and I dropped it down into the little ring and went away from him. I was pretty sure it would work out well as I was quite a bit stronger in a lot of places today. I know Simon from racing back home and it was a case of whoever had more left."
Like Wilkinson, Richardson is also a former mountain bike rider. He showed similar grit in tough conditions. "We went clear very early on, after perhaps 10 kilometres," he said. "It was a very hard day out there, there was a block headwind and we thought that we were going to be caught. But each time we pulled away again."
Richardson won stage four into Skibbereen last year and took the yellow jersey 24 hours later in Clonmel. He has a chance to do so again tomorrow, but will need to get the better of the rider who beat him today. Yet both will also need to be careful; they used a lot of energy today and are likely to be fatigued, and those who are left behind will do their utmost to attack, get clear, and haul themselves back into contention. That should make for some great racing.
What's next
The 2.2 ranked international event continues tomorrow with the longest stage, a 189-kilometre slog from Cobh to Cahirciveen. It is also the first mountain stage of the race. Although far from Alpine in nature, the profile should shake things up even more; it features the category three climb of Coolavokig, plus the first category pair of The Coom and Coomakista. The latter tops out 24 kilometres from the finish and will provide a perfect springboard for attacks.
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- The first significant breakaway of stage two struggled with a strong headwind as it tried to establish a decent lead over the main field.
- The peloton push on in deteriorating weather conditions.
- Ominous grey clouds lurked on the horizon. The forecast was not good.
- The peloton did its best to dodge the heavy rain showers.
- The heavy rain caused flooding on some sections of the course.
- The breakaway press on despite the conditions.
- Simon Richardson (Britain Rapha Condor) tries to push the breakaway's advantage as it passes over the second category climb of The Sweep.
- David O’Loughlin (Ireland An Post M.Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly) leads Ian Wilkinson (Britain Halfords Bike Hut).
- Ian Wilkinson (Britain Halfords Bike Hut) took the win on stage two after a wet and windy 178 kilometres, and a lung-bursting final 400 metres.
- Ian Wilkinson (Britain Halfords Bike Hut) gave it everything en route to the finish line in the hope of maximizing his time advantage.
- Simon Richardson (Britain Rapha Condor) had no answer for Ian Wilkinson's (Britain Halfords Bike Hut) acceleration but managed to hang on to take second on the stage.
- An exhausted Simon Richardson (Britain Rapha Condor) congratulates an exhausted Ian Wilkinson (Britain Halfords Bike Hut).
- What better way to end a tough day in the saddle than a rest in the sunshine and a cool drink.
- Russell Downing (Britain Candi TV Marshalls) fought hard to defend his Points Leader’s jersey but ended the day in joint second place in the classification.
- After crashing in the final kilometres of stage one Peter Hawkins (Dublin IRC Usher Insulations) won a well deserved First County Rider Prize on stage two.
- Riding his first Rás Philip Lavery (Dublin KTM Winning Solutions) rode well to finish in the top 40 on stage two.
- The final 400 metres ramped up steeply to the line and knocked the stuffing out of most of the field.
- Robin Kelly (Waterford Comeragh CC) takes stock of his day on the road.
- First Cork County Rider home was Michael Hennessy (Waterford Comeragh CC).
- Simon Richardson (Britain Rapha Condor), second on the stage and second in the Points Classification, will wear the green jersey on stage three.
- Mads Christensen (TDK DENMARK Designa Kokken) took third place on the stage.
- Ole Jorgen Jensen (NORWAY Giant-Veolia) took the lead in the Under 23 Rider classification.
- Peter Hawkins (Dublin IRC Usher Insulation) was satisfied with his Best Placed County Rider prize on stage two.
- Pete Williams (Britain Candi TV Marshalls) is the new King of the Mountains.
- Ian Wilkinson (Britain Halfords Bike Hut) celebrates taking the race lead after his victory on stage two.
Results
1 Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 4.56.11 2 Simon Richardson (GBr) Rapha Condor 0.14 3 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Designa Kokken 3.03 4 Rune Jogert (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 3.38 5 Jan Barta (Cze) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 6 Bert Roesems (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 7 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor 8 Ole Jogen Jenson (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 3.49 9 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 6.57 10 James Spragg (GBr) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 6.58 11 David O'Loughlin (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 7.07 12 Russell Downing (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 7.32 13 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Team Designa Kokken 14 Josef Kugler (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 15 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha Condor 16 Peter Hawkins (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 7.36 17 Rob Partridge (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 7.37 18 Mark McNally (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 19 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 20 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 21 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Ireland Development U23 7.46 22 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 23 Michael Hennessy (Irl) Comeragh CC 7.51 24 Neil Delahaye (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 7.57 25 Michael Concannon (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 8.06 26 Matthew Stephens (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 27 Ian Bibby (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 8.13 28 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Cinelli - Down Under 29 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 30 Sam Bennett (Irl) Dan Morrissey 8.17 31 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 8.23 32 Bogdan Stoytchev (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 7.37 33 Philip Lavery (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 8.30 34 Ray Clarke (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 8.43 35 Wouter Sybrandy (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 36 Stefan Poll (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 8.47 37 Eric Van De Meent (Ned) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 38 Steve Calland (GBr) Surrey Racing League 39 Hugh Mulhearn (Irl) Dan Morrissey 8.51 40 Matthew Kipling (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 41 James Sampson (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 9.06 42 Stephen Halpin (Irl) Ireland Development U23 9.12 43 James Stewart (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 9.19 44 Joachim Pettersen (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 9.26 45 John Veness (GBr) Surrey Racing League 9.29 46 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 47 Simon Kelly (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 9.33 48 Michael Storan (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 9.41 49 Daniel Clifford (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 50 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 9.45 51 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Team Giant-Veoila 52 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Designa Kokken 53 James Moss (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 54 Keith Gater (Irl) Comeragh CC 55 Dale Appleby (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 56 Richard McCauley (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 57 Kit Kilham (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 58 Joachim Tolles (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 59 Tom Last (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 60 Mark Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 61 Robin Kelly (Irl) Comeragh CC 62 Shane Hurley (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 63 Chris Coyle (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 64 Thomas Kirk (GBr) BC East Midlands 65 David Fletcher (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 66 Mark Nugent (Irl) Comeragh CC 67 Mike Reddan (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 68 Christopher Prior (GBr) BC East Midlands 69 Chris Troy (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 70 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor 71 Seán Downey (Irl) Irish National Team 72 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey Racing League 73 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 74 John Dempsey (Irl) Dan Morrissey 75 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Eurocycles 76 Patrick Clarke (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 77 Aaron Buggle (Irl) Ireland Development U23 78 Tom Southam (GBr) Rapha Condor 79 John Heaton-Armstrong (GBr) Surrey Racing League 80 Conor McAllister (Irl) Eurocycles 81 Graham Hurley (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 82 Seán Lacey (Irl) Eurocycles 83 Hannes Grundlinger (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 84 Ruaidhrí Geraghty (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 85 David Cawley (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 86 Don Feighery (Irl) Comeragh CC 87 Mark McKinley (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 88 Urban Monks (Irl) Ireland Development U23 89 Morten Kruse Brink (Den) Team Designa Kokken 90 Gareth Williams (GBr) BC East Midlands 91 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 92 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Ireland Development U23 93 Paul Griffin (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 94 Derek Burke (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 95 Daniel Drake (GBr) BC East Midlands 96 John Lynch (Irl) Martin Donnelly 97 Stephen Surdival (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 98 Espen Jogert (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 99 Richard Hoult (GBr) Surrey Racing League 100 Conor Murphy (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 101 Kieran Keane (Irl) Martin Donnelly 102 Dylan Rafter (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 103 Michael Barry (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 104 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 105 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Irish National Team 106 Barry Monaghan (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 107 Drew McKinley (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 108 Richard Malone (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 109 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 110 Paul Healion (Irl) Irish National Team 111 Stephen Barrett (Irl) Irish National Team 112 Logan Dennis Hutchings (NZl) Cinelli - Down Under 113 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 114 Lukas Winter (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 115 Spas Gyurov (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 116 Georgi Petrov Georgiev (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 117 Martin Grashev (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 118 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 119 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Kuota - Indeland 120 Peter Williams (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 121 Andrew Roche (Irl) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 122 Steve Lampier (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 123 James Wlliamson (GBr) Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 124 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 125 Colm Quinn (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 126 Frazer Duncan (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 127 Paul O'Keefe (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 128 Andrew McQuaid (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 129 Mark Dowling (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 130 Odhran Connors (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 131 Michael Butler (Irl) Eurocycles 132 Cathal McCarthy (Irl) Eurocycles 133 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 134 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 135 Brendan Lacey (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 136 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 137 David Peelo (Irl) Murphy Surveys 138 Ciaran Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 139 Kieran Kelly (Irl) Murphy Surveys 140 David Brennan (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 141 Paul Dunne (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 142 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 143 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 144 John Mason (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 145 Colin Robinson (Irl) Martin Donnelly 146 Jonathan Gibson (Irl) Martin Donnelly 147 Tony Brady (Irl) Martin Donnelly 148 Joseph Fenlon (Irl) Dan Morrissey 149 Martin Gill (Irl) Clonmel CC 150 Danny Carroll (Irl) Clonmel CC 151 Kevin Shelly (Irl) Clonmel CC 152 Keith Fox (Irl) Clonmel CC 153 Paul Doyle (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 154 Mark Cassidy (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 10.51 155 Robert Wardell (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 10.57 156 Llewey Byrne (GBr) BC East Midlands 19.46 157 Brian Geraghty (Irl) Murphy Surveys 24.23 158 Keven Hartnett (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 159 Eoghan Considine (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 24.53 DNF Ivaïlo Gabrovski (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro DNF Philip Finegan (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers DNF Paul Vaughan (Irl) Nigel's Bikes Mountains KoM Cat 3: Glenmore 1 Peter Williams (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 5 pts 2 James Spragg (GBr) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 4 3 David O'Loughlin (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 3 4 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 2 KoM Cat 2: The Sweep 1 Simon Richardson (GBr) Rapha Condor 10 pts 2 Peter Williams (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 8 3 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Designa Kokken 6 4 James Spragg (GBr) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 4 5 Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 3 6 David O'Loughlin (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 1 KoM Cat 3: Youghal 1 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Designa Kokken 5 pts 2 Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 4 3 David O'Loughlin (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 3 4 Simon Richardson (GBr) Rapha Condor 2 County rider 1 Peter Hawkins (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 5.03.47 2 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 0.10 3 Michael Hennessy (Irl) Comeragh CC 0.15 Teams 1 Rapha Condor 14.59.57 2 Team Halfords Bike Hut 3.50 3 Team Giant-Veoila 5.29 4 Cinelli-DownUnder 8.04 5 ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 8.33 6 Team Designa Kokken 8.56 7 Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 12.44 8 An Post - Sean Kelly Team 12.49 9 Candi TV - Pinarello RT 14.59 10 Team Kuota - Indeland 15.03 11 Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 15.10 12 Ireland Development Team 15.19 13 Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 15.43 14 Irish National Team 16.19 15 Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 16.31 16 Surrey Racing League 16.37 17 BC East Midlands 17.51 County teams 1 IRC Ushers Insulations 15.13.39 2 Total Cleaning Supplies 1.28 3 Dan Morrissey 1.47 4 Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 2.10 5 Comeragh CC 2.15 6 KTM Winning Solutions 2.54 7 Newbridge Projector World 4.01 8 Castlebar WesternEdge 4.09 9 Eurocycles 10 DTC Orwell Wheelers 11 Nigel's Bikes 12 Zilcom-South Dublin 13 Newry Whs. CC 14 Martin Donnelly 15 Murphy Surveys 16 Clonmel CC General classification after stage 2 1 Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 7.49.18 2 Simon Richardson (GBr) Rapha Condor 0.19 3 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Designa Kokken 3.08 4 Rune Jogert (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 3.43 5 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor 6 Bert Roesems (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 7 Jan Barta (Cze) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 8 Ole Jogen Jenson (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 3.54 9 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 7.02 10 James Spragg (GBr) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 7.03 11 David O'Loughlin (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 7.12 12 Russell Downing (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 7.29 13 Josef Kugler (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 7.37 14 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha Condor 15 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Team Designa Kokken 16 Rob Partridge (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 7.41 17 Peter Hawkins (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 18 Mark McNally (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 7.42 19 Bogdan Stoytchev (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 20 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 21 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 22 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Ireland Development U23 7.51 23 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 24 Michael Hennessy (Irl) Comeragh CC 7.56 25 Neil Delahaye (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 8.02 26 Matthew Stephens (GBr) Sigmasport/Spelialized/Sportful 8.11 27 Michael Concannon (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 28 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Cinelli - Down Under 8.12 29 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 8.17 30 Ian Bibby (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 8.18 31 Sam Bennett (Irl) Dan Morrissey 8.20 32 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 8.28 33 Philip Lavery (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 8.35 34 Wouter Sybrandy (GBr) Sigmasport/Spelialized/Sportful 8.48 35 Ray Clarke (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 36 Stefan Poll (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 8.52 37 Eric Van De Meent (Ned) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 38 Steve Calland (GBr) Surrey Racing League 39 Matthew Kipling (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 8.56 40 Hugh Mulhearn (Irl) Dan Morrissey 41 James Sampson (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 9.11 42 Stephen Halpin (Irl) Ireland Development U23 9.17 43 James Stewart (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 9.19 44 Joachim Pettersen (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 9.31 45 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 9.34 46 John Veness (GBr) Surrey Racing League 47 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 9.37 48 Simon Kelly (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 9.38 49 Daniel Clifford (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 9.44 50 Michael Storan (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 9.46 51 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Team Giant-Veoila 9.48 52 Joachim Tolles (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 53 John Dempsey (Irl) Dan Morrissey 54 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Designa Kokken 9.50 55 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 56 James Moss (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 57 Mike Reddan (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 58 David Fletcher (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 59 Tom Last (GBr) Sigmasport/Spelialized/Sportful 60 Aidan Crowley (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 61 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor 62 Kit Kilham (GBr) Sigmasport/Spelialized/Sportful 63 Robin Kelly (Irl) Comeragh CC 64 Tom Southam (GBr) Rapha Condor 65 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 66 Seán Downey (Irl) Irish National Team 67 Keith Gater (Irl) Comeragh CC 68 Mark Nugent (Irl) Comeragh CC 69 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 70 John Lynch (Irl) Martin Donnelly 71 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey Racing League 72 Espen Jogert (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 73 Shane Hurley (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 74 Aaron Buggle (Irl) Ireland Development U23 75 Martin Grashev (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 76 Conor McAllister (Irl) Eurocycles 77 Logan Dennis Hutchings (NZl) Cinelli - Down Under 78 Hannes Grundlinger (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 79 Mark Power (Irl) Dan Morrissey 80 Graham Hurley (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 81 Peter Williams (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 82 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 83 Don Feighery (Irl) Comeragh CC 84 Chris Coyle (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 85 Richard Hoult (GBr) Surrey Racing League 86 Barry Monaghan (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 87 Mark McKinley (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 88 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 89 Morten Kruse Brink (Den) Team Designa Kokken 90 Joseph Fenlon (Irl) Dan Morrissey 91 Steve Lampier (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 92 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Irish National Team 93 Ruaidhrí Geraghty (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 94 Daniel Drake (GBr) BC East Midlands 95 Stephen Barrett (Irl) Irish National Team 96 Paul Griffin (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 97 Paul Healion (Irl) Irish National Team 98 Chris Troy (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 99 David Cawley (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 100 Georgi Petrov Georgiev (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 101 Derek Burke (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 102 Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Eurocycles 103 John Heaton-Armstrong (GBr) Surrey Racing League 104 Patrick Clarke (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 105 Michael Barry (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 106 Adam Armstrong (Irl) Ireland Development U23 107 Stephen Surdival (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 108 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 109 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 110 Seán Lacey (Irl) Eurocycles 111 Conor Murphy (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 112 Michael Butler (Irl) Eurocycles 113 Urban Monks (Irl) Ireland Development U23 114 Tony Brady (Irl) Martin Donnelly 115 Gareth Williams (GBr) BC East Midlands 116 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Kuota - Indeland 117 Spas Gyurov (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 118 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 119 Ciaran Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 120 Kieran Keane (Irl) Martin Donnelly 121 Lukas Winter (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 122 Mark Dowling (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 123 Frazer Duncan (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 124 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 125 Dylan Rafter (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 126 Colin Robinson (Irl) Martin Donnelly 10.19 127 Richard McCauley (Irl) KTM Winning Solutions 10.22 128 David Peelo (Irl) Murphy Surveys 129 Niall Brosnan (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 130 Cathal McCarthy (Irl) Eurocycles 131 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 132 Martin Gill (Irl) Clonmel CC 133 James Wlliamson (GBr) Sigmasport/Spelialized/Sportful 10.26 134 Danny Carroll (Irl) Clonmel CC 135 Thomas Kirk (GBr) BC East Midlands 10.29 136 David Brennan (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 137 Dale Appleby (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 10.30 138 Mark Cassidy (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 10.56 139 Jonathan Gibson (Irl) Martin Donnelly 10.57 140 Richard Malone (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 11.25 141 Keith Fox (Irl) Clonmel CC 12.27 142 Robert Wardell (GBr) Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 12.37 143 Drew McKinley (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 13.26 144 Colm Quinn (Irl) Newry Whs. CC 145 Paul Dunne (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 146 John Mason (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 147 Paul Doyle (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 15.24 148 Paul O'Keefe (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 19.25 149 Kevin Shelly (Irl) Clonmel CC 150 Andrew Roche (Irl) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 19.48 151 Odhran Connors (Irl) DTC Orwell Wheelers 152 Brendan Lacey (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 153 Llewey Byrne (GBr) BC East Midlands 21.52 154 Christopher Prior (GBr) BC East Midlands 23.33 155 Andrew McQuaid (Irl) Zilcom-South Dublin 156 Kieran Kelly (Irl) Murphy Surveys 157 Brian Geraghty (Irl) Murphy Surveys 38.11 158 Keven Hartnett (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 159 Eoghan Considine (Irl) Nigel's Bikes 38.41 Points classification 1 Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 22 pts 2 Simon Richardson (GBr) Rapha Condor 18 3 Russell Downing (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 18 4 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 15 5 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Designa Kokken 13 6 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Cinelli - Down Under 13 7 Rune Jogert (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 12 8 Daniel Clifford (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 12 9 Jan Barta (Cze) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 11 10 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Team Giant-Veoila 11 11 Bert Roesems (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 10 12 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 10 13 Josef Kugler (Aut) ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 10 14 Joachim Tolles (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 10 15 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor 9 16 Sam Bennett (Irl) Dan Morrissey 9 17 Ole Jogen Jenson (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 8 18 James Spragg (GBr) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 6 19 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 6 20 David O'Loughlin (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 5 21 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 5 22 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Team Designa Kokken 3 23 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Ireland Development U23 2 24 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha Condor 1 25 Bogdan Stoytchev (Bul) Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 1 Mountains classification 1 Peter Williams (GBr) Candi TV - Pinarello RT 13 pts 2 Simon Richardson (GBr) Rapha Condor 12 3 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Designa Kokken 11 4 James Spragg (GBr) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 8 5 Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 7 6 David O'Loughlin (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team 7 7 Colin Robinson (Irl) Martin Donnelly 5 8 John Dempsey (Irl) Dan Morrissey 4 9 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 3 10 Kit Kilham (GBr) Sigmasport/Spelialized/Sportful 2 11 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) Cinelli - Down Under 2 U23 classification 1 Ole Jogen Jenson (Nor) Team Giant-Veoila 7.53.12 2 James Spragg (GBr) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 3.09 3 Mark McNally (GBr) Team Halfords Bike Hut 3.48 4 Ciaran Cassidy (Irl) Ireland Development U23 3.57 5 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Cinelli - Down Under 4.18 Category 2 classification 1 Daniel Clifford (Irl) Newbridge Projector World 7.59.02 2 John Dempsey (Irl) Dan Morrissey 0.04 3 Don Feighery (Irl) Comeragh CC 0.06 4 Chris Coyle (Irl) Castlebar Western Edge Medical Communications 5 Ruaidhrí Geraghty (Irl) Nigel's Bikes County rider classification 1 Peter Hawkins (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 7.56.59 2 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 0.10 3 Michael Hennessy (Irl) Comeragh CC 0.15 4 Neil Delahaye (Irl) IRC Ushers Insulations 0.21 5 Michael Concannon (Irl) Total Cleaning Supplies 0.30 Teams classification 1 Rapha Condor 23.39.33 2 Team Halfords Bike Hut 3.50 3 Team Giant-Veoila 5.27 4 Cinelli-DownUnder 8.02 5 ARBÖ - KTM - Junkers 8.33 6 Team Designa Kokken 8.56 7 Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 12.44 8 An Post - Sean Kelly Team 12.47 9 Candi TV - Pinarello RT 14.57 10 Team Kuota - Indeland 15.01 11 Sigmasport/Specialized/Sportful 15.10 12 Ireland Development Team 15.19 13 Heraklion-Nessebar - Kastro 15.43 14 Irish National Team 16.19 15 Team KuK Kinesis Bikes 16.31 16 Surrey Racing League 16.37 17 BC East Midlands 18.30 County teams classification 1 IRC Ushers Insulations 23.53.15 2 Total Cleaning Supplies 1.28 3 Dan Morrissey 1.45 4 Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways 2.10 5 Comeragh CC 2.15 6 KTM Winning Solutions 2.54 7 Newbridge Projector World 3.59 8 Newry Whs. CC 4.09 9 Zilcom-South Dublin 10 Castlebar WesternEdge 11 Martin Donnelly 12 DTC Orwell Wheelers 13 Eurocycles 14 Murphy Surveys 5.13 15 Clonmel CC 7.54 16 Nigel's Bikes 9.43
