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50th FBD Milk Ras - 2.5
Ireland, May 19-26, 2002
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Stage 3 - May 21: Nenagh - Killorglin, 156 km
Cassidy grabs stage, Power takes yellow
By Shane Stokes
Prior to the third stage of the FBD Milk Rás, Phil Cassidy performed a curious pre-race gesture. The Meath Lee Strand Cycleways rider was fired up after placing second on yesterday's stage into Nenagh, and heading into the home region of his team sponsor he vowed to do even better. "Stage 3 Nenagh to Killorglin – Phil Cassidy" he wrote on the chamois of his shorts, then pulled on his racing gear and headed out to do battle.
Lashed by rain and a cruel crosswind, Cassidy threw down the gauntlet from the start and raced clear, ripping the bunch to shreds behind and causing total chaos. Fellow Irishmen David O'Loughlin (Mayo Connacht Gold) and Tim Barry (Team Ireland Stena Line) recognised the danger and joined up to the flying 40 year old. This leading trio were soon joined by Barry's team-mate Ciarán Power, France VC La Pomme rider Denis Lynch, Ray Clarke (Meath Lee Strand Cycleways) and sole foreign rider Anthony Malarczyk (Wales).
The audacious move ultimately proved a rewarding one for Cassidy and Power. Race leader Chris Newton missed the boat and never got back on terms with the attackers, and at the end of the 97 mile stage Cassidy took a stunning victory while Power wrested the yellow jersey of race leadership from the shoulders of his English rival.
The win marked Cassidy's third in the race, with his last stage coming 15 years ago; he also won the event twice and is the archetypical 'Man of the Rás'. Power too repeated history – he took yellow in 1998 as a young amateur and went on to win the race overall.
Newton was left ruing the slip-up which allowed his rivals to race clear. The 28 year old found himself stranded back in the bunch shortly after the start, over two minutes in arrears, and for the first time this week his Great Britain team looked fragile. Although he bridged across to a chasing group the pursuit was scrappy and disorganised, and by the third category climb of Barnagh Gap he was a massive 5 minutes and 45 seconds adrift.
Power led smoothly up the climb, with Cassidy, Lynch and O'Loughlin close behind, and while Clarke, Malarczyk and Barry slid back into a small group of chasers the reduced leading group showed little sign of weakening.
Back in the bunch, Newton and three of his team-mates were making little impression on the lead. By the 68 mile mark Power's group had an advantage of seven minutes, and in desperation GB manager Simon Jones ordered Tim Buckle to sit up out of the chasing group and go back to give assistance. In response Power and Cassidy turned the screw yet further, accelerating once more and shedding O'Loughlin and Lynch in the process.
Newton was still over five minutes back as Power and Cassidy raced into the streets of Killorglin, and it was clear that Power was heading towards a comfortable lead in the general classification. For Cassidy, the fruits of his efforts were a stunning stage win and the King of the Mountains jersey, once again showing up the younger riders in the field.
Lynch and O'Loughlin were next over the line, the latter jumping to second overall, while Newton sprinted home second in the main bunch some 5 minutes and 10 seconds adrift. There are five stages remaining in the race, including tomorrow's mountainous 107 miles to Castletownbere, but the GB team have a lot to do to get back onto terms.
"It is great to win a stage in the race," said Cassidy afterwards. "I was second yesterday but this was always the day for me to try to do it as our sponsors Lee Strand are from the area. My legs felt very good this morning and I decided to have a go at the start – with that strong crosswind, you are as well being off the front as in the bunch. The day was going to be equally hard no matter where you were."
"As regards the overall classification, I am not too interested in going for that. Saturday's stage (a gruelling mountainous race through Wicklow) will not suit me and so there is little point in trying to get up overall. I will take it easy tomorrow and then see what I can do later in the week – if I can get another stage, I will certainly go for it."
Power, on the other hand, is thinking very much about the final general classification. "My legs are good and I am going to defend the lead from here," said the Navigators professional. "Today's stage was an ideal opportunity to get some time – when I saw Cassidy and the other go, into that sidewind, I knew it was a serious move and one which could really pay off."
Despite the loss of Dermot Nally today to food poisoning, Power feels that the Team Ireland Stena Line squad are strong enough to protect his advantage. "The team are getting better day by day and I think we should be up to the task," he said.
Manager Declan Byrne echoed this sentiment. "The Great Britain team seem to be getting weaker, while our riders are coming into top form as the race progresses. There are some tough stages yet to come but I think we will be strong enough to defend the lead," he vowed.
For his part, Newton vows to fight on. "It is not too easy to defend the jersey in this race," he warned. "Everyone expects you to ride. A strong rider has it now but we are going to keep attacking!"
Results
1 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 3.43.51 2 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 3 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme 3.48 4 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 3.52 5 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales 5.10 6 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 7 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 8 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 9 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia 10 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 11 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 12 Gary Dodd (GBr) Surrey League 13 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 14 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 15 Ben Brooks (Aus) NW England Cycle Centre RT 16 Denis Easton (Irl) Meath Avonmore 17 Andrew Randell (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 18 John Tanner (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 19 Jean-Francois Laroche (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 20 Timo Wolk (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 21 Gethin Butler (GBr) Surrey League 22 Hichem Menad (Alg) France VC La Pomme 23 Michael Laursen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 24 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia 25 Andrew Roche (Irl) Isle Of Man 26 Jurgen Rodenbeck (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 27 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 28 Thomas Hogan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 29 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 30 Justin Hoy (GBr) Surrey League 31 James Hodnett (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 32 Alastair Kay (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 33 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 34 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 35 Nikolas Knudsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 36 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 37 Daniel Spence (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 38 Peter Hey (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 39 Takeshi Hashimoto (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 40 Nicolas White (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 41 Tim Buckle (GBr) Great Britain 42 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 43 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 44 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey League 45 Rob Holden (GBr) Isle Of Man 46 Frederic Pedersoli (Fra) France VC La Pomme 47 Peter Murdoch (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 48 Tim Barry (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 49 Tommy Evans (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 50 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 51 Rory Wyley (Irl) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 52 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales 53 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 54 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales 55 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 8.42 56 Bryan Steel (GBr) Great Britain 57 Greg Roche (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 11.25 58 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 59 Dominique Rollin (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 60 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 61 Matthew Melville (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 62 John Paul Hilliard (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 63 Brian Lynch (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 64 Colm Farrell (Irl) Meath Avonmore 65 Aidan Crowley (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 66 Stephen Mifsud (Fra) France VC La Pomme 67 Ciaran Kelly (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 68 Marek Blazej (Pol) Poland Team Legia 69 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 70 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD 71 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 72 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin UCD 73 Martin Maguire (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 74 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 75 Raymond Clarke (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 76 Adrian Hedderman (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 77 Richard Eastham (GBr) Nth East England 14.06 78 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 79 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 80 Gareth Jones (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 81 Andrew Yates (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 82 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 83 Robert Looby (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 84 Julian Sharples (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 85 Brian Hammond (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 86 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Isle Of Man 87 Elliot Baxter (GBr) Isle Of Man 88 Tom Hughes (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 89 Chris Belsham (GBr) Nth East England 90 Jonathan Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 91 John Charlesworth (GBr) Nth East England 92 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 93 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 94 Sean Farrell (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 95 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey League 96 Paul Griffin (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 97 Laurence Roche (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 98 Rodney Green (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 99 Tim Davies (GBr) Wales 100 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 101 Thomas Graham (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 102 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 103 Stefen Small (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 104 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 105 Martin O'Louglin (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 106 Richard Cahill (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 107 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 108 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 109 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 110 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 111 Philip Finegan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 112 Josh Hall (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 113 Kealan O'Connor (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 114 Lars Bojsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 115 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 116 Ross Muir (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 117 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 118 Paul Watson (GBr) Nth East England 119 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 120 Mark Kelly (GBr) Isle Of Man 121 Buck Miller (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 26.13 122 Phil Southerland (USA) People's Cycling Team 123 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jap) France VC La Pomme 26.59 124 Moritz Bock (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 125 Taichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 126 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 127 Daniel Holt (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 128 Steve Gibson (GBr) Nth East England 129 Stephen Howells (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 130 Jake Hennen (USA) NW England Cycle Centre RT 131 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 132 William Byrne (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 133 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 134 Fergus Whelan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 135 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 136 David Byrne (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 137 Francis Ennis (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 138 Nils Wartemann (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 35.04 139 Alexander Ross (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 140 Boyd Johnson (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 141 Jeff Austin (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 142 Ian Furniss (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 143 Steve Lepine (USA) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 144 David Elson (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 145 Dave Walsh (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 146 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 147 Dermot Healy (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 148 Mick O'Donnell (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 149 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 150 David Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD 151 Tim Ahern (Irl) Dublin UCD 152 Pat Kennealy (Irl) Dublin UCD 153 Niall Quinlan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 154 Emmett Roche (Irl) Meath Avonmore 155 Andrew Duffin (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 51.15 156 John Dillon (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 157 Paul Reid (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 158 Jim Maguire (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 159 Paddy Sweeney (Irl) Meath Avonmore 160 Christopher Harnish (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 55.46 General classification after stage 3 1 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 12.05.40 2 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 3.54 3 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 4.43 4 John Tanner (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 4.55 5 Ben Brooks (Aus) NW England Cycle Centre RT 5.00 6 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 5.04 7 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales 5.10 8 Gary Dodd (GBr) Surrey League 9 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 5.11 10 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 5.12 11 Michael Laursen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 12 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 13 Jean-Francois Laroche (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 14 Gethin Butler (GBr) Surrey League 15 Andrew Randell (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 16 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 17 Hichem Menad (Alg) France VC La Pomme 18 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 19 Daniel Spence (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 20 Justin Hoy (GBr) Surrey League 21 Tim Buckle (GBr) Great Britain 5.58 22 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 6.52 23 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme 10.52 24 Raymond Clarke (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 11.27 25 Stephen Mifsud (Fra) France VC La Pomme 26 Andrew Donnellan (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 11.46 27 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Wales 28 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia 12.12 29 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia 12.14 30 Jurgen Rodenbeck (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 31 Andrew Roche (Irl) Isle Of Man 32 Alastair Kay (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 33 Takeshi Hashimoto (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 34 Timo Wolk (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 35 James Hodnett (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 36 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 37 Nikolas Knudsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 38 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 39 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 40 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 41 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 42 Nicolas White (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 43 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Wales 44 Denis Easton (Irl) Meath Avonmore 45 Thomas Hogan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 46 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 47 Peter Murdoch (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 48 Peter Hey (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 49 Roger Morgan (GBr) Surrey League 50 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 51 Rob Holden (GBr) Isle Of Man 52 Rory Wyley (Irl) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 53 Tommy Evans (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 54 Tim Barry (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 12.38 55 Carl Henning Brondberg (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 56 Frederic Pedersoli (Fra) France VC La Pomme 57 Lars Bojsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 14.08 58 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 59 Bryan Steel (GBr) Great Britain 15.46 60 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 61 Marek Blazej (Pol) Poland Team Legia 18.01 62 Dominique Rollin (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 18.29 63 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 64 Paul Healion (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 65 Greg Roche (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 66 Alan Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD 67 John Paul Hilliard (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 68 Matthew Melville (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 69 Aidan Crowley (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 70 Adrian Hedderman (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 71 Joe Fenlon (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 72 Colm Farrell (Irl) Meath Avonmore 18.53 73 Josh Hall (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 20.42 74 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 21.10 75 Chris Belsham (GBr) Nth East England 76 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 77 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 78 Paul Griffin (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 79 Elliot Baxter (GBr) Isle Of Man 80 Richard Eastham (GBr) Nth East England 81 Rodney Green (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 82 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 83 Andrew Yates (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 84 Kieran McMahon (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 85 Mark Kelly (GBr) Isle Of Man 86 John Charlesworth (GBr) Nth East England 87 Simon Kelly (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 88 Graeme Hatcher (GBr) Isle Of Man 89 Tim Davies (GBr) Wales 90 Gareth Jones (GBr) NW England Cycle Centre RT 91 Mark Power (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 92 Philip Finegan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 93 Ross Muir (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 94 Kealan O'Connor (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 95 Frank O'Leary (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 96 John Horgan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 97 Richard Cahill (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 98 Sean Farrell (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 21.34 99 Paul Watson (GBr) Nth East England 100 Tom Hughes (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 22.41 101 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 23.48 102 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 24.43 103 Laurence Roche (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 104 Ciaran Kelly (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 25.39 105 Martin Maguire (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 32.19 106 Phil Southerland (USA) People's Cycling Team 33.17 107 Buck Miller (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 108 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 33.52 109 Taichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 34.03 110 William Byrne (Irl) Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 111 David Peelo (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 112 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jap) France VC La Pomme 113 Stephen Howells (GBr) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 34.27 114 Steve Gibson (GBr) Nth East England 115 Chris McNamara (GBr) Surrey League 35.45 116 Brian Lynch (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 37.54 117 Craig Sweetman (Irl) Meath M. Donnelly Team 39.59 118 Fintan McCormack (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 40.13 119 Julian Sharples (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 40.23 120 Alexander Ross (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 42.08 121 Robert Looby (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 42.09 122 Thomas Graham (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 46.11 123 Brian Taaffe (Irl) Dublin UCD 47.03 124 Mick O'Donnell (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 48.06 125 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 50.56 126 Martin O'Louglin (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 51.02 127 Stefen Small (GBr) Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 128 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 51.26 129 Eugene Murtagh (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 52.52 130 Francis Ennis (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 53.16 131 Tim Ahern (Irl) Dublin UCD 55.13 132 Ian Furniss (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 57.07 133 Brian Hammond (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 1.00.58 134 Jonathan Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 135 Pat Kennealy (Irl) Dublin UCD 1.09.16 136 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 1.09.50 137 Dermot Healy (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 1.12.00 138 Jake Hennen (USA) NW England Cycle Centre RT 1.12.27 139 David Byrne (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 1.19.18 140 Niall Quinlan (Irl) Kildare Team Fig Roll 1.20.08 141 Jeff Austin (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 1.20.32 142 David Elson (Irl) Dublin BH-Raleigh 1.21.56 143 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 144 Derek King (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 145 Fergus Whelan (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 1.24.48 146 Moritz Bock (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 1.24.54 147 Daniel Holt (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 1.25.48 148 John Dillon (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 1.26.05 149 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 1.32.21 150 Nils Wartemann (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 1.32.37 151 Steve Lepine (USA) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 1.34.17 152 Paul Reid (Irl) Dublin Ravens West 1.36.19 153 David Lane (Irl) Dublin UCD 1.41.59 154 Boyd Johnson (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 1.55.43 155 Dave Walsh (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 1.55.43 156 Paddy Sweeney (Irl) Meath Avonmore 1.56.37 157 Jim Maguire (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 1.56.47 158 Emmett Roche (Irl) Meath Avonmore 2.05.44 159 Christopher Harnish (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 2.16.25 160 Andrew Duffin (Irl) Dublin Ravens North 2.27.55 Points classification 1 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 36 pts 2 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 35 3 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales 32 4 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 29 5 John Tanner (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 26 6 Ben Brooks (Aus) NW England Cycle Centre RT 23 7 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 13 8 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme 13 9 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 12 10 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Lancaster Compensation Group 12 11 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 12 12 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia 12 13 Lars Bojsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 12 14 Gary Dodd (GBr) Surrey League 10 15 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 9 16 Dominique Rollin (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 9 17 Ari Hojgaard (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 8 18 Colm Bracken (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 7 19 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 6 20 Paul Griffin (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 6 21 Michael Laursen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 5 22 Andrew Roche (Irl) Isle Of Man 4 23 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey 3 24 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 3 25 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 3 26 Hichem Menad (Alg) France VC La Pomme 2 27 Patrick Moriarty (Irl) Dublin Skip Hire 2 28 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 2 29 Gethin Butler (GBr) Surrey League 1 Mountains classification 1 Philip Cassidy (Irl) Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 14 pts 2 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme 10 3 Ciaran Power (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 10 4 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Mayo Connacht Gold 8 5 Timo Wolk (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 5 6 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia 4 7 Paul Griffin (Irl) Team Ireland Stena Line 3 Ben McKenna Mem. Trophy 1 Ian McLeod (Rsa) South Africa Team HSBC 12.10.52 2 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Poland Team Legia 3 Jean-Francois Laroche (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 4 Steve Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 5 Denis Lynch (Irl) France VC La Pomme 5.40 6 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Poland Team Legia 7.00 7 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Poland Team Legia 7.02 8 Thomas Hogan (Irl) Cork Stafford Fuels 9 Lars Bojsen (Den) Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 8.56 10 Dominique Rollin (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 13.17 11 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 15.58 12 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 13 Mark Kelly (GBr) Isle Of Man 14 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Germany Team Hameln-Pyrmont 18.36 15 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 19.31 16 Phil Southerland (USA) People's Cycling Team 28.05 17 Buck Miller (Can) Canada Team Sympatico 18 Alexander Ross (GBr) Scotland-Visit Scotland 36.56 19 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 45.44 20 Tim Ahern (Irl) Dublin UCD 50.01 21 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Japan Cycleways 1.04.38 22 David Byrne (Irl) Dublin Usher Insulation 1.14.06 23 Jeff Austin (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 1.15.20 24 Fergal Kelly (Irl) Dublin Stagg Cycles 1.16.44 25 Moritz Bock (Ger) Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 1.19.42 26 Daniel Holt (USA) USA Peoples Cycling Team 1.20.36 27 Gary Sheehan (Irl) Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 1.27.09 28 Steve Lepine (USA) Southend www.Sdeals.Com 1.29.05 International Team classification 1 Lancaster Compensation Group 36.32.15 2 Great Britain 0.01 3 Denmark Distrikt Jylland-Fyn 0.21 4 Surrey League 5 South Africa Team HSBC 6 France VC La Pomme 6.01 7 Team Ireland Stena Line 9.15 8 Canada Team Sympatico 13.10 9 Poland Team Legia 13.55 10 Wales 13.57 11 NW England Cycle Centre RT 20.29 12 Scotland-Visit Scotland 23.21 13 Isle Of Man 30.23 14 Japan Cycleways 39.19 15 Germany Team Stevens-Jeantex 16 Nth East England 48.15 17 Southend www.Sdeals.Com 49.55 18 Lancs M.K. Cycles Bianchi 1.00.02 19 USA Peoples Cycling Team 2.48.06 County Team classification 1 Mayo Connacht Gold 36.45.22 2 Meath Lee Strand Cycleways 2.11 3 Tipperary Dan Morrissey 17.16 4 Dublin Skip Hire 20.50 5 Dublin Iarnrod Eireann 23.27 6 Cork Stafford Fuels 23.31 7 Dublin Usher Insulation 29.46 8 Ciarrai Earl Of Desmond 35.08 9 Kildare Team Fig Roll 53.25 10 Dublin UCD 1.07.22 11 Kildare Newbridge Cutlery 1.34.09 12 Meath Avonmore 1.43.11 13 Dublin BH-Raleigh 1.50.36 14 Dublin Ravens West 2.15.42 15 Dublin Ravens North 3.46.18 16 Dublin Stagg Cycles 4.15.03 Courtesy of Seamus Shortall/www.fbdmilkras.com
