By Shane Stokes
As the Tour of Ireland draws closer, the country's only Continental team, the equipe named The Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly, has had its morale boosted through a win by Paídi O'Brien on the fourth stage of the Ronde van Vlaams Brabant on Saturday.
"It is a really important result for us," said Kurt Bogaerts, manager of the Irish registered, Belgium based team. "Paídi has been going very well and Derek did great work to help the move stay clear. The gap was never more than a minute and towards the end the peloton was closing in on the break. Paídi jumped away just before the peloton caught them and held on to take the victory."
