Wetterhall seizes yellow in Tipperary
May makes hay amongst the selection
Confirming the long-running notion that the FBD Insurance Rás is an extremely unpredictable event, today's fourth leg of the race saw all bar one of the top 10 losing time. Alexander Wetterhall (Sweden Team Sprocket Pro) jumped from his overnight position of seventh up to first overall, provoking a 20-man breakaway group that stayed clear to the finish.
German rider Maximillan May (Germany Thuringer Energie) was quickest of the 20 in the sprint into Tipperary, edging out Joseph Lewis (Australia Drapac Porsche) and Pieter Ghyllebert (An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnelly Sean Kelly). Wetterhall drove the pace over the final few kilometres, striving to make up as much time as possible rather than worrying about the stage honours.
"I am an aggressive rider, I like to ride on the front. So this is a good race for me," he said after the stage. "I can be aggressive and it counts as well [doing it in a race like the FBD Rás]. I knew I could have the yellow jersey after today so I was riding really hard in the last 50 kilometres just to keep it. It was a great success for me and the team today, so that was good."
The 24-year-old rode the Tour of Ireland two years ago, with his stage racing experience including the Tour de l'Ain and, this season, the Tour of Brittany. He said that after focusing on mountain bike riding for 11 years, he now planned to chase success on the road.
"I am a beginner at road racing, and I want to get really good at it," he explained before describing his tactic inside the last 10 minutes of racing.
"I was riding hard and there was single file all the way from four kilometres to go. I knew I had to do it as otherwise there would be attacks. I didn't want any of those, so I was riding hard until the finish line."
May was ecstatic at the finish, roaring loudly when he wheeled across the line, arms aloft. "I'm not great in big bunch sprints, but from a small group I can be pretty fast. I knew that I had to be in second or third place in the last corner," he said. "I saw the sign for 150 metres to go and I gave it everything I had." It proved to be more than enough.
How it unfolded
After an aggressive start, today's big move was sparked off when McConvey, Wetterhall and Rob Partridge (Wales) attacked approximately 72km into the stage. McConvey took second and first on the up categorised climbs of Killanena and Knockanena, and this trio build up a lead of over a minute.
Just before Scarrif, which came 95km into the stage, they were joined by 16 others. These were Wouter Sybrandy (Sigmasport Specialised), Josef Kugler (Arbö KTM-Gebrüder Weis), Stuart Shaw (Drapac Porsche), Pieter Ghyllebert (An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnelly Sean Kelly), Stephen Gallagher (Sigmasport Specialised), Joseph Lewis (Drapac Porsche), Maximillan May (Thuringer Energie), Alessio Signego (Japan - Nippo), John Anderson (Team Sprocket Pro), Matt Howe (Inside-Out Sports), Ben Greenwood (Rapha Condor Sharp), Jon Tiernan-Locke (Rapha Condor Sharp), Ian Bibby (Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta), James Sampson (Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta), Peter Williams (Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta) and Ryan Sherlock (Dublin Eurocycles).
Neil Delahaye (Ireland Subway National Team), Stephen Barrett (Team Planet X), Sean Lacey (Limerick BDO Get Back), Stephen O'Sullivan (Meath Engraveit.ie/Jade.ie) and Paul Griffin (Tipperary Dan Morrissey) then tried to close up to this dangerous group, but even with the later reinforcement of Philip Lavery (Dublin Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn), then could get no closer than 40-odd seconds.
Behind, there a real sense of panic panic. Race leader Craven, Tuesday's stage winner David O'Loughlin (An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) and many other big names all missed out. At one point they were seven minutes back, but a concerted, desperate chase saw 48 of the riders fight back and limit their losses to just over two and a half minutes.
Even so, Craven slipped to eighth overall, two minutes 22 seconds back.
He rued the peculiar tactics of the FBD Rás; "I spoke to some foreign riders when we were in the bunch and they all agreed that this is the most insane race that they have ever been in," he said, looking a little crestfallen. "This was a typical Rás day - everyone attacks at the first kilometre and they don't stop attacking until the end. It was absolutely mad - by the time we hit the climb, you could see everyone was really suffering.
"Some guys rolled off the front and all the strong guys on GC except [Alex] Wetterhall were left there behind, looking at each other. No one reacted until it was too late. We tried to chase them, the An Post team was really dedicated. But the other teams basically gave up on it, so it is a big loss to them."
The net effect was that those 20 riders slipped away, fighting it out for stage honours and wresting the jersey from Craven's back.
The 2008 FBD Insurance Rás winner Stephen Gallagher was best of the Irish in ninth, crossing the line in the same time as May, while Connor McConvey (An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) came home 14th and jumped from 15th to fifth overall.
Tomorrow's stage ends with a summit finish at Seskin Hill. Wetterhall will be under attack from all of his main rivals but, as his slim build plus his mountainbike background suggests, he should be no slouch on the climb.
"I hope my legs are good. If they are, I will go fast on the hills," he vowed.
1 | Maximillan May (Ger) Germany Thuringer Energie | 3:49:16 |
2 | Joseph Lewis (Aus) Australia Drapac Porsche | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Belgium An Post Sean Kelly | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Ian Bibby (GBr) Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Alessio Signego (Ita) Japan - Nippo | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Wouter Sybrandy (Ned) Britain Sigmasport Specialised | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Peter Williams (GBr) Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Matt Howe (USA) USA Inside-Out Sports | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Britain Sigmasport Specialised | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Josef Kugler (Aut) Arbö KTM-Gebrüder Weis | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Sweden - Team Sprocket Pro | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Frazer Duncan (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Rob Partridge (GBr) Wales | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Connor McConvey (Irl) Belgium An Post Sean Kelly | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Ryan Sherlock (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Ben Greenwood (GBr) Britain Rapha Condor Sharp | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | James Sampson (GBr) Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | John Anderson (Aus) Sweden - Team Sprocket Pro | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Jon Tiernan-Locke (GBr) Britain Rapha Condor Sharp | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Stuart Shaw (Aus) Australia Drapac Porsche | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Japan - Nippo | 0:02:38 |
22 | Marc Ryan (NZl) New Zealand | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Philip Lavery (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Simon Williams (Irl) Ireland Subway National Team | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | David Pell (Aus) Australia Drapac Porsche | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Tobyn Horton (GBr) Sweden - Team Sprocket Pro | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Mark McNally (GBr) Belgium An Post Sean Kelly | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Kit Gilham (GBr) Britain Sigmasport Specialised | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Limerick BDO Get Back | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Chris Coyle (Irl) Mayo Castlebar Western Edge | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Jakob Steigmiller (Ger) Germany Thuringer Energie | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Andrew Roche (Irl) Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Sweden - Team Sprocket Pro | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | John Lynch (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Niklas Gustavsson (Swe) Sweden - Team Sprocket Pro | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Lars Pria (Rom) Arbö KTM-Gebrüder Weis | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Germany Thuringer Energie | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Bastian Burgel (Ger) Germany Thuringer Energie | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Rhys Lloyd (GBr) Wales | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Matthew Rowe (GBr) Wales | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Simon Richardson (GBr) Britain Sigmasport Specialised | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Keith Gaitor (Irl) Wexford | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Shane Archbold (NZl) New Zealand | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Dan Craven (Nam) Britain Rapha Condor Sharp | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Paul Esposti (GBr) Wales | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | David O'Loughlin (Irl) Belgium An Post Sean Kelly | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Matt Cronshaw (GBr) Britain Rapha Condor Sharp | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Westley Gough (NZl) New Zealand | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Rhys Pollock (Aus) Australia Drapac Porsche | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | James Williamson (GBr) Britain Sigmasport Specialised | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Stephen Barrett (Irl) Team PlanetX | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Brendan Lacey (Irl) Limerick BDO Get Back | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Mark Dowling (Irl) Meath Engraveit.ie/Jade.ie | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Sean Lacey (Irl) Limerick BDO Get Back | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Neil Delahaye (Irl) Ireland Subway National Team | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Conor McAllistair (Irl) Ireland Subway National Team | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Engraveit.ie/Jade.ie | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Paul Griffin (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Thomas Martin (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Conor Murphy (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Adam Armstrong (Irl) Ireland Subway National Team | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Dane Dunlop (Irl) Ireland Development | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Roger Aiken (Irl) Team PlanetX | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Limerick BDO Get Back | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Mark Cassidy (Irl) Belgium An Post Sean Kelly | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | John McEvoy (GBr) Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Mark McKinley (Irl) Ireland Subway National Team | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Philip Finegan (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Philip Bremmer (Irl) Ireland Development | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Richard Prince (GBr) Team PlanetX | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | David Duke (Irl) Dublin Zilcom-South Dublin | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Andrew Aherne (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Paul Giblin (Irl) Galway Bay | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | John Crow (USA) USA Inside-Out Sports | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Diarmuid Carew (Irl) Kildare Newbridge | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Paul O'Keeffe (Irl) Dublin Zilcom-South Dublin | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Michael Storan (Irl) Kildare Newbridge | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Aidan Crowley (Irl) Kildare Newbridge | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Patrick Clarke (Irl) Ireland Development | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Aaron Gate (NZl) New Zealand | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Michael Reddan (Irl) Dublin Zilcom-South Dublin | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Anthony Walsh (Irl) Dublin UCD | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Alan Loftus (Irl) Limerick BDO Get Back | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Mark Buchanan (Irl) An Dún Newry Whs. CC | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Stephen Surdival (Irl) Mayo Castlebar Western Edge | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Kieran Keane (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Mark Lovatt (GBr) Team PlanetX | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Lorcan Davoust (Irl) Dublin Zilcom-South Dublin | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Christopher Newton (GBr) Britain Rapha Condor Sharp | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Jon Mould (GBr) Wales | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Michael Singer (Aut) Arbö KTM-Gebrüder Weis | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Stefan Probst (Aut) Arbö KTM-Gebrüder Weis | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Michael Brady (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Will Byrne (Irl) Wexford | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Ciaran Clarke (Irl) Mayo Castlebar Western Edge | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Timothy O'Regan (Irl) Meath Engraveit.ie/Jade.ie | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Sean McGreevy (Irl) An Dún Newry Whs. CC | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Colm Quinn (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Colm Cassidy (Irl) Dublin UCD | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | David Peelo (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Eoghan Considine (Irl) Galway Bay | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Mark Campbell (Irl) An Dún Newry Whs. CC | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
107 | Keith Fox (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Stephen Teeling-Lynch (Irl) Kildare Newbridge | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
109 | Bryan Long (Irl) Cork Kanturk Town | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
110 | Colm Bracken (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
111 | Niall Brosnan (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
112 | Odran Connors (Irl) Wexford | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
113 | Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Japan - Nippo | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
114 | Alex Williams (Irl) Wexford | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
115 | Lucas Schadlich (Ger) Germany Thuringer Energie | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
116 | Peter McDonald (Aus) Australia Drapac Porsche | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
117 | Murt Doyle (Irl) Wexford | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
118 | Hannes Grundliger (Aut) Arbö KTM-Gebrüder Weis | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
119 | Tighernach Murphy (Irl) Ireland Development | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
120 | Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath Engraveit.ie/Jade.ie | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
121 | Nathan Morgan (Irl) An Dún Newry Whs. CC | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
122 | Dominic Jelfs (Irl) Ireland Development | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
123 | Andrew Meehan (Irl) Meath Engraveit.ie/Jade.ie | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
124 | Bernard Twomey (Irl) Mayo Castlebar Western Edge | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
125 | Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
126 | David Brennan (Irl) Mayo Castlebar Western Edge | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
127 | Fergus Ryan (Irl) Dublin UCD | 0:34:32 |
128 | Fiachra Rowan (Irl) Dublin UCD | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
129 | Owen Mc Donnell (USA) USA Inside-Out Sports | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
130 | Owen Walker (USA) USA Inside-Out Sports | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
131 | Ruaidhri Geraghty (Irl) Galway Bay | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
132 | Richard Keddy (Irl) Dublin Zilcom-South Dublin | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
133 | Colin Robinson (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
134 | Drew McKinley (Irl) An Dún Newry Whs. CC | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
135 | Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
136 | Alan Burke (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
137 | Brian Canty (Irl) Cork Kanturk Town | 0:37:04 |
138 | Donal Kelly (Irl) Galway Bay | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
139 | Brian Murphy (Irl) Cork Kanturk Town | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
140 | Richard Hooton (Irl) Cork Kanturk Town | 0:37:16 |
141 | Stuart Cox (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gary Crory (Irl) Team PlanetX | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Will Curtin (Irl) Cork Kanturk Town | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stephen Halpin (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ciaran O'Conluain (Irl) Dublin UCD | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Thomas Scully (NZl) New Zealand | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
1 | Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Sweden - Team Sprocket Pro | 5 | pts |
2 | Connor McConvey (Irl) Belgium An Post Sean Kelly | 4 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Rob Partridge (GBr) Wales | 3 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Frazer Duncan (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles | 2 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
1 | Connor McConvey (Irl) Belgium An Post Sean Kelly | 5 | pts |
2 | Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Sweden - Team Sprocket Pro | 4 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Rob Partridge (GBr) Wales | 3 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Frazer Duncan (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles | 2 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
1 | Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta | 11:27:48 |
2 | Britain Sigmasport Specialised | 0:02:38 |
3 | Belgium An Post Sean Kelly | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Australia Drapac Porsche | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Sweden - Team Sprocket Pro | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Britain Rapha Condor Sharp | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Germany Thuringer Energie | 0:05:16 |
8 | Wales | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | New Zealand | 0:07:54 |
10 | Ireland Subway National Team | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Arbö KTM-Gebrüder Weis | 0:12:27 |
12 | Team PlanetX | 0:14:58 |
13 | Japan - Nippo | 0:15:50 |
14 | Ireland Development | 0:22:02 |
15 | USA Inside-Out Sports | 0:44:14 |
1 | Dublin Eurocycles | 11:30:26 |
2 | Limerick BDO Get Back | 0:05:16 |
3 | Tipperary Dan Morrissey | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Meath Engraveit.ie/Jade.ie | 0:15:50 |
5 | Dublin Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn | 0:22:54 |
6 | Mayo Castlebar Western Edge | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Kildare Murphy Surveys | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Wexford | 0:26:24 |
9 | Dublin Zilcom-South Dublin | 0:26:28 |
10 | Kildare Newbridge | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | An Dún Newry Whs. CC | 0:33:28 |
12 | Meath Martin Donnelly | 0:36:58 |
13 | Galway Bay | 0:54:48 |
14 | Dublin UCD | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Cork Kanturk Town | 1:24:42 |
1 | Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Sweden - Team Sprocket Pro | 11:07:51 |
2 | Joseph Lewis (Aus) Australia Drapac Porsche | 0:01:46 |
3 | Josef Kugler (Aut) Arbö KTM-Gebrüder Weis | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | John Anderson (Aus) Sweden - Team Sprocket Pro | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Connor McConvey (Irl) Belgium An Post Sean Kelly | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Rob Partridge (GBr) Wales | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Stuart Shaw (Aus) Australia Drapac Porsche | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Dan Craven (Nam) Britain Rapha Condor Sharp | 0:02:22 |
9 | Mark McNally (GBr) Belgium An Post Sean Kelly | 0:02:29 |
10 | Kit Gilham (GBr) Britain Sigmasport Specialised | 0:02:33 |
11 | David Pell (Aus) Australia Drapac Porsche | 0:02:34 |
12 | Andrew Roche (Irl) Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta | 0:02:38 |
13 | Peter Williams (GBr) Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta | 0:02:42 |
14 | Maximillan May (Ger) Germany Thuringer Energie | 0:03:37 |
15 | Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Belgium An Post Sean Kelly | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Britain Sigmasport Specialised | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | James Sampson (GBr) Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Ian Bibby (GBr) Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Jon Tiernan-Locke (GBr) Britain Rapha Condor Sharp | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | David O'Loughlin (Irl) Belgium An Post Sean Kelly | 0:04:07 |
21 | Simon Richardson (GBr) Britain Sigmasport Specialised | 0:04:08 |
22 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Germany Thuringer Energie | 0:04:24 |
23 | Matt Cronshaw (GBr) Britain Rapha Condor Sharp | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Adam Armstrong (Irl) Ireland Subway National Team | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Jakob Steigmiller (Ger) Germany Thuringer Energie | 0:04:29 |
26 | Philip Lavery (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn | 0:05:20 |
27 | Ryan Sherlock (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles | 0:05:55 |
28 | Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Sweden - Team Sprocket Pro | 0:05:59 |
29 | Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Japan - Nippo | 0:06:03 |
30 | Niklas Gustavsson (Swe) Sweden - Team Sprocket Pro | 0:06:15 |
31 | Marc Ryan (NZl) New Zealand | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Paul Esposti (GBr) Wales | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Rhys Lloyd (GBr) Wales | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Paul Griffin (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Conor Murphy (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Mark Cassidy (Irl) Belgium An Post Sean Kelly | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Thomas Martin (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles | 0:08:29 |
39 | Westley Gough (NZl) New Zealand | 0:08:33 |
40 | Brendan Lacey (Irl) Limerick BDO Get Back | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Meath Engraveit.ie/Jade.ie | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Mark McKinley (Irl) Ireland Subway National Team | 0:08:49 |
43 | Alessio Signego (Ita) Japan - Nippo | 0:10:38 |
44 | Ben Greenwood (GBr) Britain Rapha Condor Sharp | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Rhys Pollock (Aus) Australia Drapac Porsche | 0:10:48 |
46 | Wouter Sybrandy (Ned) Britain Sigmasport Specialised | 0:10:58 |
47 | Chris Coyle (Irl) Mayo Castlebar Western Edge | 0:11:23 |
48 | Neil Delahaye (Irl) Ireland Subway National Team | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Roger Aiken (Irl) Team PlanetX | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | John McEvoy (GBr) Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta | 0:11:36 |
51 | Tobyn Horton (GBr) Sweden - Team Sprocket Pro | 0:12:21 |
52 | Christopher Newton (GBr) Britain Rapha Condor Sharp | 0:12:24 |
53 | Lars Pria (Rom) Arbö KTM-Gebrüder Weis | 0:13:03 |
54 | Sean Lacey (Irl) Limerick BDO Get Back | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Japan - Nippo | 0:13:08 |
56 | Lucas Schadlich (Ger) Germany Thuringer Energie | 0:13:12 |
57 | James Williamson (GBr) Britain Sigmasport Specialised | 0:13:16 |
58 | Matt Howe (USA) USA Inside-Out Sports | 0:13:22 |
59 | Michael Reddan (Irl) Dublin Zilcom-South Dublin | 0:15:37 |
60 | Dane Dunlop (Irl) Ireland Development | 0:15:45 |
61 | Shane Archbold (NZl) New Zealand | 0:16:19 |
62 | Tim Barry (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey | 0:16:49 |
63 | John Lynch (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys | 0:17:09 |
64 | Stephen Barrett (Irl) Team PlanetX | 0:17:25 |
65 | Michael Fitzgerald (Irl) Limerick BDO Get Back | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Michael Singer (Aut) Arbö KTM-Gebrüder Weis | 0:18:56 |
67 | Tony Brady (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly | 0:18:59 |
68 | Peter McDonald (Aus) Australia Drapac Porsche | 0:19:16 |
69 | Jon Mould (GBr) Wales | 0:19:54 |
70 | Patrick Clarke (Irl) Ireland Development | 0:20:07 |
71 | Andrew Aherne (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey | 0:20:48 |
72 | Aaron Gate (NZl) New Zealand | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Simon Williams (Irl) Ireland Subway National Team | 0:22:43 |
74 | Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Limerick BDO Get Back | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Hannes Grundliger (Aut) Arbö KTM-Gebrüder Weis | 0:23:37 |
76 | David Brennan (Irl) Mayo Castlebar Western Edge | 0:23:50 |
77 | Aidan Crowley (Irl) Kildare Newbridge | 0:24:29 |
78 | Mark Lovatt (GBr) Team PlanetX | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Stefan Probst (Aut) Arbö KTM-Gebrüder Weis | 0:24:50 |
80 | Matthew Rowe (GBr) Wales | 0:25:01 |
81 | Mark Dowling (Irl) Meath Engraveit.ie/Jade.ie | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Lorcan Davoust (Irl) Dublin Zilcom-South Dublin | 0:25:56 |
83 | Stephen Surdival (Irl) Mayo Castlebar Western Edge | 0:26:02 |
84 | Andrew Meehan (Irl) Meath Engraveit.ie/Jade.ie | 0:26:36 |
85 | Frazer Duncan (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles | 0:27:06 |
86 | Philip Finegan (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn | 0:27:36 |
87 | Paul Giblin (Irl) Galway Bay | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | David Duke (Irl) Dublin Zilcom-South Dublin | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Michael Storan (Irl) Kildare Newbridge | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Anthony Walsh (Irl) Dublin UCD | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Conor McAllistair (Irl) Ireland Subway National Team | 0:27:51 |
92 | David Peelo (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys | 0:27:59 |
93 | Keith Gaitor (Irl) Wexford | 0:29:31 |
94 | Bastian Burgel (Ger) Germany Thuringer Energie | 0:29:44 |
95 | Timothy O'Regan (Irl) Meath Engraveit.ie/Jade.ie | 0:31:06 |
96 | Keith Fox (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Colm Cassidy (Irl) Dublin UCD | 0:31:16 |
98 | Colm Bracken (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys | 0:34:31 |
99 | Mark Campbell (Irl) An Dún Newry Whs. CC | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Meath Engraveit.ie/Jade.ie | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Rory Wyley (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey | 0:35:33 |
102 | John Crow (USA) USA Inside-Out Sports | 0:35:51 |
103 | Richard Prince (GBr) Team PlanetX | 0:36:35 |
104 | Diarmuid Carew (Irl) Kildare Newbridge | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Alan Loftus (Irl) Limerick BDO Get Back | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Colm Quinn (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly | 0:39:21 |
107 | Michael Brady (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn | 0:40:05 |
108 | Ciaran Clarke (Irl) Mayo Castlebar Western Edge | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
109 | Tighernach Murphy (Irl) Ireland Development | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
110 | Niall Brosnan (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
111 | Dominic Jelfs (Irl) Ireland Development | 0:40:18 |
112 | Nathan Morgan (Irl) An Dún Newry Whs. CC | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
113 | Paul O'Keeffe (Irl) Dublin Zilcom-South Dublin | 0:44:06 |
114 | Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
115 | Kieran Keane (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
116 | Alex Williams (Irl) Wexford | 0:47:36 |
117 | Stephen Teeling-Lynch (Irl) Kildare Newbridge | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
118 | Sean McGreevy (Irl) An Dún Newry Whs. CC | 0:47:47 |
119 | Philip Bremmer (Irl) Ireland Development | 0:50:49 |
120 | Will Byrne (Irl) Wexford | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
121 | Ruaidhri Geraghty (Irl) Galway Bay | 0:52:26 |
122 | Murt Doyle (Irl) Wexford | 0:54:55 |
123 | Odran Connors (Irl) Wexford | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
124 | Eoghan Considine (Irl) Galway Bay | 0:59:48 |
125 | Bryan Long (Irl) Cork Kanturk Town | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
126 | Bernard Twomey (Irl) Mayo Castlebar Western Edge | 1:02:26 |
127 | Mark Buchanan (Irl) An Dún Newry Whs. CC | 1:03:15 |
128 | Donal Kelly (Irl) Galway Bay | 1:08:04 |
129 | Owen Mc Donnell (USA) USA Inside-Out Sports | 1:08:56 |
130 | Owen Walker (USA) USA Inside-Out Sports | 1:15:34 |
131 | Drew McKinley (Irl) An Dún Newry Whs. CC | 1:17:11 |
132 | Richard Keddy (Irl) Dublin Zilcom-South Dublin | 1:21:08 |
133 | Colin Robinson (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
134 | Stuart Cox (Irl) Meath Martin Donnelly | 1:23:52 |
135 | Richard Hooton (Irl) Cork Kanturk Town | 1:31:23 |
136 | Richard Malone (Irl) Kildare Newbridge | 1:33:39 |
137 | Alan Burke (Irl) Kildare Murphy Surveys | 1:41:10 |
138 | Fergus Ryan (Irl) Dublin UCD | 1:41:12 |
139 | Fiachra Rowan (Irl) Dublin UCD | 1:41:43 |
140 | Brian Canty (Irl) Cork Kanturk Town | 1:43:42 |
141 | Brian Murphy (Irl) Cork Kanturk Town | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
1 | Dan Craven (Nam) Britain Rapha Condor Sharp | 23 | pts |
2 | Wouter Sybrandy (Ned) Britain Sigmasport Specialised | 22 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Joseph Lewis (Aus) Australia Drapac Porsche | 20 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Peter Williams (GBr) Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta | 19 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Belgium An Post Sean Kelly | 18 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Germany Thuringer Energie | 18 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Maximillan May (Ger) Germany Thuringer Energie | 15 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | David O'Loughlin (Irl) Belgium An Post Sean Kelly | 15 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Sweden - Team Sprocket Pro | 15 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Mark McNally (GBr) Belgium An Post Sean Kelly | 14 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Simon Richardson (GBr) Britain Sigmasport Specialised | 14 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Japan - Nippo | 14 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Lucas Schadlich (Ger) Germany Thuringer Energie | 14 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | David Pell (Aus) Australia Drapac Porsche | 13 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Sweden - Team Sprocket Pro | 13 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Andrew Roche (Irl) Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta | 12 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Ian Bibby (GBr) Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta | 12 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Alessio Signego (Ita) Japan - Nippo | 11 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Josef Kugler (Aut) Arbö KTM-Gebrüder Weis | 10 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Philip Lavery (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn | 9 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Kit Gilham (GBr) Britain Sigmasport Specialised | 8 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Matt Howe (USA) USA Inside-Out Sports | 8 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Britain Sigmasport Specialised | 7 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Simon Williams (Irl) Ireland Subway National Team | 7 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Rob Partridge (GBr) Wales | 6 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Michael O'Reilly (Irl) Limerick BDO Get Back | 6 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Frazer Duncan (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles | 4 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Connor McConvey (Irl) Belgium An Post Sean Kelly | 2 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Stuart Shaw (Aus) Australia Drapac Porsche | 2 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Japan - Nippo | 2 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | John Anderson (Aus) Sweden - Team Sprocket Pro | 1 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Ryan Sherlock (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles | 1 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
1 | David O'Loughlin (Irl) Belgium An Post Sean Kelly | 20 | pts |
2 | Simon Richardson (GBr) Britain Sigmasport Specialised | 16 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Dan Craven (Nam) Britain Rapha Condor Sharp | 15 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Sweden - Team Sprocket Pro | 15 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | David Pell (Aus) Australia Drapac Porsche | 13 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Sweden - Team Sprocket Pro | 10 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Wouter Sybrandy (Ned) Britain Sigmasport Specialised | 10 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Connor McConvey (Irl) Belgium An Post Sean Kelly | 9 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Kit Gilham (GBr) Britain Sigmasport Specialised | 7 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Rob Partridge (GBr) Wales | 6 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Frazer Duncan (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles | 4 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Germany Thuringer Energie | 3 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Neil Delahaye (Irl) Ireland Subway National Team | 3 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Lucas Schadlich (Ger) Germany Thuringer Energie | 3 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Andrew Roche (Irl) Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta | 2 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Mark McNally (GBr) Belgium An Post Sean Kelly | 1 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey | 1 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
1 | Joseph Lewis (Aus) Australia Drapac Porsche | 11:09:37 |
2 | Connor McConvey (Irl) Belgium An Post Sean Kelly | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Mark McNally (GBr) Belgium An Post Sean Kelly | 0:00:43 |
4 | Maximillan May (Ger) Germany Thuringer Energie | 0:01:51 |
5 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Germany Thuringer Energie | 0:02:38 |
1 | Philip Lavery (Irl) Dublin Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn | 11:13:11 |
2 | Ryan Sherlock (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles | 0:00:35 |
3 | John Dempsey (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey | 0:00:55 |
4 | Paul Griffin (Irl) Tipperary Dan Morrissey | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Conor Murphy (Irl) Dublin Eurocycles | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
1 | Belgium An Post Sean Kelly | 33:29:26 |
2 | Australia Drapac Porsche | 0:00:17 |
3 | Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta | 0:00:26 |
4 | Sweden - Team Sprocket Pro | 0:00:57 |
5 | Britain Rapha Condor Sharp | 0:01:13 |
6 | Britain Sigmasport Specialised | 0:01:39 |
7 | Germany Thuringer Energie | 0:03:00 |
8 | Wales | 0:08:10 |
9 | Ireland Subway National Team | 0:13:19 |
10 | New Zealand | 0:20:21 |
11 | Japan - Nippo | 0:22:09 |
12 | Arbö KTM-Gebrüder Weis | 0:27:39 |
13 | Team PlanetX | 0:47:24 |
14 | Ireland Development | 1:06:34 |
15 | USA Inside-Out Sports | 1:39:11 |
1 | Dublin Eurocycles | 33:41:34 |
2 | Tipperary Dan Morrissey | 0:00:44 |
3 | Limerick BDO Get Back | 0:14:12 |
4 | Meath Engraveit.ie/Jade.ie | 0:33:10 |
5 | Mayo Castlebar Western Edge | 0:43:01 |
6 | Dublin Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn | 0:46:01 |
7 | Dublin Zilcom-South Dublin | 0:51:08 |
8 | Kildare Murphy Surveys | 0:58:08 |
9 | Kildare Newbridge | 1:10:39 |
10 | An Dún Newry Whs. CC | 1:11:21 |
11 | Meath Martin Donnelly | 1:20:24 |
12 | Wexford | 1:37:31 |
13 | Galway Bay | 1:46:13 |
14 | Dublin UCD | 1:56:56 |
15 | Cork Kanturk Town | 3:49:09 |
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