Newton takes second Ras title
By Shane Stokes. Photos by Lorraine O'Sullivan and Shane Grehan
FBD
Insurance Rás leader Chris Newton made history today when he became
the first overseas rider ever to win two editions of the race. The GB-Recycling.co.uk
rider finished safely in the main bunch on the final stage, a one hour
circuit race in the Phoenix Park, thus preserving his 14 second advantage
over former Tour of Spain points jersey winner Malcolm Elliott.
Newton was delighted to add to his 2003 Rás title. "I came
into the race thinking my form was good, but not great," he said.
"Taking three stage wins plus the overall is special. It's great
to win this event again, the Rás is a super race."
Stage 1 - May 22: Dublin - Emyvale,
136 km
Stage 2 - May 23: Emyvale - Tubbercurry,
165 km
Stage
3 - May 24: Tubbercurry - Lisdoonvarna, 156 km
Stage 4 - May 25: Lisdoonvarna
- Templemore, 162 km
Stage 5 - May 26: Templemore
- Abbeyleix, 114 km
Stage 6 - May 27: Abbeyleix -
Rathdrum, 160 km
Stage 7 - May 28: Rathdrum -
Wicklow Town, 138 km
Stage 8 - May 29: Phoenix Park
Circuit, 50 km
FINAL GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
1 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 26.32.39
2 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 0.14
3 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 2.21
4 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 2.42
5 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 2.43
6 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey
7 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 2.59
8 John Tanner (GBr) Trinity Capital 5.40
9 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF
10 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Trinity Capital 6.19
11 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 6.35
12 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 6.49
13 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 6.51
14 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) Elmarco KK 6.53
15 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 6.54
16 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 6.59
17 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 7.20
18 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 8.33
19 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 8.40
20 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 9.10
21 Tino Haakman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 9.53
22 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus 10.02
23 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 10.14
24 Stian Remme (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 10.37
25 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly 10.49
26 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 10.57
27 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 11.01
28 Conor Murphy (Irl) Grant Thornton 11.19
29 Rory Wyley (Irl) Dan Morrissey 12.24
30 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 13.00
31 Martin Snizek (Cze) Elmarco KK 13.07
32 Mark Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 13.32
33 John Horgan (Irl) Nucleus 14.59
34 Jan Novak (Cze) Elmarco KK 15.02
35 Daniel Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 15.18
36 Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 15.47
37 Greg Roche (GBr) Fujibikes
38 Kristian House (GBr) Fujibikes 15.57
39 Gary Dodd (GBr) SurreyRacing League 16.04
40 Chris McNamara (GBr) SurreyRacing League 16.25
41 Richard Cartland (GBr) Angliasport 16.29
42 Jiri Korbel (Cze) Elmarco KK 16.50
43 Thomas Evans (Irl) Trinity Capital 17.58
44 Timothy Dunford (GBr) SurreyRacing League 18.27
45 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 18.32
46 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 18.51
47 Thorsten Wiedenroth (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 19.03
48 Tom Hemmant (GBr) Exel Ravens 20.48
49 Steve Kenny (GBr) NE England 21.06
50 Ken Norgrove (Irl) Whs. All Systems 21.09
51 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) cycleways.com 21.30
52 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 21.33
53 Brian Truman (Irl) Dan Morrissey 21.57
54 David Robinson (USA) TIAA-CREF 22.10
55 Bill Moore (Irl) M Donnelly 22.21
56 Stuart MacGregor (GBr) Scotland West 23.39
57 Mike Barton (USA) Boston Scientific 24.53
58 John Dempsey (Irl) Grant Thornton 26.04
59 Robert Partridge (GBr) Stena 27.33
60 Chris Belsham (GBr) Angliasport 28.57
61 Barry Meehan (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 29.02
62 John Mason (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 30.31
63 Eoin Whelan (Irl) Safe Cycling 31.05
64 Philip Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 32.41
65 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Stena 33.10
66 Are Andresen (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 33.15
67 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Kanturk 33.49
68 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 34.25
69 Michael Steed (Irl) Murphy Surveys 35.21
70 Roger Morgan (GBr) SurreyRacing League 35.27
71 Craig Sweetman (Irl) M Donnelly 35.44
72 John Charlesworth (GBr) NE England 35.49
73 David Peelo (Irl) Whs. All Systems 36.07
74 Ryan Connor (GBr) Usher Insulations 36.48
75 Eddie O'Donoghue (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 38.07
76 James Cusick (GBr) Scotland West 38.10
77 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 39.06
78 Ian MacGregor (USA) TIAA-CREF 39.22
79 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Stena 39.23
80 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate 39.49
81 Mark Pozniak (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 39.57
82 Stephan Wolfer (GBr) Fujibikes 40.15
83 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 41.52
84 Myles McCorry (Irl) Safe Cycling
85 Michal Stastny (Cze) Elmarco KK 42.00
86 Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 42.41
87 Chris Daddy (GBr) NE England 44.35
88 Andri Lebedev (Est) Kalev Chocolate 44.54
89 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 45.58
90 Philip Finegan (Irl) Usher Insulations 46.43
91 Aidan Crowley (Irl) cycleways.com 47.18
92 Mick Hennessy (Irl) Nucleus 47.19
93 Michael Mulcahy (Irl) Usher Insulations 47.20
94 Simon McNamara (GBr) Angliasport 48.23
95 Richard Kooijman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 48.44
96 Kenny Williams (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 49.31
97 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 49.44
98 Simon Saunders (GBr) SurreyRacing League 51.02
99 Nathan Mitchell (USA) TIAA-CREF 51.28
100 Donald Reeb (USA) Guinness 51.34
101 Shaun Snodden (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 54.08
102 Tom Greene (Irl) Ena Loakman 55.17
103 Brian Keane (Irl) Grant Thornton 56.05
104 Sonke Thiel (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 56.33
105 Daire O'Sullivan (Irl) Ena Loakman 57.13
106 Dan O'Sullivan (USA) McGuire Cycles 1.01.12
107 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Nucleus 1.02.54
108 Ronnie Batey (GBr) NE England 1.05.26
109 Menno de Boer (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 1.05.31
110 Stephen Enright (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 1.08.47
111 Fred Stamm (USA) McGuire Cycles 1.08.54
112 Ian Paine (GBr) Exel Ravens 1.09.54
113 Todd Duncan (USA) Guinness 1.17.21
114 Eoin Concannon (Irl) Kanturk 1.17.40
115 Richard Eastham (GBr) Angliasport 1.20.52
116 Colm Bracken (Irl) Murphy Surveys 1.22.07
117 Zach Bell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 1.22.13
118 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Ena Loakman 1.24.39
119 John O'Shea (Irl) Dan Morrissey 1.26.26
120 Brian Taafe (Irl) Whs. All Systems 1.26.38
121 Arne Hinrichsen (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 1.31.46
122 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nucleus 1.38.14
123 Hugo Keetman (Ned) BRC Kennemerland 1.39.19
124 Max Spirin (USA) McGuire Cycles 1.40.51
125 Ciaran Farrell (Irl) Whs. All Systems 1.46.31
126 Adrian Hedderman (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 1.49.49
127 Chris Harnish (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 1.53.19
128 Vincent Gleeson (Irl) Dan Morrissey 1.55.45
129 Fergus O'Connor (Irl) Whs. All Systems 2.01.45
130 William Byrne (Irl) Murphy Surveys 2.03.11
131 Conor Coffey (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 2.04.31
132 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Exel Ravens 2.05.39
133 Simon Mulvany (Irl) M Donnelly 2.05.40
134 Derek Cunningham (Irl) Wicklow South 2.08.30
135 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 2.11.46
136 Paddy Kelly (Irl) Wicklow South 2.13.50
137 John Wall (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 2.14.30
138 Marcus Smith (GBr) Scotland West 2.20.05
139 Justin Lillie (USA) Boston Scientific 2.22.16
140 Adam Kelly (Irl) Wicklow North 2.22.23
141 Dave Buchan (GBr) NE England 2.24.04
142 Barry Donnelly (Irl) Murphy Surveys 2.26.43
143 Dave Reilly (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 2.32.09
144 Emmet Hogan (Irl) McGuire Cycles 2.37.48
145 Jeremy Burton (USA) Tradewind Sports-CCB 2.38.16
146 Mick Walsh (USA) Ventilux First Mortgage 2.39.36
147 Karl Dolan (Irl) Safe Cycling 2.41.07
148 Peter Hey (GBr) Angliasport 2.49.34
149 Karl Elliott (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 2.49.52
150 Thomas Lavery (Irl) Kerry 2.56.40
151 Francis Ennis (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 2.57.02
152 Jason Bethel (GBr) Ventilux First Mortgage 3.03.29
153 Aaron Beardsley (USA) McGuire Cycles 3.11.46
154 Dave Early (Irl) Ena Loakman 3.13.41
155 Sean McGreevy (Irl) Safe Cycling 3.35.11
156 Richard Malone (Irl) Ena Loakman 3.38.51
Points classification
1 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Trinity Capital 84 pts
2 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 84
3 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 83
4 Yanto Barker (GBr) Stena 66
5 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 54
6 John Tanner (GBr) Trinity Capital 46
7 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus 38
8 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kalev Chocolate 36
9 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 35
10 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 33
Mountains classification
1 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Trinity Capital 72 pts
2 Julian Winn (GBr) Stena 60
3 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest 56
4 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 53
5 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Grant Thornton 38
6 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 35
7 Paul Healion (Irl) Usher Insulations 33
8 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 28
9 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 27
10 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens von Hacht 26
Under 23 classification
1 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 26.38.19
2 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 2.53
3 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Grant Thornton 7.20
4 Martin Snizek (Cze) Elmarco KK 7.27
5 Mark Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 7.52
6 Jiri Korbel (Cze) Elmarco KK 11.10
7 David Robinson (USA) TIAA-CREF 16.30
8 Robert Partridge (GBr) Stena 21.53
9 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Kanturk 28.09
10 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate 28.45
County rider classification
1 Tim Barry (Irl) Dan Morrissey 26.35.22
2 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) cycleways.com 4.06
3 Andrew Roche (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 4.16
4 Roger Aiken (Irl) Safe Cycling 5.57
5 Simon Kelly (Irl) Nucleus 7.19
6 Denis Lynch (Irl) Kanturk 7.31
7 Sean Lacey (Irl) M Donnelly 8.06
8 Rory Wyley (Irl) Dan Morrissey 9.41
9 Mark Cassidy (Irl) cycleways.com 10.49
10 John Horgan (Irl) Nucleus 12.16
CI Cat. 2 classification
1 Barry Meehan (Irl) Worldwide Cycles 27.01.41
2 Mark McLeavey (Irl) Dundrum Shopping 12.50
3 Tom Greene (Irl) Ena Loakman 26.15
4 Stephen Enright (Irl) IRC Moy Isover 39.45
5 Cormac O'Shea (Irl) Ena Loakman 55.37
6 Anthony O'Brien (Irl) Nucleus 1.09.12
7 Ciaran Farrell (Irl) Whs. All Systems 1.17.29
8 Fergus O'Connor (Irl) Whs. All Systems 1.32.43
9 Jonathan Gormley (Irl) Exel Ravens 1.36.37
10 Frank O'Connor (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn 1.42.44
International Team classification
1 Trinity Capital 79.47.21
2 Sparebanken Vest 3.01
3 Recycling.co.uk 10.25
4 Grant Thornton 14.37
5 Scotland 18.17
6 Elmarco KK Cube 19.30
7 Stena 31.51
8 Stevens von Hacht 35.07
9 Fujibikes 38.22
10 Surrey Racing League 40.00
11 TIAA-CREF 46.21
12 Jet Fuel Coffee 57.34
13 Kalev Chocolate 1.01.23
14 NE England 1.23.15
15 Angliasport 1.23.21
16 Kennemerland 1.43.07
17 Scotland West 2.02.23
18 McGuire Cycles 3.20.08
19 US - Ventilux First Mortgage 4.49.24
20 Tradewind Sports-CCB 6.12.53
County Team classification
1 Dan Morrissey 80.14.01
2 cycleways.com 1.47
3 Usher Insulations 18.25
4 Kanturk 23.17
5 Nucleus 29.38
6 Worldwide Cycles 30.28
7 M Donnelly 31.50
8 Safe Cycling 45.43
9 Whs. All Systems 1.18.30
10 Exel Ravens 1.52.08
11 Murphy Surveys 2.21.56
12 Ena Loakman Remax 2.32.53
13 Team Murphy & Gunn 2.37.20
14 IRC Moy Isover 5.54.44
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