The fourth stage of the Rás went from Killaloe to Ballinrobe, 88 miles. The race was a tough one, with breakaways forming early in the day. At around the half way stage, there were several large bunches spread over 8 or so minutes.
Jon Clay, overall leader going into today's stage, who was in the main bunch - which was the last one on the road - pulled off a very good second half of the race, coming from 8 minutes down to finish 3 minutes down on the leaders. Oh, and did I forget to mention that he and all the Linda McCartney team were suffering from diarrhoea.
The stage itself was won by David McCann (Armagh/Planet X), with Paul Healion (Usher IRC) in second and the Belgian Peter Van Hoof in third.
The results below were done up by a program created by Irish man Séamus Shortall, whose own personal cycling site hosts
the official Rás site.
FBD MILK RÁS 1999 Stage 4 Confirmed Results Killaloe - Ballinrobe, 18/May/1999 Stage Result Issued: 18 May 1999, 16:44 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Winner's Time: 3h26'33" Deadline: 4h07'51" (20%) Race Dist: 141.50 kms / 87.99 Mil Total Dist: 602.00 kms / 374.35 miles Speed: 41.10 kph / 25.56 mph Average: 42.04 kph / 26.14 mph Number of Starters: 138 Number of Finishers: 135 Did Not Start: 1 Did Not Finish: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PL No. UCI Code Name TM Team Time Deficit 1 83 IRL19730317 McCann,David ARM Armagh/Planet X 3h26'33" 2 119 IRL19780603 Healion,Paul IRC Dublin IRC/Usher 3h26'47" @ 14" 3 7 BEL19690124 Van Hoof,Peter BEL Belgium DCM ICS same 4 54 GBR19691016 Lyons,Andy CHP Cheshire Peugeot same 5 36 GBR19780630 Griffiths,James WAL Wales same 6 2 IRL19611012 Cassidy,Philip IRL Ireland/Clarke 3h26'50" @ 17" 7 25 FRA19740221 Fabien,Nicholas FRA France Bretagne 3h27'13" @ 40" 8 81 IRL19690616 Doherty,Brendan ARM Armagh/Planet X same 9 4 IRL19780429 O'Loughlin,David IRL Ireland/Clarke same 10 71 GBR19661007 Dodd,Gary SRL Surrey Racing League same 11 61 GBR19760315 Hobby,Richard LIN Lincoln same 12 95 IRL19780329 Mannix,John CIA Cíarrai/Irish Baltic same 13 73 GBR19750704 Morgan,Roger SRL Surrey Racing League same 14 111 IRL19710730 Lynch,Cian SWO Dublin Swords/McNally same 15 16 EGY19750405 El Nady,Amr EGY Egypt same ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Non starters/finishers/eliminated Riders ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Did Not Finish: 47-Brooks.B, 67-Stuart.K, 133-McVeigh.D Did Not Start: 139-Farrell.A ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Classification ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PL No. STG Time Name TM Team GC Time Deficit 1 15 3h27'13" Putsep,Erki EST Estonia 14h21'14" 2 2 3h26'50" Cassidy,Philip IRL Ireland/Clarke 14h22'22" @ 01'08" 3 46 3h30'31" Clay,Jon LMC Linda McCartney 14h24'10" @ 02'56" 4 164 3h30'31" Kenneally,Brian WIC Wicklow/Ang.Ir.B 14h24'12" @ 02'58" 5 146 3h30'31" Finnegan,Dermot AVO Meath/Avonmore 14h24'25" @ 03'11" 6 42 3h30'31" Pearce,Colby USE USA/Europe 14h24'31" @ 03'17" 7 3 3h30'31" Moriarty,Eugene IRL Ireland/Clarke 14h24'35" @ 03'21" 8 83 3h26'33" McCann,David ARM Armagh/Planet X 14h24'53" @ 03'39" 9 31 3h27'13" Dagelet,Erik NET Netherlands Prow 14h25'56" @ 04'42" 10 61 3h27'13" Hobby,Richard LIN Lincoln 14h25'57" @ 04'43" 11 119 3h26'47" Healion,Paul IRC Dublin IRC/Usher 14h26'19" @ 05'05" 12 125 3h27'13" Chivers,Ian ORW Dublin Orwell 14h26'55" @ 05'41" 13 161 3h27'13" O'Sullivan,Stephen WIC Wicklow/Ang.Ir.B 14h27'09" @ 05'55" 14 50 3h30'31" Downing,Russell LMC Linda McCartney 14h27'45" @ 06'31" 15 22 3h30'31" Commault,Didier FRA France Bretagne 14h28'47" @ 07'33" 16 82 3h30'31" Easton,Denis ARM Armagh/Planet X 14h29'15" @ 08'01" 17 36 3h26'47" Griffiths,James WAL Wales 14h29'37" @ 08'23" 18 148 3h30'31" Moore,Bill AVO Meath/Avonmore 14h29'44" @ 08'30" 19 14 3h27'13" Ainsalu,Markku EST Estonia 14h30'03" @ 08'49" 20 56 3h30'31" Swettenham,Peter TWI Twickenham CC 14h30'03" @ 08'49" 21 39 3h27'13" Malarczyk,Anthony WAL Wales 14h30'11" @ 08'57" 22 78 3h27'13" Sloan,Kirk ANT Antrim/UCF 14h31'13" @ 09'59" 23 71 3h27'13" Dodd,Gary SRL Surrey Racing Le 14h32'49" @ 11'35" 24 54 3h26'47" Lyons,Andy CHP Cheshire Peugeot 14h32'49" @ 11'35" 25 73 3h27'13" Morgan,Roger SRL Surrey Racing Le 14h32'57" @ 11'43" 26 16 3h27'13" El Nady,Amr EGY Egypt 14h33'01" @ 11'47" 27 55 3h30'31" Lovatt,Mark CHP Cheshire Peugeot 14h33'02" @ 11'48" 28 41 3h30'31" Steiner,Simon USE USA/Europe 14h33'22" @ 12'08" 29 17 3h30'31" Abdelfattah,Mohamed EGY Egypt 14h33'24" @ 12'10" 30 44 3h30'31" Russell,Ken USE USA/Europe 14h33'43" @ 12'29" 31 21 3h30'31" Duclos,Sébastien FRA France Bretagne 14h33'43" @ 12'29" 32 81 3h27'13" Doherty,Brendan ARM Armagh/Planet X 14h34'03" @ 12'49" 33 8 3h30'31" Cuppens,Tjarco BEL Belgium DCM ICS 14h36'19" @ 15'05" 34 74 3h30'31" Axford,Danny SRL Surrey Racing Le 14h36'33" @ 15'19" 35 165 3h37'56" Cahill,Richard WIC Wicklow/Ang.Ir.B 14h36'40" @ 15'26" 36 4 3h27'13" O'Loughlin,David IRL Ireland/Clarke 14h37'09" @ 15'55" 37 88 3h27'13" Hedderman,Adrian CAR Carlow/Dan Morri 14h37'09" @ 15'55" 38 5 3h30'31" Moriarty,Paddy IRL Ireland/Clarke 14h38'07" @ 16'53" 39 52 3h42'42" Wright,Jeff CHP Cheshire Peugeot 14h39'45" @ 18'31" 40 25 3h27'13" Fabien,Nicholas FRA France Bretagne 14h40'07" @ 18'53" 41 111 3h27'13" Lynch,Cian SWO Dublin Swords/Mc 14h40'21" @ 19'07" 42 7 3h26'47" Van Hoof,Peter BEL Belgium DCM ICS 14h40'43" @ 19'29" 43 95 3h27'13" Mannix,John CIA Cíarrai/Irish Ba 14h41'09" @ 19'55" 44 11 3h30'31" Aksin,Janno EST Estonia 14h41'50" @ 20'36" 45 92 3h37'56" Blackwell,John CIA Cíarrai/Irish Ba 14h41'56" @ 20'42" 46 48 3h44'22" Reynolds-Jones,Rob LMC Linda McCartney 14h42'24" @ 21'10" 47 20 3h44'22" Abass ,Mahmoud EGY Egypt 14h43'06" @ 21'52" 48 19 3h30'31" Masry,Sayed EGY Egypt 14h43'32" @ 22'18" 49 149 3h30'31" Finnegan,Derek AVO Meath/Avonmore 14h43'35" @ 22'21" 50 12 3h37'56" Maasikmets,Alges EST Estonia 14h43'44" @ 22'30" 51 32 3h30'31" Timmermans,Ben NET Netherlands Prow 14h44'27" @ 23'13" 52 84 3h30'31" Graham,Brendan ARM Armagh/Planet X 14h44'27" @ 23'13" 53 134 3h30'31" Carroll,John KHE Kildare/Hire Equ 14h44'27" @ 23'13" 54 79 3h31'50" Greene,Christopher ANT Antrim/UCF 14h44'58" @ 23'44" 55 34 3h44'22" Kil,Pelle NET Netherlands Prow 14h46'11" @ 24'57" 56 59 3h30'59" Crow,Douglas TWI Twickenham CC 14h47'22" @ 26'08" 57 9 3h44'22" Leukemans,Dave BEL Belgium DCM ICS 14h48'22" @ 27'08" 58 62 3h30'31" Dayus,Jon LIN Lincoln 14h48'28" @ 27'14" 59 135 3h30'31" Kiernan,Mark KHE Kildare/Hire Equ 14h49'11" @ 27'57" 60 150 3h37'56" Nolan,John AVO Meath/Avonmore 14h50'14" @ 29'00" 61 65 3h37'56" Maude,Paul LIN Lincoln 14h50'15" @ 29'01" 62 10 3h44'22" Kestens,Dries BEL Belgium DCM ICS 14h50'24" @ 29'10" 63 76 3h44'22" Gallagher,Keith ANT Antrim/UCF 14h50'24" @ 29'10" 64 120 3h44'22" Peelo,David IRC Dublin IRC/Usher 14h50'24" @ 29'10" 65 89 3h37'56" Fenlon,Joseph CAR Carlow/Dan Morri 14h51'04" @ 29'50" 66 18 3h30'31" Saad,Khaled EGY Egypt 14h51'07" @ 29'53" 67 132 3h44'22" Marrey,Padraig KHE Kildare/Hire Equ 14h51'12" @ 29'58" 68 117 3h44'22" O'Leary,Frank IRC Dublin IRC/Usher 14h51'12" @ 29'58" 69 38 3h44'22" Sheppard,Paul WAL Wales 14h51'12" @ 29'58" 70 53 3h44'22" Evans,Phillip CHP Cheshire Peugeot 14h51'12" @ 29'58" 71 141 3h44'22" Kenneally,David MAY Mayo/NCF 14h51'12" @ 29'58" 72 153 3h44'22" Hughes,Tom MTH Meath 14h51'12" @ 29'58" 73 77 3h44'22" Grant,John ANT Antrim/UCF 14h51'12" @ 29'58" 74 93 3h44'22" O'Shea,Denis CIA Cíarrai/Irish Ba 14h51'12" @ 29'58" 75 37 3h37'56" Rose,George WAL Wales 14h51'52" @ 30'38" 76 43 3h37'56" Adams,Isaiah USE USA/Europe 14h52'30" @ 31'16" 77 33 3h44'22" Jansen,Harm NET Netherlands Prow 14h53'13" @ 31'59" 78 57 3h44'22" Halpern,Vincent TWI Twickenham CC 14h56'41" @ 35'27" 79 1 3h44'22" Clarke,Raymond IRL Ireland/Clarke 14h56'41" @ 35'27" 80 143 3h44'22" McMahon,Kieran MAY Mayo/NCF 14h56'41" @ 35'27" 81 101 3h44'22" McCrory,Myles DOW Down 14h56'41" @ 35'27" 82 80 3h44'22" Geddis,Philip ANT Antrim/UCF 14h56'41" @ 35'27" 83 6 3h44'22" Fox,Morgan BEL Belgium DCM ICS 14h56'48" @ 35'34" 84 91 3h44'22" McCarthy,John CIA Cíarrai/Irish Ba 14h57'30" @ 36'16" 85 131 3h44'22" Meehan,Andrew KHE Kildare/Hire Equ 14h57'30" @ 36'16" 86 142 3h44'22" Healy,Dermot MAY Mayo/NCF 14h57'30" @ 36'16" 87 86 3h44'22" Griffin,Paul CAR Carlow/Dan Morri 14h57'59" @ 36'45" 88 118 3h44'22" Bracken,Colm IRC Dublin IRC/Usher 14h58'14" @ 37'00" 89 75 3h44'22" Hoy,Justin SRL Surrey Racing Le 14h58'18" @ 37'04" 90 152 3h44'22" Sweetman,Craig MTH Meath 14h58'18" @ 37'04" 91 40 3h44'22" Jones,Sion WAL Wales 14h58'18" @ 37'04" 92 90 3h44'22" Finnegan,Philip CAR Carlow/Dan Morri 14h58'18" @ 37'04" 93 63 3h44'22" Coekin,Ben LIN Lincoln 14h58'18" @ 37'04" 94 113 3h44'22" Peppard,John SWO Dublin Swords/Mc 14h58'18" @ 37'04" 95 35 3h44'22" Kopmels,Hans NET Netherlands Prow 14h58'18" @ 37'04" 96 58 3h44'22" Rowan,Tom TWI Twickenham CC 14h58'18" @ 37'04" 97 23 3h44'22" Mace,Erwann FRA France Bretagne 14h58'18" @ 37'04" 98 66 3h44'22" Howells,Steve STD Southend 14h58'18" @ 37'04" 99 110 3h44'22" Hicks,Paul RAV Dublin Ravens 14h58'18" @ 37'04" 100 114 3h44'22" Whelan,Simon SWO Dublin Swords/Mc 14h58'18" @ 37'04" 101 122 3h44'22" Rogers,Erin ORW Dublin Orwell 14h58'18" @ 37'04" 102 163 3h44'22" Crowley,Aidan WIC Wicklow/Ang.Ir.B 14h58'18" @ 37'04" 103 151 3h44'22" Howard,Seamus MTH Meath 14h58'18" @ 37'04" 104 115 3h44'22" Sutcliffe,Mel SWO Dublin Swords/Mc 14h58'18" @ 37'04" 105 51 3h44'22" Cosgrove,John CHP Cheshire Peugeot 14h58'18" @ 37'04" 106 127 3h44'22" Conlon,Kenny KNB Kildare Newbridg 14h58'18" @ 37'04" 107 13 3h27'13" Kodanipork,Raido EST Estonia 14h59'18" @ 38'04" 108 72 3h37'56" Berkeley,Dave SRL Surrey Racing Le 15h02'32" @ 41'18" 109 64 3h37'56" Smith,Marcus LIN Lincoln 15h02'32" @ 41'18" 110 94 3h37'56" Cutting,Dan CIA Cíarrai/Irish Ba 15h02'32" @ 41'18" 111 147 3h34'29" Coughlan,Simon AVO Meath/Avonmore 15h05'04" @ 43'50" 112 49 4h02'51" Clarke,Julian LMC Linda McCartney 15h05'41" @ 44'27" 113 129 3h37'56" Byrne,Stephen KNB Kildare Newbridg 15h09'23" @ 48'09" 114 112 3h44'22" Maguire,Martin SWO Dublin Swords/Mc 15h11'12" @ 49'58" 115 103 3h44'22" McDonald,Aiden DOW Down 15h14'57" @ 53'43" 116 68 3h44'22" Woodcock,Tony STD Southend 15h14'57" @ 53'43" 117 109 3h44'22" Wall,Michael RAV Dublin Ravens 15h14'57" @ 53'43" 118 45 4h02'51" Humble,Ian USE USA/Europe 15h16'47" @ 55'33" 119 121 4h02'51" Finn,Eamonn ORW Dublin Orwell 15h16'47" @ 55'33" 120 104 4h02'51" Hamilton,Michael DOW Down 15h18'47" @ 57'33" 121 124 3h44'22" Condon,John ORW Dublin Orwell 15h25'37" @ 1h04'23" 122 130 4h02'39" Kelly,Joseph KNB Kildare Newbridg 15h33'14" @ 1h12'00" 123 102 4h02'39" Hanna,Rodney DOW Down 15h33'14" @ 1h12'00" 124 123 4h02'51" Ennis,Patrick ORW Dublin Orwell 15h33'26" @ 1h12'12" 125 96 3h44'22" Kenealy,Pat COR Cork 15h34'25" @ 1h13'11" 126 162 3h44'22" Bannon,Keith WIC Wicklow/Ang.Ir.B 15h34'46" @ 1h13'32" 127 144 4h02'51" Devins,Michael MAY Mayo/NCF 15h35'38" @ 1h14'24" 128 116 4h02'39" Gallagher,Karl IRC Dublin IRC/Usher 15h37'49" @ 1h16'35" 129 69 4h02'51" Brooks,Neil STD Southend 15h46'24" @ 1h25'10" 130 106 4h02'51" Duffin,Andrew RAV Dublin Ravens 15h50'57" @ 1h29'43" 131 126 3h44'22" Reidy,Jonathan KNB Kildare Newbridg 15h54'40" @ 1h33'26" 132 107 4h02'51" McGee,Justin RAV Dublin Ravens 15h55'19" @ 1h34'05" 133 108 4h02'51" Branagan,Karl RAV Dublin Ravens 15h55'51" @ 1h34'37" 134 60 4h02'39" Butterworth,William TWI Twickenham CC 16h05'57" @ 1h44'43" 135 154 4h02'51" Caffrey,Brendan MTH Meath 16h19'10" @ 1h57'56" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Category 2 GC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PL No. Name TM Deficit 1 165 Cahill,R WIC = 14h36'40" 2 95 Mannix,J CIA @ 04'29" 3 150 Nolan,J AVO @ 13'34" 4 89 Fenlon,J CAR @ 14'24" 5 117 O'Leary,F IRC @ 14'32" 6 153 Hughes,T MTH @ 14'32" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ben McKenna Mem. Trophy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PL No. Name TM Deficit 1 119 Healion,P IRC = 14h26'19" 2 78 Sloan,K ANT @ 04'54" 3 4 O'Loughlin,D IRL @ 10'50" 4 95 Mannix,J CIA @ 14'50" 5 149 Finnegan,D AVO @ 17'16" 6 134 Carroll,J KHE @ 18'08" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Points Classifications ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Points Competition * Mountains Competition * Sprints Competition * * PL|Name |TM |Pts * PL|Name |TM |Pts * PL|Name |TM |Pts 1|Kil,P |NET| 29 * 1|Wright,J |CHP| 19 * | | | 2|McCann,D |ARM| 27 * 2|Dagelet,E |NET| 19 * | | | 3|Kenneally,B |WIC| 26 * 3|Finnegan,D |AVO| 18 * | | | 4|Finnegan,D |AVO| 26 * 4|Moriarty,E |IRL| 17 * | | | 5|Pearce,C |USE| 23 * 5|Fox,M |BEL| 17 * | | | 6|Griffiths,J |WAL| 22 * 6|Kil,P |NET| 15 * | | | 7|Lovatt,M |CHP| 21 * 7|Pearce,C |USE| 14 * | | | 8|Clay,J |LMC| 18 * 8|Coughlan,S |AVO| 12 * | | | 9|Wright,J |CHP| 18 * 9|O'Sullivan,S|WIC| 12 * | | | 10|Putsep,E |EST| 17 * 10|McCann,D |ARM| 12 * | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Primes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- KOM Cat 3 at Garraun | KOM Cat 2 at Killanena 1|Dodd,G |SRL 5pts | 0"| | 1|Coughlan,S |AVO 10pts | 0"| 2|McCann,D |ARM 4pts | 0"| | 2|McCann,D |ARM 8pts | 0"| 3|Cassidy,P |IRL 3pts | 0"| | 3|Dagelet,E |NET 6pts | 0"| 4|Coughlan,S |AVO 2pts | 0"| | 4|Healion,P |IRC 4pts | 0"| | 5|Dodd,G |SRL 3pts | 0"| | 6|Cassidy,P |IRL 1pts | 0"| Prime at Gort | 1|Hedderman,A |CAR pts | 0"| | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Points & Bonuses ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stg Prm Stg Prm Pts Pts Bon Bon No. Name 15 83 McCann,D 14 119 Healion,P 13 7 Van Hoof,P 12 54 Lyons,A 11 36 Griffiths,J 10 2 Cassidy,P 9 25 Fabien,N 8 81 Doherty,B 7 4 O'Loughlin,D 6 71 Dodd,G 5 61 Hobby,R 4 95 Mannix,J 3 73 Morgan,R 2 111 Lynch,C 1 16 El Nady,A ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Teams Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PL Name Time Deficit 1 Estonia 10h21'39" 2 Ireland/Clarke 10h24'34" 02'55" 3 Surrey Racing League 10h24'57" 03'18" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- County Teams Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PL Name Time Deficit 1 Armagh/Planet X 10h24'17" 2 Meath/Avonmore 10h31'33" 07'16" 3 Wicklow/Ang.Ir.Bank 10h35'40" 11'23" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Teams GC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PL Name Time Deficit 1 Ireland/Clarke 43h17'05" 2 Estonia 43h24'19" 07'14" 3 Linda McCartney 43h27'07" 10'02" 4 USA/Europe 43h31'38" 14'33" 5 Egypt 43h32'21" 15'16" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- County Team GC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PL Name Time Deficit 1 Wicklow/Ang.Ir.Bank 43h28'05" 2 Armagh/Planet X 43h28'16" 11" 3 Meath/Avonmore 43h36'11" 08'06" 4 Antrim/UCF 43h59'29" 31'24" 5 Cíarrai/Irish Baltic 44h07'03" 38'58" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Communique of the College of Commissaires ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- APPEALS: The appeals by the Team Manager Kildare/Hire Equip reguarding Art 4.11 and Art 4.6 of FIC regulations were upheld. FINAL WARNING: Feeding will only be allowed at either rear of group if less than 16 riders or behind Commissaires car if group is greater than 16 riders. This will be strictly enforced with fines and/or penalties. The College of Commissaires ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Penalties ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article FIC 4.4 - Verbally offensive to Commissaire. (2nd Offence) 164: Kenneally,Brian: IRL19750120 FINE: 5 Fs Article FIC 4.7 - Failure to obey Commissaire's instruction regarding feeding. Team Manager: Armagh/Planet X: ARM +Warning Article FIC 5.5 - Pacing behind team vehicle. 104: Hamilton,Michael: GBR19740425 +02'00" (for a prolonged period.) 33: Jansen,Harm: NED19671108 +05'00" (in respect of above.) Team Manager: Wales: WAL FINE: 20 Fs Article Ras Reg. 1 - Late to Sign On 118: Bracken,Colm: IRL19661005 FINE: 5 Fs Article Ras Reg. 2 - Prolonged holding of bottle Team Manager: Wales: WAL FINE: 20 Fs The College of Commissaires ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Communique from the Race Organisation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cycleways Special Award: Nominated by the Race Media to: 119: Healion,Paul Dublin IRC/Usher IRL19780603 for his courageous performance throughout the stage. Team Managers please note: If you are booked out of your accomodation for evening meals, you must pay before leaving the Hotel. Edward Dawson. REQUEST: 45: Humble,Ian USA/Europe GBR19720917 is requesting the use of a bike (approx 22"/56cm) on loan for the remainder of the event. The Race Organisation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------