FBD Milk Rás 9 Day Stage Race

Stage 1: Dublin - Longford   20th May 2000

Ceremonial Start at the GPO in Dublin

Race neutralised to Finglas

Bunch all together at Ashbourne 10k 

Hot Spot Sprint at Slane: 1 Hilliard,J SKH 5",  2 Connaughton,S GDA 4", 
3 Crowley,A CHC 3", 4 Faruhn,S GER 2", 5 Willwohl,G GER 1" 

Approaching the prime in Navan

Prime at Navan: 1 Faruhn,S GER 

The start of the Breakaway then joined by chasing group

The Break worked well and quickly opened up the gap to over a minute

Hot Spot Sprint at Delvin: 1 Butler,G SRT 5", 2 Winn,J WAL 4" 
3 Moriarty,E IRL 3", 4 Jahn,R GER 2", 5 O'Loughlin,D MYO 1" 

Philip Cassidy made several attempts to get out of the bunch that was loosing time

Strong crosswinds helped the organised break make time

Hot Spot Sprint at Edgeworthstown: 1 Winn,J WAL 5", 2 Cuppens,T BEL 4" 
3 Nilsson,T SWE 3", 4 Moriarty,E IRL 2", 5 Butler,G SRT 1" 

The break at 10k to go - gap now almost 5 minutes

Stage Winner Tjarco Cuppens, Belgium DMC 

KOM Leader J P Hilliard Dublin Skip and  Tjarco Cuppens, Belgium DMC 

Read Shane Stokes Report >> - Read Cian Lynch's Riders Report >>

New leader Julian Winn, from Wales See Full Results Here >>

The man who makes it all happen - FBD Milk Rás Organiser Dermot Dignam

More Pictures: <Stage 1 > - <The Teams >> - <More Rás > - <Stage 8 - Part 1> - <Stage 8 - Part 2> -  <Stage 9 >
Full Results: <Stage 1> - <Stage 2> - <Stage 3> - <Stage 4> - <Stage 5> - <Stage 6> - <Stage 7> - <Stage 8> - <Stage 9>

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