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2012 AN POST GOREY 3 DAY - Stage 4 Pictures Part I
By Peter Purfield
Apr 10, 2012 - 2:20:00 PM
The classification leaders at the start of Stage 4 - Green John Kenny (Navan RC), Red Shane Baker (Usher IRC), White Dylan Foley (Irish Devl Squad) and Yellow Liam Blanchfield (Bray Wheelers) - Photo courtesy of Andrew Usher
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Some pictures from the event taken by Peter Purfield
33km into the 91km stage a large breakaway of 20 riders has gone clear
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The Yellow jersey Liam Blanchfield (Bray Wheelers) leads the bunch
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55km to go: The leaders turn right in Tullow and get some help with a tailwind as they head straight to the finish -The group is well organised and setting a good pace
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The bunch is all together and the gap is 1' 50"
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The leaders
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The gap is getting close to 2 minutes now
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The Yellow jersey is consistently near the front
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The leaders turn left through Rathville were the road is covered with diesel oil as the drop down through the village
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The constant rain is not that heavy and fortunately it's not cold
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The gap to the bunch is still hovering around 2 minutes
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Back to the break
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The bunch
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The rains gets heavy again
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The bunch are still holding the gap and the speed is high considering the conditions
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20km to go for the leaders
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The bunch
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Back with the leaders
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Some tired faces now
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The bunch keep the pressure on and get some glimpse of the break on the long straights
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The break with 15km to go
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The remaining part of the stage is continued on page two
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