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PICTURE GALLERY : Peter Purfield Last Updated: Sep 9th, 2010 - 19:42:42

RÁS NA MBAN 2007 - Stage 3 Pictures
By Peter Purfield
Sep 9, 2007,

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Some pictures of the event taken by Peter Purfield

Mick Lawless with the Selection Noord-Holland team

The jersey presentations: Points Leader: Anika Werheit (Team SRM), Leaders Pink Jersey: Marit Huisman (Selection Noord-Holland), Race Director and Sponsor: Louis Moriarty (Sneem Hotel), Best Irish Rider: Kate Rudd (MyHome.ie) and Queen of the Hills leader: Lydia Wegemund (Charlottenburg)

The start of the final stage, 100K with 3 laps of the Dunlavin circuit

The race is together as they go onto the Dunlavin circuit

Front of the bunch

Lydia Wegemund takes the first mountain prime

There's a split in the bunch as they descend after the prime

An Irish riders tries to get away from the bunch

More riders try escape the bunch

All together as they climb the 2nd hill of the day

Still together as the hit the 3rd climb

Five riders break clear at the half way stage

They are working well and have opened a gap to 40 seconds

On the 4th climb the chasing bunch has them in sight

All but Heather Wilson of the Irish Team have been caught as the leave Dunlavin for the final lap

All back together as they hit the last mountain prime

Sprint for the prime

The front of the race after the prime

Roisin Kennedy leads the front group with 10K to go

Riders try attack clear with 7K to go

50M on the climb to the finish

Katrin Hollendung (Team Coogee Saar) wins the final stage into Kilcullen

more finishers





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