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
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