Last Updated: Aug 26th, 2008 - 14:42:51
Some pictures from the penultimate stage through the Wicklow mountains taken by Peter Purfield.
30K to go - The leading group of 23 riders on the Slieve Maan climb. The yellow jersey group is five minutes 10 seconds back.
Three members of the An Post team at the front, Stephen Gallagher is now leader on the road
Rodger Aiken is also moving to the top of the classification sheet
1 Km to the summit of the Slieve Maan category 1 climb
On the Drumgoff (Shay Elliott) climb two riders go ahead of the leading group
The An Post team keeps the tempo high into a strong headwind on the climb
1 Km to the summit
A great crowd on the top of the Drumgoff climb
On the way to the finish 3 riders have 45 seconds gap
The An Post team driving to the finish
The next group with David McCann is around 4 minutes behind
The yellow jersey is further back at 7 minutes
Wojciech Dybel of the Polish National Team wins into Roundwood
The Gallagher group comes in 48 seconds behind
The yellow jersey Simon Richardson finishes 7 minutes 18 seconds behind
One of the larger groups finishing
Another finish after a hard day
Stephen Gallagher takes the leaders jersey for the second time this week
A happy Stephen Gallagher
The podium after stage 7
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