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
Some pictures from the event taken by Peter Purfield
33km into the 91km stage a large breakaway of 20 riders has gone clear
The Yellow jersey Liam Blanchfield (Bray Wheelers) leads the bunch
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
The bunch is all together and the gap is 1' 50"
The leaders
The gap is getting close to 2 minutes now
The Yellow jersey is consistently near the front
The leaders turn left through Rathville were the road is covered with diesel oil as the drop down through the village
The constant rain is not that heavy and fortunately it's not cold
The gap to the bunch is still hovering around 2 minutes
Back to the break
The bunch
The rains gets heavy again
The bunch are still holding the gap and the speed is high considering the conditions
20km to go for the leaders
The bunch
Back with the leaders
Some tired faces now
The bunch keep the pressure on and get some glimpse of the break on the long straights
The break with 15km to go
The remaining part of the stage is continued on page two