Max Blundell has a birds eye view of the stage start with some help from his dad Matt

The peleton pass the water tower in Piltown

Jo Tindley takes the Queen of the Hills points from Anna Shackley of team GB

Holland's Loes Adegeest of Team Jan Van Arckel (centre) wins the sprint finish from Abi Smith of Team GB (in blue) and Ireland's Alice Sharpe of Ireland

Abi Smith of the Great Britain team in the race leaders jersey

Abi Smith of team GB leads the Sport Ireland Points classification

Linda Kelly of Cycling Munster leads the Kilkenny County Council Best Irish Rider Classification

Abi Smith of team GB leads the Best Young Rider classification

Jo Tindley (Pro-Noctis - Redchilli Bikes - Heidi Kjeldsen team ) retains the lead of the IVCA Wicklow200 Queen of the Mountains classification

Photos courtesy Lorraine O'Sullivan