FBD Insurance Raas 2008

Ferry operators Stena Line are to support the Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk team on the 2008 FBD Insurance Rás held from May 16 to 28.

The Stena Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk squad will feature Chris Newton, winner in 2003 and 2005, and 2006 champion Kristian House line up with Dean Downing, Rob Partridge and Dale Appleby. Reserves are Ryan Bonser and Graham Briggs.

The squad will be backed by Stena Ferry Line for the race, and team manager John Herety is determined to give them a good return. “The team would like to once again thank Stena for their sponsorship during the RÁS,” he stated. “We hope to be able to show off their brand along with those of our other sponsors by winning stages and getting involved with some aggressive racing.”

Newton will be one of the most experienced riders in the FBD Insurance Rás peloton. Apart from his two wins and eight stage victories in Ireland, Newton won the track World Championship points race and team pursuit titles in 2002 and 2005 respectively. The 34 year old’s impressive CV also includes silver and bronze medals in the Olympic team pursuit (2004 and 2000). and 2006 Commonwealth Games victory in the same discipline.

He is also a past winner of the general classification at the Circuit des Mines plus the mountains competition in the Tour de Langkawi.

If Newton, Downing and House represent the experienced side of the squad, Partridge, Bonser and Appleby are the type of promising talent that Herety is helping to develop.

Stena Line has a long association with the FBD RÁS and is the official maritime carrier for the world-ranked 8 day race, being responsible each year for the massive task of bringing teams from Scandinavia, Britain and continental Europe. Mr. Eamonn Hewitt Communications & PR Manager for Stena Line’s Irish Sea Organisation said “Stena Line is delighted to support the FBD Insurance RÁS again this year. The Company has a relationship that goes back many years not only with this great event but with Irish cycling in general”.

Stages
Stage 1 Sunday 18th May, Navan - Ballinamore 142Kms.
Stage 2 Monday 19th May, Ballinamore - Claremorris 167Kms.
Stage 3 Tuesday 20th May, Claremorris - Lisdoonvarna 133Kms.
Stage 4 Wednesday 21st May, Corofin – Tralee 156Kms.
Stage 5 Thursday 22nd May, Tralee - Skibbereen 141Kms.
Stage 6 Friday 23rd May, Skibbereen - Clonmel 180Kms.
Stage 7 Saturday 24th May, Clonmel – Roundwood 177Kms.
Stage 8 Sunday 25th May, Newbridge – Skerries 130Kms.

Teams
Ireland 
1    David McCann
2.   Paul Griffin
3.   Dermot Nally
4.   Michael Concannon
5.   Robin Seymour

Netherlands
6.   Levi Heimans 
7.   Jenning Huizenga  
8.   Geert-Jan Jonkan  
9.   Maurice Schreurs  
10.  Robert Slippens 

Team Poland
11.  Rafal Ratajczyk
12.  Wojciech Dybel
13.  Jaroslaw Dabrowski
14.  Przemyslaw Niemiel
15.  Blazej Janiaczyk

Britian (Pro) Stena Rapha-Condor ReCycling.Co.Uk      
21.  Christopher Newton
22.   Kristian House
23.   Dean Downing
24.   Ben Greenwood
25.  Rob Partridge

Iran (Pro) Team Azad University
16.  Amir Zargari
17.  Abbas Saeiditanha
18.  Sayed Mostafa Seyed Rezaei
19.  Farshad Salehian
20.  Mehdi Faridi Kovij

Britain (Pro) Team Plowman Craven
26.   Simon Richardson
27.   Alex Higham 
28.   Tom Barras
29.   Craig MacLean
30.   Evan Oliphant

Ireland (Pro)An Post Sean Kelly
31.   Paidi O'Brien
32.   Mark Cassidy
33.   Stephen Gallagher
34.    Benny de Schrooder
35.   Isaac Speirs

Ireland(Pro) Team Pezula
36.  Ciaran Power
37.  David O'Loughlin
38.  Kieran Page
39.  Cameron Jennings
40.  Martyn Irvine

Norway (Pro) Team Sparebanken Vest
41.   Stian Remme
42.   Morten Hegreberg
43.   Anders Lund
44.   Sondre Sortveit
45.   Havard Nybo

Bulgaria  Team Nessebar
46.   Georgi Georgiev
47.   Bogdan Stoychev
48.   Spas Gyurov
49.   Martin Grashev
50.   Stanislav Zaraliev

France  Team VC La Pomme Marseille
51.  David Tanner
52.  Julien Antomarchi
53.  Yoann Bagot
54.  Mathieu Delaroziere
55.  Mathieu Fabry

Germany Team Stevens von Hacht
56.  Rene Birkenfeld
57.  Johannes Sickmuller
58.  Ole Quast
59.  Sascha Wagner
60.  Yannik Tiedt

Team Isle Of Man Microgaming-Dolan-High 5
61.   Andrew Roche
62.   Graeme Hatcher
63.   Warren Flynn
64.   Tom Black
65.   Ken Hanson

Britain Surrey Racing League
66.   Andrew Bye
67.   Wouter Sybrandy
68.   Chris McNamara
69.   Chris Moores
70.   Dave Sinclare

Britain Team Kinesis
71.   James Sampson
72.   Matt Cronshaw
73.   Tom Last
74.   Josh James
75.   Kit Gilham

Britain South England Team Primera Sport.Co.Uk
76.   Daniel Davis
77.   William Hedden
78.   Tom Kirk
79.   Matthew Melville
80.   Tom Southam

Dublin McNally Swords
81.   Kevin Donagher
82.   Stephen Halpin
83.   Jason O'Callaghan
84.   Ciaran Lewis
85.   Paul Healion

Dublin IRC Usher Insulations
86.   Peter Hawkins
87.   Matthew Ward
88.   Neil Delahaye
89.   Simon Kelly
90.   Colm Cassidy

Dublin Dundrum Town Centre
91.   Stephen Surdival
92.   Cian Crowley
93.   Richard McCauley
94.   Graham Hurley  
95.   Shane Hurley

Dublin  Eurocycles
96.   Urban Monks
97.   Michael Butler
98.   Daire O'Sullivan
99.   MarK Nestor
100. A.N.Other

Kerry Total Cleaning Supplies
101.  Niall Brosnan
102.  Brendan Lacey
103.  Denis Dunworth
104.  A.N.Other
105.  David Brennan

Kildare Newbridge
106.  Corman O'Shea
107.  Richard Malone
108.  Frank O'Leary  
109.  Michael Storan
110.  Nathan Jones

Kildare
111.  Mark Kiernan
112.  David Peelo
113.  Kieran Kelly  
114.  Noel McGlynn
115.  Brian Geraghty

Meath My home.ie/BDBC
116.  Eughen Moriarty
117.  Stephen O'Sullivan
118.  Aidan Crowley
119.  Philip Finegan
120.  Brian Kenneally

Meath
121.  Adrain Hederman
122.  Ciaran Cassidy
123.  Scott McDonald
124.  Barry Sutton
125.  Laurence Roche

Meath Martin Donnelly
126.  Craig Sweetman
127.  Simon Mulvany
128.  Alan Clogher
129.  Frank O'Connor
130.  Colin Robinson

Tipperary Dan Morrissey
131.  John O'Brien
132.  Michael Fitzgerald
133.  Michael O'Reilly
134.  Mark Power
135.  Joe Fenlon

Kanturk Town Cork
136.  Dennis Lynch
137.  Michael Lucey
138.  Chris Troy
139.  Paul Vaughan
140.  Con Collins

Websites
Race - www.fbdinsuranceras.com/event/
Team - www.raphacondorrecycling.cc/home