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Tom Vanbecelaere and Ryan Connor split the race wide open today when they attacked the field and rode away.  Vandecelaere took the victory over Connor but third place Adam Armstrong finished over two minutes behind.  Vandecelaere from De Cock Capino team in Belgium finished with a time of 02hrs 55mins 50secs and took over the race lead heading into the double-stage tomorrow in County Down.

Tomorrow’s race starts with a 4-mile time-trial from Donagadee to Bangor in the morning with a stage-race in the afternoon around the Ards-Peninsula.

RESULTS

1  Tom Vanbecelaere   De Cock Capino Belgium Sen   2:55:50
2  Ryan Connor        Pezula Sen                   +     2
3  Adam Armstrong     Pezula U/23                  +  2:05
4  Glen Kinning       Castleregh CC-Mattest Sen    +  2:06
5  Sam Bennett        Ireland Juniors Jun          +  2:07
6  Sean Downey        Ireland Juniors Jun          +  2:11
7  Peter Hawkins      Usher-Irish Road Club Sen    +    st
8  Martyn Irvine      Pezula Sen                   +  2:17
9  Roger Aiken        Castleregh CC-Mattest Sen    +  2:23
10 Gerard van Dijk    WV De Kannibaal Sen          +  4:57

OVERALL

1 Tom Vanbecelaere    De Cock Capino Belgium Sen   2:58:16
2 Ryan Connor         Pezula Sen                   +    04
3 Sean Downey         Ireland Juniors Jun          +  2:08
4 Adam Armstrong      Pezula U/23                  +  2:10
5 Glen Kinning        Castleregh CC-Mattest Sen    +  2:13
6 Sam Bennett         Ireland Juniors Jun          +  2:14
7 Martyn Irvine       Pezula Sen                   +  2:16
8 Peter Hawkins       Usher-Irish Road Club Sen    +  2:16
9 Roger Aiken         Castleregh CC-Mattest Sen    +  3:07
10 Stuart McManus     Glasgow Wheelers `A` U/23    +  5:08

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