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Peter Purfield's Irish Cycling Gallery 2001

Junior Tour 2001 - Stage 2

Wednesday 8th August - Skerries, Co. Dublin

Philip Deignan Stena Line Ireland Team

Starting the second lap of 6 a breakaway gets away

Breakaway group

Yellow Jersey leads the bunch

With 2 laps to go a chasing group catches the leaders

A new break goes clear

Deignan wins the stage

Results - stage 2:
1) Philip Duignan (Ireland) 46 miles in 1 hour 53 mins 41 secs; 2, J. Van Leijen (Holland Tempo Veldhoven) same time; 3, Phillipe Tesson (France VC La Pomme) at 27 secs; 4, B. Clarke (Great Britain) same time; 5, Steve Harrison (Great Britain) at 51 secs; 6, J. Plumier (France Cote D'Azur)

Overall classification
1, Philip Deignan (Ireland); 2, J. Van Leijen (Holland Tempo Veldhoven) at 12 secs; 3, Phillipe Tesson (France VC La Pomme) at 21 secs; 4, B. Clarke (Great Britain) at 39 secs; 5, N. Roche (France Cote d'Azur) at 46 secs; 6, J. Sarkissian (France VC La Pomme) same time