Junior Tour Information

Peter Purfield 2002


Junior Tour 2002 - Stage 2

Wednesday  7th August - tramore Road,  Waterford

DISTANCE 57 MILES

Second placed Joost Van Leijen (in blue jersey) and his Tempo
BMV Veldhoven team-mate Rudi Van Houts, sixth overall, broke clear
early in the stage and gained over a minute on Nicolas Roche and the
rest of the main bunch. They were caught with three miles to go, but
Van Leijen had enough left to take second in the bunch sprint

Joost Van Leijen, Nicolas Roche and stage winner Paidi O'Brien in the
mountains jersey

IVCA president Henry Whelan and Sinead Power, sister of Irish
professional Ciaran Power, congratulate Joost Van Leijen (2nd on stage), 
the victorious Paidi O'Brien and Nicolas Roche (3rd today and 1st overall)

M. Donnelly Junior Tour stage 2, Waterford – Waterford (sponsored by Irish Veteran Cycling Association): 

1, Páidí O’Brien (Stena Ireland) 57 miles in 2 hours 18 mins 41 secs; 2, J. Van Leijen (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A, Netherlands); 3, N. Roche (Team Stephen Roche, France); 4, P. Johnston (Team South West, England); 5, D. Bellemakers (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A, Netherlands); 6, S. Roach (Wales); 7, T. Hardwick (Stena Ireland); 8, S. Wilson (North West Division) all same time

Primes: KOH at Tramore: 1, O’Brien; 2, A. Murphy (Scotland); 3, R. Partridge (Wales).

KOH at Annstown: 1, Roche; 2, O’Brien; 3, Hardwick. KOH at The Pike: 1, Van Leijen; 2, Van Houts; 3, S. Lampier (Team South West); 4, L. Heimans (District Noord Holland)

Overall classification (sponsored by Raleigh-Eurotrek):

1, Nicolas Roche (Team Stephen Roche) 2 hours 22 mins 21 secs; 2, J. Van Leijen (Tempo BMV Veldhoven, Netherlands), at 1 sec; 3, T. Hardwick (Stena Ireland) at 6 secs; 4, L Heimans (District Noord Holland) same time; 5, D. Bellemakers (Tempo BMV Veldhoven A, Netherlands) at 7 secs; 6, R. Van Houts (Tempo BMV Veldhoven, Netherlands) at 8 secs; 7, R. Connor (Ballymena) at 9 secs; 8, J. Elfares (VC La Pomme, France) at 10 secs

Grant Thornton Mountains classification: 1, O’Brien 12 points; 2, Van Houts 10 points; 3, Roche 9 points; Van Leijen 9 points

Raleigh-Eurotrek Points competition: 1, Roche 28 points; 2, Van Leijen 28 points; 3, Hardwick 22 points

Terry Dolan First-Year Junior competition: Theo Hardwick (Stena Ireland


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