O Loughlin Wins FBD Ras Stage3

David O Loughlin of the An Post, Sean kelly squad has won stage 3 of the FBD Insurance Ras in a 4 man sprint into Oughterard. On home territory today he was always to the fore of the break and at the finish easily beat last years Ras winner Simon Richardson of the Sigma Sport team into second place.

O Loughlin also took maximum points on both of the days KOM primes putting him in the Polka Dot jersey for tomorrows stage.

Stage 3, Carrick on Shannon – Oughterard:

1, David O'Loughlin (Belgium An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) 171 kilometres in 3 hours 49 mins 50 secs
2, Simon Richardson (Britain Sigmasport Specialised) at 1 sec
3, Fredrik Johansson (Sweden - Team Sprocket Pro) same time
4, Wouter Sybrandy (Britain Sigmasport Specialized) at 4 secs
5, John Degenkolb (Germany Thuringer Energie) at 17 secs
6, Peter Williams (Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta)
7, Philip Lavery (Dublin Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn)
8, Dan Craven (Britain Rapha Condor Sharp)
9, Simon Williams (Ireland Subway National Team)
10, Michael O'Reilly (Limerick BDO Get Back) all same time