Ireland finale: Julian Dean third overall!

Author: Woody

31 Aug

Giving it his all to the very end, Julian Dean battled over the brutal St. Pat’s climb during today’s finishing circuits to stick with today’s top contenders. Unfortunately, Marco Pinotti had just a bit more juice and took third on the stage behind the two-man break, earning the bonus time he needed to take the overall.

Julian finished third overall and 21″ of Pinotti after five days and nearly 22 hours of hard racing. Next up for the northern European crew is the Tour of Britain, which starts Sunday, September 7th.

Team Garmin-Chipotle stage results
1. Frantisek Rabon 3h27′04″
6. Julian Dean +1′37″
17. Trent Lowe +3′11″
DNF David Millar
DNF Martijn Maaskant
DNF Magnus Backstedt

Team Garmin-Chipotle GC
1. Marco Pinotti 21h43′16″
2. Russell Downing +19″
3. Julian Dean +21″
29. Trent Lowe +10′46″

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6 Responses for "Ireland finale: Julian Dean third overall!"

debbie August 31st, 2008 at 3:49 pm 1
awsome ride julz. last stage looked real tough, good on you for fighting it out,
alex.r September 1st, 2008 at 7:27 am 2
unlucky guys - you all did well!
it was amazing to see all the riders see the climb and just turn around though
Nicole September 1st, 2008 at 10:41 am 3
Maggy in the break on 4, Millar killing it later that stage, Lowe and Maaskant pushing the pace up the hill in stage 5, and Dean having an amazing race on all fronts — so much fun to watch! Nice work, guys!
emily September 1st, 2008 at 3:48 pm 4
so, we’ll see you over here next week…
Peter September 3rd, 2008 at 2:09 am 5
well done julz! what a result
Lozy September 4th, 2008 at 9:30 am 6
Way to go Julz!!! It’s unfortunate everyone was kinda down for the count and couldn’t back you fully. Get well soon guys!