DAVID McCANN of the club, Belfast, held onto his lead of 36 seconds over Karl Donnelly win the Tour of Ulster yesterday at Enniskillen, with Eddie Mc third at further 20 seconds.
Andy Mills of Liverpool led In a breakaway group of five at the end of the final stage of 70 miles but McCann was in the main pack, with Donnelly and McMahon just 14 seconds behind, to take the overall honours.
The stage went through Derrygonnelly, the White Caves climb and Garrison, into Co Leitrim to take in Rossinver and Kinlough. Then it was on to Bundoran, Ballyshannon and Belleek with the finish back in Enniskillen.
Denis Easton and Pat Moriarty were to the fore on the climbs to take first and second places in the king of the mountains competition but with eight miles to go, the decisive break went clear. Although none of the five leaders was a threat to McCann overall, he led the chase after them and reduced their advantage at the line to 200 yards as Mills won from Adrian Hedderman, with Conor Lally third followed in by Mark Lyttle and Simon Devlin.
Brendan Doherty was best in the sprint for sixth place but McCann was there safely to retain the lead he yeld since he won Saturday's opening stage and stake his claim for consideration for greater rewards in the FBD Milk Ras which gets under way on Saturday week.
