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Becomes one of a select group of teenage stage winners after taking sprint into Baltinglass
Clemens Fankhauser
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Matthew Holmes and Damien Shaw pile pressure on leader Clemens Fankhauser
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Eddie Dunbar slips from fourth to 12th overall after suffering mechanical problems
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Irish road race champion Ryan Mullen slips back from leader on stage six
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Lithuania’s Aidis Kruopis wins 155km Bearna to Newport race in a sprint finish
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Irvine, Mullen and Richardson lead Irish charge on opening stage
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Bennett finds himself third overall, four seconds behind John Degenkolb
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Carrick- on-Suir rider finished just behind Jens Debusschere and Peter Sagan
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Italy’s Davide Ballerini wins final stage to Skerries
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Austria Tirol Cycling rider finishes 10th behind impressive solo victor Markus Eibegger
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