Person: Mark Lovatt

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Newton to challenge Richardson’s Rás reign

CHRIS NEWTON, who won the overall title twice, will join last year’s champion Simon Richardson, and the 2008 winner, Stephen Gallagher, on the line for next month’s FBD Insurance Rás.

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Ojavee takes centre stage again in Dungloe

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Man attacks woman he ‘loved like his own gran’ with meat cleaver

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Newton to lay down law in defence of Rás

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Newton sweeps home for second Rás title

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Hegreberg strikes in seventh Ras stage

Newton gravitates towards victory

CHRIS NEWTON (Recycling.co.uk) faces the most crucial and difficult stage of the FBD Insurance Ras tomorrow when the survivors head for the Wicklow Mountains, but the talented English cyclist is already poised to lift the George Plant Trophy for a second time.

Fri, 27 May, 2005

Newton again wins battle with Elliott

CHRIS NEWTON (Recycling.co.uk) maintained leadership of the FBD Insurance RAS with Malcolm Elliott (Yorkshire Trinity Capital) still the closest challenger after yesterday’s stage.

Wed, 25 May, 2005

Toughest Rás yet for in-form Irish riders

DAVID O’LOUGHLIN and David McCann are hitting top form but Irish team manager Frank Campbell yesterday said this year’s FBD Milk Rás will be the toughest yet for Irish riders.

Fri, 21 May, 2004

O’Loughlin ahead

David O’Loughlin won the Murphy and Gunn Shay Elliott cycling event in Co. Wicklow yesterday.

Mon, 26 Apr, 2004

Newton’s law on Mamore ascent as Evans loses yellow jersey

CHRIS NEWTON (Great Britain) won the first mountain stage of this year’s FBD Milk Rás and stripped Ireland’s Tommy Evans of the race leader’s yellow jersey, as hopes of retaining the title won by Ciaran Power last year faded down the general classification sheet on a day of drama and excitement on the 90 mile trip from Letterkenny to Buncrana.

Fri, 23 May, 2003

Dawson takes centre stage

KEVIN DAWSON (Lancaster Life Repair Group) succeeded where team mate, Mark Lovatt, failed so narrowly the previous day when he rode into Letterkenny to win yesterday’s fourth stage of the FBD Milk Ras which took the riders 107 miles from Ballina in persistent if not torrential rain.

Thu, 22 May, 2003

Power the master after super sprint

CIARAN POWER may have gone into this year’s FBD Milk Rás as the defending champion but he achieved his main goal for this year yesterday by landing a stage win in a ferocious sprint into Ballina to end an eventful 93-mile third stage from Clifden.

Wed, 21 May, 2003