Rollin powers to victory in Yeats Country

NORTH American riders took custody of all the important jerseys when the FBD Insurance RÁS arrived in Sligo last evening after a 106-mile stage from Loughrea.

The stage was won by Canadian champion, Dominique Rollin, in a fiercely-contested sprint, with Páidí O’Brien from Banteer and Tralee’s Paul Griffin at the head of a 38-man breakaway group.

Rollin’s win consolidated his position at the top of the points classification while his US Kodak Gallery team-mate, Jesse Anthony, added the yellow jersey to a collection that also includes mountains and U-23 jerseys.