O’Brien eyes overall victory

PÁIDÍ O’BRIEN, chasing a stage win all week, turned his attentions to overall victory after yesterday’s sensational fifth stage in the FBD Insurance RÁS which ended in Buncrana.

Victory went to Nico Graf and his Germany Thuringer Energy teammate, Tony Martin, took the race leader’s yellow jersey.

The 22-year-old Banteer cyclist was sitting pretty in second place on General Classification, 17 seconds behind the overall leader after a gruelling climb up the notorious Gap of Mamore where the battle for the pink jersey of the mountains leader was fought out in torrential rain.