Delighted Newton claims Rás title

CHRIS NEWTON (Great Britain), runner-up to Ciaran Power 12 months earlier, may not have been in race-winning form coming into this year’s FBD Milk Rás, but the world points champion could not hide his excitement as he left Dublin with the overall title last evening after a dramatic week.

After the dreadful weather of the past seven days, he claimed the final yellow jersey of the race in glorious sunshine in the Phoenix Park where American Adam Hodges Myerson won the coveted final stage in a ferocious sprint with the former professional Malcolm Elliott.

It was a fitting finale to a spectacular week's racing, mostly dominated by the weather.