Patrick's Hill defeated Lance Armstrong: the history of elite cycling in Cork

Five other riders bridge across, including Roche, who then puts in a big shift to ensure the group goes clear. In the last lap, Kelly and Doyle are clearly the strong men in the race and it is the pair who swing left off of South Gate Bridge into the finishing straight for the final time, and Kelly burns his English rival with a terrific finishing kick to take the spoils.

The Belgian Stijn Vandenbergh won the stage and the overall, while a year later Cork was given the honour of being the final stage finish, with Frantisek Rabon of the Czech Republic being the first across the line that year.
