Englishman Andy Proffitt from Deal leads the Tour of the North. After finishing fourth in the prologue time-trial on Friday, Proffitt was second to Ian Chivers at the end of Saturday's second stage of 60 miles at Dundonald to take over from Chivers.
On yesterday's stage three timetrial of 12 miles at Ballyclare, Proffitt was fastest, so going into today's stage at Larne he has an advantage of a minute and 21 seconds over Chivers with Conor Henry next at 1:56.
Mark Scanlon of Sligo has dominated the Gorey three-day race, having won all of the first three stages.
On the finishing loop around Gorey at the end of Saturday's 68 miles from Tallaght, Scanlon went clear on his own and won by a minute and 48 seconds from Ray Keane. He was best in yesterday morning's time-trial over 3.2 miles at Castletown and continued to emphasise his supremacy by taking the afternoon stage over four laps of a tough 13 miles circuit at Coolgreaney.
Heading back to Tallaght today, Scanlon has a commanding lead of five minutes and 28 seconds over his closest challenger, Keane.
After a couple of unlucky outings in recent weeks, Brian Kenneally took a firm grip on Ras Mumhan yesterday when he followed up his win on Saturday's stage two with fastest time in the 6.5 miles time trial on the Killarney-Killorglin road and he retained his overall lead in the evening criterium.
