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2025 The 70th edition of the Rás Tailteann will take place from May 21st to May 25th, 2025.
Another transfer to Co Mayo for the start of stage three, where Cong will welcome the Rás Tailteann. After setting off from Cong, the riders will take in breathtaking scenery along the Wild Atlantic Way before they face the fast finish towards Miltown Malbay in County Clare. The penultimate stage will kick off from Ennis, Co Clare and take on 2 x category three climb’s before crossing the category one Wolftrap climb with less than 15KM remaining – will there be enough time to regroup before the finish in Mountrath, Co Laois? The final stage of Rás Tailteann 2025 will kick off in Kildare Town heading across the plains of ‘The Lilywhite County’ before entering Co Meath where again, the winner of Rás Tailteann will be crowned in Bective.
The 2025 edition of the race is again five stages and will take on over 760KM along the roads of The Emerald Isle, including 13 categorised climbs.
Sponsor 3 – Kia Ireland – Rider Numbers
Kia’s vision is all about ‘movement that inspires’. Kia believes that all creative activities begin with a movement. As designers of movement and with the vision to create sustainable mobility solutions for the consumers, community, and the global society, their purpose at Kia is to deliver innovative products that inspire you when you move and deliver convenient and meaningful services demonstrating their commitment with everyone’s most valuable resource - your time.
Cathal Kealey, Head of Marketing & PR at Kia Ireland commented "Kia are delighted to be providing vehicles to the Rás Tailteann this year. The event will cross 12 counties over 5 days and provide positive exposure for our Kia Sorento SUVs that will be supporting organisers during the event."
Ger Campbell, Race Director, expressed his gratitude to Cathal and the team at Kia for their support of Rás Tailteann. He added, “Having a huge brand like Kia supporting our event is incredible and we are extremely thankful for their support and belief in Rás Tailteann”.
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