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Paul’s Passing Changed Everything For Me; It Was Time To Get Serious About The Bike
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| Aaron Buggle |
Following a return from injury last year, Aaron Buggle is enjoying his first prolonged period of uninterrupted racing. With a good Ras under his belt he is returning to France with big goals for the weeks ahead. In the first of what will be regular dispatches, he writes about his uncle and friend Paul Healion and how his attitude’s changed after Paul’s passing. He also looks ahead and outlines his hopes of progressing further in the sport and of catching the eye of a bigger team for next season.
Cycling started with me following after my late uncle and mate Paul Healion everywhere he went. I was like a bad smell to be honest. I got mad into cycling very fast and learned a lot from him; mostly good things but some insane stuff also!
In 2009 I started to do some of the track camps with the team pursuit squad and although I wasn’t yet strong enough it was a great learning curve. I had an eye on the TT champs from early in the year. More>>>
Apres Ras 2012 – Don’t Change A Thing !
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| Barry Meehan |
The An Post Ras is over for another year and the withdrawal symptoms have set in. In years gone by it was only the hourly Roy Willoughby radio report and the 30 second clip on the RTE evening news that had us all enthralled. However, nowadays we have Shane Stokes’ live updates on Irishcycling.com, Sticky Bottle live updates on Facebook and Fiona Cooke on twitter as @anpostras to keep up with the action as it happens. Then in the evening before any tv station gets a chance to screen its clip the TV3 4 minute clip is up on youtube and sticky bottle. Shane Stokes then gives great synopsis of what, when and how it all happened up front whilst Richard Hooten, Paddy Clarke and the KING of all Cycling reality writers Myles McCorry gave a fantastic insight into what was really going on within the bunch for all the Men of the Ras.
For the past few editions there has been a lot of talk about the Ras nowadays being too hard for amateurs and county riders who have day jobs and families to fit their training around. Suggestions include having a separate Ras for amateurs and to leave the current Ras to the professionals who are in search of UCI points.
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The Men Of The 2012 An Post Rás
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| Nicalos Baldo, Team Atlas Jakroo Switzerland Winner Of The 2012 An Post Rás |
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An Post Rás Stage 8 Pictures Cootehill To Skerries
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| Gediminas Bagdonas, Belgium An Post Outsprints His Team Mate Sam Bennett To Win The Final Stage Of The An Post Rás |
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Results Stage Eight Cootehill To Skerries 139 Kms.
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An Post Rás Stage 7 Pictures Donegal To Cootehill
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| Lasse Norman Hansen Denmark Blue Water Cycling Wins Stage 7 Into Cootehill |
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Results Stage Seven Donegal To Cootehill 161 Kms.
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An Post Rás Stage 6 Pictures Buncrana To Killybegs
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| Nicholas Baldo Winning Stage 6 Into Killybegs |
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Results Stage Six Buncrana To Killybegs 135 Kms.
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An Post Rás Stage 5 Pictures Bundoran To Buncrana
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| Thomas Rostollan, France AVC Aix En Provence, Winner Of Stage 5 Into Buncrana |
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