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Stage 5 Map And Profile Details
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Route And Time Schedule Stage 5
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| Stage 5 Castletownbere To Blarney 156kms |
Stage 5 heads from Castletownbere to Blarney, with the 156 kilometre route beginning with a quartet of third category mountain primes, then ramping up over the second category climbs of Moskeagh and Windy Gap. The latter comes 25.3 kilometres from the end of the stage and will certainly set up a tremendously exciting finish in Blarney. More>>>
Stage 6 Map And Profile Details
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Route And Time Schedule Stage 6
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| Stage 6 Blarney To Tramore 172kms |
Stage 6 will be a very nervous one, covering six category three ascents on the 172 kilometres between Blarney and Tramore, and concluding with an uphill finish on Main Street. More>>>
Stage 7 Map And Profile Details
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Route And Time Schedule Stage 7
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| Stage 7 Tramore To Kildare 161kms |
More edgy racing is guaranteed on the penultimate stage between Tramore and Kildare, with the 157 kilometres taking in the category two slopes of Brown Mountain plus the category one climb of Clogrennane. It is continuously up and down, and could provoke a change in the race leadership heading into the final day. More>>>
Stage 8 Map And Profile Details
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Route And Time Schedule Stage 8
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| Stage 8 Kildare To Skerries 133kms |
At 133 kilometres, the race between Kildare and Skerries is the shortest of the eight stages, but the five category three climbs it features will keep things up in the air. The Hill of Allen comes very early on and could provoke a long break, then later the riders will tackle the ascents of Pluckhimin, Cross of the Cage, plus the Black Hills climb on each of the two 13.8 kilometre finishing circuits in Skerries. As ever a huge crowd is anticipated at the seaside town, providing a fitting finale after eight days of battle. More>>>
Conn Carr Kildare Ras Stage winner
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| Con Carr Kildare Ras Tailteann Stage Winner |
Remembering the late ‘Great Con Carr’ on what would have been his 100th birthday today. Con was a great family man, some character, a man that was always in good form and loved his story telling.
He is well known for his ‘Sporting and Personal Achievements’.
Con was a magnificent cyclist and held many records, cycling in many different races such as the Rás Tailteann series and the list goes on and on. More>>>
GAA Stars To Race The An Post Rás
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| Dublin Footballers Barry Cahill, Alan Brogan & Ross McConnell In Croke Park For The Launch Of Race The Rás |
The event is the brainchild of Eamonn O Muircheartaigh who has already attracted such well-known recently retired footballers, Ciarán Whelan, Anthony Rainbow, Paul Early and Graham Geraghty, and hurlers Tony Griffin, Paul Flynn, Dan Shanahan, Joe Dean and Seán óg óhAilpín.
The idea behind Race the Rás is to raise funds for a number of worthy cancer charities through the Irish Cancer Society and also the sporting charity GOAL. The main logo on the Race the Rás jersey will be the the “Sunsmart” logo which is promoting the Irish Cancer Society’s skin cancer awareness campaign which is run through the month of May.
The Race the Rás will begin on Sunday 22nd May at 8am in Dunboyne village as part of the Dunboyne cycling festival. GAA President Christy Cooney has agreed to start the Race the Rás challenge. More>>>
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