George Kimber takes 2025 Rás Tailteann title after nail-biting final day
Josh Charlton wins final stage to Bective
Rás Tailteann
Rás Tailteann: Final day battle in store as George Kimber takes fourth stage and yellow jersey
Isle of Man rider holds five-second advantage over Team Ireland’s Jamie Meehan
Odhrán Doogan retains yellow jersey as Tim Shoreman wins Rás Tailteann third stage
Cycling Ulster rider maintains three-second advantage over Matteo Cigala
Odhrán Doogan takes over Rás Tailteann yellow jersey after strong showing
British rider Will Perrett wins second stage from Charlestown to Clifden
British rider Tim Shoreman seizes first yellow jersey of Rás Tailteann
Odhrán Doogan comes home second while Conn McDunphy makes finish line despite big crash
Past winners and young thrusters among riders going for Rás Tailteann glory
The 70th edition of the Rás Tailteann gets under way at 11.40am on Wednesday in Drogheda
Dom Jackson survives final stage attacks to win closest-ever Rás Tailteann
British rider Tim Shoreman wins the final stage but Jackson finishes top of overall standings
Scare for Rás Tailteann leader Jackson as defending champ Corkery launches big attack
English man continues to hold the yellow jersey but is on the same overall time as Irish riders Conn McDunphy and Liam O’Brien
Cormac McGeough takes first Rás stage win of career as Dom Jackson survives nervous day in yellow
American-born Irishman jumps away from 10-man breakaway group inside final 10km to finish in Cahir three seconds ahead
Conn McDunphy wins stage two of the Rás Tailteann
Dom Jackson takes the yellow jersey but finds himself on the same time as McDunphy and Liam O’Brien
British rider Alex Pritchard takes first yellow jersey of Rás Tailteann
Defending Rás champion Dillon Corkery and Team Ireland team-mate Odhrán Doogan led in the bunch
Dillon Corkery taking a no-pressure approach to Rás Tailteann title defence
Cork man pulled off the coup of nabbing the yellow jersey during the final processional stage in last year’s race
Competitors in this year’s Rás Tailteann will face 18 ascents along a challenging 784.9km route
Beginning in Tullamore, Co Offaly on May 22nd and ending five days later in Bective, Co Meath, the race will see an international field take on an Irish contingent hoping for another home victory
Dillon Corkery wins Rás Tailteann with dramatic final day attack
He jumped from seventh overnight to the final race victory after a brilliant performance
Dillon Corkery takes Irish stage win in Rás Tailteann
French-based Corkman powered home at the head of the peloton in Monaghan
Rás Tailteann: Leader McGoldrick survives big scare as defending champion Feeley loses time after crash
Australian Matthew Fox wins sprint finish to stage for the second straight day
Rás Tailteann: Matthew Fox wins-62-man bunch sprint to secure more British team success
Irish teenager Patrick O’Loughlin goes close to stage win in Ennis
Defending champion Daire Feeley chasing second Rás Tailteann victory
Last year the Roscommon rider became the first Irish winner since 2008
Five-rider team selected to compete in May Rás Tailteann event
Squad will comprise Aaron Wade, Patrick O’Loughlin, Odhrán Doogan, Ewan Warren and Dillon Corkery
First international teams announced for Rás Tailteann, 175-rider field confirmed
Two English squads and US squad to travel for the May 17th start date, with up to eight more overseas teams to join them
Eddie Dunbar makes competitive return in Basque Country following injury
The Corkman crashed on his season debut and suffered a broken bone in his hand
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