Lara Gillespie (Team Ireland) is in the race leader's jersey at Rás na mBan having won stage 1 yesterday. Fiona Mangan (IBCT) was the next Irish rider to finish, taking 6th place while Caoimhe O'Brien (Cycling Leinster) leads the best Irish rider classification, which is for domestic teams.
Here's a collection of some of the images from the opening day of action last evening as the women of Rás na mBan raced from Kilkenny to Callan.
Photos | Lorraine O'Sullivan
