Conor Dunne says his An Post-Chainreaction team will be heavily marked during next week's Rás. But they will bring their ‘A’ game to the race (Photo: Sirotti)
By Brian Canty
Conor Dunne is one of two Irishmen in the An Post Chainreaction team riding the An Post Rás next week and the former stage winner and yellow jersey wearer is upbeat about his and his team’s chances.
Dunne is enjoying a very good season – far better than his injury-ravaged 2014 and following a solid showing in the recent Tour of Azerbaijan he’s optimistic he can emulate the form he showed in the Rás in 2013.
“The form feels good at the moment,” said Dunne.
“I’ve been grateful to get a lot of racing with the team this season and I think it’s definitely brought me on a bit.
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Dunne is eager to make up for missing the Rás last year and believes his team has what it takes to really animate the race (Photo: Sportsfile)
“The body seems to have coped with the extra workload and I’m happy with how things are going.
“I’ve been in a few nice breakaways and have had some satisfying performances in 2015 but I won’t be truly happy unless I win something,” he added.
Dunne said he was happy to be back in the country’s showpiece race this year as he was “gutted” to miss last year.
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“It’s a race I’ve always loved and I was gutted to miss it last year after the first half of the season was ruined with sickness.
Riding in Rás yellow on stage 2 two years ago. He had yet to join the An Post-Chainreaction team and was riding with Carrick Wheelers that week (Photo: Sportsfile)
“Hopefully I can ride aggressively this year and work together with my team. I think any of us can get results so I'm looking forward to mixing it up.”
Along with fellow Irishman Ryan Mullen, Dunne believes being with An Post Chainreaction makes the race even harder.
He says it's tougher to get away, as most other teams know the significance of the race,
“It’s going to be hard with a lot of teams looking at us more to work.
"So we’re definitely going to have to bring the strong legs next week, but we try not to get too bogged down with such anxieties.”
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