When it was put up to him on a training ride, Chris Froome had a very clear answer on who he felt was the best Irish rider to win the Rás. Do you agree with his verdict?
Chris Froome on best Irish cyclist to win Rás
He won the Rás twice and now Philip Cassidy has gotten the seal of approval from Tour de France Chris Froome.
Dubliner Paul McCormack also won The Big One twice; claiming the Rás final yellow jersey in 1987 and 1988.
Meath man Cassidy did things a little differently. Not for him were back-to-back wins. Instead he claimed his first Rás title as a fresh-faced 21-year-old in 1983.
Many successes in other races would follow. But it wasn't for another 16 years that he would claim it again; lifting yellow once more in 1999.
McCormack met Chris Froome on a training ride in Miami yesterday.
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The former Irish pro and Philip Cassidy have now progressed onto the week-long Race the Rás sportive in recent years.
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But he still wanted to know from Froome whose two Rás triumphs counted the most.
And the current Tour champion (who is not a Man of the Rás by the way - Ed) wasn't shy in offering his view, as the clip below shows...
Joe Cashin's photo of a young Philip Cassidy in Rás yellow, being schooled by the late and great Seamus Kennedy.
Cassidy taking his second Rás title.
Paul McCormack with his father JJ winning in 87
McCormack on the way to his second overall win in the Rás in 1988.
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