It's finally come; the day the Giro d'Italia starts in Ireland.
We've brought you lashings of preview stories, photos and video in the past week and indeed in recent months to mark the start of the race here in Ireland.
We had a chance to interview Dan Martin at the team presentation at Belfast's City Hall last night and he sounded just a little bit touched by the welcome he got from the crowd.
Our photographer Toby Watson got some great images of Dan on the night and we also have a preview video interview with the man himself below. Enjoy!
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Martin greets the crowd as he walks on stage in Belfast (Photo: Toby Watson)
Backed by a strong team at this race, Martin will wait for the mountains to pounce.
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Looking really relaxed and well before a race where many expected him to be one of the very biggest guns (Photo: Toby Watson)
Dan had plenty of chat for the crowd, on a night when Belfast and Irish cycling fans turned out in force to welcome this great race to our shores (Photo: Toby Watson)
The jersey of VC Glendale (bottom left) has been out in force in the run up to the event, really putting a lot of effort to get out and about to welcome the race and get the kids involved; great to see it (Photo: Toby Watson)
Martin heads off with a spring in his step and a smile on his face and hopefully this will be a sight we'll see again over the next three weeks (Photo: Toby Watson)
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