
The field at the start in Dunboyne last year (Photo: Lorraine O’Sullivan/Inpho)
With just over a week to go to the biggest showdown on the Irish calendar, here’s the full list of riders and teams for this year’s An Post Rás.
There will undoubtedly be a couple of changes as a small number of riders withdraw and others are drafted in. But this is pretty much how it will look on the start line in Dunboyne, Co Meath, tomorrow week for the 60th edition of the big one.
Best of luck in advance to all the riders, back up crews and race organiser Dermot Dignam and his dedicated team; it’s shaping up to be a great one.
TEAMS 2012
BELGIUM
An Post Sean Kelly UCI Continental Team
1 - Gediminas Bagdonas
2 - Sam Bennett
3 - Ronan McLaughlin
4 - Sean Downey
5 - Connor McConvey
Manager: Kurt Bogaerts
MOROCCO
National Team
6 - Adil Jelloul
7 - Mouhcine Lahsaini
8 - Tamk Chaoufi
9 - Ismail Ayoune
10 - Essaid Abelouache
Manager: Andreas Petermann
NEW ZEALAND
National Team
11 - Taylor Gunman
12 - Dion Smith
13 - Alex Frame
14 - Cameron Karwowski
15 - Scott Creighton
Manager: Daniel Healey
CZECH REPUBLIC
AC Sparta Praha UCI Continental Team
16 - Martin Hunal
17 - Ondrej Pavek
18 - Rostislav Krotky
19 - Jan Klabouch
20 - Daniel Vejmelka
Manager: Zdenek Rubas
DENMARK
Blue Water Cycling UCI Continental Team
21 - Jacob Nielsen
22 - Jesper Odgaard Nielsen
23 - Rolf Broge
24 - Morten Larsen
25 - Christian Jersild Jensen
Manager: Brian Henriksen
NETHERLANDS
Koga UCI Continental Team
26 - Bouke Kuipern
27 - Geert Jan Jonkman
28 - Lars Vierbergen
29 - Michael Vingerling
30 - Nick Stopler
Manager: Will Vink
NORWAY
OneCo - Mesterhus UCI Continental Team
31 - Kristian Forbord
32 - Christian Hannestad
33 - Sondre Hurum
34 - Andreas Landa
35 - Magnus Borresen
Manager: Fred Enger
SWITZERLAND
Atlas Personal - Jakroo UCI Continental Team
36 - Michael Baer
37 - Pirmin Lang
38 - Simon Pellaud
39 - David Rösch
40 - Florian Salzinger
Manager: Gustav Mosimann
TAIWAN
RTS Racing UCI Continental Team
41 - David McCann
42 - Martyn Irvine
43 - Alex Coutts
44 - Chang Wei Kei
45 - Huang Chin Lung
Manager: Cormac McCann
FRANCE
AVC Aix en Provence Elite Team
46 - Antoine Lavieu
47 - Jelle Lugten
48 -Thomas Miquel
49 - Thomas Rostollan
50 - Rémi Sarreboubee
Manager: Eric Drubay
GERMANY
Bike Aid Cycling Team
51 - Timo Schäfer
52 - Christian Poth
53 - Marius Prunte
54 - Kai Exner
55 - Andreas Miessen
Manager: Nicole Keller
BRITAIN
Rapha Condor Sharp UCI Continental Team
56 - Richard Handley
57 - Richard Lang
58 - Michael Cuming
59 - Felix English
60 - Christopher Jennings
Manager: John Herety
BRITAIN
Team IG - Sigma Sport (IGS) UCI Continental Team
61 - Simon Richardson
62 - Dan Craven
63 - Steve Lampier
64 - Wouter Sybrandy
65 - Peter Hawkins
Manager: James Williamson
BRITAIN
NODE4 Giordana Racing UCI Continental Team
66 - Marcin Bialoblocki
67 - Peter Williams
68 - James Sampson
69 - David Clarke
70 - Philip Lavery
Manager: Malcolm Elliott
BRITAIN
UK Youth Pro Cycling UCI Continental Team
71 - Feddy Johansson
72 - David McGowan
73 - Gruff Lewis
74 - Richard Tanguy
75 - James Lowsley-Willams
Manager: David Povall
BRITAIN EAST MIDLAND
Metaltek-Scott
76 - Stephen Halpin
77 - Dale Appleby
78 - Rhys Lloyd
79 - Ben Stockdale
80 - Marcel Six
Manager: Andrew Swain
ISLE OF MAN
Microgaming
81 - Christian Varley
82 - Andrew Roche
83 - Graeme Hatcher
84 - Chris Nicholson
85 - Tom Black
Manager: Gary Hinds
ANTRIM
Chain Reaction Cycles / Vitus
86 - Conor McAllister
87 - Kyle Housten
88 - Bryan McKinney
89 - Sean McFadden
90 - A.N. Other
Manager: John McAllister
CARLOW
Dan Morrissey Speedy Spokes
91 - Joe Fenlon
92 - Séan Lacey
93 - Michael Fitzgerald
94 - Michael O’Reilly
95 - Tim Barry
Manager: Philip Finegan
CORK
Finance First Will’s Wheels
96 - Dave Kenneally
97 - Bryan Long
98 - Donnacha O’Brien
99 - A.N.Other
100 - A.N. Other
Manager: Ger Long
DONEGAL
LK Bikes
101 - Séan Stewart
102 - Rory Devlin
103 - Damien Lagan
104- Cormac Keeney
105 - Ciarán O’Sullivan
Manager: Michael Black
DUBLIN WEST
Eurocycles
106 - Conor Murphy
107 - Adam Armstrong
108 - Thomas Martin
109 - Frazer Duncan
110 - Will McCabe
Manager: Urban Monks
DUBLIN DUNDRUM
Town Centre Orwell
111 - Brian Ahern
112 - David Coughlan
113 - Patrick O’Brien
114 - Daniel Whitting
115 - Aidan Collins
Manager: David McLoughlin
DUBLIN SOUTH
UCD
116 - Mike Brookfield
117 - Noel McGlynn
118 - Colm Cassidy
119 - Anthony Walsh
120 - Con Collins
Manager: Jason O’Callaghan
GALWAY
Black Rose Racing
121 - Eoghan Considine
122 - Stuart Cox
123 - Keith Fox
124 - Alan Loftus
125 - Edward Barry
Manager: Aidan Reade
KILDARE NEWBRIDGE
Pfizer
126 - Michael Storan
127 - Richard Malone
128 - Robert Looby
129 - Stephen Looby
130 - Enda Connolly
Manager: John Malone
KILDARE KILCULLEN
Murphy Surveys Apex Construction Elite Electrical
131 - John Lynch
132 - Kieran Kelly
133 - David Peelo
134 - Alan Burke
135 - Gareth Enright
Manager: Liam Walker
LOUTH
Cuchulainn Crystal
136 - Ray O’Shaughnessey
137 - Myles McCorry
138 - Michael Barry
139 - Daragh Mortimer
140 - Colm Quinn
Manager: Dominic Brannigan
MAYO CASTLEBAR
Western Edge Medical Communications
141 - David Brennan
142 - Ciarán Clarke
143 - Patrick Clarke
144 - Chris Coyle
145 - Bernard Twomey
Manager: Kevin Dunleavy
MAYO
Centra
146 - Padraig Marrey
147 - JJ Flaherty
148 - Barry Holian
149 - Michael Flanagan
150 - Michael Brady
Manager: Myles Gallagher
MEATH DUNBOYNE
DID Electrical
151 - Mark Dowling
152 - Fiachra O’Muire
153 - Daniel Clifford
154 - Tim O’Regan
155 - John Mason
Manager: Philip Cassidy
MEATH EAST
Spin11
156 - Stephen O’Sullivan
157 - Eugene Moriaty
158 - Andrew Meehan
159 - Aidan Crowley
160 - Keith Walls
Manager: John Wall
MEATH STAMULLEN
Martin Donnelly
161 - Colin Robinson
162 - Frank O’Connor
163 - Chris Reilly
164 - Declan Byrne
165 - A.N. Other
Manager: James Gough
TIPPERARY
Carrick Iverk Produce
166 - John O’Shea
167 - Ryan Sherlock
168 - Martin Mizjayski
169 - Michael Lucey
170 - John Dempsey
Manager: Paul Lonergan
TIPPERARY
Team DMG Visit Nenagh N7 Cycling
171 - Michael Butler
172 - Richard Hooton
173 - Simon Ryan
174 - Denis Dunworth
175 - Stephen Butler
Manager: Rene van Dam