
Newry Wheelers' Cormac Clarke, riding for Cycling Ulster, took the final stage last year at the top of Glengesh and with it the outright win. It will take a very good ride to fill his boots this time around (Photo: Marian Lamb - Cycling Ulster)
Here's the stage details and start list for the 2013 Rás Dún na nGall, which is promoted by Four Masters Cycling Club. The race gets underway with an evening stage of 32.4 miles, with the riders taking in a total of four stages over three days including a hill climb time trial and a summit finish on the final day up the feared Glengesh.
Friday 31st May – Stage 1 - 32.4 miles:
- Depart Ardara: 7.30pm,
- Frosses 8.11pm,
- Dunkineely 8.27pm,
- Bruckless 8.32pm,
- finish Ardara 9.00pm.
Saturday 1st June – Stage 2 1.8 miles TT hill cimb:
- First rider starts Maghera: 9.01am;
- last rider finishes 11.20am.
Saturday 1st June – Stage 3 - 51.1 miles:
- Depart Ardara 2.30pm,
- Clooney 2.50pm,
- Glenties 3.06pm,
- Fintown 3.29pm,
- Doochary 3.41pm,
- Lettermacaward 4.10pm,
- Glenties 4.31pm,
- Finish Ardara: 4.48pm
Sunday 2nd June – Stage 4 - 60.9 miles:
- Depart Ardara 12.00noon,
- Bruckless 12.31pm,
- Dunkineely 12.35pm,
- Glenties 1.16pm,
- Clooney 1.33pm,
- Ardara 1st passage 1.48pm,
- Ardara 2nd passage: 2.30,
- finish Glengesh 2.44pm.
Startlist for Rás Dún na nGall 2013
| 1 | Brennan | Matthew | Ballymena Road Club | A3 | U23 |
| 2 | Carroll | Michael | Ballymena Road Club | A2 | |
| 3 | Grant | Clifford | Ballymena Road Club | A3 | Vet |
| 4 | Taggart | Simon | Ballymena Road Club | A3 | |
| 5 | Taylor | Karl | Ballymena Road Club | A3 | |
| 6 | Finnigan | Stevie | Bottecchia Racing club | A3 | |
| 7 | Mc Namara | Ronan | Bottecchia Racing club | A3 | |
| 8 | Mullane | Stephen | Bottecchia Racing club | A3 | |
| 9 | Raymond | Keith | Bottecchia Racing club | A3 | |
| 10 | Doyle | Cathal | Carn Wheelers | A2 | Vet |
| 11 | Kelly | Patrick | Carn Wheelers | A3 | |
| 12 | Scullion | Michael | Carn Wheelers | A3 | |
| 13 | Taylor | Johnny | Carn Wheelers | A2 | |
| 14 | Walsh | Stephen | Carn Wheelers | A3 | |
| 15 | Downey | Mark | Cycling Ulster | Junior | |
| 16 | Hanna | Conor | Cycling Ulster | A2 | |
| 17 | Gilmore | Curtis | Cycling Ulster | Junior | |
| 18 | McCauley | Craig | Cycling Ulster | Junior | |
| 19 | Reid | Declan | Cycling Ulster | Junior | |
| 20 | Foley | Damien | Donegal Bay Cycling Club | A3 | Vet |
| 21 | Lagan | Damian | Donegal Bay Cycling Club | A2 | |
| 22 | Mc Caffrey | Ted | Donegal Bay Cycling Club | A3 | |
| 23 | Crawford | Craig | Duffin Transport RacingTeam | Junior | |
| 24 | McKendry | Jerome | Duffin Transport RacingTeam | A3 | |
| 25 | O Hagan | Niall | Duffin Transport RacingTeam | A2 | Vet |
| 26 | Patton | Ryan | Duffin Transport RacingTeam | A2 | |
| 27 | Mc guigan | Philip | Duffin Transport RacingTeam | A3 | Vet |
| 28 | Mc Morrow | Brian | Eire Og C.C | A3 | |
| 29 | Mooney | Daire | Eire Og C.C | A3 | Vet |
| 30 | Somers | Michael | Eire Og C.C | A3 | |
| 31 | Devins | Michael | Eire Og C.C | A3 | Vet |
| 32 | Keogh | Paul | Eire Og C.C | A2 | |
| 33 | Holian | Kevin | Errigal CC | A3 | |
| 34 | Hunter | Danny | Errigal CC | A3 | U23 |
| 35 | Keeney | Cormac | Errigal CC | A3 | |
| 36 | Mcbride | Peter | Errigal CC | A2 | |
| 37 | McKinley | Matthew | Errigal CC | A3 | |
| 38 | Doherty | Dinny | Four Masters A | A3 | |
| 39 | Mc clure | Mark | Four Masters A | A3 | |
| 40 | McHugh | Jason | Four Masters A | A2 | Vet |
| 41 | Russell | Mickey | Four Masters A | Vet | |
| 42 | Doherty | Pt | Four Masters B | A3 | Vet |
| 43 | Mc Brearty | Eamon | Four Masters B | Junior | |
| 44 | Mc Garrigle | Dylan | Four Masters B | Junior | |
| 45 | Johnston | Keith | Lakeland CC A | A3 | |
| 46 | Dunlop | Raymond | Lakeland CC A | A3 | |
| 47 | Kerr | Raymond | Lakeland CC A | A3 | |
| 48 | Boylan | Kenny | Lakeland CC A | A3 | Vet |
| 49 | Kieran | Mc grory | Lakeland CC A | A3 | Vet |
| 50 | Farrell | Rory | Newry Wheelers | A3 | |
| 51 | McKinley | Drew | Newry wheelers | A2 | |
| 52 | Reid | Declan | Newry Wheelers | Junior | |
| 53 | Woods | Des | Newry Wheelers | A2 | Vet |
| 54 | Connor | Myles | North Pole | A3 | |
| 55 | Doherty | Michael | North Pole | A3 | |
| 56 | Eccles | Kieran | North Pole | A3 | |
| 57 | McBride | Aaron | North Pole | Junior | |
| 58 | Noone | Aiden | North Pole | Junior | |
| 59 | Bruton | Danny | NRPT Standard life - Radii | Junior | |
| 60 | Long | Darragh | NRPT Standard life - Radii | Junior | |
| 61 | McCarthy | David | NRPT Standard life - Radii | Junior | |
| 62 | Teggart | Matthew | NRPT Standard life - Radii | ||
| 63 | Mccarter | Darragh | Omagh Wheelers | A3 | |
| 64 | Power | Eugene | Omagh Wheelers | A3 | Vet |
| 65 | McCarter | Paul | Omagh Wheelers | A3 | |
| 66 | McEnhill | Niall | Omagh Wheelers | A3 | |
| 67 | Hudson | Neal | Orwell Wheelers | A3 | |
| 68 | McArdle | Brian | Orwell Wheelers | A3 | |
| 69 | O Brien | Patrick | Orwell Wheelers | A2 | |
| 70 | Boyle | Ed | Phoenic CC A | A3 | Vet |
| 71 | Donald | Alex | Phoenix CC A | A2 | |
| 72 | McGrady | Aaron | Phoenix CC A | A3 | |
| 73 | Torrens-Spence | Jeffrey | Phoenix CC A | A3 | |
| 74 | Millar | Mike | Phoenix CC A | A3 | |
| 75 | Cole | Blaine | Roe Valley Cycling Club | A3 | Junior |
| 76 | Cole | Kyle | Roe Valley Cycling Club | A3 | U23 |
| 77 | Loughery | Colin | Roe Valley Cycling Club | A3 | Vet |
| 78 | Mc Cartney | Declan | Roe Valley Cycling Club | A3 | |
| 79 | Willis | Myles | Roe Valley Cycling Club | A3 | |
| 80 | Gallagher | Richard | St Tiernans CC | A3 | |
| 81 | Mescal | Michael | St Tiernans CC | A3 | |
| 82 | Vereker | Martin | St Tiernans CC | A3 | |
| 83 | Tobin | Colm | St Tiernans CC | A3 | |
| 84 | Coyle | Paul | Strabane Lifford CC | A3 | |
| 85 | Lyttle | Alan | Strabane Lifford CC | A3 | |
| 86 | Connelly | John Paul | Strabane Lifford CC | A3 | |
| 87 | Chris | Hutchinson | Team Madigan | A3 | |
| 88 | Graham | Alan | Team Madigan | A3 | |
| 89 | Harkens | Stephen | Team Madigan | A2 | Vet |
| 90 | Porter | Colin | Team Madigan | A3 | |
| 91 | McGrane | Damien | Team Madigan | A3 | Vet |
| 92 | Mc ginley | Jordan | The Belgian Project-David Mc Call Foundation | Junior | |
| 93 | Heaney | Matthew | The Belgian Project-David Mc Call Foundation | U23 | |
| 94 | Kock | Marcel | The Belgian Project-David Mc Call Foundation | A2 | |
| 95 | Laverty | Stuart | The Belgian Project-David Mc Call Foundation | Junior | |
| 96 | Breheny | Joseph | UCD | A3 | |
| 97 | Parker | Barrick | UCD | A2 | |
| 98 | Doherty | Cathal | UCD | A3 | U23 |
| 99 | McKenna | Sean | UCD | A2 | U23 |
| 100 | Scully | Shane | Visit Nenagh.ie | A2 | |
| 101 | Scully | Gary | Visit Nenagh.ie | A3 | |
| 102 | Moyles | Kevin | Visit Nenagh.ie | A3 | |
| 103 | Bartels | Constantin | Western Lakes | A3 | |
| 104 | Flanagan | Michael | Western Lakes | A2 | |
| 105 | Heneghan | Kieran | Western Lakes | Junior | |
| 106 | Hughes | Padraic | Western Lakes | A3 | |
| 107 | O'Malley | Sean | Western Lakes | A3 | |
| 110 | Martin | Brian | 7 springs cc | A2 | |
| 111 | Dillon | Shane | ACT | A3 | |
| 112 | Greer | Robert | Apollo CT | Junior | |
| 113 | Loughridge | William | Ballymoney CC Racing team | A3 | |
| 114 | Kane | Bobby | Bann Wheelers Cycling Club | A2 | |
| 115 | Quigley | Nigel | Bann Wheelers Cycling Club | A3 | Vet |
| 116 | Ó Tuathail | Seán | Bray Wheelers | A2 | |
| 117 | Cunningham | Derek | Bray Wheelers | A2 | |
| 118 | Philip | Hinch | Brotherton Cycles | A3 | |
| 119 | Collins | Noel | Caldwell Cycles | A2 | U23??? |
| 120 | Elder | Nigel | Chain Reaction Cycles | A3 | Vet |
| 121 | Crowe | Damien | Dublin Wheelers | A3 | |
| 122 | Long | Neil | Dublin Wheelers | A2 | |
| 123 | Hedley | Andrew | East Antrim / Audi | A2 | |
| 124 | Kelly | Damien | EPIC MTB | A3 | |
| 125 | Mc Cabe | William | Eurocycles | A2 | |
| 126 | Purcell | Billy | Irish Road Club | A3 | |
| 127 | Byrne | Stephen | Irish Road Club | A2 | |
| 128 | Mc Cann | Sean | Island Wheelers | A3 | |
| 129 | Greene | Eoin | iverk produce carrick wheelers | A2 | |
| 130 | Dumoulin | Laurent | Kanturk | A2 | |
| 131 | Ennis | John | Lucan Cycling Road Club | A3 | |
| 132 | Gallagher | Hugh | Naas CC | A3 | |
| 133 | Steele | Alastair | U/A | A3 | Vet |
| 134 | Boyce | Noel | North Down | A3 | Vet |
| 135 | Monahan | Greg | Seven springs | A3 | Vet |
| 136 | Noble | Gavin | Specialized triathlon | A2 | |
| 137 | McKnight | David | TEAM VISION RACING | A2 | Vet |
| 138 | Scally | Shane | Tullamore CTC | A3 | |
| 139 | Stewart | Rodney | TVR | A3 | Vet |
| 140 | Moran | Tonya | Ulster unattached | A3 | Woman |
| 141 | Stewart | Stephen | Unattached | A3 | |
| 142 | Carroll | David | Usher Road Club | A2 | Vet |
| 143 | O'Donnell | Brian | West Coast Wheelers | A2 | |
| 144 | Stanley | Andrew | Dublin University Cycling Club | A2 | U23 |
| 145 | Dillon | Colm | Limerick CC | A3 | U23 |
| 146 | Fettiplace | James | Phoenix CC | A3 | |
| 147 | Hesketh | Paul | Phoenix CC | A3 | |
| 148 | McManus | John | Lakeland CC | A3 | Vet |
| 149 | Horne | Ciara | Lakeland CC | A2 | Woman |