Rás Tailteann is set to begin next Wednesday, with five stages of racing in store before the event winds to a close in Blackrock, Co Louth, next Sunday week. The event was not held last year or in 2020 due pandemic restrictions and also did not go ahead in 2019 due to lack of sponsorship.
The Cáirde Rás Tailteann group organising this year’s race has put in place a group of co-sponsors so the event can be run. It is hoped the 2022 return edition - which is three stages shorter than normal and is not UCI-ranked - can be the start of a process that restores the race after a difficult few years.
While there are two UCI Continental teams in the race - EvoPro Racing and Trinity Racing - as well as elite teams from the UK, US and the Netherlands, the race is refocused on Irish riders this year. In previous editions, a much larger proportion of the field was made up of Continental teams and national line-ups.
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We'll have more preview content a little closer to the race but, for now, you can view the start list below. This list is very much provisional and it will change. But it's the first version of the start list the organisers have published.
Rás Tailteann | Provisional start list
Ireland National Team
1 Rory Townsend, 2 Dean Harvey, 3 Archie Ryan, 4 Adam Ward, 5 Paul-Antoine Hagan
EvoPro Racing
6 Conn Mc Dunphy, 7 Tom Moriarty, 8 Liam Curley, 9 Mitchell McLaughlin, 10 Cian Keogh
Trinity Racing
11 Kevin McCambridge, 12 Matthew Devins, 13 Alex Malacarne, 14 Adrien Boichis, 15 Cameron Mason
Cycling Sheffield
16 Joe Coukham, 17 George Wood, 18 James McKay, 19 Will Harding, 20 James Hawkins
Britain Spirit BSS
21 George Kimber, 22 Farley Barber, 23 Frazier Carr, 24 Josh Housley, 25 Joe Hill
Britain Embark Bikestrong
26 Joe Rees, 27 Sam Tillett, 28 Jamieson Blain, 29 Michael Chadwick, 30 Dean Watson
Scotland Spokes Racing
31 Lee Rosie, 32 Jacob Smith, 33 Craig Paterson, 34 Daniel Kain, 35 Cameron Brown
London Irish Foran CC
36 Thomas Quaid, 37 Tobias Dahlhaus, 38 Thomas Springbett, 39 Joseph Murray, 40 Robin Mould
Isle of Man
41 Corrin Leeming, 42 Niall Quiggin, 43 Adam Kelly, 44 Mark Horsthuis, 45 James Harrison
Good Guys Racing NYC
46 Cormac Daly, 47 Michael Tan, 48 Vince Rhino, 49 Cathal Moynihan, 50 Will Hackman
Brocar-Ale
51 Nathan Kurensky, 52 Max Rowley Sanchez, 53 Louis David Sutton, 54 Chacon Quesada Javier, 55 Tom Finlay Martin
Netherlands West Frisia
56 Tijs Dekker, 57 Thomas Hartog, 58 Jim Kes, 59 Guillaume Visser, 60 Stefan Appelman
Cycling Leinster
61 Seán Murnane, 62 Jason Kenny, 63 James Delaney, 64 Andrew Ryan, 65 Eoin Kelly
Cycling Ulster
66 Linsday Watson, 67 Conor Halvey, 68 Matthew Teggart, 69 Gareth O'Neil, 70 Darnell Moore
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71 Nathan Mullan, 72 Aaron Watson, 73 David O'Sullivan, 74 Jody Wright, 75 Ciaran McVeigh
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76 Richard Maes, 77 Tim O'Regan, 78 Vladislav Evseev, 79 Mark Dowling, 80 Daire Feeley
Clare Burren CC
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81 Mark Shannon, 82 Paul Kennedy, 83 Richard Meaney, 84 Simon Kelly, 85 Danny Mac Donald
Carlow Dan Morrissey
86 Conor Hennebry, 87 Matteo Cigala, 88 Nathan Keown, 89 Adam Stenson, 90 Devin Shortt
Down Newry Wheelers
91 Drew McKinley, 92 Barry McKenna, 93 Alan Bingham, 94 Lee Harvey, 95 Conor McCann
University College Dublin CC
96 Liam Crowley, 97 Rhys Kenny, 98 Joel Luke, 99 Conor Murnane, 100 Jordan Luke
Dublin St Tiernan’s CC
101 Adam Greally, 102 Tiit Talumaa, 103 Martin Casey, 104 Adrian Pretorius, 105 Tim Walton
Spellman Dublin Port
106 Darragh McCarter, 107 Dean Harvey, 108 Andre Grennell, 109 David Montgomery, 110 Anders Fynbo
Pinergy Orwell Wheelers
111 Ronan Grimes, 112 Odhran Doogan, 113 Ian Donnelly, 114 Cahir O'Higgins, 115 James Davenport
Dublin Velo Club Balrothery
116 Stanislav Baca, 117 Neil Wilkinson, 118 David Dargle, 119 John Holland, 120 Sean Landers
Dublin McNally Swords
121 David McCaul, 122 Niall McCarthy, 123 Cian Ibbotson, 124 Seán Flahive, 125 Aureliusz Klus
Galway Seven Springs
126 Ciaran Murphy, 127 Tom Regan, 128 Declan Shevlin, 129 Richard Gribbons, 130 Brian McMorrow
Galway Bay CC
131 Conor Gath, 132 Cillian Murphy, 133 Sean Molloy, 134 Jack Queally, 135 Derek Joyce
Killarney Cycling Club
136 John Brosnan, 137 Conor Kissane, 138 Lorcan Daly, 139 Simon Ryan, 140 Leo Doyle
Louth SCME Dimplex 7
141 Aaron McCann, 142 Kevin Leech, 143 Luke Ginnell, 144 Cormac Meegan, 145 Shane Coll
Meath Moynalty CC
146 Luke Smith, 147 Shane Smith, 148 Fergus Keogh, 149 James McEneaney, 150 Loughlin Campion
Meath Spin 11 CRC
151 Sean Mullen, 152 Ryan Geraghty, 153 Graham O'Brien, 154 Aaron Rafferty, 155 Sean Lenehan
Mayo Unit 7 Castlebar
156 Karl Benson, 157 David Brody, 158 David Brennan, 159 Anthony Hammond, 160 David Walshe
Tyrone Caldwell Cycles
161 David McFall, 162 Mark McClure, 163 Marc Potts, 164 Angus Fyffe, 165 Craig McAuley
Waterford Racing Club
166 David O'Brien, 167 James Griffin, 168 Ryan Byrne, 169 James Maddock, 170 Alan Landers
Clare BGC Racing
171 Luke Cullen, 172 Feidhlim Dignan, 173 Cathal Dillane, 174 Ruaidhri Geraghty, 175 Hugh McSwiney
