Here’s a set of photos from the fourth and final stage of Ras Dhun na nGall on Sunday. The riders faced four very punishing stages, with Cycling Ulster’s Cormac Clarke getting the better of French-based Sean Hambrook to take the yellow jersey from the New Zealander with an aggressive ride on the final stage.
For a race report please click here.
All photos were taken by Marian Lamb of Cycling Ulster and are supplied courtesy of Marian & Tommy Lamb.
Cormac Clarke takes the final stage atop Glengesh Pass and wraps up the GC
Liam Blanchfield leads the winning breakaway on his way to second
Darragh Zaidan on the front of the bunch trying to help his yellow jersey team mate Sean Hambrook
Brian Stewart (right) won stage 1 but found the climbs of stage 4 not to his liking
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The KOH & GC leaders – McKee and Hambrook – got stuck in the bunch
Hambrook tried to get away after the escape but he was heavily marked
Mel Spath would relinquish her women’s leader’s jersey to Sara Ortiz
Speaking of which, Ortiz eyes the camera in the bunch
The bunch moves through the punishing Donegal terrain
The road was up and down all day, making for a very tough stage
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They never gave up but the stage and GC win was already gone up the road
Amy Brice climbs up towards the finish
The look on the face of Francis Sheridan says it all; it was tough out there
Aidan Reade digging deep in Donegal
Inside the last 50metres; a welcome site for this group of riders
Nowhere to hide; a great venue for what’s been a great race for many years
One to watch: Cormac Clarke had a great weekend
Hambrook takes 3rd on the stage with Geoff Robinson in 4th
John Kelly (Dublin Wheelers) takes 18th ahead of Gareth McKee (ChainReactionCycles – Vitus) – McKee would lose the KOH classification to Clarke, but would keep second place.
Matt Adair was 11th on the stage and won the U23 classification
Clarke may have only gotten one yellow jersey this weekend, but it was the one that counted most
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