Ireland's Matt Teggart storms to brilliant Rás stage win
Matt Teggart has taken a fantastic stage win in the An Post Rás after 149km from Newport to Bundoran.
By Brian Canty
Matt Teggart has taken the biggest win of his career to date with a brilliant victory on the third stage of the An Post Rás.
The An Post Chain Reaction man sprinted in ahead of a group of around a dozen riders at the end of an absolutely epic 142-kilometre stage from Newport to Bundoran.
He can thank his teammates Sean McKenna and Damien Shaw for helping him massively today.
They were all in the main break of the day that escaped after 20 kilometres and were never seen again before the finish.
It was billed as a ‘transition’ day before the race heads for the true mountain tests of this year’s An Post Rás but it was anything but.
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There were no categorised climbs but there was a hell of a lot of wind and on the open, exposed plains of the north-west coast the country’s only UCI-ranked race was blown to pieces.
Teggart would win from Briton Ian Bibby (JLT Condor). Dennis Bakker took the yellow jersey.
More to follow.
Stage 3: Newport to Bundoran (149km)
1 Matthew Teggart (Ireland An Post Chain Reaction) 3:06:08
2 Ian Bibby (Britain JLT Condor)
3 Stephane Poulhies (France Armée de Terre)
4 Dennis Bakker (Netherlands Delta Cycling Rotterdam)
5 Jonas Aaen Jargensen (Denmark Riwal Platform Cycling)
6 Philip Lavery (Tipperary Panduit)
7 Darragh O’Mahony (Ireland National Team)
8 Damien Shaw (Ireland An Post Chain Reaction)
9 Ike Groen (Netherlands Delta Cycling Rotterdam)
10 Sean McKenna (Ireland An Post Chain Reaction) all same time
General Classification
1 Dennis Bakker (Netherlands Delta Cycling Rotterdam) 9 hours 35 mins 47 secs
2 Stephane Poulhies (France Armee de Terre) at 22 secs
3 Matthew Teggart (Ireland An Post Chain Reaction)
4 Darragh O’Mahony (Ireland National Team)
5 Ian Bibby (Britain JLT Condor)
6 Troels Ronning Vinther (Denmark Riwal Platform Cycling)
7 Ike Groen (Netherlands Delta Cycling Rotterdam)
8 Jonas Aaen Jargensen (Denmark Riwal Platform Cycling)
9 Philip Lavery (Tipperary Panduit)
10 Damien Shaw (Ireland An Post Chain Reaction) all same time
- Points: Bakker
- Mountains: Bakker
- Young rider: Teggart
- County rider: Lavery
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