This weekend's Dornan Rás Mumhan looks set to be a fantastic showdown - a savage weekend for the riders involved - as a top field has been assembled of the best of the Irish lining up alongside some very strong British teams.
There are 150 riders on the start list and though that is a little smaller than last year, this is a field that is very deep in quality. We have a very strong Irish national junior team, a couple of whom may be deep in the race to win overall, going up against powerful Cycling Ulster and Cycling Leinster selections.
Added to that, Trinity Racing - with last year's nearly man Dean Harvey - has also sent a strong team as has Caldwell Cycles, All human-VeloRevolution led by Daire Feeley, Foran CT, Spirt TBW Stuart Hall Cycling and a Team Skyline-Cadence that includes Conn McDunphy, Paul Kennedy and Cian Keogh.
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Kevin McCambridge is in the Inspired Cycling selection while Luke Smith is part of the Moynalty Cycling Club team, the in-form Liam Crowley lines out for UCD Cycling Club and Patrick O'Loughlin is part of the Greenmount Cycling Academy team.
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The racing gets underway today, Good Friday, from 12 noon with an 8.8km TTT stage 1a from Currow Village. There is a 70km road stage, 1b, this afternoon from Castleisland to Knocknagoshel via Brosna. It includes five laps of a circuit, with a small climb, before an 600m uphill to the line in Knocknagoshel.
Tomorrow's stage 2 is 114km of racing from Killarney to Sneem with 1,140m of elevation gain including the cat 1 Ballaghisheen Pass - some 6km in length from base to peak and starting 33km into the stage. The 4km cat 2 Coomakista comes later, and is peaked some 44km from the finish.
Easter Sunday's stage 3 is 115km with 1,700m of elevation gain, taking the riders from Millstreet to the uphill finish on Kerryman’s Table. That climb provided a fantastic stage finish last year. This is the queen stage of the race and the field will be split before the final climb, where the cream will rise to the top.
The final stage on Monday sees the riders tackle 113km, starting and finishing in Killorglin. The riders will race around the 24km loop through Beaufort three times before 10 laps of the Donal McKenna circuit around Killorglin to add a further 41km.
Dornan Rás Mumhan | Start list
- Kevin McCambridge Inspired Cycling
- Jody Wright Inspired Cycling
- Des Woods Inspired Cycling
- Johnny Roberts Inspired Cycling
- Paul-Antoine O'Hagan Inspired Cycling
- Cameron Jeffers Cycling Club Isle of Man
- Conor McKinnon Cycling Club Isle of Man
- Callum Salisbury Cycling Club Isle of Man
- Corrin Leeming Cycling Club Isle of Man
- TBC Cycling Club Isle of Man
- Dean Harvey Trinity Racing
- Ugo Fabries Trinity Racing
- Joe Pidcock Trinity Racing
- Alex Beldon Trinity Racing
- Luke Tuckwell Trinity Racing
- Daire Feeley All Human - Velo Revolution
- Mitchell McLaughlin All Human - Velo Revolution
- Mark Dowling All Human - Velo Revolution
- Tom Martin All Human - Velo Revolution
- Jamie Phillips All Human - Velo Revolution
- Luke Brennan Halesowen Academy - Mapei
- Otto Chilton Halesowen Academy - Mapei
- Charlie Genner Halesowen Academy - Mapei
- Luke Harris Halesowen Academy - Mapei
- Rowan Schaack Halesowen Academy - Mapei
- Jack JB Murphy Cycling Leinster
- James Delaney Cycling Leinster
- Joe-Nathan Matar Cycling Leinster
- Ruairi Byrne Cycling Leinster
- Ronan O'Connor Cycling Leinster
- George Kimber Spirit TBW Stuart Hall Cycling
- Sam Kettlewell Spirit TBW Stuart Hall Cycling
- Matthew Houlberg Spirit TBW Stuart Hall Cycling
- Will Perrett Spirit TBW Stuart Hall Cycling
- Alex Bosley Spirit TBW Stuart Hall Cycling
- Darnell Moore Team Caldwell Cycles
- Odhran Doogan Team Caldwell Cycles
- Oisin Ferrity Team Caldwell Cycles
- Curtis Neill Team Caldwell Cycles
- Darragh Doherty Team Caldwell Cycles
- Thomas Springbett Foran CT
- Dominic Jackson Foran CT
- Nick Tyrie Foran CT
- Robin Mould Foran CT
- George Mitchell Foran CT
- John Buller Cycling Ulster
- George Peden Cycling Ulster
- Gareth O Neill Cycling Ulster
- Jamie Meehan Cycling Ulster
- Lindsay Watson Cycling Ulster
- Conn McDunphy Team Skyline-Cadence
- Paul Kennedy Team Skyline-Cadence
- Liam Flanagan Team Skyline-Cadence
- Adam Lewis Team Skyline-Cadence
- Cian Keogh Team Skyline-Cadence
- Liam Crowley UCD Cycling Team
- Conor Murnane UCD Cycling Team
- Jason Kenny UCD Cycling Team
- Jordan Luke UCD Cycling Team
- Sean Landers UCD Cycling Team
- Mark Shannon Burren Crimmins Howard Cycling Club
- Jarlath Hassett Burren Crimmins Howard Cycling Club
- Michael Gammell Burren Crimmins Howard Cycling Club
- Sam Moloney Burren Crimmins Howard Cycling Club
- Derry McNamara Burren Crimmins Howard Cycling Club
- Ciaran Maguire Team Dan Morrissey Primor by Pissei
- Matthew Devins Team Dan Morrissey Primor by Pissei
- Matteo Cigala Team Dan Morrissey Primor by Pissei
- Seán Tarrant Team Dan Morrissey Primor by Pissei
- Evan Keane Team Dan Morrissey Primor by Pissei
- Daniel Yon Hin Composite Blue
- Arnaud Dumolin Composite Blue
- Ben Murphy Composite Blue
- Eoin Clifford Composite Blue
- Brendan Reen Composite Blue
- Shane Spellman Killarney Cycling Club
- Frank Doherty Killarney Cycling Club
- Pierce Curtin Killarney Cycling Club
- Armenas Meskaunskas Killarney Cycling Club
- Nathan Mullan Killarney Cycling Club
- James McEneaney Moynalty Cycling Club
- Luke Smith Moynalty Cycling Club
- Jake Bikerdike Moynalty Cycling Club
- Christopher Marshall Moynalty Cycling Club
- Seán Lenehan Moynalty Cycling Club
- Anthony Walsh Roadman Racing Team
- Johannes Dahl Roadman Racing Team
- Tony McNally Roadman Racing Team
- Tobias Gade Roadman Racing Team
- Conor Lally Roadman Racing Team
- Ruairi Woods Spellman Dublin Port Cycling Team
- Kieran Riley Spellman Dublin Port Cycling Team
- Anders Fynbo Spellman Dublin Port Cycling Team
- Travis Harkness Spellman Dublin Port Cycling Team
- Chris Donald Spellman Dublin Port Cycling Team
- Conor Verbruggen Bray Wheelers
- Greg Clark Bray Wheelers
- Robert McKenna Bray Wheelers
- Jack Conroy Bray Wheelers
- Craig Byrne Bray Wheelers
- Aaron Rafferty Bohermeen Cycling Club
- Chris Reilly Bohermeen Cycling Club
- Adam GIlsenan Bohermeen Cycling Club
- Ryan Walsh Bohermeen Cycling Club
- Ramunas Meskauskas Bohermeen Cycling Club
- Conor Gath Galway Bay Cycling Club
- Derek Joyce Galway Bay Cycling Club
- Liam Kilkenny Galway Bay Cycling Club
- Ruaidhri Geraghty Galway Bay Cycling Club
- Seán Lundy Galway Bay Cycling Club
- Evaldas Stankevicius Greenmount Cycling Academy
- Simon Ryan Greenmount Cycling Academy
- Jared Tritschler Greenmount Cycling Academy
- Patrick O'Loughlin Greenmount Cycling Academy
- Niall O'Loughlin Greenmount Cycling Academy
- Eoin Allen Blarney Cycling Club
- Mark O’Donovan Blarney Cycling Club
- James O’Sullivan Blarney Cycling Club
- Mark Pinfield Blarney Cycling Club
- Patrick Gallagher Blarney Cycling Club
- Bren Broekaart Challenge Cycling Club
- James Lynch Challenge Cycling Club
- Ross McGuiness Challenge Cycling Club
- Ronan Grimes Challenge Cycling Club
- Mike Flaherty Challenge Cycling Club
- Alan Lyne Newcastlewest Cycling Club
- Padraig O Sullivan Newcastlewest Cycling Club
- Bryan Nolan Newcastlewest Cycling Club
- Damien Culhane Newcastlewest Cycling Club
- Daragh McGee Newcastlewest Cycling Club
- Finn McHenry Burren Cycling Club
- James Hanrahan Burren Cycling Club
- Ross Lee Burren Cycling Club
- TBC Burren Cycling Club
- TBC Burren Cycling Club
- Milo Donaldson Killarney Cycling Club U23 Team
- Luke Costelloe Killarney Cycling Club U23 Team
- Mark McGlynn Killarney Cycling Club U23 Team
- Ewan Buckley Killarney Cycling Club U23 Team
- Finn Roumen Killarney Cycling Club U23 Team
- Seth Dunwoody Cycling Ireland
- Conor Prendergast Cycling Ireland
- Josh Callaly Cycling Ireland
- Philip O'Connor Cycling Ireland
- Sam Coleman Cycling Ireland
- Joseph Mullen Cycling Ireland
- Eoghan Lattimore E.Tarrant & Sons Skoda Munster
- Rory Condon E.Tarrant & Sons Skoda Munster
- Michael Collins E.Tarrant & Sons Skoda Munster
- Willem O Connor E.Tarrant & Sons Skoda Munster
- Cal Tutty E.Tarrant & Sons Skoda Munster
- David Gaffney E.Tarrant & Sons Skoda Munster
