Rás Tailteann (pronounced[ˌɾˠaːsˠˈt̪ˠalʲtʲən̪ˠ]; "Tailteann Race"), often shortened to the Rás, is an annual international cycling stage race, held in Ireland. Traditionally held in May, the race returned after a hiatus in 2022 as 5 day event held in June. By naming the race Rás Tailteann the original organisers, members of the National Cycling Association (NCA), were associating the cycle race with the Tailteann Games, a Gaelic festival in early medieval Ireland.
The event was founded by Joe Christle in 1953[1] and was organised under the rules of the National Cycling Association (NCA). At that time competitive cycling in Ireland was deeply divided between three cycling organisations, the NCA, Cumann Rothaiochta na hÉireann (CRÉ) and the Northern Ireland Cycling Federation (NICF). The Rás Tailteann was the biggest race that the NCA organised each year.
As a result of a Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) motion, the NCA was banned from international races and all teams affiliated with the UCI were banned from competing in races organised by the NCA. Therefore, only teams that were not affiliated with the UCI or who were willing to take the chance of serving a suspension for competing in the Rás Tailteann competed in the Rás Tailteann. During this time the NCA cyclists achieved prominence in the Rás with Gene Mangan, Sé O'Hanlon and Paddy Flanagan being several legends of the race. Mangan won only one Rás but featured in the race throughout the 1960s and early-1970s winning a total of 12 stages while O'Hanlon won the race four times and won 24 stages. Flanagan won the Rás three times and had 11 stage wins.
The NCA and the CRÉ together with NICF began unification talks in the late 1960s and early 1970s. As a result, a CRÉ team which included Pat McQuaid, Kieron McQuaid, Peter Morton and Peter Doyle was able to enter the race in 1974. Doyle won the race and the McQuaids won two stages each. The first Rás open to the two associations CRÉ and the NICF was in 1979 and enabled Stephen Roche to compete the event as part of the Ireland team. Roche won the event.
The race developed into a much sought after event by professional and amateur teams from many parts of the world. As part of the elite international calendar it was eligible to award qualifying points that are required for participation in Olympic Games and the UCI Road World Championships.
The first edition was held in 1953 as a two-day event but quickly developed into a week-long event. It ran every year, uninterrupted, until 2018. Following Cumann Rás Tailteann's failure to find a new principal sponsor for the race, it was announced in February 2019 that there would be no Rás that year.[2]
The official name of the race has been changed many times over the years, usually named after sponsors. An Post were the last title sponsors,[4] although this sponsorship ended after the 2017 event.
Race namesedit
1953 to 1967: Rás Tailteann
1968 to 1972: You Are Better Off Saving Rás Tailteann
Daly, Tom (2003). The Rás – The Story of Ireland's Unique Bike Race. The Collins Press. ISBN1-903464-37-4.
Daly, Tom (2012). The Rás – The Story of Ireland's Unique Bike Race – paperback edition. The Collins Press. ISBN978-1-84889-148-7.
Traynor, Jim (2008). The Rás – A Day by Day Diary of Ireland's Great Bike Race. The Collins Press. ISBN978-1-905451-71-5.
Riordan, Christy (2009). A Special tribute to Mick Murphy: Winner of 1958 Rás Tailteann. C.R. DVD & Video production.
Referencesedit
^"Death of former cycling supremo Joe Christle" Irish Independent Accessed date: 30 May 2009
^"No UCI-ranked Ras Tailteann to take place in 2019". www.cyclingnews.com. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
^"Rás Tailteann 2022 Route Details". www.rastailteann.com. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
^. Irish Cycling.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
^"1961 Rás Tailteann results". fbdinsurances.com. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
^ . irishcycling.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
^"Lukas Postlberger finally strikesit lucky in Ras". Irish Examiner. 25 May 2015.
^"Men of the Rás 2022: Stage 5 results and final classifications". www.stickybottle.com. 15 June 2022.
^"Full & Final Results & Photos: Stage 5 Rás Tailteann 2023". www.irishcyclingnews.com. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
External linksedit
Official website
December 18, 2023
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Ras Tailteann pronounced ˌɾˠaːsˠ ˈt ˠalʲtʲen ˠ Tailteann Race often shortened to the Ras is an annual international cycling stage race held in Ireland Traditionally held in May the race returned after a hiatus in 2022 as 5 day event held in June By naming the race Ras Tailteann the original organisers members of the National Cycling Association NCA were associating the cycle race with the Tailteann Games a Gaelic festival in early medieval Ireland Ras TailteannRace detailsDatelate MayRegionIrelandNickname s The RasDisciplineRoadCompetitionUCI Europe Tour 2005 2018 National calendar 2022 TypeStage raceOrganiserCairde Ras TailteannRace directorGerard CampbellWeb sitewww wbr anpostras wbr ieHistoryFirst edition1953 1953 Editions68 as of 2023 First winner Colm Christle IRL Most wins Se O Hanlon IRL 4 wins Most recent Dillon Corkery IRL Zbigniew Glowaty pictured after winning the 1963 RasThe event was founded by Joe Christle in 1953 1 and was organised under the rules of the National Cycling Association NCA At that time competitive cycling in Ireland was deeply divided between three cycling organisations the NCA Cumann Rothaiochta na hEireann CRE and the Northern Ireland Cycling Federation NICF The Ras Tailteann was the biggest race that the NCA organised each year As a result of a Union Cycliste Internationale UCI motion the NCA was banned from international races and all teams affiliated with the UCI were banned from competing in races organised by the NCA Therefore only teams that were not affiliated with the UCI or who were willing to take the chance of serving a suspension for competing in the Ras Tailteann competed in the Ras Tailteann During this time the NCA cyclists achieved prominence in the Ras with Gene Mangan Se O Hanlon and Paddy Flanagan being several legends of the race Mangan won only one Ras but featured in the race throughout the 1960s and early 1970s winning a total of 12 stages while O Hanlon won the race four times and won 24 stages Flanagan won the Ras three times and had 11 stage wins The NCA and the CRE together with NICF began unification talks in the late 1960s and early 1970s As a result a CRE team which included Pat McQuaid Kieron McQuaid Peter Morton and Peter Doyle was able to enter the race in 1974 Doyle won the race and the McQuaids won two stages each The first Ras open to the two associations CRE and the NICF was in 1979 and enabled Stephen Roche to compete the event as part of the Ireland team Roche won the event The race developed into a much sought after event by professional and amateur teams from many parts of the world As part of the elite international calendar it was eligible to award qualifying points that are required for participation in Olympic Games and the UCI Road World Championships The first edition was held in 1953 as a two day event but quickly developed into a week long event It ran every year uninterrupted until 2018 Following Cumann Ras Tailteann s failure to find a new principal sponsor for the race it was announced in February 2019 that there would be no Ras that year 2 The race was a UCI 2 2 event The race returned in 2022 3 Contents 1 History 1 1 Race names 1 2 Past winners 2 Bibliography 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe official name of the race has been changed many times over the years usually named after sponsors An Post were the last title sponsors 4 although this sponsorship ended after the 2017 event Race names edit 1953 to 1967 Ras Tailteann 1968 to 1972 You Are Better Off Saving Ras Tailteann 1973 Tayto Ras Tailteann 1974 to 1976 Discover Ireland Ras Tailteann 1977 to 1980 The Health Race Ras Tailteann 1981 to 1982 Tirolia Ras Tailteann 1983 Dairy Ras Tailteann 1984 to 2004 FBD Milk Ras 2005 to 2010 FBD Insurance Ras 2011 to 2017 An Post Ras 2018 to date Ras TailteannPast winners edit No Year GC Winner Nationality Team Points class KOM U231 1953 Colm Christle nbsp Ireland James Gate C C 2 1954 Joe O Brien nbsp Ireland National C C 3 1955 Gene Mangan nbsp Ireland Kerry4 1956 Paudie Fitzgerald nbsp Ireland Kerry5 1957 Frank Ward nbsp Ireland Dublin6 1958 Mick Murphy nbsp Ireland Kerry7 1959 Ben McKenna nbsp Ireland Meath8 1960 Paddy Flanagan nbsp Ireland Kildare9 1961 5 Tom Finn nbsp Ireland Dublin Team Sean Dillon nbsp 10 1962 Se O Hanlon nbsp Ireland Dublin11 1963 Zbigniew Glowaty nbsp Poland Poland12 1964 Paddy Flanagan 2 nbsp Ireland Kildare13 1965 Se O Hanlon 2 nbsp Ireland Dublin14 1966 Se O Hanlon 3 nbsp Ireland Dublin15 1967 Se O Hanlon 4 nbsp Ireland Dublin16 1968 Milan Hrazdira nbsp Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia17 1969 Brian Connaughton nbsp Ireland Meath18 1970 Aleksandr Gusyatnikov nbsp Soviet Union U S S R 19 1971 Colm Nulty nbsp Ireland Meath20 1972 John Mangan nbsp Ireland Kerry21 1973 Mike O Donaghue nbsp Ireland Carlow22 1974 Peter Doyle nbsp Ireland I C F 23 1975 Paddy Flanagan 3 nbsp Ireland Kildare24 1976 Fons Steuten nbsp Netherlands Netherlands25 1977 Yuri Lavrushkin nbsp Soviet Union U S S R 26 1978 Seamus Kennedy nbsp Ireland Kerry27 1979 Stephen Roche nbsp Ireland Ireland28 1980 Billy Kerr nbsp Ireland Ireland29 1981 Jamie McGahan nbsp United Kingdom Scotland30 1982 Dermot Gilleran nbsp Ireland Ireland31 1983 Philip Cassidy nbsp Ireland Ireland32 1984 Stephen Delaney nbsp Ireland Dublin33 1985 Nikolay Kosyakov nbsp Soviet Union34 1986 Stephen Spratt nbsp Ireland Ireland35 1987 Paul McCormack nbsp Ireland Longford36 1988 Paul McCormack 2 nbsp Ireland Ireland37 1989 Dainis Ozols nbsp Soviet Union38 1990 Ian Chivers nbsp Ireland Ireland39 1991 Kevin Kimmage nbsp Ireland Meath40 1992 Stephen Spratt 2 nbsp Ireland Dublin41 1993 Eamonn Byrne nbsp Ireland Dublin Wheelers42 1994 Declan Lonergan nbsp Ireland Ireland43 1995 Paul McQuaid nbsp Ireland Ireland44 1996 Tommy Evans nbsp Ireland Armagh45 1997 Andrew Roche nbsp Isle of Man Kerry46 1998 Ciaran Power nbsp Ireland Team Ireland47 1999 Philip Cassidy 2 nbsp Ireland Team Ireland48 2000 Julian Winn nbsp United Kingdom Wales team David McCann nbsp David McCann nbsp 49 2001 Paul Manning nbsp United Kingdom Great Britain team David Kopp nbsp Nicholas White nbsp 50 2002 Ciaran Power 2 nbsp Ireland Team Ireland Stena Line Chris Newton nbsp Julian Winn nbsp 51 2003 Chris Newton nbsp United Kingdom Great Britain team Jonas Holmkvist nbsp Maxim Iglinsky nbsp 52 2004 David McCann nbsp Ireland Ireland Thornton s Recycling Team Malcolm Elliott nbsp Tobias Lergard nbsp 53 2005 Chris Newton 2 nbsp United Kingdom Recycling co uk Malcolm Elliott nbsp Mark Lovatt nbsp 54 2006 Kristian House nbsp United Kingdom Recycling co uk Morten Hegreberg nbsp Ciaran Power nbsp 55 2007 Tony Martin nbsp Germany Thuringer Energie Team Dominique Rollin nbsp Ricardo Van der Velde nbsp 56 2008 Stephen Gallagher nbsp Ireland An Post Sean Kelly Dean Downing nbsp Kit Gilham nbsp 57 2009 6 Simon Richardson nbsp United Kingdom Rapha Condor recycling co uk Niko Eeckhout nbsp David O Loughlin nbsp Mark McNally nbsp 58 2010 Alexander Wetterhall nbsp Sweden Team Sprocket Pro John Degenkolb nbsp Mark Cassidy nbsp Connor McConvey nbsp 59 2011 Gediminas Bagdonas nbsp Lithuania An Post Sean Kelly Shane Archbold nbsp Oleksandr Sheydyk nbsp Aaron Gate nbsp 60 2012 Nicolas Baldo nbsp France Atlas Personal Jakroo Gediminas Bagdonas nbsp David Clarke nbsp Richard Handley nbsp 61 2013 Marcin Bialoblocki nbsp Poland Team UK Youth Owain Doull nbsp Martin Hunal nbsp Simon Yates nbsp 62 2014 Clemens Fankhauser nbsp Austria Tirol Cycling Team Patrick Bevin nbsp Markus Eibegger nbsp Alex Peters nbsp 63 2015 Lukas Postlberger 7 nbsp Austria Tirol Cycling Team Aaron Gate nbsp Aidis Kruopis nbsp Ryan Mullen nbsp 64 2016 Clemens Fankhauser 2 nbsp Austria Tirol Cycling Team Aaron Gate nbsp Nikodemus Holler nbsp Jai Hindley nbsp 65 2017 James Gullen nbsp United Kingdom JLT Condor Daan Meijers nbsp Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz nbsp Michael O Loughlin nbsp 66 2018 Luuc Bugter nbsp Netherlands Delta Cycling Rotterdam Luuc Bugter nbsp Lukas Ruegg nbsp Robbe Ghys nbsp 67 2022 8 Daire Feeley nbsp Ireland All Human VeloRevolution Rory Townsend nbsp Dean Harvey nbsp Louis Sutton nbsp 68 2023 9 Dillon Corkery nbsp Ireland CC Etupes Matthew Fox nbsp Conor McGoldrick nbsp Aaron Wade nbsp Bibliography editDaly Tom 2003 The Ras The Story of Ireland s Unique Bike Race The Collins Press ISBN 1 903464 37 4 Daly Tom 2012 The Ras The Story of Ireland s Unique Bike Race paperback edition The Collins Press ISBN 978 1 84889 148 7 Traynor Jim 2008 The Ras A Day by Day Diary of Ireland s Great Bike Race The Collins Press ISBN 978 1 905451 71 5 Riordan Christy 2009 A Special tribute to Mick Murphy Winner of 1958 Ras Tailteann C R DVD amp Video production References edit Death of former cycling supremo Joe Christle Irish Independent Accessed date 30 May 2009 No UCI ranked Ras Tailteann to take place in 2019 www cyclingnews com 15 February 2019 Retrieved 3 June 2019 Ras Tailteann 2022 Route Details www rastailteann com 21 March 2022 Retrieved 15 June 2022 An Post Takes over Title Sponsorship of Ras Irish Cycling com Archived from the original on 1 October 2010 Retrieved 27 September 2010 1961 Ras Tailteann results fbdinsurances com Retrieved 28 June 2009 2009 FBD Insurance Ras results irishcycling com Archived from the original on 27 May 2009 Retrieved 24 May 2009 Lukas Postlberger finally strikesit lucky in Ras Irish Examiner 25 May 2015 Men of the Ras 2022 Stage 5 results and final classifications www stickybottle com 15 June 2022 Full amp Final Results amp Photos Stage 5 Ras Tailteann 2023 www irishcyclingnews com Retrieved 11 September 2023 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ras Tailteann amp oldid 1174935229, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
