FBD Insurance Ras 2010

garminguy

according to the commisionaires comments at the bottom of the results page , people have complained about the riders littering the roads with their empty bottles and food wrappers.
do they expect the riders to stop at the next village and search for the nearest bin?
what crazy people made this complaint about the one day in the whole year a bike race passes their house?

Beasty

ryan_sherlock wrote: »

A fun day today - that climb was steep, was wishing I had a 25 on the bike.

Blog post up for the day: http://ryansherlock.blogspot.com/2010/05/2010-fbd-ras-stage-6.html

Highest 20 minute NP wattage in the last few weeks today - funny what 6 days of racing does to you

Another excellent performance today Ryan. I'm pleased to see that crash has not left too much in the way of lingering injuries. Keep up the great work - I'm looking forward to seeing you rolling into Skerries on Sunday (those climbs on the final circuit will suit you down to the ground!)

jwshooter

i have some good footage of the hole group coming over the corrabutt .

whats the best way to get it on hear .

Slideshowbob

For those who want a Ras rider's opinion on the crash earlier this week:

http://twitter.com/kieroliver/status/14633534178

killalanerr

its pissing down here at race HQ well we wanted it a bit cooler :rolleyes:

kerryscoob

Here's another insight absolutely brillant reading. Brian Cantys daily Examiner Ras exploits.

Nothing could prepare me for this

I just wasn't good enough and that's the plain truth.

Rough ride but I'm still in the saddle.

Scaling Seskin a lesson from the Pros.

Cheered like Champions simply because we are not

uberwolf

really like that last one.

smithslist

how come theres no usher teams\riders (xcept for N.Delahaye) in Ras this year, surely they've strong enough riders to make a team?

jspruit

Took me awhile, but I've finally posted some FBD RAS Stage 1 photos on Flickr. Nothing fancy or action-packed as they were taken before the official start; just taking advantage of the sunny weather.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65405521@N00/sets/72157624034973635/

gman2k

Some Snaps from yesterday's climb on Corrabut Gap - flickr

Samples

karltimber

how do I see the time slots for each part of tomorrows stage

can only see stage 1 & 2 on the website -

http://www.fbdinsuranceras.com/event/fbdras_646.shtml

thx

gman2k

karltimber wrote: »

how do I see the time slots for each part of tomorrows stage

can only see stage 1 & 2 on the website -

http://www.fbdinsuranceras.com/event/fbdras_646.shtml

thx

Had the same prob with yesterday's info - one of the other posters was good enough to let me know of times/ locations....

The website had full info earlier on in the week!

Slideshowbob

More Ras blogs .......

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/news/teams-and-riders/q/date/2010/05/

JacksonHeightsOwn

lads, where can i find the suggested timetable for tomorrows stage?

ive scoured the website but cant find it, i know its there somewhere, but for the love of me i cant find it

sean_d

Here
It's not immediately obvious on the site, takes a bit of detective work!

jwshooter

gman2k wrote: »

Had the same prob with yesterday's info - one of the other posters was good enough to let me know of times/ locations....

The website had full info earlier on in the week!

you must have been standing beside where the team car stalled and the motor bike fell over .

did you see the guy open the door on the rider ,close .

killalanerr

few from to day http://s804.photobucket.com/albums/yy327/killalanerr/day%207%20fbd%20ras/

ryan_sherlock

Another fun day in the RAS. Got over the climbs with the yellow jersey group. To do that 1620VAM over Shay Elliott - took us 8:36 to get over it! a new PB for me.

I'll have a blog video up later. Thanks to everyone who was out cheering us on!

jwshooter

ryan_sherlock wrote: »

Another fun day in the RAS. Got over the climbs with the yellow jersey group. To do that 1620VAM over Shay Elliott - took us 8:36 to get over it! a new PB for me.

I'll have a blog video up later. Thanks to everyone who was out cheering us on!

your getting better with age .well done .

ryan_sherlock

Today's post: http://ryansherlock.blogspot.com/2010/05/2010-fbd-ras-stage-7.html

stevie_b

a few pics from wicklow gap...

zzzzzzzz

A few pics from the wicklow gap here:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=175175&id=671400899

fran oconnor

Just wondering where the best place would be to watch the end of the race tomorrow folks,somewhere quite hilly??.

RobFowl

fran oconnor wrote: »

Just wondering where the best place would be to watch the end of the race tomorrow folks,somewhere quite hilly??.

The gates of Ardgillan demesne in Balbriggan is probably the best spot. It's just at the end of the steepest part of the Blackhills climb.

Lumen

ryan_sherlock wrote: »

Today's post: http://ryansherlock.blogspot.com/2010/05/2010-fbd-ras-stage-7.html

Shay Elliot in 8:40 :eek:

I make that about 6W/kg.

Beasty

RobFowl wrote: »

The gates of Ardgillan demesne in Balbriggan is probably the best spot. It's just at the end of the steepest part of the Blackhills climb.

The way they are coming in is via Balrothery - the first climb is out of Balrothery along past a junction called Cross of the Cage - this junction is also at the end of the road RobFowl mentions - you can catch them there on the first pass, then walk back down the road to the Ardgillan gates(only about 500m away) to catch the end of the 2 climbs up Blackhills

fran oconnor

RobFowl wrote: »

The gates of Ardgillan demesne in Balbriggan is probably the best spot. It's just at the end of the steepest part of the Blackhills climb.

cheers Rob I'll heras there so..

fran oconnor

RobFowl wrote: »

The gates of Ardgillan demesne in Balbriggan is probably the best spot. It's just at the end of the steepest part of the Blackhills climb.

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RobFowl

Some Gobsh*te spouting on about the race
http://www.rte.ie/sport/other/2010/0529/ras2_av.html

michaelm

Had the pleasure of travelling with the Limerick BDO Get BACk Challenge team today as photographer as a result of a posting here earlier this week. Fantastic experience and a great insight into the sport - respect all around lads. Have posted some of the shots here

gman2k

jwshooter wrote: »

you must have been standing beside where the team car stalled and the motor bike fell over .

did you see the guy open the door on the rider ,close .

I was down below that about 20 yards on the right.....the whole thing bunched up fairly quickly there!

I'm not sure if Ryan is in my Flickr set - possibly...... (I have loads more - 450 photos 2.5gbs )

ryan_sherlock

Lumen wrote: »

Shay Elliot in 8:40 :eek:

I make that about 6W/kg.

yeah - pretty close

jwshooter

gman2k wrote: »

I was down below that about 20 yards on the right.....the whole thing bunched up fairly quickly there!

I'm not sure if Ryan is in my Flickr set - possibly...... (I have loads more - 450 photos 2.5gbs )

seen you there .were in pic 22 ,guy on the right in slaney cc top and blue jeans

iv good dvd of that .

RobFowl

RobFowl wrote: »

Some Gobsh*te spouting on about the race
http://www.rte.ie/sport/other/2010/0529/ras2_av.html

Interviews with Mark Cassidy and Kurt Bogaerts as well

http://www.rte.ie/sport/other/audiovideo_index.html

Beasty

RobFowl wrote: »

Some Gobsh*te spouting on about the race
http://www.rte.ie/sport/other/2010/0529/ras2_av.html

What does he know about anything, sat in his car all day following cyclists around

Needs to get himself a real job:D

Only another day to go Rob, then you can return to sanity! Hopefully the day job is a little more mundane (although your friends in Skerries get more than their fair share of lunatic cyclists clogging up their waiting rooms)!

killalanerr

RobFowl wrote: »

Some Gobsh*te spouting on about the race
http://www.rte.ie/sport/other/2010/0529/ras2_av.html

you have a grate face for radio lad

Fredo

Some pictures took this morning when the riders went through Kilcock.
Hope the guy who crashed is ok, with another lad we helped him back on his bike and put the chain back on. f*** cars parked everywhere.

Beasty

Great day out in Skerries today. First time round there was a break of 3, but Chris Newton managed to get away on the penultimate lap, coming back onto the Strand d'elysees second time with a 32s lead over 4 other riders. The bunch closed them down on the final lap, and it ended up with a bunch sprint with German John Degenkolb getting the victory. The yellow jersey came in the middle of the bunch, so there was no change to the overall lead

Final Stage Result:
1, John Degenkolb
2, Matt Cronshaw
3, Peter Williams

Final overall result

1, Alexander Wetterhall (Sweden - Team Sprocket Pro) 24 hours 44 mins 13 secs
2, Peter Williams (Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta) at 59 secs
3, Dan Craven (Britain Rapha Condor Sharp) at 1 min 32 secs

Ryan Sherlock got the County rider - congratulations on a great all-round performance Ryan

killalanerr

well that's it guys for an other year,well done to all involved and congrats to all who got around,wonder what the story will be next year with Dermot taken a back seat

to days picks http://s804.photobucket.com/albums/yy327/killalanerr/last%20day%202010%20fbd%20ras/

Chartsengrafs

Can't believe I missed this going through Dunshaughlin today- aarrgghh!!! Was home for the weekend and didn't even think about it.

ryan_sherlock

Thanks for all the best wishes both here and at the race. A little bit of nervous racing but not that difficult of a day in the end (Thanks to the yellow jersey).

Blog post up about it all here: http://ryansherlock.blogspot.com/2010/05/2010-fbd-ras-stage-8.html

karltimber

Just loaded up some video footage on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tydwmR2PBg

First section is from last sunday coming into Slane - sorry about the out of focus bike change. Second is from today as they arrived into Dunshaughlin.

Thx

K

bcmf

While the bcmf family peleton were heading up to view the race we passed a guy on a fixie. Anyone from here?

buffalo

A few shots taken at the top of the KOMs at Cross of the Cage and Ardgillan/Black Hills.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianmca/sets/72157624167931278/

A family peloton passed me after the race - was that you in green bcmf? (I was on foot, not on the fixie.)

RobFowl

bcmf wrote: »

While the bcmf family peleton were heading up to view the race we passed a guy on a fixie. Anyone from here?

Had to be Blorg

Will personally sponsor him if he rides the Ras on a fixie nest year .......

fran oconnor

RobFowl wrote: »

Had to be Blorg

Will personally sponsor him if he rides the Ras on a fixie nest year .......

im in one or two of your picks,well you can see the back of me:D..

kennyb3

Beasty wrote: »

The bunch closed them down on the final lap, and it ended up with a bunch sprint with German John Degenkolb getting the victory.

He absoltely demoilished them too, the sprint was over 50yards+ from the line.

Slideshowbob

RobFowl wrote: »

Had to be Blorg

Will personally sponsor him if he rides the Ras on a fixie nest year .......

go on outta that RF - sure you know you cant ride a fixie in an open race can ya!?

generous sponsorship offer :rolleyes:

RobFowl

Slideshowbob wrote: »

go on outta that RF - sure you know you cant ride a fixie in an open race can ya!?

generous sponsorship offer :rolleyes:

Maybe as single speed then

Slideshowbob

RobFowl wrote: »

Maybe as single speed then

I'd throw in a few quid to see that !!

Cant be any of of this carry on though right !?!?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nd13ARuvVE&feature=player_embedded