2016 An Post Ras na mBan

Beasty

Starts tomorrow in Kilkenny

Route details for all stages here

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Best of luck to all 121 riders taking part across 25 teams including 4 Irish teams with a number of strong Irish riders guesting for some of the overseas teams, although the Brits are also out in force for this one

RobFowl

Good luck to all (even the Brits )

I see we have cycling royalty too with big Maggy as a DS

fat bloke

Someone must have told the Brits they couldn't do it Rás na mBan post Brexit, cos they're certainly out in numbers this year!

The Kilkenny city criterium on Saturday should be crackin viewing. Hope they get the weather for it so it showcases the event and the host city.

Beasty

fat bloke wrote: »

Someone must have told the Brits they couldn't do it Rás na mBan post Brexit, cos they're certainly out in numbers this year!

Think Havoc's been selling the place to them. Needs to deliver on his promises now....

Beasty

Stage 1 goes to Dane Rikke Lonne of Team Crescent D.A.R.E

She broke away with not much more than 10km to go and held her lead to the end

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No GC details up yet, but I presume they will be on the website later on

fat bloke

Video montages are pretty cool.

http://youtu.be/b62rptLY3Mk

yop

We have one of our junior club members in it this year, gives some more interest.

Beasty

Twenty twenty is when I'm targeting getting one of mine in this race. She doesn't know yet mind .....

fat bloke

Sorry I know pics are huge, but they're fab!

QueensGael

Great pics, thanks for sharing!

fat bloke

QueensGael wrote: »

Great pics, thanks for sharing!

Follow the @rasnamban twitter feed, there are loads of pics on that. The whole race and pelethon just look fantastic. The riders, the bikes, the gear. Add in the support from Honda Ireland and Kilkenny, and it seems the Gardaí can't do enough. The event is looking really really top class, top drawer.

Fair play to all involved.

Beasty

Stage 2 report Van Length by a neck:pac:

Full results

Today's photo gallery

Beasty

RobFowl wrote: »

I see we have cycling royalty too with big Maggy as a DS

His daughter's racing aged 15, maybe I should be targeting 2018

Beasty wrote: »

Twenty twenty is when I'm targeting getting one of mine in this race. She doesn't know yet mind .....

Seems to be some very positive feedback about this year's event on Twitter. Well done to all the organisers - looks like it's better yet again this year.

RobFowl

Beasty wrote: »

Maybe I should be targeting 2018

I know they make them different in Yorkshire Beasty but no matter how long you wait its not going to happen for you with out a few minor "adjustments"

dastardly00

I would've liked to get home to KK this weekend to view some of the racing but I can't make it





(A trip to Lanzarote will have to do instead )

fat bloke

Wow. Dunno how many of ye are following the twitter mo-sheen but stage sounded awesome today. Summit finish, gales and driving rain. Lydia Boylan away in the break and finished second and race leader Rikke Lønne bossing the day with a solo over the line. Savage riding on what must have been a savage stage.

Buzwaldo

Followed it as you did. Remarkable that a 3 man (?) breakaway including race leader formed after about 10 km and gradually stretched their lead to about 5 mins at foot of final climb where leader Lonne took off to finish over 2 mins clear on top of a wind and rain lashed Mount Leinster.
Chapeaux? all round today

Beasty

Kilkenny and in particular its castle provided a fantastic backdrop to tonight's crit. Alas there was a crash on the penultimate lap leading to the race being neutralised and then stopped altogether as the ambulance cover was no longer available. Therefore standings remain as they were after this morning's TT

Report here

fat bloke

Frickin awesome atmosphere down in Kilkenny. The city deserves a huge "fair play t'ye" for how they've embraced the event. You cannot come within an a$$'s roar of Kilkenny without being made aware of the fact that the event is on and is welcome and is being facilitated absolutely. Even the eye-level gents urinal literature was an article in the Indo about the race

Pity about the crash of course but I think everyone is essentially ok, or will be in time, and what people did see of the crit was really most impressive.

The speed of the girls coming around the last corner was savage, if the video does it justice at all.

https://youtu.be/_kibLq9ZrQM

fat bloke

Great backdrop for a race

fat bloke

fat bloke

Some really really cool bike pørn around too.

fat bloke

Deadly high res snaps on here

http://www.sportswomen.ie/photo-reel-ras-na-mban-stage-4-time-trials/

fat bloke

Great gutter shot! https://twitter.com/NDC_ie/status/774666542445367297?s=09

fat bloke

Cool vid. All it's missing is a tricolour and 21 gun salute

https://twitter.com/RasnamBan/status/774654656345739264?s=09

fat bloke

See the race made RTE six one news yesterday. Much excitement and delight.
Some welcome coverage in the papers too. Great big back page photo in the Irish Examiner and a piece in the Indo.

Nice to see the mainstream media at least acknowledging it.

The Omen 666

I was in Kilkenny with the camera for stage 5 of Ras na mBan 2016 on sat eve. Some photos below

http://preview.tinyurl.com/jnuqpjt

Also https://www.facebook.com/PhotographybyDamienConway/photos/?tab=album&album_id=336985896639615

buffalo

Me too!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/brianmca/albums/72157673635009356

The Omen 666

buffalo wrote: »

Me too!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/brianmca/albums/72157673635009356

Some great photos there mate