NCC Martin Earley - Marie Keating Foundation Tour of Kildare 2017

Naas Cycling Club

The 16th annual Martin Earley Tour of Kildare is back! Taking place on Sunday, 13 August 2017, this event has become the highlight of the Leinster cycling calendar and always sees a fantastic turnout, raising much needed funds for the Marie Keating Foundation in the process! Naas Cycling Club kindly donate all proceeds from this event to help support our cancer services.

There are three route options: 110km, 65km and the 20km family cycle. Click here to view the route maps.

There will be feed stations along each of the routes. There is a free BBQ for all participants at the finish line at the Naas Court Hotel. Everyone who takes part will receive a medal and certificate.

Sign up from 8am at Naas Court Hotel on the morning of the cycle or for a quicker and easier registration process, sign up now, below. Entry fee for the Tour of Kildare is €25 for 110km and 65km routes.*

Some of the great features of the Tour of Kildare include:

Free tea, coffee and feed stations on all routes
Marshalled routes to ensure a safe, fun atmosphere
Medical support on all routes
Controlled start and finish areas
Lead and support vehicles on all routes
Fully signposted and road-marked routes
Hot showers and changing facilities
Complementary BBQ at the finish line
You will be joining the fight against cancer by supporting the Marie Keating Foundation
We hope you can join us us for what is always a fun, challenging cycle.

*Please note that if you are not a member of Cycling Ireland, there is €5 surcharge for insurance. You will need to produce your Cycling Ireland license card on the day. You must wear a helmet in order to take part. Tribars are not permitted.

Online registration open - http://www.mariekeating.ie/events/tour-of-kildare/

andy69

looking forward to it, always a great event!

Can I just check with ye, is there parking in a specific area? (just checking whether to head straight over to Nass town centre and find a spot there, or if we should head to a car park/area?). I'll be cutting it fine on Sunday morning so need to sort of 'make a bee line' as it were

Naas Cycling Club

andy69 wrote: »

looking forward to it, always a great event!

Can I just check with ye, is there parking in a specific area? (just checking whether to head straight over to Nass town centre and find a spot there, or if we should head to a car park/area?). I'll be cutting it fine on Sunday morning so need to sort of 'make a bee line' as it were

Hi Andy
Free on street parking in Naas on Sunday or in Kildare County Council office beside Osprey Hotel
Thanks for your support ðŸ‘

Naas Cycling Club

Few questions on start time for Sunday as follows:

10am neutralised roll out behind Garda escort for first 4km.

Naas Cycling Club

Online registrations are now closed for the Martin Earley Tour of Kildare. You can register on Sun 13 Aug from 8am – 9.30am @NaasCourtHotel.

10am neutralised roll out for both 65km and 110km routes behind Garda escort for first 4km.

Family Cycle starts at 12pm from Naas Court Hotel.

Don't forget to join us for BBQ post cycle and some tasty treats.

Thanks to everyone for your support and look forward to a great day on the bike with Martin Earley.

Marie Keating Foundation & Naas Cycling Club.

andy69

well that was fairly lively!!

Great event as always - thanks to everyone in Naas CC for all their efforts, you did yourselves proud.

The amount of moto marshals was just fantastic - they really did a superb job the whole way round, and they really knew their stuff. I said thanks after the BBQ to a few of them, really nice guys.
Pace was so high I didn't get to say thanks to the marshals on a lot of the junctions as we flew through, except for when I was shelled out the back of a couple of groups and was back down to my sluggish pace . anyway, great marshaling!

Somedude9

Great event! Many thanks to Naas CC & all involved. Special mention to the fleet of moto marshals, they were amazing!

JK.BMC

Enjoyed today's event. I agree the moto marshals did a great job. Really good, enthusiastic atmosphere as far as I could see.

I really like this event because it typically involves a mix of good racing cyclists as well as a large group of leisure/touring cyclists; the organising club has a long tradition of running good events in both spheres; a flat fast sportive is rare enough in the calendar so therefore it is an excellent way of catering for both types. Not forgetting the short sharp climbs in the second half.

It's important remember that not every cyclist wants to flog themselves on back roads and big climbs or ride in big bunches ditch-to-ditch on open roads.

So well done to Marie Keating Foundation and Naas CC

fat bloke

Bloody amazing day alright. I was in a trio coming through Kildare at maximum velocity and we felt like pro tour riders with bike marshals clearing a path for us. And fair fcuks to the pace-setters -
I was raging I forgot my Garmin. Rolled out at ten and back in Naas for 1, including a lazy coffee stop:eek:

easygoing39

if you got back to the finish at 1PM you must have been doing up and overs with Martin in his prime and Sean,Paul and Stephen must have been with you too!!!!!

Looking at Strava the 1st riders back on the 110km arrived at 1.17pm

fat bloke

1 ish...

Naas Cycling Club

Irish Cycle Sport wrote: »

Really enjoyed yesterday it all kicked off pretty soon as it usually does . Rode in Martins group for a while and then blemmed off out of that group solo until Water stop.
5 mins refuel and away again,was on my own for a good while picking off riders as you do then a race group came thundering by, ah here we go again speed shoots up, managed to hang on to them until The Wall (I had to stop and pose for a few pics of course) so let them ride on and then soloed back to Naas Court Hotel for my big juicy burger and a quick natter with some other finishers
The Naas CC Martin Earley Tour of Kildare event has always been a favorite of mine and yesterday didn't disappoint. Congratulations Naas Cycling Club top marks again for the 2017 edition.As we all know it takes many people to pull off a gig like yesterday committees volunteers sponsors road markers burger flippers etc etc . . But a massive part of anything like this is the marshling the work they did out on the roads yesterday was outstanding the ladies with the big arrows the folk with the flags and in particular the motos amazing job, I don't think I had to stop at a junction all day . . Well Done Guys Thank You for getting us all home safe . .
See you next Year.

Cycling Ireland take note a contender for leisure event of the year 2017 no doubt.

Many thanks for your kind comments - much appreciated by everyone involved.
Wonderful to get support from our Motto Marshall's yesterday and thanks again to each biker.