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New Tour of Ireland race announced

  • 01-05-2007 1:35pm
    #1
    Harkev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭


    This looks pretty interesting, a professional stage race with live TV coverage...
    RTE wrote:
    International race for Ireland announced
    Tuesday, 1 May 2007 13:53

    A new International Tour of Ireland Cycle Race was officially announced today at an event hosted by Fáilte Ireland in Dublin Castle.

    RTÉ will have live coverage of the August event every day, with repeat highlights every evening presented by Jimmy McGee and Phil Liggett.

    The Events Group (TEG) were the former organisers of the prestigious Nissan Classic cycle race which ran successfully from 1985 to 1992 and the race was won four times by Sean Kelly.

    Approximately 126 riders will compete in the five-day event, which takes place from 22-26 August.

    It will begin at Kilkenny Castle and the 864km race will finish in Merrion Square in Dublin.

    The route announced today will take in much of the south, west and midlands.


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  • #2
    E@gle.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,516 ✭✭✭E@gle.


    Stage 1 - Wednesday, 22 August - 160km Kilkenny Castle to Cork- via Clonmel, Carrick- On-Suir, Lismore and Middleton.

    Stage 2 - Thursday, 23 August - 167km Clonakilty to Killarney - a fantastic scenic route via Skibereen, Bantry, Glengarriff and Kenmare.

    Stage 3 - Friday, 24 August - 190km Tralee to Ennis via Ballybunion, Foynes, Limerick City Centre, Killaloe and Tuamgraney.

    Stage 4 - Saturday, 25 August - 212km - Galway to Galway, a circuit taking in Cong, Westport, Louisburgh, Leenáun before returning to Galway city.

    Stage 5 - Sunday, 26 August - 135km - Athlone to Dublin via Mullingar, Kinnegad and Enfield before finishing in Dublin for 10 laps of a circuit based on Merrion Square.

    Top European teams are expected to be keen to enter the inaugural tour.


  • #3
    Kerrynoel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭Kerrynoel


    thats great news. I hope they get as many of the irish professional riders to enter. The route sounds like it was chosen by someone in Board failte


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