Ras Team Announcements & Predictions

Slideshowbob

OK i will get ball rolling -

from irishcycling.com

DOWN:

Drew McKinley
Mark McKinley
Barry Monaghan
Kevin Lynch
Colm Quinn

IRELAND U23:

Stephen Halpin
Ciaran Cassidy
Urban Monks
Aaron Buggle
Adam Armstrong

Anyone else got team announcements / provisional team announcements?

RobFowl

http://www.fbdinsuranceras.com/event/press-release.shtml

Leon Van Bon with team Marco polo
Jan Kirsipuu with a Norwegian team
Nico Eckout, Benny de Schrooder, Dovid oLoughlin, Paidi o Brien and another one from Gallagher,Cassidy and McLaughlin for the Sean Kelly team

Slideshowbob

Thanks for that.

Looking at Ras website seems like alot of quality foreign teams coming over.

May be that An Post and National team may be the only Irish squads to challenge.

Will county teams even get a look in?

Quigs Snr

Looking at the international roster you'd have to say that the county teams will be bringing up the rear in terms of the GC (few notable exceptions like Kenneally of Engraveit.ie / Meath) - no shame in that though, not many other sports where an amateur could take a week off work to take part in a race against professionals. I think its a huge achievement for an amateur domestic rider to finish the RAS regardless of where they come. Takes balls to even attempt it.

Looks like it could be one of the toughest RAS weeks ever.. I am looking forward to it anyway, I will be in the team car for the Waterford / Comeragh CC team.

biker_joe

Quigs Snr wrote: »

Looking at the international roster you'd have to say that the county teams will be bringing up the rear in terms of the GC (few notable exceptions like Kenneally of Engraveit.ie / Meath) - no shame in that though, not many other sports where an amateur could take a week off work to take part in a race against professionals. I think its a huge achievement for an amateur domestic rider to finish the RAS regardless of where they come. Takes balls to even attempt it.

Looks like it could be one of the toughest RAS weeks ever.. I am looking forward to it anyway, I will be in the team car for the Waterford / Comeragh CC team.

Here here ! Any County rider who wears a white cycling hat with FBD milk RAS logo on it ( similar to world champs colours poll ! don't wear it if you have n't done it ! ) is a Man of the Ras. Hats off to anyone who has ridden and finished it !!

Biker Joe.

Slideshowbob

OK - Pick a winner -I'll go for someone from the Danish team!!!

http://www.fbdinsuranceras.com/event/fbdras_543.shtml

IRELAND* (Pro)Team An Post M
Donnelly,Grant Thornton Sean*
Kelly
1 Niko Eeckhout
2 Paidi O'Brien
3 Mark Cassidy
4 David O'Loughlin
5 Benny De Scrooder
Manager; Kurt Bogaerts

IRELAND Development U23*
Development U23
11 Stephen Halpin *
12 Ciaran Cassidy* *
13 Urban Monks *
14 Aaron Buggle *
15 Adam Armstrong *
Manager: Dan Curtin

AUSTRIA (Pro)*
Team Arbö KTM Junkers
21 Hannes Gründlinger
22 Jan Barta
23 Robert Gaßmayr
24 Josef Kugler
25 Sebastian Prengel
*Manager: Osker Hauser

DENMARK (Pro)
Team Designa Kokken
31 Mads Christensen
32 Laurent Didier
33 Kim Marius Nielsen
34 Kasper Jebjerg
35 Jimmi Soerensen *
Manager;*Christain Andresen

GERMANY (Pro)
Team Kuota-Indeland
41 Stefan Ganser
42 Bjorn Ganser
43 Luke Roberts
44 Joachim Tolles
45 Alexander Gottfried
Manager; Viktor Hudalla

BRITAIN (Pro)*
Team Rapha Condor
51 Christopher Newton
52 Darren Lapthorne
53 Kristian House
54 Simon Richardson
55 Tom Southam
Manager; John Herety

BRITAIN (Pro)
Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta
61 Russ Downing
62 Pete Williams *
63 Andrew Roche
64 Dale Appleby *
65 James Sampson *
Manager; Julian Winn

BRITAIN MERSEYSIDE*
Team KuK Kinesis Bikes
71 James Moss
72 Matthew Kipling
73 Steve Lampier
74 James Stewart
75 Robert Wardell
Manager; Chris Truett

BRITAIN *CHESHIRE*
Sigmasport/Spelialized/Sportful
81 Matthew Stephens
82 Kit Kilham
83 Tom Last *
84 James Wlliamson
85 Andrew Bye
Manager; Peter Hey

DUBLIN Zilcom-South Dublin
91 Mike Reddan
92 Frazer Duncan
93 Paul O'Keefe
94 Andrew McQuaid *
95 John-Paul Lyons
Manager; James Lawless

DUBLIN DTC Orwell Wheelers
101 Stephen Surdival
102 Shane Hurley
103 Graham Hurley
104 Odhran Connors
105 Philip Finegan
Manager; Graham Thomas

DUBLIN KTM Winning Solutions
111 Scott McDonald
112 Richard McCauley
113 Dylan Rafter
114 Philip Lavery *
115 Adrian Hedderman
Manager; Richie Keddy

KILDARE*
Murphy Surveys
121 Colm Bracken
122 David Peelo
123 Ciaran Steed
124 Kieran Kelly
125 Brian Geraghty
Manager; Liam Walker

MAYO Castlebar* Western Edge*
Medical Communications
131 David Brennan
132 Patrick Clarke *
133 Chris Coyle
134 Paul Dunne
135 Chris Troy
Manager; Kevin Dunleavy

MEATH Martin Donnelly
141 Kieran Keane
142 Colin Robinson
143 Jonathan Gibson
144 Tony Brady
145 John Lynch
Manager; Seamus Gough

TIPPERARY Clonmel CC
151 Paul O Donoghue
152 Danny Carroll
153 Andrew Aherne
154 Kevin Shelly
155 Keith Fox
Manager; Declan Byrne

IRELAND


6 David McCann
7 Paul Healion
8 Martyn Irvine
9 Seán Downey* *
10 Stephen Barrett
Manager; Tommy Evans

AUSTRALIA (Pro)*
Team Cinelli-DownUnder
16 Peter Ronsse
17 Bert Roesems
18 Nicholas Walker *
19 Logan Hutchings
20 Sven de Weerdt
Manager; Gilbert De Weerdt

CHINA (Pro)*
Team Trek Marco Polo
26 Jacques Janse van Rensburg *
27 Jaco Venter *
28 Leon van Bon
29 James Spragg *
30 Eric van de Meent
Manager; Remko Kramer

GREECE (Pro)*
Team Heraklion-Nessebar-Kastro
36 Spas Gyurov
37 Bogdan Stoychev
38 Georgi Georgiev
39 Martin Grashev *
40 Ivailo Gabrovski
Manager; Todor Angelov

NORWAY
Team Giant-Veoila
46 Ole Jogen Jenson *
47 Joachim Pettersen
48 Rune Jogert
49 Espen Jogert
50 Jaan Kirsipuu
Manager; David McQuaid

BRITAIN (Pro)*
Team Halfords Bike Hut
56 Ian Bibby *
57 David Fletcher *
58 Mark McNally *
59 Rob Partridge
60 Ian Wilkinson
Manager; Keith Lambert

BRITAIN
Surrey Racing League
66 Chris McNamara
67 Steve Calland
68 Wouter Sybrandy
69 John Veness
70 John Heaton-Armstrong
Manager; Keith Butler

BRITAIN*
BC East Midlands
76 Llewey Byrne
77 Daniel Drake
78 Thomas Kirk
79 Christopher Prior
80 Gareth Williams
Manager; Peter Kay

AN DUN Newry Whs. CC

86 Mark McKinley *
87 Drew McKinley
88 Sean McGreevy
89 Barry Monaghan
90 Colm Quinn
Manager; Noel McKinley

DUBLIN IRC Ushers Insulations
96 Neil Delahaye
97 Peter Hawkins
98 Simon Kelly
99 Derek Burke
100 Conor Murphy
Manager; Gary McElroy

DUBLIN Eurocycles
106 Seán Lacey
107 Michael Butler
108 Michael Fitzgerald
109 Cathal McCarthy
110 Conor McAllister *
Manager; Urban Monks

KERRY Total Cleaning Supplies
116 Paul Griffin
117 Niall Brosnan
118 Brendan Lacey
119 Michael Concannon
120 Ray Clarke
Manager; Matt Lacey

KILDARE*
Newbridge Projector World
126 Richard Malone
127 Michael Barry
128 Keven Hartnett *
129 Michael Storan
130 Daniel Clifford *
Manager; John Malone

MEATH
Engraveit.ie/BDBC/Cycleways
136 Brian Kenneally
137 Eugene Moriarty
138 Stephen O'Sullivan
139 Aidan Crowley
140 John Mason
Manager; Philip Cassidy

TIPPERARY Dan Morrissey
146 Hugh Mulhearn
147 Joseph Fenlon
148 John Dempsey
149 Sam Bennett *
150 Mark Power
Manager; Paul Lonergan

WATERFORD Comeragh CC
156 Robin Kelly
157 Keith Gater
158 Mark Nugent *
159 Don Feighery
160 Michael Hennessy
Manager: Conor McGrath

smithslist

Quigs Snr wrote: »

I think its a huge achievement for an amateur domestic rider to finish the RAS regardless of where they come. Takes balls to even attempt it.

+1

Even attempting to do it takes alot out of a amateur's schedule, absolute fair play to anyone.