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Tour of Ireland?

spoke2cun · 2015-06-04 11:37:50

Is there any hope of this returning? We now have some great talent on the world stage, Philip deignan, N Roche, Dan Martin, Sam Bennett, Matt brammier and young Eddie Dunbarr. Ireland has shown to the world that they are more than capable of hosting huge sporting events ie Giro and the Ryder cup. Surely a 3or 4 or 5 stage…

04-06-2015 11:37am

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Is there any hope of this returning? We now have some great talent on the world stage, Philip deignan, N Roche, Dan Martin, Sam Bennett, Matt brammier and young Eddie Dunbarr. Ireland has shown to the world that they are more than capable of hosting huge sporting events ie Giro and the Ryder cup. Surely a 3or 4 or 5 stage race is not beyond us.

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I personally hope not, as I believe we simply cannot afford an annual event of this size. One-offs are different, and I would certainly support, for example, any attempt to get the Worlds into Ireland

The Ras and Ras na mBan are both very popular events, and in my view exactly the level we should be aiming at, with a view to growing them further.

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