An Post Ras na mBan 2015

Beasty

Back in Co Clare starting on Wednesday in Dromoland, culminating in Ennis on Sunday

Full route details here

Provisional Entry List - 24 teams and over 100 riders including teams from the USA, GBR, DEN, FRA, NED, NOR along with a lot of home grown talent

Good luck to everyone taking part in what looks like a very open event. The standard of this race and indeed its organisation improves each year and there's no reason to believe this year will be any different.

QueensGael

Weather is looking promising for far for the opening stages. Looking forward to it, will be heading there for Sat & Sun, best of luck to all those racing and organising!

onimpulse

More teams from the UK than Ireland... think they've coped on to the great racing we have here!

harringtonp

Thursdays coastal stage is class.

Lads, wouldn't you love something like an Ennis (aka Gorey) 3 day that has it as a stage.

neris

saw somthing on twitter that europsort will be showing highlights of it at some stage. think they did the same last year

NBar

Is TG4 showing this or is it like the race that's spoken about but not seen

Beasty

NBar wrote: »

Is TG4 showing this or is it like the race that's spoken about but not seen

Don't think they are covering it

British Eurosport has confirmed a 30 minute highlight show to be broadcast on 25 September

QueensGael

There's usually very good live updates on twitter @RasnamBan

kerry4sam

Thinking of skipping the GreatDublinBikeRide to catch Ras na nBan on Sunday in Clare. Could easily get the ferry to Kilrush ... what time are they leaving Dromoland?
Trying to plan where I'll link in to watch but would need the time of commencement if anyone knows?

Have travelled to watch men racing throughout the country, but never seen the women race, yet, shamefully!

Many Thanks,
kerry4sam

jinkypolly

Just seen that the prize fund is €5000 which is pretty poor when you see that the men's Rás had a prize fund of €42000.

fat bloke

Ain't nobody in it for the money, that's for sure.

Spectacular stages this year.
Go watch it.
Bring your friends.
Ring Joe Duffy.
Buy a t-shirt.
Then sit back and watch the sponsorship money roll in for next year.

QueensGael

Sunday's stage: 85km Dromoland to Ennis, rolling out at 11:20am. Would definitely recommend trying to catch it! @kerry4sam, if you're coming in from Killimer, you could probably catch the action between Leabasheeda and Kilmurray-McMahon.

Details here and in this more detailed route book. There's also a "where to watch" section in the website for each of the six stages.

Can't wait, best of luck to all lining out this evening!

cdaly_

Bring some wet gear. Gonna be rain on friday and sunday but may get away with only a shower or two on sat...

Beasty

This evening's stage was won in a bunch sprint by Grace Garner (GBR - RST Racing Team) with Irish girl and member of the national team pursuit squad Lydia Boylan (WNT Team) 2nd. Garner's team mate Mel Lowther (also GBR) was 3rd. First domestic rider was Eve McCrystal (Garda CC)

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Full results here:
http://www.rasnamban.com/results-2014/2015-results

Great ride by Boylan, and Eve McCrystal in the top 10.

Beasty

... and here's the report on Stage 1

wuzziwig

I saw them last night. Maghera is a tough climb and they glided up it like it was a bump in the road. They are amazing to watch. I'm marshalling for it on Sunday. No idea where I'll be stationed.

Raam

jinkypolly wrote: »

Just seen that the prize fund is €5000 which is pretty poor when you see that the men's Rás had a prize fund of €42000.

The Rás is a UCI 2.2 event. Rás na mBán has no UCI status so it's not going to attract the same level of sponsorship.

manwithaplan

@Raam Did you write the stage report? The headline smacks of your inimitable style:

Garner's Gallop Secures An Post Rás na mBan Stage One

I hope not - I'm not sure I could stand 5 days of 'Boylan's Breakaway' and 'Dickinson's Dash'

Raam

manwithaplan wrote: »

@Raam Did you write the stage report? The headline smacks of your inimitable style:



I hope not - I'm not sure I could stand 5 days of 'Boylan's Breakaway' and 'Dickinson's Dash'

I'd have used "Grabs" rather than "Secures".

QueensGael

Live updates from the race here https://twitter.com/RasnamBan, today will be a tough stage (Loop Head to Ballyvaughan)

Beasty

Lydia Boylan and Eve McCrystal in an 8 woman break. Looks a very strong group, as it also includes one of the pre-race favourites Nikki Juniper and track world points champion Stefanie Pohl

Beasty

Report from today's stage and the results/positions

Dane Emma Norsgaard Jorgensen of Team Rytger took the stage and pink jersey. Eve McCrystal and Lydia Boylan are each 29s behind the leader in equal 4th place. McCrystal leads the best Irish based rider category and Boylan is the best British based rider after Stage 2

I see one rider picked up a €20 fine for littering!

Weather for tomorrow looks a little "challenging" with heavy rain forecast

eeeee

Unfortunate timing for a touch of wheels for McCrystal. Great ride by Ciara Doogan to come in in 20th, she's only 16 or 17? Savage stuff!

kerry4sam

QueensGael wrote: »

Sunday's stage: 85km Dromoland to Ennis, rolling out at 11:20am. Would definitely recommend trying to catch it! @kerry4sam, if you're coming in from Killimer, you could probably catch the action between Leabasheeda and Kilmurray-McMahon.

Details here and in this more detailed route book. There's also a "where to watch" section in the website for each of the six stages.

Can't wait, best of luck to all lining out this evening!

Thanks so much

ted1

Beasty wrote: »

Dane Emma Norsgaard Jorgensen of Team Rytger took the stage and pink jerseyt

and shes only 16!!

Beasty

Weather in Scarriff today is certainly "interesting"!

Beasty

Grace Garner took her second stage victory in a group sprint into Scarriff this afternoon. Race leader Emma Norsgaard Jorgensen took second with Lydia Boylan the first Irish rider home in 4th. Eve McCrystal was in the lead group and retains her lead in the Irish-based rider category

Race report here and full stage results here

Wouldn't quite say the rain was "torrential" as suggested in the report, but it was certainly steady and I am sure a few riders were thinking they could have been doing other things on the initial climb out of Scarriff - maybe 30 or so managed to get themselves dropped over the first 20km of the day. Most of those dropped managed to limit the damage by eventually re-grouping with the last group of 5 coming in just over 31 mins behind the leaders

Tomorrow's TT looks like it may be crucial in determining the final winner. Jorgensen is only 4s ahead of Stefanie Pohl in the overall standings with Eileen Roe another 3s further back. Then there's a group of 9 including Boylan and McCrystal only 29s behind the leader

fat bloke

Damn near choked on my broccoli this evening when the half 6 RTÉ radio 1 sports bulletin finished with "In today's today's Vuelta the stage was won by blah blah blah, and so-and-so won today's stage of Rás na mBan"

I wasn't really listening, so it was the last three syllables prompted the Heimlich manoeuvre.

Amazing to have it so easily and nonchalantly referred to in mainstream media!

ednwireland

Good to see eve doing s well

Myksyk

Pushing it ... the Time Trials this morning at Barefield.

Beasty

Stephanie Pohl took the lead after the TT and retained it in tonight's crit

Reports:
TT
Crit

Updated standings are not yet up but Pohl had a 7s lead over Eileen Roe after the TT which was won by Natalie Grinczer of Fusion RT, yet another impressive performance by someone in the U23 category. Swedish teenager Elinor Huusko took the crit from teammate and former race leader (and yet another youngster, at 16 years old!) Emma Norsgaard Jorgensen

I have been really impressed with the quality of young racers in this event with U23s featuring in most of the finishes as well as the overall standings and about a third of the field are in the U23 classificatiion. It looks like women's cycling has a very bright future

Myksyk

The sprint in ...

Stage winner at Ballyalla Lake this afternoon

One of the winners of the preme laps checks she's safe

Beasty

Great photos there Myksyk. Particularly like the "#50" TT photo, on the aptly branded "Focus" bike!

Myksyk

Ha ... thanks Beasty ... completely missed that!!

philstar

Myksyk wrote: »

Pushing it ... the Time Trials this morning at Barefield.

how do you manage to get the fast background?

Beasty

philstar wrote: »

how do you manage to get the fast background?

You need a slow shutter speed and pan the camera as the rider passes trying to keep them in the centre of the shot. Doesn't always work but gives a real feeling of speed when it does.

Myksyk

That's right ... it's called 'panning' ... camera set to Shutter priority or manual ... usually between 1/15 to 1/60 of a second depending on the speed of your subject (this was shot at 1/40 I think)... aperture around f/8 ... AI Servo for focussing ... focus on rider's face and move with her precisely as she passes. Stops the cyclist keeping her sharp while allowing the camera to catch the background movement.

hesker

Been looking for a list of the teams and team members. No luck.

Anyone got a link?

ednwireland

hesker wrote: »

Been looking for a list of the teams and team members. No luck.

Anyone got a link?

http://gallery.mailchimp.com/a416055cfdcd7562c533b8cfd/files/Final_Team_List_4th_September.1.pdf

on this page
http://www.rasnamban.com/10-news/81-official-start-list-announced-for-an-post-ras-na-mban

edit ::: or maybe not link doesnt work

here

http://www.stickybottle.com/womens/start-list-quality-international-field-ready-to-rumble-at-ras-na-nban/

jimm

ednwireland wrote: »

http://gallery.mailchimp.com/a416055cfdcd7562c533b8cfd/files/Final_Team_List_4th_September.1.pdf

on this page
http://www.rasnamban.com/10-news/81-official-start-list-announced-for-an-post-ras-na-mban

edit ::: or maybe not link doesnt work

here

http://www.stickybottle.com/womens/start-list-quality-international-field-ready-to-rumble-at-ras-na-nban/

Those first two links are from the 2013 race.

2015 start list and all info inc. results can be found here.

http://www.rasnamban.com/news/161-provisional-team-list-issued