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Route Map And Stage Details FBD Insurance Rás 2010
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| FBD Insurance Rás Map 2010 |
What is arguably the toughest FBD Rás route for many years has been announced today, and will see the riders cover 1219 difficult kilometres between the start in Dunboyne and the finish in Skerries. Running from May 23rd to 30th, the world-ranked race will subject the riders to 24 categorised climbs, including one summit finish on Seskin Hill in Carrick on Suir, and will feature a strong international and domestic field.
“I think that this year is going to be the toughest in quite a while. It is going to be a good all rounder who will win out,” says race director Dermot Dignam. “It gets progressively harder as the days pass, with the first two stages suited to bunch sprints, the following ones likely to see breakaway groups stay clear, and then the climbers coming increasingly to the fore. More>>>
County Team Information Bulletin 2010
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County Team Entry Form 2010
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County Team Accommodation Form 2010
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Stage End Accommodation Officers 2010
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Stage End Organisers 2010
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Earpiece Radios Banned By UCI
The use of earpiece radios will be banned from this year’s FBD RÁS 8 Day International Cycle Race which will take to the roads of Ireland from 23rd to 30th May. Although now a feature in all major international races allowing team managers, usually also equipped with TV facilities, constant communication with their riders the radios have not always met with universal approval. More>>>
Corrabut Gap County Carlow
According to rumours in cycling circles the peace and tranquillity of the beautiful Corrabut Gap in county Wicklow will gave way to the pounding hearts and gasping lungs of the riders in next year’s FBD RÁS. While the race organisation would not confirm nor deny the rumours it is known the 2010 route will be anti-clockwise which could mean Wicklow will be included.
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Colm Cullen Gets Man Of The Rás Award 2009
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| Adrian Taheny Director Of Marketing & Sales FBD Insurance Pcl., Garda Colm Cullen Chief Marshall Receives The Man Of The Rás Award From Race Director Dermot Dignam FBD Insurance Rás |
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Dates for 2010 FBD Insurance Rás Announced
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| Dermot Dignam Announces He Is Stepping Down As Race Director After 31 Years |
The FBD Insurance RÁS will take place next year from 23rd to 30th May, it will once again be included on the UCI, Union Cycliste Internationale, elite calendar of international events.
2010 will be the 58th anniversary of the RÁS and will also be the 27th year for FBD Insurance to be involved as sponsor.
Announcing the dates, Dermot Dignam also confirmed that following the 2010 event he will be stepping down as race organiser, a voluntary position he has held for the past thirty one years. Dignam had indicated that this year’s race would be his last but after discussions with Cycling Ireland and FBD agreed to stay on for the 2010 event.
The race has achieved a world wide reputation as a fiercely competitive event with a unique mix of professional, international and county riders battling it out over the roads of Ireland each May.
Dignam has the height of praise for the Irish county riders “it’s unbelievable the level of fitness the county riders achieve to compete in a race of this calibre and in actual fact it’s these riders who put it up to the international and pro teams by aggressive racing”. More>>>
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