STAGE 4, WEDNESDAY 26Th MAY, OUGHTERARD – TIPPERARY 169KMS.
Oughterard, Moycullen, Galway, Oranmore, Clarenbridge, Kilcolgan, Ardrahan, Gort, Dromindoora, Killanena Category 3 KOM, Knockanena Category 3 KOM, Scariff, Tuamgraney, Killaloe, Ballina, Birdhill, Newport, Murroe, Boher, Pallasgreen, Oola, Tipperary.
Stage four,More of the same is envisaged for stage four, with narrow, tricky roads likely to cause splits. There are also two category three climbs, that of Killanena (km 77.6) and Knockanena (km 85), the latter coming almost exactly halfway through the 169 kilometre race to Tipperary.
“It is a strange stage in so far as the first third of it is very much on good, fast roads,” Dignam continued. “The middle third is on narrow back roads, tricky roads up from Gort to Killanena and all the way down through Killaloe into Birdhill and Newport. There are plenty of drags.
“It is only then in the last 25 kilometres that the riders will get back on a big, open fast road. Again, I feel that the race will probably split up and you will have breakaway groups and chasing groups before the main bunch arrives in.”
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| Map Of Last 3 Kilometres |
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| Map Of Oughterard Stage Finish |
