Scully named on Ireland team for Rás Tailteann
Con Scully will race for the Ireland team in this year's Rás Tailteann Photo: Caroline Kerley
Carlow's Con Scully is one of five riders named on the Ireland team for the country's most iconic cycling race, the Rás Tailteann which gets underway on 21 May.
Dan-Morrisey Pissei rider Scully will represent Ireland again, having ridden in green and European Championships previously, and comes into the race off the back of a strong start to the domestic season. Along with a win in the Bobby Power Memorial, Scully also took fifth overall in Rás Mhaigh Eo, second in the Des Hanlon Memorial and was in the leading group on the road most days of the recent Rás Mumhan.
The 70th edition of the Rás Tailteann winds it’s way from Drogheda, Co. Louth, to Boyle, Co. Roscommon. The race will cover 760km of Irish roads across five stages.
The closest that this year's race comes to Carlow is the fourth stage which finishes in Mountrath. The fifth, and final, stage on Sunday 25 May begins in Kildare Town before the riders head to the finale, four times around a 12km loop within the confines of Bective Stud in Meath.
