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Alice Barnes (in white) recovered from a crash to take the second stage of the An Post Rás na mBan

Alice Barnes recovers from crash to take Rás stage

Britain's Alice Barnes sprinted in ahead of a group of 37 to win the second stage of An Post Rás na mBan in Castlecomer.

Cycling • 07 Sep 17

Yellow jersey holder James Gullen of JLT Condor celebrates winning the 2017 An Post Rás

Gallery: Gullen emerges victorious at An Post Rás

JLT Condor rider James Gullen emerged as the 2017 An Post Rás winner after Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz earned An Post Chain Reaction their third stage win this week in Skerries.

Cycling • 28 May 17

Dutch rider Meijers celebrates his stage win in Ardee

Gallery: Meijers wins stage seven of An Post Rás

Daan Meijers of Netherlands Delta Cycling Rotterdam took the second last stage of An Post Rás while England's James Gullen held on to the leader's yellow jersey.

Cycling • 27 May 17

Gallery: Yannis Yssad takes Rás stage six

Yannis Yssad of France Armée de Terre has claimed stage six of An Post Rás in Donegal.

Cycling • 26 May 17

Riders were bathed in sunshine as they rode through Donegal

Gallery: A mixed day at Rás for An Post Chain Reaction

Stage five of the Rás was a mixed bag for the An Post Chain Reaction team as Regan Gough won the 181km trek from Buncrana to Dungloe, but Matthew Teggart lost the leader's yellow jersey to James Gullen

Cycling • 25 May 17

Gallery: Matthew Teggert is new leader of the Rás

Australian Michael Storer stormed to a solo win on stage four of An Post Rás which took the riders 151 kilometres from Bundoran to Buncrana in Donegal

Sport Galleries • 24 May 17

Matthew Teggart crosses the line to win the third stage

Gallery: Teggert takes Rás stage into Bundoran

Irish rider Matthew Teggart of the An Post Chain Reaction Team has taken stage three of An Post Rás.

Sport Galleries • 23 May 17

Longford postman Sean Donnelly waits to start Stage 2

Gallery: Van Schip wins Rás second stage

Jan Willem Van Schip of the Netherlands Delta Cycling Team won stage two of An Post Rás.

Sport Galleries • 22 May 17

An Post Chain Reaction reveal Rás team

Irish riders Sean McKenna, Damien Shaw and Matthew Teggart have been named in the five-man An Post Chain Reaction Sean Kelly Team for the 65th edition of An Post Rás.

Cycling • 11 May 17

Cameron Meyer celebrates victory in the Men's Points Race at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup last year

Three more international squads confirmed for Rás

The Australian and Belgian national teams plus the French Armee de Terre squad have confirmed they will travel to take part in this year's An Post Rás.

Cycling • 06 Apr 17

Challenging route set for 2017 An Post Rás

The 2017 An Post Rás route was announced this morning and includes two of the most difficult ascents in the country in the Mamore Gap and Glengesh Pass when it returns to Donegal for the first time in five years.

Cycling • 14 Feb 17

Clemens Frankhauser celbrates his victory in An Post Rás

'Thrilled' Fankhuaser becomes two-time Rás winner

Nicolai Brochner of the Denmark Riwal team claimed victory on the final stage of An Post Rás today as Clemens Fankhuaser retained his leader’s jersey to claim overall victory in Skerries today.

Cycling • 29 May 16

Eddie Dunbar raises his arms as he crosses the line in Baltinglass

Eddie Dunbar sprints to superb Rás victory

Eddie Dunbar claimed a fantastic victory on the penultimate stage of the An Post Rás this afternoon.

Cycling • 28 May 16

An exhausted Aaron Gate crosses the line

Aaron Gate bursts to Rás stage 6 triumph

Aaron Gate of An Post Chain Reaction hurdled across the line to claim stage six 6 of the An Post Rás in Dungarvan.

Cycling • 27 May 16

The Rás travelled from Charleville to Dingle on Stage 3

Gullen breaks away to grab Rás stage victory

James Gullen claimed victory on Stage 3 of the An Post Rás with a gutsy bid for glory in the final stages of the 133.2km ride into Dingle.

Cycling • 24 May 16

Eoin Morton reacts to winning stage 2 of An Post Rás

Eoin Morton edges thrilling An Post Rás stage win

Eoin Morton prevailed in a thrilling battle with his compatriot Brian McCrystal to take stage 2 of the An Post Rás on Monday.

Cycling • 23 May 16

Taco van der Hoom bathes in the glory of his stage win

Van der Hoom takes first-stage An Post Rás victory

Dutchman Taco van der Hoom of the Join-S De Rijke team soloed to first-stage victory in the An Post Rás on Sunday.

Cycling • 22 May 16

Irish duo in An Post Chain Reaction team for Ras

Damien Shaw and Jack Wilson have been named in the The An Post Chain Reaction team that will chase success in this year’s An Post Rás, which begins on Sunday.

Cycling • 20 May 16

Richie Power on his last appearance at Croke Park with the Cats, his left knee heavily strapped

Richie hoping to Power on by playing in goals

Double All-Star forward Richie Power says he’s willing to play in goals for his club if it means prolonging his hurling career, after a knee injury ended his days in the Kilkenny jersey.

GAA • 11 Mar 16

An Post Rás riders pass over the Hill of Allen, Co Killdare

Irvine expects local amateurs to make Rás impact

Martyn Irvine has backed amateur Irish riders to use every ounce of their local knowledge to put it up to some of the best competitors in the world at this year's An Post Rás.

Cycling • 17 Feb 16

Winner Lukas Postlberger shows off the trophy

Postlberger takes An Post Rás title

Austrian Lukas Postlberger (Tirol Cycling Team) has won the An Post Rás after coming home in the main group of today’s eighth and final stage of the Rás.

Cycling • 25 May 15

Andreas Mueller crosses the line to win Stage 7 in Drogheda

Mueller wins uphill task to edge Shaw in Rás stage

Andreas Mueller (Hrinkow Advarics Cyleangteam) edged out Mullingar man Damien Shaw (Louth Team ASEA) in a gruelling uphill sprint to the line to win today’s stage seven of An Post Rás from Ballinamore to Drogheda.

Cycling • 23 May 15

Ian Bibby crosses the line to win stage six

Bibby sprints to stage six Rás win

A relentless barrage of attacks by Ian Bibby inside the final 25 kilometres on stage six of An Post Rás today from Ballina to Ballinamore was enough to set up a thrilling sprint finish, with the NFTO team rider emerging victorious following a thrilling sprint to the line.

Cycling • 23 May 15

Aaron Gate wins his second stage of this year's An Post Rás

Gate grabs a second Rás stage

An Post Chain Reaction’s Aaron Gate fought off stiff competition from Marco Tizza and Matteo Malucelli of Team Idea to storm to victory in stage five of An Post Rás from Newport to Ballina.

Cycling • 22 May 15

Rás Stage 4 winner Aidis Kruopis of An Post Chain Reaction

Aidis Kruopis first home in Rás Stage 4 sprint

Aidis Kruopis of An Post Chain Reaction won a dramatic eight-man sprint finish to win stage four of the An Post Rás in Newport, Co Mayo, narrowly beating Davide Vigano (Team IDEA) in the final straight.

Cycling • 20 May 15