Paudi O’Brien of Osborne Meats/McCarthy Cycles won a bunch sprint to take the first stage of the four-day Kerry Group Ras Mumhan which started and finished in Killorglin on Good Friday.
The stage took in a 106 kilometers route around the Sliabh Luchra Region of East Kerry.
O'Brien finished ahead of Harry Tanfield of Cheshire JLT Condor and Dutch rider Bram Imming of WV Noord.
Standings after Day 1:
1 P O’Brien (Osborne Meats/McCarthy Cycles), 2hrs.18mins.00;
2 H Tanfield (Cheshire JLT Condor)@2secs;
3 B Imming (VW Noord), @4secs;
4 R Kelly (Waterford Racing Cliub), @5;
5 C Moynihan (Aqua Blue) same time;
6 R Jan Mol (Combilift West Frisa) st;
7 G Ferguson (Scotland), st;
8 P O’Reilly (UCD), st;
9 E Moriarty DID Dunboyne), st;
10 R Doreen (Combilift West Frisa) st.
