This year's edition of the Rás Tailteann has been cancelled due to the impact of the Covid-19 crisis.
The five-day race was originally scheduled to take place from 10-14 June before the pandemic intervened, and organisers had explored finding an autumn slot on the calendar.
"Notwithstanding quicker relaxation of restrictions than anticipated, the opportunity to safely put the race back on the roads around Ireland before the end of the 2020 road cycling season has contracted rapidly on us," said race director Eugene Moriarty
"Cognisant of the related planning and especially the lingering public health concerns, it was unanimously agreed that the safest, healthiest and most prudent course of action at this time would be to postpone running the 2020 event until 2021."
Luuc Bugter of the Netherlands reign as Rás champion will now last three years as the race wasn't staged last year as no title sponsor was secured.
