2024 Rás Tailteann - Stage 1 Start in Tullamore

The 2024 edition of the race started from Tullamore in the heart of the Irish Midlands today, Tullamore locals turned out in force to give the Ras Tailteann cycle race a great send off. Veteran Ras rider Eddie Scully a local Tullamore man had the honours to drop the start flag in the town square. 144 Riders from all across Ireland and many international teams started the five day event which travels to Kilmallock today. This will be the first-ever Rás Tailteann stage to finish in the County Limerick town. The 2024 edition will also have finishes in Sneem, County Kerry on the famous ‘Ring of Kerry’, Cahir, County Tipperary which will see the first finish there since 1967 and Kildare Town, County Kildare with the fifth and final stage of the 2024 Rás Tailteann finishing in Bective, County Meath where the race will take in three laps of a 14.1KM spectator-friendly finishing circuit. 784.8KM of Irish roads awaits this year's entrants with a total of eighteen categorised climbs over the five stages, including two category one climbs on stages 2 and 4. 2024 Rás Tailteann - Promoted by Cairde Rás Tailteann Background Music: The Corrs 'Old Hag' Video by Peter Purfield