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Rás Tailteann
Rás Tailteann (; "Tailteann Race"), often shortened to the Rás, is an annual international cycling stage race, held in Ireland. Traditionally held in May, the race returned after a hiatus in 2022 as 5 day event held in June. By naming the race Rás Tailteann the original organisers, members of the National Cycling Association (NCA), were associating the cycle race with the Tailteann Games, a Gaelic festival in early medieval Ireland. The event was founded by Joe Christle in 1953 and was organised under the rules of the National Cycling Association (NCA). At that time competitive cycling in Ireland was deeply divided between three cycling organisations, the NCA, Cumann Rothaiochta na hÉireann (CRÉ) and the Northern Ireland Cycling Federation (NICF). The Rás Tailteann was the biggest race that the NCA organised each year. As a result of a Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) motion, the NCA was banned from international races and all teams affiliated with the UCI were banned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania) are ranked below the UCI World Tour and, as of 2020, the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's elite road cycling tour. It was inaugurated in 2020. The series is placed below the UCI World Tour, but above the various regional UCI Continental Circuits. Development In December 2018, the UCI ann .... UCI Africa Tour Winners There is a rolling ranking for individuals and countries (the total of the top 8 ranked riders of the nation), for which points can be won in all UCI road events, regardless of where the races take place. Prior to 2019 there was also a team ranking, and in all three categories points were earned in continental races of category HC or below (1.1 and 2.1 or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tayto (Republic Of Ireland)
Tayto Crisps is a crisps and popcorn manufacturer in Ireland, founded by Joe Murphy in May 1954TaytoCrisps.ie and owned by German snack food company . Tayto invented the first flavoured crisp production process. The first seasoned crisps produced were Cheese & Onion. Companies worldwide sought to buy the rights to Tayto's technique. Tayto crisps are a cultural phenomenon throughout much of the Republic of Ireland, so much so that in November 2010, Tayto opened their own theme park called "" near [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colm Nulty
Colm Nulty is an Irish cyclist. He won the Rás Tailteann in 1971. Early life Nulty is a native of County Meath. Career Nulty began his career in 1965, racing with the St. Patrick's club. He won the 1971 Rás Tailteann, racing with the Meath A Team. In 1974 Nulty won the Laragh Classic and the Rás Mumhan. Nulty won the Irish National Cycling Championships The Irish National Cycling Championships are annual cycling races to decide the Irish cycling champion for several disciplines, across several categories of rider. The men's road championship is usually held on a Sunday at end of June; the wome ... ( NCA) 100-mile race in 1972, 1974 and 1976. In 1977 he won the Rudge Cup and the Liam Toolan Memorial. His last title was the 1981 Midland Cup Road Race. References Irish male cyclists Rás Tailteann winners Sportspeople from County Meath Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{Ireland-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Gusyatnikov
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Gusyatnikov (russian: Александр Михайлович Гусятников, also ''Alexander Gysiatnikov'';''The Irish Times'' (Monday, 6 July 1970), page 4. born 5 October 1950) is a retired Russian road cyclist. He won the races of Rás Tailteann (1970), Ruban Granitier Breton (1975), Circuit de Saône-et-Loire (1976) and the Tour of Bulgaria (1976). He was part of the Soviet team that won the Peace Race in 1972 and 1975–1978. After retirement from competition he worked as a coach and between 1985 and 1988 trained the Soviet team. Then for 12 years he was involved with various professional cycling teams. Between 2000 and 2010 he was president and after 2010 vice-president of the Russian Cycling Federation. During that time he was also a member of Union Européenne de Cyclisme. For his achievements he was awarded the Order of Friendship The Order of Friendship (russian: Орден Дружбы, ') is a state decoration of the Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Connaughton (cyclist)
Brian Connaughton (born 1942/43 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish cyclist. He won the Rás Tailteann in 1969. Early life Connaughton is a native of County Meath and was a member of the Garda Síochána (Irish police). Career Connaughton began cycling competitively in 1962 and first competed in the Rás Tailteann Rás Tailteann (; "Tailteann Race"), often shortened to the Rás, is an annual international cycling stage race, held in Ireland. Traditionally held in May, the race returned after a hiatus in 2022 as 5 day event held in June. By naming the rac ... in 1966. He won it in 1969 with five minutes to spare. He also won the 1971 Tour of Ulster. In 1981, he raced his last Rás, earning his only stage win in that year. Later life In 1984 he opened the Cycleways shop with Philip Cassidy, another Rás winner. In 1993, they founded Base Active Distribution Ltd. Connaughton later managed the Meath Lee Strand Team. References Irish male cyclists Rás Tailteann winner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Hrazdíra
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 million making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is considered a leading alpha global city, with strengths in the fields of art, chemicals, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zbigniew Głowaty
Zbigniew Głowaty (; 4 March 1932 – 20 June 2014) was a Polish cyclist. He won the Rás Tailteann in 1963. Early life Głowaty was born in Galicia in 1932. Career Głowaty won the Polish Championship in track cycling in 1956. He won stages of the Tour de Pologne, finishing fourth overall in 1957. In 1963 he won the Rás Tailteann Rás Tailteann (; "Tailteann Race"), often shortened to the Rás, is an annual international cycling stage race, held in Ireland. Traditionally held in May, the race returned after a hiatus in 2022 as 5 day event held in June. By naming the rac ..., the first foreigner to win Ireland's premier race. References Polish male cyclists 1932 births 2014 deaths Rás Tailteann winners Sportspeople from Ternopil Oblast {{Poland-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Finn (cyclist)
Tom Finn is an Irish cyclist. He won the Rás Tailteann in 1961. Career Finn won the 1959 Tour of Ulster and the 1961 Rás Tailteann Rás Tailteann (; "Tailteann Race"), often shortened to the Rás, is an annual international cycling stage race, held in Ireland. Traditionally held in May, the race returned after a hiatus in 2022 as 5 day event held in June. By naming the rac .... References Irish male cyclists Rás Tailteann winners Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Place of birth missing (living people) {{Ireland-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben McKenna (cyclist)
Ben McKenna (1939 – 26 March 1992) was an Irish cyclist. He won the Rás Tailteann in 1959. Early life McKenna was born at Cottage Hill, Stamullen in 1939; his family later moved to Julianstown. Career McKenna was a founding member of St. Patrick's East Meath cycling club in 1955. He first competed in the Rás Tailteann in 1956, and won the competition in 1959. He finished second in 1961 and 1964. McKenna also won the Rás Laighean in 1958, the Mick Beggan Memorial in 1959 and the Tour of Ulster in 1960. He retired from cycling in 1977. Personal and later life McKenna was Chief Commissaire for the 1983 Rás. He also had a role in the reunification of the politically divided Irish cycling world, which culminated in the creation of Cycling Ireland in 1987. McKenna married Grace Bosonnet and had six children; he died in 1992 aged just 52. Legacy The Ben McKenna Memorial is an annual cycling race held in Balbriggan Balbriggan (; , IPA: bˠalʲəˈbʲɾʲɪɟiːnʲ is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Murphy (cyclist)
Michael Murphy (28 April 1934 – 10 September 2015) was an Irish cyclist. He won the Rás Tailteann in 1958. Early life Murphy was a native of Cahirsiveen. He left school at 11 and worked variously as a farm labourer, a quarryman and a turf-cutter. Career Murphy was nicknamed the Iron Man. In 1958 he won the Rás Tailteann, winning seven of the eight stages. He won two stages in 1959 and was third in 1960. Murphy was known for his eccentricity, and was the subject of several works: an RTÉ radio documentary, ''A Convict of the Road''; a documentary short made for the Killorglin Archive Society called ''The Marvels of Mick Murphy''; a play based on his life by Roddy McDevitt, and a character based on him in Jane Urquhart's novel ''The Night Stages''. He trained by sleeping in hay barns, eating raw meat and drinking cow's blood, doing the last in imitation of the Maasai. He could also walk long distances uphill on his hands. Personal and later life During his life, he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Ward (cyclist)
Frank Ward (born 23 July 1930) is an Irish retired cyclist. He won the Rás Tailteann in 1957. Early life Ward is a native of Dublin. Career Ward won the Junior Men's race at the 1952 Irish National Cycling Championships. Ward was second in the 1956 Rás and won it in 1957. That year, he also won three stages (of eight) and was on the winning Dublin team. He also won the 1957 Rás Cathal Brugha.''The Irish Times ''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is considered a newspaper ...'' (Monday, August 26, 1957), page 2. References 1930 births Living people Irish male cyclists Rás Tailteann winners Sportspeople from Dublin (city) {{Ireland-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paudie Fitzgerald
Paul "Paudie" Fitzgerald (5 December 1933 – 3 December 2020) was an Irish cyclist. He won the Rás Tailteann in 1956. He was also known for a failed attempt to represent Ireland at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Early life Fitzgerald is a native of Lispole. Career Fitzgerald started his career at grass track racing. His first big win was a race from Dublin to Galway to Dublin, for which he won a battery for a bicycle light. Fitzgerald competed in the first Rás, in 1953. In the 1956 Rás Tailteann, Fitzgerald won two stages and the overall prize. 1956 Olympics Fitzgerald, along with Tommy Flanagan and Tom Gerrard, attempted to compete for Ireland at the team road race event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. They were chosen by the 32-county National Cycling Association (NCA), which was not internationally recognised (instead, there was Cumann Rothaíochta na hÉireann and the Northern Ireland Cycling Federation). They aimed to "gate-crash" the race, remove Union Jac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
