This web site gives results of each Rás Tailteann from
the first event in 1953 to date. The older information was compiled
from my own records and through research in the National Library and
Dublin Corporation's Gilbert Library. If you find any omissions or
errors please contact me at shay@presidentcycles.com.
For more complete information read "The Rás" by Tom Daly published by
The Collins Press in 2003 or "The Rás" by Jim Trainor in 2008.
Health warning
Stage distances shown in programmes, classification sheets and
newspaper reports have not always been consistent. The differences are
small and the effect on average speeds is also small.
It is surprising that many stage winners crossed the line exactly on
the minute. This might indicate that timekeepers stopped their watch
just before the winner crossed the line, recorded the time elapsed in
complete hours and minutes and then restarted the watch as the winner
crossed the line.
1970: Distances and times for stages 7 and 10 are suspect.
1971: Stage 8b shows a low average speed but this is probably due to
the assumption at the time that the stage was 25 laps of one mile. A
lap distance of about 1.25 miles would give a more logical speed which
would match my memory of the evening. A check on Google Earth (not 100%
accurate because of curves in the road) shows that the circuit was very
close to 1.25 miles
1973: The low speed for stage 10 is probably due to a mistake in the
time published. This also affects the overall time. It seems likely
that the time for that stage and therefore the overall time was
overstated by an hour.
1978: On stages 1a and 2b the published distances were probably wrong.
1999: Peter Van Hoof of Belgium was believed to have won the 9th stage.
He was later found to have transgressed the antidoping regulations and
was disqualified.
2010: Stage 2 was neutralised because of a crash involving a non-race
jeep and 4 riders. For no reason except that it seems right to me I
have not included the holder of the race-leaders jersey on that day in
the list of yellow jersies. Objections welcome.
Nationality In the case of Irish
riders the Christian name by which they were commonly known is given.
Riders from outside Ireland are identified only by the initial of their
Christian name.
Where nationalities are given the following
abbreviations are used: