21-05-2025
‘I couldn't be happier' – British rider Tim Shoreman in Rás Tailteann yellow jersey after frantic stage 1 sprint finish
British rider Tim Shoreman took the first yellow jersey of this year's Rás Tailteann when he led home a frantic bunch sprint finish at the end of stage one in Boyle today.
For much of the 155.5km stage, however, an eight-man breakaway containing Irish trio Conn McDunphy, Ronan O'Connor (both Skyline) and Odhran Doogan of Ulster, American Owen Wright (Canel's Java), German Robin Fischer (Stork-Metroplole) and British duo Peter Cocker (DAS Richardsons) and Aaron King (Wheelbase) sat two minutes clear of the peloton and looked like contesting the stage between them until their lead began to whittle down in the last 25km.
