Episode 49: How to save a bike race – Rás Tailteann organiser on keeping Ireland’s biggest race alive, ‘difficult second album syndrome’, and why some races just mean more + Mavic’s new superlight e-b

Send us a textOne of Ireland’s most iconic sporting events, the Rás Tailteann has endured a turbulent few years of cancellations, financial worries, and unlikely comebacks. A lack of title sponsor, and then the Covid-19 pandemic, ensured that the Rás – a stage race intrinsically linked to Irish sporting, cultural, and political identity – was kept off the road for four years, before returning in a shorter, more homespun format last year.However, dark clouds continue to linger over the race’s ...