Rás Tailteann
Past winners

Rás Tailteann

Section Title: Past winners
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No.	Year	GC Winner	Nationality	Team	Points class	KOM	U23

1	1953	Colm Christle	Ireland	James' Gate C.C.

2	1954	Joe O'Brien	Ireland	National C.C.

3	1955	Gene Mangan	Ireland	Kerry

4	1956	Paudie Fitzgerald	Ireland	Kerry

5	1957	Frank Ward	Ireland	Dublin

6	1958	Mick Murphy	Ireland	Kerry

7	1959	Ben McKenna	Ireland	Meath

8	1960	Paddy Flanagan	Ireland	Kildare

9	1961	Tom Finn	Ireland	Dublin Team	Seán Dillon Republic of Ireland

10	1962	Sé O'Hanlon	Ireland	Dublin

11	1963	Zbigniew Głowaty	Poland

12	1964	Paddy Flanagan (2)	Ireland	Kildare

13	1965	Sé O'Hanlon (2)	Ireland	Dublin

14	1966	Sé O'Hanlon (3)	Ireland	Dublin

15	1967	Sé O'Hanlon (4)	Ireland	Dublin

16	1968	Milan Hrazdíra	Czechoslovakia

17	1969	Brian Connaughton	Ireland	Meath

18	1970	Aleksandr Gusyatnikov	Soviet Union

19	1971	Colm Nulty	Ireland	Meath

20	1972	John Mangan	Ireland	Kerry

21	1973	Mike O'Donaghue	Ireland	Carlow

22	1974	Peter Doyle	Ireland	I.C.F.

23	1975	Paddy Flanagan (3)	Ireland	Kildare

24	1976	Fons Steuten	Netherlands

25	1977	Yuri Lavyrushkin	Soviet Union

26	1978	Séamus Kennedy	Ireland	Kerry

27	1979	Stephen Roche	Ireland	Ireland

28	1980	Billy Kerr	Ireland	Ireland

29	1981	Jamie McGahan	United Kingdom	Scotland

30	1982	Dermot Gilleran	Ireland	Ireland

31	1983	Philip Cassidy	Ireland	Ireland

32	1984	Stephen Delaney	Ireland	Dublin

33	1985	Nikolay Kosyakov	Soviet Union

34	1986	Stephen Spratt	Ireland	Ireland

35	1987	Paul McCormack	Ireland	Longford

36	1988	Paul McCormack (2)	Ireland	Ireland

37	1989	Dainis Ozols	Soviet Union

38	1990	Ian Chivers	Ireland	Ireland

39	1991	Kevin Kimmage	Ireland	Meath

40	1992	Stephen Spratt (2)	Ireland	Dublin

41	1993	Éamonn Byrne	Ireland	Dublin Wheelers

42	1994	Declan Lonergan	Ireland	Ireland

43	1995	Paul McQuaid	Ireland	Ireland

44	1996	Tommy Evans	Ireland	Armagh

45	1997	Andrew Roche	Ireland	Kerry

46	1998	Ciarán Power	Ireland	Team Ireland

47	1999	Philip Cassidy (2)	Ireland	Team Ireland

48	2000	Julian Winn	United Kingdom	Wales team	David McCann Republic of Ireland	David McCann Republic of Ireland

49	2001	Paul Manning	United Kingdom	Great Britain team	David KoppGermany	Nicholas White South Africa

50	2002	Ciarán Power (2)	Ireland	Team Ireland-Stena Line	Chris Newton United Kingdom	Julian Winn United Kingdom

51	2003	Chris Newton	United Kingdom	Great Britain team	Jonas Holmkvist Sweden	Maxim Iglinskiy Kazakhstan

52	2004	David McCann	Ireland	Ireland-Thornton's Recycling Team	Malcolm Elliott United Kingdom	Tobias Lergard Sweden

53	2005	Chris Newton (2)	United Kingdom	Recycling.co.uk	Malcolm Elliott United Kingdom	Mark Lovatt United Kingdom

54	2006	Kristian House	United Kingdom	Recycling.co.uk	Morten Hegreberg Norway	Ciarán Power Republic of Ireland

55	2007	Tony Martin	Germany	Thüringer Energie Team	Dominique Rollin Canada	Ricardo Van der Velde Netherlands

56	2008	Stephen Gallagher	Ireland	An Post–Sean Kelly	Dean Downing United Kingdom	Kit Gilham United Kingdom

57	2009	Simon Richardson	United Kingdom	Rapha Condor recycling.co.uk	Niko Eeckhout Belgium	David O'Loughlin Republic of Ireland	Mark McNally United Kingdom

58	2010	Alexander Wetterhall	Sweden	Team Sprocket Pro	John Degenkolb Germany	Mark Cassidy Republic of Ireland	Connor McConvey Republic of Ireland

59	2011	Gediminas Bagdonas	Lithuania	An Post-Sean Kelly	Shane Archbold New Zealand	Oleksandr Sheydyk Ukraine	Aaron Gate New Zealand

60	2012	Nicolas Baldo	France	Atlas Personal-Jakroo	Gediminas Bagdonas Lithuania	David Clarke United Kingdom	Richard Handley United Kingdom

61	2013	Marcin Białobłocki	Poland	Team UK Youth	Owain Doull United Kingdom	Martin Hunal Czech Republic	Simon Yates United Kingdom

62	2014	Clemens Fankhauser	Austria	Tirol Cycling Team	Patrick Bevin New Zealand	Markus Eibegger Austria	Alex Peters United Kingdom

63	2015	Lukas Pöstlberger	Austria	Tirol Cycling Team	Aaron Gate New Zealand	Aidis Kruopis Lithuania	Ryan Mullen Republic of Ireland

64	2016	Clemens Fankhauser (2)	Austria	Tirol Cycling Team	Aaron Gate New Zealand	Nikodemus Holler Germany	Jai Hindley Australia

65	2017	James Gullen	United Kingdom	JLT–Condor	Daan Meijers Netherlands	Przemysław Kasperkiewicz Poland	Michael O'Loughlin Republic of Ireland

66	2018	Luuc Bugter	Netherlands	Delta Cycling Rotterdam	Luuc Bugter Netherlands	Lukas Ruegg Switzerland	Robbe Ghys Belgium

Sentence(s)

In 1979, Stephen Roche competed in the Rás Tailteann event as part of the Ireland team.

final_sentence: In 1979, Stephen Roche competed in the Rás Tailteann event as part of the Ireland team.