Irish cyclist is just 22 years old and has made a signficant step up in form this season
Healy is just 22 years of age and has made a significant step up in form this season, despite missing several weeks due to a fractured finger.
Also psyched after a recent victory is Irish road race champion Rory Townsend. He clocked up the most important international win of his career last Sunday, winning a 40-man sprint to the line at the end of the La Roue Tourangelle event. The 1.1-ranked race was run off in wet conditions in France, and Townsend showed his speed in beating Belgian sprinter Gerben Thijssen and the others to the line.
This Sunday’s event is the Des Hanlon in Carlow. The men will scrap it out over 144 kilometres and over 1,700m of climbing, while the women face 1,100m of climbing over a total distance of 100km. Racing starts at noon. Aside from being an important target in its own right, the men’s event will be part of the buildup for many riders for the Kerry Group Rás Mumhan, which will take place over Easter Weekend.
Confirmed competitors for that race include defending champion Lindsay Watson plus Ulster teammates Matthew Teggart and Dean Harvey, the national cyclo cross champion, as well as Rás champion Feeley and recent Rás Maigheo victor Matthew Devins.
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