American-born Irishman jumps away from 10-man breakaway group inside final 10km to finish in Cahir three seconds ahead
The peloton on the road to Tipperary in the Rás Tailteann 2024 Stage 3 from Kenmare to Cahir on Thursday. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan
“It feels fantastic. I’m delighted,” the 27-year-old Washington-born rider said about what was his first-ever Rás stage win. He finished second overall to Dillon Corkery last year but saw his chance of overall success disappear on Thursday. “I obviously wanted to see how the general classification fight went, but I lost time yesterday on the climbs. To be able to bounce back and win the stage is wonderful.
“Hats off to Team Ireland, they clearly had a plan and caught a lot of guys napping, including myself,” Jackson said. “I think the only reason it came back was it still had quite a long way to go.” Defending champion Corkery also remains in contention, 32 seconds back overall. He said after stage one that he didn’t feel as fresh as he hoped, and that he hoped to ride in to form. That seems to be happening. “I felt better today than what I have over the last few days. I’ll definitely suffer from the efforts today, but I think I’m getting better as the days go on.”
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