Cycling round-up: Caoimhe O’Brien second on final stage of Rás na mBan as Manon de Boer wins overall

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Caoimhe O’Brien went close to taking another Irish stage win at the Rás na mBan. Photograph: Bryan Keane/InphoCaoimhe O’Brien went close to taking the third Irish stage win in five days on Sunday afternoon, netting second in the sprint at the end of Rás na mBan.

She beat Renee Van Hout by 2.39 seconds, with Van Hout in turn 0.01 seconds faster than Tiffany Keep .Overnight leader Rixt Hoogland was seventh in the race and slipped to fifth overall. O’Brien and Linda Kelly placed eighth and ninth, with Kelly’s time enough to keep her in sixth place in the general classification.

Kelly’s best Irish rider classification continues her fine form after scooping double gold in the Para-Cycling Road World Championships last month with tandem partner Katie-George Dunlevy. She was also second in the Queen of the Mountains standings behind De Boer.

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