Rás na mBan set for Stage 2 Kilkenny departure with route including parts of Carlow and Wexford

Stage two of Rás na mBan gets underway later this morning.

Yesterday saw France’s Oceane Goergen of Ladynamips RVC take the top spot followed by Briton Alice McWilliam of Team Phoenix with Ireland’s Erin Grace Creighton in third. (Full results here).

Today sees an earlier gathering of participants from about 10:45am at the Hoban Hotel from where they’ll move to the start line on the country side of Cillin Hill on the Carlow/Dublin road for an 11am off.