The Munster pair of Rory Wyley and Eugene Moriarty of the Cycleways.Com had to settle for the minor placings in both the Classic League and the Sheefrey Grand Prix in Westport.

JOHN DEMPSEY (Dan Morrissey Carrick Wheelers) pounced six miles from the finish to claim the overall title as the Killorglin Credit Union Rás Mumhan drew to an exciting close yesterday after four days and 270 gruelling miles around the roads and mountains of Kerry.

DAVID McCANN and Paul Griffin, team mates with the Giant Asia professional team, are the men likely to dictate Credit Union Rás Mumhan in Kerry over the weekend, but they won’t have it their own way when they join forces on the Earl of Desmond team.

RORY Wyley returned from a lengthy injury layoff to capture the Lacey Trophy cycling race in Tralee.

David O’Loughlin won the Murphy and Gunn Shay Elliott cycling event in Co. Wicklow yesterday.

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