Kenneally confident ahead of Rás Mumhan challenge

BRIAN KENNEALLY is bidding to reclaim the Rás Mumhan title — the highlight of the Easter Weekend cycling programme — but he admitted it will be a tall order.

The Pilltown man, who rides for myhome.ie/cycleways these days, won the title back in 1998 and also took the mountains and points jerseys as well as two stages. The following year he won two stages and retained the KOM classification while last year he marked his return to the event by finishing second on a stage.

He goes into this weekend’s race, which gets under way with a prologue time trial in Killorglin tomorrow evening, showing a lot of his old form.