Wetterhall in yellow for Seskin showdown

NEW leader, Alexander Wetterhall (Sweden Team Sprocket Pro), will wear the yellow jersey when the FBD Insurance Rás arrives at the top of Seskin Hill tomorrow, but it would take a big prediction to identify the possible leader when the race departs the spiritual home of cycling.

Watterhall, who was a mountain bike racer in Sweden for 11 years before taking up road racing, arrived in Tipperary Town yesterday in a 20-man group that was allowed to dominate 105.9 mile stage from Oughterard as Dan Craven in the yellow jersey and his powerful Rapha Condor Sharp watched from afar.

In fact, the leaders were seven minutes and 10 seconds clear when the multi-medalled track star and two-time winner of the race, Chris Newton, went back to Craven to discuss the situation.