Paltry Irish promotion of Giro a scandal, says Kelly

Irish cycling legend, Vuelta winner and former world No 1, Sean Kelly has described as a “scandal” the lack of promotion by Tourism Ireland of the Giro d’Italia coming to Dublin in May.

He said the publicity dividend that comes with such a big race has already been substantially wasted, warning the country may never get a big race again as a result.

He said while the tourism authorities in the North, which hosts the bulk of the action, have been more proactive, he bemoaned how little publicity there has been about the race’s visit for three stages, kicking off with the team time trial, on Friday, May 9.