Geared for one last Rás

Ciarán Power is one of a select few Irish riders to have ridden the Giro d’Italia, but racing in a peloton fuelled by EPO, he rarely won a major race. After retiring in 2008, he’s back, and on a mission.

Ciarán Power was putting the kids to bed one evening when something had to be aired urgently, which is how everything is aired at bedtime.

“The small fella said, ‘remember when you used to cycle, one time you had to go away for seven days.’ “It could have been seven months, but that’s all he remembers.”