Iron man Eibegger triumphs in Tipp

Almost 10 years to the day since Mayo’s Davy O’Loughlin claimed an incredible solo stage win atop Carrick-On-Suir’s Seskin Hill in the latter stages of the An Post Rás, Austrian powerhouse Markus Eibegger did something remarkably similar in yesterday’s gruelling journey from Clonakilty.

Eibegger, riding for Synergy Baku Cycling project — with more than a few Irish connections — spent most of the day out front in the breakaway before attacking it when the cooperation in that escape began to fall apart.

He then spent almost 90 kilometres in a two-man move with Canada’s Remi Pelletier-Roy as the breakaway, led by the An Post-Chainreaction team and the Austria Tirol Cycling Team of overnight leader Clemens Fankhauser, was reabsorbed by the peloton.