Rás home hopes fade in Donegal

It was coming for a few days and yesterday on the brutal Donegal terrain the An Post Rás was blown to pieces as overnight leader Matt Teggart lost the yellow jersey in bittersweet fashion.

It has been a dream week for the 21-year old first-year pro with An Post Chain Reaction as he won Tuesday’s third stage into Bundoran and took the race lead a day later in Buncrana.

Granted, he was tied on time at the head of the general classification with a half dozen others but on yesterday’s 180-kilometre journey to Dungloe he slipped outside the top 10 and lost virutally all hope of winning outright.