RÁS stage declared void after rider collides with jeep

Today’s second stage of the FBD Insurance RAS from Dundalk to Carrick-on-Shannon was declared void following a serious collision involving eight riders.

With 40kms left to race, a Spanish rider riding for the Castilla y Lyon team collided head-on with a jeep and had to be taken to hospital by ambulance, as did a number of other riders.