Teggart 'delighted' after opening stage Ras Tailteann win 

Teggart has made no secret of his ambitions to win stages and target the overall this week, and with a yellow jersey on his back today he´ll be impossible to look beyond for the rest of the week.

Matt Teggart (2nd from right) during the 2017 race. ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy

Matt Teggart has laid down a marker to all would-be challengers this week at Ras Tailteann after he blitzed the field to claim a brilliant opening stage win in Horse and Jockey yesterday.

The former An Post Chain Reaction rider, racing in the colours of a five-man Cycling Ulster selection this week, edged out his WiV-SunGod trade-team compatriot Rory Townsend with Matteo Cigala (Carlow Dan Morrissey) rounding out the stage podium in third.