Donegal's Doogan takes Rás yellow as Perrett clinches stage two in Clifden

On another testing day on the road south from Charlestown, it was the Englishman who took stage honours but the Cycling Ulster man made a little history

SPRINTING HOME: Will Perrett on the DAS Richardsons team wins Thursday's stage of the Rás Tailteann. Pic : Lorraine O’Sullivan

The yellow jersey changed hands after the second day of this year's Rás Tailteann proved to be just as stern a test of the riders' grit and guts as the first. 

Donegal’s Odhran Doogan, representing Cycling Ulster, surged into the leader's colours taking the yellow jersey from Tim Shoreman (Wheelbase-Cabtech-Castelli) after 170.9km of hard road from Charlestown, Co Mayo south to Clifden, Co Galway.