Cycling:Last year's King of the Mountains winner David O'Loughlin will provide the experience in a five-man An Post Sean Kelly team named for the upcoming FBD Rás, which starts in Dunboyne on Sunday March 23rd.
O’Loughlin has three top five Rás finishes to his name and is also a double stage winner.
Team manager Kurt Bogaerts has included three riders who will be making their debut in the race, including Irishman Connor McConvey, as well as Mark McNally from Liverpool and Belgian Pieter Ghyllebert. Former Irish U23 champion Mark Cassidy, who held the yellow jersey in 2008, makes up the team stage.
Belfast native McConvey only switched from mountain biking to road racing at the start of the season and has been one of the team’s most consistent performers this year and merits his place in the side.