A group of Rás riders in the 2015 An Post Rás. This year's Rás Tailteann is now open for entries. Photo: Sportsfile

Rás Tailteann 2022 is now open for entries

Cáirde Rás Tailteann has announced the opening of entries for domestic Irish club and county riders only. The event takes place from June 15 to 19.

Effective immediately, entries are open to teams at the following link: https://eventmaster.ie/event/DPqASmAcJr.

Entries are per team only. The event is not open to individuals, though individual riders will be catered for as part of composite, regional or provincial teams.

One person can enter a team of five riders. The manager doing the entries will need to complete the entry for the team in one sitting.

In order to ensure a successful team entry, the following will be needed: team manager full name, email address, mobile telephone number, emergency contact name, emergency contact phone number, team name, team county, the full name of each of the individual five riders, each rider's correct date of birth, each rider's 2022 Irish licence number, and each rider's full UCI ID.

The cost of team entry is €600 plus a service charge levied by Eventmaster of €36 per team, payable in full (i.e. €120 per rider plus fee).

A maximum of two A3 riders are allowed per team. Amendments to rider names can be made at a later date. A final decisions on entries will remain with the organisers.

Due to significant international interest, Cáirde Rás Tailteann encourages domestic teams to register without delay to ensure team berths in the 2022 event. The entry portal will close on May 16, or sooner should the event be fully subscribed.

Cáirde Rás Tailteann will be shortly begin announcing details of confirmed teams travelling to the 2022 event from abroad.

The 67th edition of the race will again travel clockwise around Ireland, with stage finishes in Horse and Jockey, Castleisland, Lisdoonvarna and Kilbeggan before starting the final stage in Kinnegad to the finishing circuit in the seaside town of Blackrock, Co. Louth.

Riders will cover 756km with eight categorised climbs which will act as a platform for attacking riders to battle it out for the coveted Rás yellow jersey.

For more information, email info@rasireland.ie or log on to www.rasireland.ie.