Its bigger than you think Gerrit. Go to http://www.irishcycling.com and you'll get all the news and views about Cycling in Ireland you'll ever need.
We've a few young professionals and the most promising are Mark Scanlon and Philip Deignen who bth rride with the Ag2r team. Scanlon is a former World junior champion and rode in last years tour at the age of 23. Deignen is rated even higher and was fourth in last years espoirs world ranking. He's a climber...
Its a huge participation sport here but obviously enough if any cyclists want ot go professional they hvae to ove on to Belgium or Spain...
The closest we have to a Tour of Ireland is a race called the RAs which is a UCI 2.1 ranked event. Its just about to start...
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