2015 Race Technical Guide 8 day international cycle Race | 17–24 May Contents Overall Route Map 2 race Officials 3 teaM registratiOn & sign On 4 race infOrMatiOn 5 HOspitals 6 HOtels 7 Route Details & tiMe scHeDule 9 stage 1 9 stage 2 14 stage 3 18 stage 4 22 stage 5 26 stage 6 30 stage 7 34 stage 8 38 race rules & regulatiOns 44 appenDix 1 DeclaratiOn Of awareness 49 past winners 50 prize list 51 teaMs 52 1 BELFAST 5 BallinaSLIGO DUNDALK 6 Ballinamore 7 Drogheda 4 Newport NAVAN 8 Skerries ATHLONE GALWAY Dunboyne 3 Bearna 1 Carlow LIMERICK WATERFORD 2 Tipperary WEXFORD CORK 2 2015 RACe oFFICIALs Race Director Paramedic Tony Campbell A.N.Other Asst. Race Director/Accommodation Paramedic Driver Eddie Dawson Martin Gilbert Commissaire President Radio Liaison Officer Danuta Macialek Ray Kennedy Commissaire 2 Public Address Announcers Gary McIlroy Cian Lynch Commissaire 3 Neutral Service Phil O’Brien Paul Nolan, Russell Treacy, Gabriel Howard, Radio Tour Motorcycle/Commissaire Sean Coakley, Neil Taggart, Gerry Beggs. Mark Kavanagh Neutral Service Motorcycle Cavalcade Motorcycle Commissaire Mark McQuaid, Darragh Staunton. Pat Dowd Motorcycle Judge Timekeepers Ciarán McKenna, Mick McKenna Alice Sherratt, Tom Keenan Blackboard Time Keeper Chief Judge Paul Hicks, Therese Dowd Mick Twomey, Michael Campbell Chief Motorcycle Marshal Finish Judge Richie McNamara Jack Watson Motorcycle Marshals Team Liaison Gerry Barry, Adrian Corcoran, Damien McMahon, John Bróna O’Sullivan O’Donnell, Dominic Noonan, Ciaran Meade, Paul Purcell, Robbie Cowan, Mick Flynn, Noel Candon, Mervyn Race Publications Hensen, Gerry Keogh, Dave Kenny, Dave O’Sullivan Eimear Dignam Alan Cusson, Stephen Whelan, Peter Flanagan Accommodation Assistant Cavalcade Motorcycle Cathy Mansfield Paul Davis IT Consultant Press/Photo/ Security Motorcyclists Seamus Shortall Pat O’Shaughnessy Route Designer Photo Finish Equipment Stephen O’Sullivan Frank Gibson Race Doctors Route Markers Dr. Julian Dalby, Dr. Stephen Thompson Noel Clarke, Gerard Campbell, Vincent Clarke, Liam Harte Chief Marshal Stage Crew Martin Reilly Noel Kelly, Alan Byrne, Keith Mitchell, Andy O’Brien, Denis Chief Marshal Driver Craven, Ken Clarke, Larry McGrane, Declan Brannigan Tom Conway Schools Publicity Stage Finish Coordinator Vincent Cronin, Aleda Fitzpatrick. Seamus Domegan Ambulance Service Irish Red Cross Society Lead Car 1 Francis Kenny, Frank Ryan, Cyril O’Hare, Paul Conway Ted Crowley Post Office/KOM Crew Lead Car 2 Mervyn Irvine, Christopher O’Gorman, Colm Rigley Robert Kennedy, Michael Kennedy Lead Car 3 Logistics Seán O’Hanlon Marcel Losif, Rob Haslam, Tadgh Moriarity, Brendan Quigley, Paddy Wall, Alasdair MacLennan, Martin McDonagh, Sean Lead Car 4 McIlroy, William Vickers, Rory Wyley, Stephen Enright, Pat Moss Laurence Roche, John Bann‑Lavery, Sean McNicholl, Radio Technical Manager/Lead Car 5 Oliver McKenna Rene van Dam, John Breen, David Paddy Fitzsimons O’Connell, Maurice McAllister, Martin Gill, Sean Kelly Radio Tour Broom Wagon Susan O’Mara Michael Noonan 3 TEAM ReGISTRAtION & sIGn‑ON saturDay 16tH May sunDay 17tH May Team Registration will take place on Saturday 16th Team vehicles are required to vacate hotel car‑park at May from 18:00 to 21:00hrs in Dunboyne Castle Hotel, 10am and take up position in the designated area for Dunboyne, Co. Meath, Tel. 01 801 3500. team parking in the centre of Dunboyne. Team managers to present the following to Sign‑On Commissaire President and/or Race Organiser for Riders will Sign‑On at the Sign‑On Podium in the centre approval and information purposes of Dunboyne village, from 10:30 to 12:00hrs. 1. A current UCI affiliated federation licence. 2. Riders’ UCI affiliated federation licence. Race Rules – Infringements 3. Team officials’ names & UCI affiliated federation The attention of riders and all race personnel is drawn licence. to Race Rules – Infringements 1. 4. Team racing clothing. 1. Riders and officials should be careful regarding toilet 5. Team sponsors’ jersey advertisement patches. requirements and use Portaloos provided or other 6. Team vehicles registration numbers. appropriate locations. Failure to comply with this instruction will incur sanctions depending on the 7. County team’s stage‑end accommodation addresses. seriousness of the offence. 8. Equipment for Neutral Service. 9. Team manager’s mobile phone number. Team support vehicles to depart car park at 11:45. Team managers will receive Assembly Assembly at Dunboyne church car park at 12:15hrs. 1. Riders’ race numbers and frame numbers. 2. Race radio, subject to fee & deposit. Teams are requested to line up in team formation 3. Riders Declaration of Awareness. behind the respective team banner. Team Managers are requested to assist in forming their teams as per 4. Riders Medical Data Request Form “TEAMS” in the Race Manual. Team managers are required to attend briefing meeting in Dunboyne Castle Hotel at 21:30hrs. The meeting will Ceremonial Start be opened by the Race Organiser and addressed by the Ceremonial Start at 12:30. Commissaire President. Race Technical Staff will also be in attendance. Draw for team car positions on Stage 1 Following the Ceremonial Start the race is neutralised will take place at this meeting. for 7.4km including a lap passing through Dunboyne. All team & race drivers are required to attend a briefing meeting in the Dunboyne Castle Hotel on Saturday 16th Bonus Times May at 8pm. The purpose of the meeting is to explain Stage 1 Hot Spot Time Bonus Primes at; the relevant road traffic regulations which apply to 28.7km Naas driving in Ireland. A Garda (police) officer will address 120.8km Clonegal the meeting. 132.5km Ballon Race radios Other Bonus Times A rental fee of €25 and a deposit of €175 are required Time bonuses will also be awarded for Carlow stage for radios issued to team managers. The deposit will be finish placings, see Race Regulations, Art. 10, Bonuses. refunded on return of the radio, undamaged. The Declaration of Awareness The Declaration of Awareness must be signed by each rider and presented by him to the Sign‑On official for the start of Stage 1. Failure to do so will result in the rider not being allowed to start. The Medical Data Request Form The Medical Data Request Form should be returned to the Medical Representative present at the Sign‑On venue. Completion of the form is optional although it is in the riders’ interest to provide the information. Details on the form will remain confidential to the medical staff. 4 RACe InFoRMAtION Riders, team drivers and race officials are advised that Medical Services roads for AN POST RÁS are not closed to other traffic. Race Medical Services consists of a Race Doctor, two Due care should be exercised and responsibility rests Irish Red Cross Ambulances and four ambulance with riders and all race drivers to observe the Road personnel. Traffic Acts at all times. Where possible, stewards will be in position at relevant road junctions, centre road traffic The Race Doctor will be available for consultation at the islands and other road hazards. A series of traffic islands following times; may be indicated by a steward at the first traffic island (a) For 30 minutes at the race ambulance parked near only. As time gaps develop between groups it will not the race car park at the finish of each stage. be possible for stewards to remain in position for the passage of all groups. (b) From 19:30 to 20:30hrs each evening in Race HQ. (c) During Sign‑On at Sign‑On venue. The function of race stewards at road junctions is to indicate direction; responsibility rests with the rider/driver to decide whether the movement is safe. Riders are advised to study the stage finish maps and be aware of the intricacies of each finish so as to exercise all due caution. Please note the mileage for each stage was completed by motor car speedometer and not GPS The race takes place on roads which vary from well‑surfaced dual carriageways to poorly surfaced winding narrow roads. Riders are advised that potholes and distressed surfaces will be encountered during the course of the race. To enable prize money to be electronically transferred to visiting teams, team managers are requested to provide the following information; Receivers Name, Receivers IBAN, Receivers Bank SWIFT address/BIC. This information should be supplied to the Race Organiser at the team managers meeting following Team Registration. Neutral Service Teams will equip race neutral service vehicles. Equipment received from race neutral service vehicles must be returned to the appropriate crew immediately after the stage finish. Loss or damage to equipment must be reported to service crew at the stage finish. The Race Organisation is not responsible for loss or damage to equipment provided to Race Neutral Service. 5 HospItals pHOne CoorDinate 1 CoorDinate 2 STAGe 1 DUnBoYNE > CARLoW pHOne CoorDinate 1 CoorDinate 2 Connolly Memorial Hospital 01 6466250 N 53 38.912 W 06 36.918 Tallaght General Hospital 01 4142000 N 53 17.277 W 06 22.382 Beaumont Hospital 01 8092714 N 53 39.041 W 06 22.341 Naas General Hospital 045 849909 N 53 21.157 W 06 66.134 Wexford General Hospital 053 9153000 N 52 34.345 W 06 48.160 St Lukes General Hospital Kilkenny 056 778403 N 52 66.494 W 07 26.281 STAGe 2 CarloW > tIpperary pHOne CoorDinate 1 CoorDinate 2 St Lukes General Hospital Kilkenny 056 7785403 N 52 66.494 W 07 26.281 South Tipperary Clonmel 052 6177042 N 52 35.513 W 07 71.435 Mid‑Western Regional Hospital, Limerick 061 482120 N 52 63.496 W 08 65.477 STAGe 3 Tipperary > BearnA pHOne CoorDinate