Ronan O'Connor - Team Ireland - 34. Int. Radjugendtour Oststeiermark 2019

Under 16, Ronan O'Connor is a member of the 6 man Irish Team taking part in the 34th International Tour of Austria which begins today with a prologue. Following that are 4 mountainous - not hilly , mountainous - stages .

You can keep track of results on this thread or if you can't wait, then here

www.radsportverband.at/index.php/portale...ur-etappen-resultate

Go Ronan

Green suits Ronan and somehow I think it won’t be the last time he will wear it!

Ronan is 12 seconds off the top in 85th place.

Winners average speed - 51.4kph

Team Ireland are 9th .

Update - Team presentation
www.facebook.com/colette.gallagher.777/videos/2281216838594218/

Ronan was 55th today coming in with 2 of his Team Ireland colleagues and is 55th on GC too.

His colleague and Irish National Road Race Champion from last weekend Darren Rafferty (Island Wheelers) was 3rd on the stage in a sprint finish and moves into 2nd on GC

That's a bit cruel- a 20k climb to start todays stage.

Ronan was 47th today and is sitting 46th overall. Looked like a savage stage with huge time gaps across the board.
Irish teammate Darren Rafferty drops one place to 3rd on GC
Full results- www.radsportverband.at/images/Radjugendt...tour2019_2etappe.pdf
Tomorrows stage is the 'flattest' of all the stages-https://www.strava.com/routes/17873399

Stage 3 completed, a 'flat' 70km saw most of the race stay together. Ronan finished in the bunch, @3s from front three riders.
He moves up to 44th on GC with one stage remaining.
NEXT STAGE
RESULTS
Chapeau

And that's a wrap.

Ronan saved his best for last . He was 39th on the stage and moved up to 34th on GC. He was the 2nd highest placed Irish rider . Team mate Darren Rafferty held on to 3rd place.

Ronan's was one of the three scoring contributions as Ireland took 9th overall in the Team GC.