Manon De Boer secures Rás na mBan glory

Dutch rider Manon de Boer secured the overall victory as the 2023 Rás na mBan concluded in Kilkenny on Sunday, while Linda Kelly finished the event as Best Irish Rider.

De Boer won the fifth stage time trial in the morning by a narrow 2.39 seconds margin ahead of her compatriot Renée van Hout and Tiffany Keep of South Africa who was a further 0.01 adrift.

De Boer consolidated her advantage in the afternoon criterium circuit race in Kilkenny city, finishing safely in the peloton behind stage six winner and fellow Dutch woman Paulien Koster.

Ireland's Caoimhe O'Brien and Ellen McDermott rounded out the podium for that sixth stage in second and third.