What It Takes To Win Ireland’s Hardest Bike Race

What It Takes To Win Ireland’s Hardest Bike Race

From The Roadman Cycling Podcast by Anthony Walsh

June 2, 2026 · 1h 7m · Episode 1282

About this episode

Conn McDunphy shares his experience and insights on winning Ireland's toughest bike race, the Rás Tailteann.

Go check out our FREE Skool community, it's got amazing tools in there and a thriving community of cyclists - https://www.skool.com/roadman/about Conn McDunphy has just won the 2026 Rás Tailteann, Ireland’s toughest and most iconic bike race. In this episode, we sit down with Conn to unpack what it really takes to win the Tour of Ireland: the preparation, the pressure, the team tactics, the chaos of five-man squads, and the emotional weight of bringing home yellow on Irish roads. Conn opens up about past crashes, near-misses, maturity, racing on instinct rather than power, and the people who shaped his career. A raw, honest and inspiring conversation about resilience, Irish cycling culture, and winning the race that means everything One of the tools you will have heard Anthony chat about in this podcast is Training Peaks. Without this platform we can't get into the detail required to pricesly train within zones. If you want to go and check out this incredible training tool go to ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4qWyEKK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ and use ROADMAN – 20% off an annual TrainingPeaks Premium subscription ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Parlee Cycles…

People in this episode

Host: Anthony Walsh

Guest: Conn McDunphy

Topics covered

  • cycling
  • Rás Tailteann
  • Irish cycling culture
  • resilience
  • team tactics

Keywords

  • Rás Tailteann
  • Conn McDunphy
  • Irish cycling
  • team tactics
  • resilience

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Organizations: Training Peaks, Parlee Cycles

Places: Ireland

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