Stage 3, Tuesday May 21: Nenagh to Listowel, 141.1 kms:
Stage three is slightly hillier, but the two category three climbs to be encountered there won’t pose major difficulties to the sprinters. It is 141.1 kilometres in length and after an An Post, post office sprint in Patrickswell little over halfway through, 79 kilometres in, the route heads through Adare and on to the day’s second of three such sprints in Ardagh (km 107.9).
The riders will reach the summit of the category three Glenastar Ardagh climb approximately five kilometres later, then race on to an An Post, post office sprint in Athea (km 125) before the day’s second climb, a category three slope also in Athea (km 126.9).
Just fourteen kilometres remain between there and the finish line in Listowel, giving the peloton enough time to bring things back together prior to the sprint to the line.
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