Tour of Ireland 2009

Well look, they got two days of sunshine.  They did well.

Lance's last gasp
Lance Armstrong gets to see Shandon (if not Patrick's Hill)

Cork welcomed the 2009 Tour of Ireland in great style.  Not only did it force them up Patrick’s Hill it gave them some Real Rain to deal with.

Bonus points for anyone who can spot Lance Armstrong in this photo.  He pulled out just after this, before he got to The Hill.  As one commentator put it ‘those with multi-million dollar insurance policies thought the better of it’ and I really can’t blame them.  All the more credit to those who did take it on.  About two thirds of those that started didn’t make it to the finish.

If they had, they’d have seen the sun come out.  Only in Cork!

We stuck it to the end, we watched the TV coverage and spotted our froggy umbrella, we even made it small on the back of the winners interview.  Jeeez, you can’t keep us out of the news!

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