Tony Campbell a bien fait les choses sur la RAS 2014, avec pas moins de 33 équipes de 5 coureurs chacune. 8 étapes et seulement 2 propices aux sprinters, 36 montagnes, du vent, des bordures, des paysages sauvages, bref un beau spectacle.
Hennebont Cyclisme, baptisée Velotec pour l’occasion aura fort à faire devant les pro AnPostChainreaction, Synergy Baku emmené par Eibegger qui avait déjà gagné une étape sur le Tour de Bretagne cette saison, les Australiens de Subaru-Albio, les Norvégiens de Motiv, les Anglais de Madison Genesis, NFTO, les Kuota, les équipes nationales du Canada, Autriche, Nouvelle Zélande etc..
David Chopin: « C’est la première fois que l’on fait ce tour, je ne connais pas le profil mais il y a pas mal de grimpettes, et j’aime ça. En plus, Ryan Sherlock nous rejoint et il connait bien ce tour ainsi que Peter Williams. Et Aurélien et Thibault sont vraiment en forme en ce moment. Je ne pense pas qu’on jouera la plus haute place mais la gagne d’étape on fera tout pour ça. »
An Post Rás 2014 Equipes engagées
| BRITAIN Velosure Giordana Racing UCI Continental Team | IRELAND An Post Chain Reaction UCI Continental Team | ||
| 1 | Marcin Bialoblocki | 6 | Robert Jon McCarthy |
| 2 | Nathan Edmondson | 7 | Oiwan Doull |
| 3 | Steve Lampier | 8 | Jack Wilson |
| 4 | Bradley Morgan | 9 | Sean Downey |
| 5 | Robert Partridge | 10 | Shane Archbold |
| Manager: Bill Nickson | Manager: Kurt Bogaerts | ||
| CANADA National Team | GREAT BRITAIN National Team | ||
| 11 | Rémi Pelletier-Roy | 16 | Jonathan Dibben |
| 12 | Nic Hamilton | 17 | Christopher Latham |
| 13 | Pierrick Naud | 18 | Oliver Wood |
| 14 | Ed Veal | 19 | Germain Burton |
| 15 | Sean McKinnon | 20 | Alistair Slater |
| Manager: Luc Arseneau | Manager: Keith Lambert | ||
| NEW ZEALAND National Team | AUSTRIA Tirol Cycling Team UCI Continental Team | ||
| 21 | Patrick Bevin | 26 | Josef Benetseder |
| 22 | Pieter Bulling | 27 | Clemens Fankhauser |
| 23 | Marc Ryan | 28 | Gregor Mühlberger |
| 24 | Cameron Karwowski | 29 | Lukas Pöstlberger |
| 25 | Hamish Schreurs | 30 | Martin Weiss |
| Manager: Dave Mann | Manager: Srecko Glivar | ||
| AUSTRALIA Team Subaru-Albion | AZERBAIJAN Synergy Baku Cycling Project UCI Continental Team | ||
| 31 | Keegan Aitchinson | 36 | Connor McConvey |
| 32 | Anthony Murray | 37 | Daniel Klemme |
| 33 | Darcy Ellerm-Norton | 38 | Markus Elbegger |
| 34 | George Edwin Tansley | 39 | Jan Sokol |
| 35 | Tirian McManus | 40 | Christoph Schweizer |
| Manager: Frank Conceicao | Manager: David McCann | ||
| FRANCE Bretagne Velotec | GERMANY Team Kuota UCI Continental Team | ||
| 41 | David Chopin | 46 | Philipp Becker |
| 42 | Ryan Sherlock | 47 | Andre Benoit |
| 43 | Thibualt Jeannes | 48 | Jan Deutschmann |
| 44 | Peter Williams | 49 | Micha Glowatzki |
| 45 | Aurelien Daniel | 50 | Joachin Tolles |
| Manager: Cedric Le NY | Manager: Peter Becker | ||
| ITALY Team IDEA 2010 ASD UCI Continental Team | NETHERLANDS Parkhotel Valkenburg UCI Continental Team | ||
| 51 | Riccardo Pichetta | 56 | Gert Jan Bosman |
| 52 | Mirko Tedeschi | 57 | Remco Broers |
| 53 | Matteo Collodel | 58 | Lars Horring |
| 54 | Christian Delle Stelle | 59 | Bram Nolten |
| 55 | Alessandro Pettiti | 60 | Kai Reus |
| Manager: Omar Piscina | Manager: Paul Tabak | ||
| NORWAY Motiv3 Cycling Team UCI Continental Team | USA Team SmartStop | ||
| 61 | Sondre L. Hurum | 66 | Jure Kocjan |
| 62 | Niklas Åkvik | 67 | Zach Bell |
| 63 | Sivert Fandrem | 68 | Rob Britton |
| 64 | Anders Kristoffersen | 69 | Michael Torkler |
| 65 | Marius Ness Haave | 70 | Adam Myerson |
| Manager: Lars Junker | Manager: Michael Creed | ||
| BRITAIN Madison Genesis UCI Continental Team | BRITAIN NFTO Pro Cycling UCI Continental Team | ||
| 71 | Peter Hawkins | 76 | Joshua Hunt |
| 72 | Dominic Jeffs | 77 | Ryan Bevis |
| 73 | Liam Holohon | 78 | James Lewis |
| 74 | Tom Stewart | 79 | Dale Appleby |
| 75 | Tom Scully | 80 | Hugh Wilson |
| Manager: Roger Hammond | Manager: Courtney Rowe | ||
| BRITAIN Champion System-Club Roost | ANTRIM Traction-McConvey Cycles | ||
| 81 | Dillion Byrne | 86 | Alex Donald |
| 82 | Jordan Hargreaves | 87 | Mike Millar |
| 83 | Ben Kellett | 88 | Fergus Rooney |
| 84 | Sebastian Baylis | 89 | Brian Stewart |
| 85 | John Rigby | 90 | Daniel Stewart |
| Manager: Chris Truett | Manager: Cormac McCann | ||
| CORK City Aquablue | CORK Midleton Velo Revolution Works | ||
| 91 | Sean Lacey | 96 | Michael Fitzgerald |
| 92 | Olan Barrett | 97 | Anthony Doyle |
| 93 | Damien Shaw | 98 | Aidan Crowley |
| 94 | Byran McCrystal | 99 | Stephen Halpin |
| 95 | Keith Gator | 100 | Hugh McMahon |
| Manager: Tim Barry | Manager: Derick Whyte | ||
| DONEGAL Inishowen Gateway Hotel – McCafe | DOWN Chain Reaction Flagship Store Boucher Road | ||
| 101 | Ronan McLaughlin | 106 | Matty Blayney |
| 102 | Conor McIllwaine | 107 | David T Watson |
| 103 | Mark McClure | 108 | Paul Ferguson |
| 104 | Rory Devlin | 109 | James McMaster |
| 105 | Damien Lagan | 110 | Connor Hanna |
| Manager: Chris McElhinney | Manager: David S Watson | ||
| DUBLIN Central UCD Arrow | DUBLIN South Alimay | ||
| 111 | Art McManus | 116 | James Davenport |
| 112 | Con Collis | 117 | Ben Delaney |
| 113 | Ian Richardson | 118 | Brendan Moloney |
| 114 | Anthony Walsh | 119 | John – Paul Lyons |
| 115 | Eoin Morton | 120 | Dave Reilly |
| Manager: Jason O’Callaghan | Manager: Noel Moloney | ||
| DUBLIN NORTH Team 39 Spin 11 | KERRY Aherns Opel/BMW | ||
| 121 | Stephen O’Sullivan | 126 | John Mannix |
| 122 | Eugene Moriaty | 127 | Matt Slattery |
| 123 | Andrew Meehan | 128 | Michael Lucey |
| 124 | John Mason | 129 | Brendan Cassidy |
| 125 | Will McCabe | 130 | Cathal Moynihan |
| Manager: Graham Thomas | Manager: Brendan Cassidy | ||
| KILDARE Murphy Surveys Apex Construction | LOUTH North | ||
| 131 | John Lynch | 136 | Cormac Clarke |
| 132 | John Gargan | 137 | Ray O’Shaughnessey |
| 133 | Liam Browne | 138 | Liam Dolan |
| 134 | Alan Burke | 139 | Des Woods |
| 135 | Richard McDonagh | 140 | Roger Aiken |
| Manager: Liam Walker | Manager: Dominic O’Brannigan | ||
| LOUTH South | MAYO South Centra | ||
| 141 | Chris Reilly | 146 | Padraig Marrey |
| 142 | Niall Clarke | 147 | Derek Joyce |
| 143 | Sean Loughrane | 148 | Sean McInervey |
| 144 | Alan Grey | 149 | David Brady |
| 145 | Michael Barry | 150 | Keith Fox |
| Manager: Kevin Dolan | Manager: Pat Coyle | ||
| MAYO Ballina Fitscience | MEATH Dunboyne DID | ||
| 151 | Patrick Clarke | 156 | Javan Nulty |
| 152 | Christopher Reilly | 157 | Mark Dowling |
| 153 | Mike Storan | 158 | Tim O’Regan |
| 154 | Gareth McCormack | 159 | Adam Armstrong |
| 155 | Eddie Barry | 160 | Fraser Duncan |
| Manager: Derek Bowyer | Manager: John Wall | ||
| MEATH Navan Avonmore | TIPPERARY North Visit Nenagh.ie | ||
| 161 | Stuart Cox | 166 | David McCarthy |
| 162 | Niall Doggett | 167 | Denis Dunworth |
| 163 | John Kenny | 168 | Eoin McCarthy |
| 164 | John Murray | 169 | Mark Shannon |
| 165 | Stephen Byrne | 170 | Mike Storan |
| Manager: PJ Nolan | Manager: Rene van Dam | ||
| Reserve Riders | |||
| TIPPERARY South | WATERFORD Comeragh Race the Rás | ||
| 171 | Shane Scully | 176 | TBC |
| 172 | Gary Scully | 177 | Michael McNena |
| 173 | Alan Loftus | 178 | Andrew Roche |
| 174 | Damien Roche | 179 | David McCann |
| 175 | Simon Ryan | 180 | Robin Kelly |
| Manager: Peter Bane | Manager: Michael Smyth | ||