Carrick on Suir’s Michael O’Loughlin will compete in what’s described as the Under 23 Tour de France.
The 20 year old has been selected on the Irish team for the Tour de l’Avenir which starts tomorrow.
The current Irish Under 23 road race and Time Trial champion will be among the 144 riders on 24 teams facing into the nine day race which covers over 1,200 kilometres of racing.
Also on the Irish team are Daire Feeley, Darragh O’Mahony, Mark Downey, Matthew Teggart and Ryan Reilly
They will be managed by Neill Martin.
