The first stage of cycling’s Giro d’Italia gets underway in Belfast this evening.
And among those taking part is Letterkenny’s Philip Deignan who rides for Team Sky.
It’s a big day for Deignan who only recently suffered a nasty collar bone injury which kept him out of action for several weeks
And looking forward to this weekend, he says it’s a strange feeling to be competing on home soil.
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