Regarding the Rossbeigh dunes stage, it is at this moment uncertain whether permission on environmental grounds will be secured from the relevant Government Authority in Ireland. While we will continue to pursue the securing of the necessary authorisation, we will also work to have an alternative location prepared should it be required.
This means we will likely have to relocate the stage to the legendary Crohane mountain where World cup in 1998 took place. This area is very close to the Black lakes area where stages 1-3 will take place. With this change we will lose some diversity which dunes would bring, but OOcup will not get any less exciting, on the contrary we expect some challenging technical racing on the Crohane mountain!