CX Champs 2015

Irish CX Champs – Interviews with Fran Meehan, Tim O’Regan and Cian May

By Caroline Martínez, Fran Meehan (Team Aqua Blue), 2015 Irish Elite Women National Cyclocross champion talks about taking her sixth title, the difficulty of the course and her hopes for going to the World Championships. Tim O'Regan (DID Dunboyne), silver medalist in the Irish Men's Elite National Cyclocross Championships talks about his delight with getting a podium place. Cian May (Team WORC)...

Irish CX Champs – Interviews with David Montgomery, James Curry and Jason Henry

By Caroline Martínez, David Montgomery (Chain Reaction Cycles) winner of the 2015 Irish Elite National Cyclocross Championships speaks about his win. James Curry (Banbridge CC) winner of the 2015 Irish Junior National Cyclocross Championships talks about his battle with David Conroy. Jason Henry winner of the 2015 Irish Masters National Cyclocross Championships talks about his dominating win.

Last lap move for silver at Irish Championships (warning noisy)

Some action from today's Irish National cyclocross championships. It was the last lap and the final time up the steep run-up for the riders at the testing course in River Valley Park in Swords, Co. Dublin and a late charge by Tim O'Regan saw him overhaul a tiring Glenn Kinning who had led for the first two laps...

Irish CX Champs wide open as Robin Seymour unable to start.

Race favourite and multiple national cyclo-cross champion Robin Seymour has had to pull out of tomorrow's 2015 Irish cyclocross national championships in Swords, North Dublin. In a statement he made to the race manager earlier today, he describes being extremely disappointed to be missing out on this years event. Seymour said that he'd been very sick with a chest infection since...

Cyclocross Champs 2015 course description

Starting on a grassy incline, the racers will join the circuit on the first lap for a fast 400m tarmac climb through the start finish area. The tarmac continues on for another 100 meters and then turns gently left and gently right, onto a grassy straight. Easy peasy? Yes….. But positioning is vital on the straight, so gas up, before...

Unknown to the Irish scene, Maria Larkin hoping for podium result in the 2015 Irish CX Champs

By Caroline Martínez Ireland’s top elite men, elite women, masters, U23 men, and juniors will gather in Swords, North Dublin, next weekend to compete for their respective Irish Cyclocross titles. While the favourites are expected to dominate the events, there are lesser known riders in each group equally capable of climbing the podium steps. Mayo native Maria Larkin is one of...

A look back at Stephen Roche’s Irish Cyclo Cross Championships victory

By Graham Healy At the start of December 1979, Stephen Roche of Orwell Wheelers would win his last race in Ireland prior to his move to France in his bid to become a professional cyclist. The race was the Irish Cyclo Cross Championships in Balbriggan, North Dublin. The riders faced ten laps of what was described as a difficult circuit, and...

Irish National Cyclocross Championships Update

The following update regarding licence requirements for the  Irish National Cyclocross Championships has been provided by the event organisers. // // <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=/pages/The-Bike-Comes-First/1527381920839047?_fb_noscript=1" />// Irish National Cyclocross Championships 2015<meta http-equiv="X-Frame-Options" content="DENY" />// Is it necessary to have a 2015 licence to race in the nationals you ask? - Competitors will be required to present their 2015 licence at sign on...

Highlights of Diegem Superprestige won by Marianne Vos. Francine Meehan also competing.

The latest round of the Superprestige series took place at Diegem yesterday, and the race was a great battle between Marianne Vos (Rabo Liv), Pauline Ferrand Prévot (Rabo Liv) and Kateřina Nash (Luna Pro). The slippiness of the track added to the spectacle with a number of crashes taking place including a nasty crash for Nash into the barriers....

Irish National Cyclocross Championships – Entries close in one week

The Irish National Cyclocross Championships take place on January 11, 2015 in River Valley Park, Swords, North County Dublin and sign on closes on the 4th of January 2015 with no exceptions. You can enter through the following link: http://www.thebikecomesfirst.com/registration/ The event is promoted by McNally Swords cycling club, in collaboration with thebikecomesfirst.com and Cycling Ireland. You must have a 2015 racing...

David Conroy talks about his form ahead of the Irish National CX Champs

By Caroline Martinez First year junior David Conroy (DLCO Scott) is ready to tackle the opposition ahead of the National Junior Cyclocross Championships. The 16 year old talked about his second place in the last round of the Fixx Cyclocross Cup, his National Trophy series debut at Milton Keynes and his form in the run up to the National Championships...

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