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Lars van der Haar wins the European Cyclo-Cross Championships
Lars van der Haar has taken the victory in the European Cyclo-Cross Championships in Huijbergen today and will be the first professional rider to wear the blue jersey. In an exciting finale, Lars was too strong for rival Wout van Aert. After the race Lars said: “It was a difficult, hard race. Wout (van Aert) was stronger on one...
Tour of Flanders sportive sells 4,000 entries in just 24 hours
The Tour of Flanders cyclosportive has sold 4,000 entries in just 24 hours. Entries for the sportive which takes place the day before the actual race opened on the 1st of November. Entries are limited to 16,000 for the sportive, which takes place on Saturday April the 2nd. Entries were not always limited but due to the popularity of the...
Mark Dowling is the latest Irish rider to sign for Dynamo Cover Pro Cycling
Following on from the news that both Sean Downey and Philip Lavery were set to join Mark Downey at the new British Continental team Dynamo Cover Pro Cycling, it has now been announced that Mark Dowling is latest Irish rider to join the team. The news was announced this morning and follows on from Dowling's very impressive third place in...
Philip Lavery’s comeback changes direction as he signs for Dynamo Cover
We reported recently that Irish rider Philip Lavery was set to make a comeback in 2016 with AC Bisontine, the French club that he raced with in 2013. However, according to a report on Be Celt today, the 25 year-old will race with the British Continental team Dynamo Cover Pro Cycling instead. The team will be based in Brittany. He will...
Sean Downey to return to the pro ranks with Dynamo Cover
Sean Downey is set to return to professional cycling by joining up with his 19 year-old brother Mark at the new British Continental team Dynamo Cover Pro Cycling. The former VC La Pomme Marseille and Côtes d'Armor rider announced earlier this year that he was leaving the An Post Chain Reaction team that he had raced with since 2012 to...
Cadel Evans talks about car dooring
TAC Victoria have produced a video with Tour de France winner, Cadel Evans, who talks about car dooring and road safety. Various reports produced in the past number of years have highlighted the dangers associated with car dooring. In New York City, 3% of bicyclist fatalities in the ten-year period between 1996 and 2005 were from striking an open door...
Profits from new Dave Rayner book to go towards the fund
A new book has been published about Dave Rayner and profits from the sale of the book go directly to the Dave Rayner Fund. By buying this book, you are helping to support the fund. The fund was set up to support up-and-coming riders in 1996, and was named in honour of British cyclist Dave Rayner. Since its inception, amongst...
An Post Rás na mBan Moving Location in 2016
The 11th edition of Ireland's premier women's bike race, An Post Rás na mBan, will be headquartered in the medieval city of Kilkenny with the five days of action taking place around the Leinster County. 2016 marks the 30th anniversary of the first women's international stage race in Ireland, from which today's event can draw its lineage. An Post Rás na...
Voting open for the 2015 Cycling Ireland Awards
Voting is open for the Cycling Ireland Awards 2015. Details on the various categories and nominees can be found below. To vote for who you deem to be the most suitable recipient in the each category please click here. VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR Dany Blondeel – Ards Cycling Club For his continued work to develop young riders by giving them the opportunity to...
Marianne Vos given the green light to resume training
Following on from a very difficult season whereby she suffered from hamstring and back injuries and wrote off any ambitions for the road half-way through the year, Dutch rider Marianne Vos has been given the green light to restart training. The news was announced on the website of her Rabobank-Liv team. The team's statement was as follows: Marianne Vos seems to...
Aidis Kruopis linked with move to Verandas-Willems
An Post-Chain Reaction rider Aidis Kruopis is set to leave the Irish team and join Belgian squad Verandas-Willems for next season according to Wielerflits.nl. The Lithuanian champion had a successful season with the Irish team. In addition to winning the national championships, he also won the Mountains Classification and two stages of An Post Rás (UCI 2.2) and Antwerpse Havenpijl...
Cyclist posts photo of injury sustained from barbed wire strung across trail
A mountain biker in England has posted a photo on Facebook of the injury he sustained when he rode into barbed wire in Guisborough Forest in the North-East of the country. The wire had been placed at head height across a cycling trail in the forest. Trevor Young from Newcastle-upon-Tyne posted the photo of his cut eyelid, and also the...
Interview with Cycling Ireland Presidential hopeful Ciaran McKenna
With the Cycling Ireland AGM this Saturday, We caught up with one of the members running for the Presidential Election. Ciaran Mc Kenna has been biking from age 12, Past Ras stage winner and has plenty of experience, so we were keen to see how he would lead cycling Ireland if voted in, in what can be a difficult...
Rapha and Team Sky will not renew partnership next year
In an open letter to Team Sky dated 2nd of November and posted on the Rapha website, Rapha Founder Simon Mottram says that the team partnership will not continue beyond the end of the 2016 season after just four years working together. The reason for the split is not apparent in the letter but it says that it was...
Blatant handsling at the Tour of Taihu Lake
Chinese rider Zhao Jingbiao from Hengxiang was first across the line at the end of stage 4 of the 2015 Tour of Taihu Lake today, but was disqualified afterwards. Instead, the victory went to Tunisian champion Rafaâ Chtioui (Skydive Dubai). This was after the Chinese rider was seen getting a handsling from his team-mate Wang Meiyin which helped him to...
Philip Lavery to kick start season in South Africa
Irish rider Philip Lavery is set to take part in both the Cape Town Cycle Tour and Tour of Good Hope in South Africa in preparation for his return to French team AC Bisontine next season. The Tour of Good Hope takes place from the 29th February to the 4th of March. The Cape Town Cycle Tour takes place...