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Lydia Boylan sets new Irish record for 500m TT at European Track Championships
Lydia Boylan broke her own National 500m Time Trial Record in the Omnium as five Irish riders completed a successful week of racing at the European Track Championships in Grenchen. Boylan began day two of the Women’s Omnium in 16th place with three of the six races remaining and she moved up a place with a new national record...
“Track cycling is a fair sport! Yeah right!” – De Buyst unhappy at Euro Track Champs
Belgian rider Jasper de Buyst has taken to Twitter to express his disappointment with a decision by the race jury at the European Track Championships which have been taking place this week in Grenchen, Switzerland. De Buyst was taking part in final race of Day 1 of the Omnium, the Elimination race, and he was the fifth rider to be...
Martyn Irvine withdraws from London Six Day due to injury and replaced by Pim Ligthart
Dutch all-rounder Pim Ligthart will take to the boards in the inaugural Six Day London next week as a late replacement for former World Scratch Champion Martyn Irvine. According a statement from the organisers this evening, Irvine was injured whilst competing at the European Track Championships this week but it is unclear what the injury is. Ligthart, who won the Six...
Irish Show Well at European Track Championships
Ireland's quartet of riders produced another series of strong performances on the third day of action at the European Track Championships at Grenchen. Eoin Mullen, Fintan Ryan, Shannon McCurley and Mark Downey all performed with distinction through a busy programme at the Swiss velodrome. The racing got under way early in the day with the Men’s Sprint where Eoin Mullen...
Irish team announced for European Track Championships
A 13-strong Irish squad is putting the finishing touches on its preparations for this week's European Track Championships in Grenchen, Switzerland. Seven women and six men have been selected to take part in a range of events over the five days of the championships including all the individual and team endurance events as well as selected sprint events. The meeting kicks...
Martyn Irvine to partner Lasse-Norman Hansen at London Six-Day
Former World Scratch Race champion, Martyn Irvine, is set to partner Lasse-Norman Hansen at the forthcoming London Six-Day race. It will be the first Six-Day race to take place in London for 35 years, and the event will take place between October 18-23. The Dane Hansen races for the Cannondale-Garmin team and has achieved some great results on the track...
Remembering the Six-Day Race of Dublin
By Graham Healy When the road season comes to a close, it means it's the time of the year for other branches of the sport to become the focus of attention. In addition to cyclo-cross, six-day racing is another popular type of racing over the winter, and it's continental European cities such as Ghent and Munich which have the biggest...
Colin Lynch to attempt to break Paracycling Hour Record for C2 class
Colin Lynch, of the Irish Paralympic Cycling Team and Para-T Team in the UK, is set to attempt to break the UCI Paracycling Hour Record for the C2 class. The record currently sits at 41km 31m and has been held by Laurent Thirionet of France since 1999. It was Thirionet that beat Lynch by 1/10th of second to snatch the...
Eddy Planckaert sets World Hour Record for a wooden bike
Former Paris-Roubaix winner, Eddy Planckaert, has today set an unofficial hour record on a wooden bicycle. He covered 30 laps of the 351.5 meter track in Rochefort which totalled 11 kilometres, 932 meters and 94 centimetres. However, the track in Rochefort does not comply with the requirements of the UCI, which makes the record unofficial. However, the record may possibly...
A Look Back at the First World Cycling Champs held in the US in 1893
This year's UCI World Cycling Championships in Richmond aren't the first time that the championships have taken place in the US, as back in 1986, the Worlds were held in Colorado Springs. However, that wasn't the first time that the World Cycling Championships were in the country either. Before the UCI was founded, another world championships were held. The International...
Eamonn Byrne wins Irish track sprint title and Dad loses it
Parents always make the craziest fans and Eamonn's Dad is no exception. Eamonn Byrne (Sundrive Track Team) took the sprint title at the Eamon Ceannt Stadium, Sundrive Park in Crumlin last weekend beating Ronan Cherman (Black Rose) in the close fought final. The tension on the final lap was clearing getting to his Dad but it made the...
Results from the Irish Senior Track Championships
The Irish Senior Track Championships took place at Eamon Ceannt Stadium in Dublin over the weekend. The results from the two days are shown below. Senior track National Championships 2015 Saturday 29.08.2015 . (Day 1) Women’s 3km Pursuit – (11 Starters) Name Club Qualifying time Time (Finals) Position Eimear Moran Sundrive Track Team 4.02.779 4.05.426 1st Gold Susie Mitchell Sundrive Track Team 4.07.378 4.19.775 2nd Silver Sarah Connell DN Dames St Julien 4.08.548 4.11.591 3rd Bronze Orla Hendron Orwell Wheelers 4.17.709 4.18.971 4th Roisin Kennedy Arcane Adamstown 4.18.07 N/A 5th Grace...
“I think Wiggins has become the world record holder for some time” – Eddy Merckx
Eddy Merckx is convinced that the new World Hour Record, set by Bradley Wiggins, is out of sight for some time. “I think Wiggins has become the world record holder for some time.” Merckx told Het Nieuwsblad. “You must be more than gifted to ride further. Few of the current peloton can go faster.” Merckx said that he had...
Michele Ferrari feels that Bradley Wiggins could have gone further
Disgraced doctor, Michele Ferrari, has written on his blog about Bradley Wiggins’s successful Hour Record attempt at the weekend, and feels that a mistake was made by the Briton’s support team that could have affected Wiggins’ performance. On Sunday, Wiggins extended the record previously held by compatriot Alex Dowsett to 54.526kms, but it had been felt by many that...
Victoria Pendleton to make horse racing debut
Double Olympic champion, Victoria Pendleton, is set to make her debut as an amateur jockey at Newbury in the George Frewer Charity Race next month. It's part of her longer term plan of taking part in the Foxhunter Chase at next year’s Cheltenham Festival. Pendleton has been training for the past number of months at Lawney Hill’s Oxfordshire yard in...
Watch Bradley Wiggins World Hour Record attempt – LIVE at 6.15pm BST
Bradley Wiggins will today attempt to break the UCI Hour World Record of countryman Alex Dowsett. Dowsett set the record at 52.937km last month in Manchester. Wiggins will make his attempt in the Olympic Velodrome in London. Many fans and commentators have outlined that they expect the Londoner to break the record, and distances of up to 55 kilometres...