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Irish team set new national record in Women’s Team Pursuit at World Championships
Ireland’s Women’s Team Pursuit team has smashed the National Record set in 2015 by more than 2 seconds, with a top-10 ride at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Pruszków, Poland. Orla Walsh, Mia Griffin, Alice Sharpe, and Kelly Murphy made their World Championships debut on Wednesday, and they were the first Irish riders to take to the track...
Irish team announced for UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Cycling Ireland will send eleven riders to the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Pruszków, Poland, taking place from February 27 to March 3. With 17 months remaining until the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the team has been building up for these crucial World Championships on the UCI Track World Cup circuit since last October, competing at all six rounds. The...
Irish Riders Take Two Top 10s at the Track World Cup Finale
The Irish team has completed its Track World Cup season with two top tens, with the team now eyeing the World Championships in Poland next month. The Men’s Madison duo of Felix English and Mark Downey bounced back from disappointment in London to finish 10th with Shannon McCurley taking 9th in the Omnium. Having crashed during the Madison in London...
Cycling Ireland Events Calendar Launched
Cycling Ireland has launched the 2019 Events Calendar. Riders planning to ride one or more than over 700 officially sanctioned events across four broad divisions can access the details on the Cycling Ireland website. The Calendar has been split into four areas: Road Events, Leisure Events, BMX, Off Road and Track Events, and Club League. Riders can filter...
Irish tandem pair wins silver at first para-cycling at Track World Cup
Martin Gordon and pilot Eamonn Byrne have won Silver in Tandem B Sprint at the UCI Track World Cup in London. Gordon, a visually-impaired athlete, set a new National Record for the eighth time in 13 months when riding 10.313 in the flying 200m during qualifying, a time second only to World Champion Neil Fachie and pilot Matt Rotherham...
Iljo Keisse and Elia Viviani win Gent Six Day
Iljo Keisse and Elia Viviani – who rode under the Deceuninck – Quick-Step Team banner this week – won the 78th Six Days of Gent, an edition which came down to the wire, with three pairs fighting for the trophy until the last lap. Despite slipping to second overall on the penultimate night, Keisse and Viviani's hopes weren’t deterred by...
Vittoria Bussi breaks UCI Hour Record in Mexico
Vittoria Bussi has set a new UCI Hour Record of 48.007 kilometres at the Velodromo Bicentenario in Aguascalientes (Mexico), situated 1,800 metres above sea level. The Italian rider beat the previous record, set by Evelyn Stevens on February 27, 2016 in Colorado Springs (USA) by 27 metres. At a first attempt made in Aguascalientes on October 6, 2017, Vittoria Bussi...
Lara Gillespie wins gold in the Points Race at the European Junior Championships
Irish teenager Lara Gillespie once again showcased her prodigious talent by winning gold in the Points race at the European Junior Track Championships at the World Cycling Centre velodrome in Aigle, Switzerland. The win followed on from her silver medal at the Individual Pursuit at the Championships on Thursday where she also set a new Irish record. She also narrowly...
Lydia Boylan finishes 5th in the Women’s Omnium at the European Championships
Lydia Boylan finished 5th in the Women’s Omnium at the European Championships in Glasgow yesterday. Strong performances in both the Tempo Race and the final Points Race contributed to her high overall placing in the four-race Olympic event in a highly competitive field. Boylan scored highly in both the Tempo Race, where she finished second and the Points...
Mark Downey and Felix English qualify for Madison final at European Championships
The Men’s Madison pair of Felix English and Mark Downey are through to the Madison Final today having qualified second out of their heat at the European Championships in Glasgow. The Irish duo were competing in the first heat of the day with seven teams out of nine progressing to the next round. The tactic of the Irish team...
Lydia Gurley finishes 5th in the Points Race at European Cycling Championships
In an action packed afternoon at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, the Irish jerseys were to the fore with Lydia Gurley coming close to a medal in the Women’s Points Race at the European Cycling Championships , where she finished in 5th place after the lapping the field. Gurley gained a lap with 60 laps to go with four...
Cycling Ireland name strong panel for European Cycling Championships in Glasgow
Cycling Ireland have named a strong panel selection for the Elite European Cycling Championships which take place in Glasgow from the 2nd to the 12th of August. History will be made this August when Glasgow and Berlin host the inaugural European Championships, and the exciting multi-sport event will bring together some of the continent’s leading sports, including the existing...
Northern Irish cyclists set personal bests at the Commonwealth Games
The Northern Irish cyclists started their campaign at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia today recording two personal bests and a top ten finish. Robyn Stewart recorded a competition best to finish 9th in the Women’s Sprint, with a qualifying time of 11.082 seconds for the 200m opening round. “I’m delighted with a big race PB today...
Graeme Obree, Athlete or Genius? (VIDEO)
Cycling clothing company Endura has produced a short film about Graeme Obree. In Graeme Obree, Athlete or Genius? they determine what the real advantage was that the Scottish cyclist gained from his unique positions on the bike. Obree shot to fame in the early 90s after twice breaking the world hour record on a bike he'd built using parts from...
Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal win Bronze at Para World Championships
Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal have won a bronze medal in the Women’s B Tandem 3km Individual Pursuit at the at the UCI 2018 Para-cycling Track World Championships, beating New Zealand into fourth place. After qualifying for the Bronze medal ride off earlier yesterday, the Irish duo started the 3km race against the clock as favourites, having qualified with...
Irish team announced for UCI 2018 Para-cycling Track World Championships
Five bikes will compete for Ireland at the UCI 2018 Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from the 22-25 March. Three tandems and two solo bikes will compete in fourteen events over the four days of competition. The championships take place in the Velódromo Municipal do Rio where Eoghan Clifford won a Paralympic bronze medal in...