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Dublin Track Cycling International Attracts World Champions
In its fourth year, the Dublin Track Cycling International has embedded itself firmly on the international race calendar, with two days of world class racing taking place in Sundrive Track, Dublin on the 2-3 July. The Dublin Track Cycling International is one of only two UCI International events on the Irish cycling calendar, along with the An Post...
Irish Track Season Opener at Duane Delaney Track Grand Prix
By Tony Mairs Forty four riders of all ages and categories took part in the annual Irish track cycling season opener - the Duane Delaney Track Grand Prix. The event is a Omnium event with 3 "sprint" events favouring the fast men and women and an endurance scratch race to give the track sprinters a hard time. The events for all...
Health experts call for Rio Olympics to be postponed or moved
A group of health experts have come together to pen an open Letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) requesting that the forthcoming Rio Olympics be postponed or moved to another location in light of the ongoing crisis surrounding the Zika virus that is affecting Brazil. The letter signed by 150 experts is directed to Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of...
Matt Crampton’s wheel disintegrates during track event (VIDEO)
An unusual incident took place over the weekend at the Coupe de France Fenioux Piste where Matt Crampton's rear wheel disintegrated at the Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines velodrome. The British Olympic rider was warming up and after a number of laps of the track, his rear wheel broke up as he was on the back straight. Fortunately, there were no other riders nearby...
British Cycling suspend Shane Sutton following allegations of discrimination
British Cycling have announced that they have suspended their technical director Shane Sutton following on from allegations of discrimination towards para-cyclists. The latest allegations come just days after Jess Varnish had claimed that Sutton had made sexist remarks to her whereby she revealed that she was told to 'go and have a baby' after she had been dropped by British...
Impressive Performances at Irish Junior Track National Championships
By Tony Mairs Saturday April 23rd saw the Junior Track Cycling National Championships taking place at Sundrive Velodrome in a thankfully dry day in Dublin. Twenty five of the fastest male and female Junior riders from all over Ireland battled it out each over the four separate track events with a lot of very fast racing to be seen! First up...
Chris Hoy to race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans
Six-time Olympic champion Chris Hoy is set to compete at the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans race this June. The endurance race which was first run in 1923 will take place on the 18th and 19th of June. The Scot along with two team-mates will drive a Nissan-powered Ligier JS P2 chassis at the famous circuit. He will...
Team Ireland Makes History Qualifying Female Keirin Spot in Rio
The UCI has confirmed that Team Ireland has qualified a Female Keirin spot in the Olympic Games in Rio. While Ireland has had female cyclists on the road and in mountain biking, this is the first time that Ireland will field a female track cyclist. The historic announcement was made at the end of a two year Olympic qualification...
Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins win Madison World Champs (VIDEO)
The UCI World Track Championships concluded this evening with the 200 lap Men's Madison. Early on, three teams - Switzerland, France and Colombia took a lap on the rest of the field. These three teams were subseqently joined by Australia, leaving four teams one lap ahead with less then 50 laps remaining. Meanwhile, the British duo of Bradley Wiggins...
Caroline Ryan breaks collarbone at UCI World Track Championships
Caroline Ryan has confirmed that she broke her collarbone after crashing in the Women’s Points Race at the UCI 2016 Track Cycling World championships today. The Irish rider had been riding aggressively in the Points Race before Yao Pang (HKG) crashed and slid down the track, taking down the Kildare woman. The race was eventually won by Katarzyna Pawlowska (POL),...
Caroline Ryan Caught in Crash at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships
A crash in the Women’s Points Race ended Caroline Ryan’s campaign at the UCI 2016 Track Cycling World championships today. Ryan was the last Irish rider in action at the championships, and had been riding aggressively in the Points Race before Yao Pang (HKG) crashed and slid down the track, taking down the Kildare woman. The race was eventually...
Melanie Spath finishes 7th in the Individual Pursuit at her first Track Cycling Worlds
Irish rider Melanie Spath has finished in 7th place in the Individual Pursuit at the UCI 2016 Track Cycling World Championships today. The German born rider was riding in her first track cycling World Championships when she recorded a time of 3.40.03 in the 3km race against the clock. The top four riders will fight it out for medals...
Irish team announced for UCI 2016 Track Cycling World Championships
The Irish cycling team has arrived at London’s Lee Valley VeloPark ready to compete at the UCI 2016 Track Cycling World Championships which take place from Wednesday 2nd March to Sunday 6th March. The team will be competing in eight events across four days. Racing for the Irish team begins with the Women’s Individual Pursuit on the 2nd March, and...
Cycling Ireland announce establishment of High Performance Sub-Committee
Cycling Ireland has announced the establishment of a new High Performance Sub-Committee. This committee will act in an advisory capacity to the Cycling Ireland High Performance Programme, ensuring that it remains aligned to the Cycling Ireland Strategy which was launched at the end of 2014. Representatives from each of the disciplines will make up the committee, which also includes...
Maloja Pushbikers and the London Six Day (VIDEO)
What makes a rider get onto the bike again and again, to ride lap after lap, to warm up and cool down? To rest in small wooden cabins beside the track, day after day for six long days and to let it all come down to the very final lap? You get out there onto the track and you race....
Onboard at the Bremen Six Day Race (VIDEO)
The Bremen Six Day race finished earlier this week and was won by the German-Dutch pairing of Christian Grasmann and Kenny de Ketele ahead of Jesper Mørkøv and Morgan Kneisky. The race took place at the ÖVB Arena in the Northern German city and the temporary wooden track at the arena is one of the shortest laps there is. It's just...