The UCI has confirmed that Team Ireland has qualified two road racing places at the Olympic Games in Rio this summer. The places are in the Men’s Elite Road Race, and over the coming months Cycling Ireland will make a nomination to the Olympic Council of Ireland regarding the selection process for these places. The […]
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Former world track champion Martyn Irvine has retired from the sport. In 2013, the Newtonards man made history by winning the scratch race gold medal at the world championships in Minsk, as well as securing silver in the individual pursuit. And while Martyn claimed another sliver medal a year later, the 30-year-old has struggled to find his
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Ryan Mullen has finished in 11th place in the Under 23 Time Trial on the first day of action at the World Road Championships in Richmond, Virginia. Eddie Dunbar was 38th in the same event while Ciara Doogan was 28th in the earlier Women’s Junior Time Trial. Last year’s silver medallist Mullen started second last
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Team Ireland returned home from the European Youth Olympic Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia to a great reception in Dublin Airport yesterday. Athletics (5) and Swimming (5) won 10 medals and there were excellent performances from all of our athletes in Athletics, Cycling, Gymnastics, Judo and Swimming. It was the most successful team ever at this level
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Team Ireland’s Ryan Mullen put in a great performance today in the Men’s Cycling Time Trial finishing in 8th place. More to follow…. Full results here: http://www.baku2015.com/cycling-road/event/men-time-trial/index.html?v=20150618-124230694
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Congratulations to Team Ireland’s Caroline Ryan who put in an excellent performance to finish 15th in this morning’s Women’s Cycling time trial in a time of 33:29.55. The race was won by Ellen Van Dijk from the Netherlands in a time of 32:26:87. Full list of results below: http://www.baku2015.com/cycling-road/event/women-time-trial/phase=crw011100/index.html?v=20150618072446&intcmp=sr-bysport-byday-schline-result Ryan Mullen will be racing
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Martyn Irvine is a seven time Irish Track & Road National Champion and represented Ireland at the 2012 Olympic Games. Although disappointed with his performance in London, Martyn bounced back to form last November, winning two silver medals for Ireland at the Track World Cup in Glasgow. However the best was yet to come. On
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The Irish track team brought their World Championships campaign to a conclusion in Paris yesterday, with the standout performances coming from Caroline Ryan and Eoin Mullen. World U23 TT silver medallist Ryan Mullen was seventh in the individual pursuit on Saturday, Eoin Mullen set a new personal best for the sprint and finished inside the
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Ireland’s Martyn Irvine had to settle for 10th in the men’s scratch race at the Track World Championships. The Ards rider, world champion two years ago, missed the five-man breakaway with a quarter of the race to go as Germany’s Lucas Liss took gold. Irvine will now turn his attention to his main target in Paris,
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The new venue for the Road Time Trial will be in Pontal, located in the west Rio. The temporary venue will host the men’s and women’s time trial races, in which riders leave the starting line individually, every 90 seconds, with the cyclist who completes the course in the fastest time winning the gold medal. The
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Cycling Ireland has entered a large team in next weekend’s UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Cali, Colombia. This is the third and final World Cup on the Track Cycling 2014/15 calendar, with more valuable Olympic qualification points available. Racing begins on Friday with the Men and Women’s Team Pursuit Squads competing, the Men’s Team
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The Olympic Council have been informed of the passing of Irish Cyclist and Sydney 2000 Olympian Deidre Bader (nee Murphy -far right in photo), beloved wife of Lawrence S. Bader, adoring mother of Ethan Russell Bader, cherished daughter of Daniel Murphy and Sally Kandle, passed away peacefully on November 11, 2014 at the Calvary Hospital
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