Cycling

Ireland’s Ryan Mullen lost out on a gold medal at the World Under-23 Individual Time Trial in Spain to Australia’s Campbell Flakemore by just 0.48 of a second. Mullen had set the mark in difficult conditions  recording a time of 43:50.42  and sat in gold medal position. It was an anxious wait for the 20-year-old cyclist […]

Cycling Ireland has announced a strong team to compete across the categories at the UCI Road World Championships which take place in Ponferrada, Spain from 21st – 28th September. The thirteen rider team will compete across the junior, U23 and senior categories in the picturesque Spanish town, with the time trials dominating the first half

Ireland’s Josie Knight has won a Silver Medal in the Junior Women’s Individual Pursuit at the UEC European Track Championships U23/Junior in Anadia, Portugal. Knight earlier qualified for the final as the fastest qualifier posting 2.29.467 for the 2km race against the clock, guaranteeing her a medal in the gold medal ride off against Russia’s

Ryan Mullen stormed to victory at the National Road Race championships in Multyfarnham yesterday, the 19-year-old An Post Chain Reaction rider going clear of a 10-man escape group with 35km to go in the 171km race. The leading group built up a lead of more than two minutes on the rest of the field, leaving pre-race favourites Sam

Ireland’s Martyn Irvine has won silver in the scratch race at the World Track Championships in Colombia. Irvine put up a superb defence of the title he won last year but eventually finished second in a sprint finish behind Ivan Kovalev of Russia. Ryan Mullen finished fourth in the individual pursuit in what was an

Caroline Ryan was the first Irish woman to win a medal at the UCI Track World Cup when she took bronze in the 3km individual pursuit on the velodrome in Aguascalientes, Mexico at the weekend. Having already qualified for the points race in the upcoming world track championships on Friday night – when she finished

World scratch race champion Martyn Irvine returns to International competition today when he lines out as part of the Irish team at the European track cycling championships in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. Irvine from Newtownards, Co Down,  became the first Irishman in 116 years to win a senior world title on the track. Having been injured for

Irish Olympian Dan Martin, the Catalunya and Liege-Baston-Liege winner could co-lead the  Garmin Sharp Tour de France team which features 2012 Giro d’Italia champion and former top-ten finisher, Ryder Hesjedal, young American Andrew Talansky, making his Tour de France debut, two-time top-ten finisher Christian Vande Velde, top-ten finisher Tom Danielson, stage winner David Millar, recent Giro d’Italia stage winner Ramunas Navardausaks, and rounded-out by Jack Bauer and Rohan Dennis, both