Cycling

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

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

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,

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

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

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