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The Northern Ireland cycling season highlight, the P&O Irish Sea Tour of the North is gearing itself for blast off on Friday. The organisation are a very happy bunch of people with a truly international flavour for the event.
Along with the European outfits WV de Kaanibaal from Holland, De Cock Capino from Belgium and Vendee La [...]
Not for the first time and certainly it will not be the last time that Mary Concannon will be at the helm of the ‘Pauline Sugrue Auctioneer Ras Mumhan’ which will take to the roads in South Kerry starting on Good Friday.
Every race organiser relys on a team of dedicated workers and in this department [...]
Unfortunately the Easter time may have come that bit sooner for the majority of the cyclists.
Normally heretofore, they would have had the advantage of at least four to five weekends of racing in their legs. Not so this Easter, but at least they can tell their kin that racing took place over this period.
Maybe in [...]
On St. Patrick’s day the attention turns to Carrick-on-Suir which is etched on the minds and hearts of anybody remotely interested in cycling as ‘Sean Kelly Country.’
The Dan Morrissey/Carrick Wheelers CC are promoting the “Carrcik Cabs Cup” which has a schedule start of one o’clock for the A’s and B’s plus a combined race for [...]
Barely three weeks into the Irish season, and, by far the major item on the agenda is the weather! The fact also that there have been no bunch finishes south of the border.
It has been all solo wins!
Starting with Martin O’Loughlin who blazed a trail in the ‘Kingdom’ when he won the Lacey Memorial at [...]
The new UCI Anti-Doping Foundation, the creation of which was approved in principle by the UCI Management Committee at its most recent meeting, in Treviso in January, was formally constituted today.
The Foundation, which was set up under Swiss legislation, will be overseen by a Foundation Board chaired by Pat McQuaid, and comprising Messrs Peder Pedersen [...]
The UCI have declared the names of 47 countries who have qualified to enter teams for the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester this month.
The five day event commences on Wednesday 26th March with four key finals taking place on the first night. Britain’s Bradley Wiggins is expected to be selected for the men’s [...]
Cycling Australia statement relating to dispute between UCI and ASO In response to the critical situation that has developed due to the conflict between the International Cycling Union (UCI) and Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the Board of Cycling Australia today expressed support for the resolution adopted by the European Cycling Union (UEC) Congress last weekend, [...]
Ciaran Power from Waterford and David O’Loughlin from Cong were team mates for many years with the American outfit, Navigators Insurance.
Last Autumn both decided that it was time to return home from the USA.
Around the same time, an uncle of David, Declan O’Loughlin’s firm Pezula, decided to sponsor a team with both Ciaran and David [...]
The USA has confirmed a small but powerful team for the UCI Track Cycling World Championships 26th – 30th March in Manchester.
The American team will be encouraged by recent results in the final round of the World Cup in Copenhagen this month. Sarah Hammer took the bronze in Denmark in the women’s individual pursuit and [...]