Hot off the press… announcement of women’s HP track squad and programme.

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Best of luck to Catherine Walsh and Fran Meehan (pilot) who will be representing Ireland on the tandem at the Paralympic World Championships … best wishes to the whole team – more details here

Criteria for getting on the elite women’s track squad is outlined below. If you are interested in trying out for the elite women’s team you can contact High Performance Manager Phil Leigh at phil@cyclingireland.ie with your cycling CV. (more…)

For those of you interested – check out the article on Fiona Meade that was in the Evening Echo last week… nice one!Fiona Meade evening echo

Read on for the full report on the Czech Republic Tour by Brian Nugent. (more…)

Results from Stage one in the Czech race is HERE girls are doing well – Caroline and Heather off the top pace in the last 3km when they hit a 20% climb… Fran Meehan suffered from a puncture early in the race. (more…)

Check out the HP document 2010 Cycling Ireland performance programme selection criteria (2)

The Irish Elite Women’s team lined out today in the 180 strong UCI 2.2 Rabo Ster Eilanden 3-Day. The 3-Day Race started today with a 7.1km time trial around the coastal town of Vlissingen. Windy conditions, typical of Holland, made the technical course challenging for the riders (more…)

It’s been a great few days for our elite International riders, with a silver medal in a World Cup time trial in Spain by the paralympic pair Catherine Walsh and Fran Meehan, followed by 8th place in the road race.  Meanwhile, Siobhan Horgan had a podium finish in the final of the Coupe de France when she got away in a break of 7 and got third in the sprint finish – fantastic result! (more…)

Orwell Wheeler’s Michelle Geoghegan took the National scene by storm in 2009, when the newcomer was dominant in every race she entered! Last winter she took the next step on the international racing ladder and joined the Moving Ladies Team in Holland. Read on for a report from the talented rider. (more…)

from left - Siobhan dervan (or now horgan), Michelle Geoghegan, Olivia Dillon

Cycling Ireland have recently announced their High Performance Programme and Squad. Read on for full details. (more…)

Ireland’s top female rider, Siobhan Dervan, has placed 25th in the Chinese World Cup race. This was a super result for the Cork based Galway girl in the race won by HTC Columbia’s Ina-Yoko Teutenberg. Check out the full report here -> http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-chongming-island-world-cup-cdm/results

Ireland’s 2009 Junior International rider, Mary Costelloe, is back in America getting ready for her latest challenge – the Tour of the Batten Hill. (more…)

Siobhan Horgan rode to the best result of her career to date in the Cholet-Pays De Loire 1.1 race in France on Sunday, finishing 5th in a breakaway in which she did most of the work for her teammates.  This is one of the best results by an Irishwoman ever in the sport, read her interview on Irishcycling.com.  Well done Siobhain on an absolutely incredible result, and putting Ireland on the map of professional womens cycling!

Full results here.

Day 3 was a big one for the men and women, with the priority of the Irish focus being on the Team Pursuit. (more…)

Not a bad day for the women on day 2 of the Cali World Cup- with a new Irish Record in the Individual Pursuit for Sinead Jennings, and 14th for Heather Wilson in the savage final of the points race. (more…)

Day 2 and the line up for the women is Sinead Jennings in the individual pursuit in the morning, and Heather Wilson and Heather Boyle in the Points race in the afternoon. (more…)

Today the line up for the women will be Heather Boyle and Joanna Hickey in the Scratch race. (more…)

The women’s track team are finishing their prep for their first world cup, which kicks off on Thursday – I have a wee report on how it’s going below. (more…)

This weekend Ireland will be entering a full team in the World Cup in Cali, Columbia. (more…)

Heather Wilson qualified first in her heat in the Points race at the Manchester World Cup, to make the final. She finished in 14th position overall, after an aggressive ride in the final. (more…)

An initial group of 8 women have been indentified for a High Performance training camp on the track in Aigle next week. This is an exciting move for women’s cycling in Ireland. Read on for the announcement from Phil Leigh (HPD). (more…)

Best of luck to Olivia who will be racing in the Time Trial at the World Championships today – race starts at 14.47 Swiss time, 13.47 Irish time.

Stage one of the Tour de l’Ardeche, and the Irish National Team have finished strongly. (more…)