The health of women’s cycling at an international level is evident by yet another increase in the number of UCI Women’s Teams registering in 2012. It is likely that some of this increase is related to the lead up to the Summer Olympics in London. Check out this link – our own Siobhan Horgan is on Team GSD Gedion, and Olivia Dillon rides for Exergy Twenty12 . here

Check out the latest in blog land – Orwell Wheeler’s Michelle Geoghegan details the life of a fulltime international cyclists in her blog HERE

Read on for the Press Release from Cycling Ireland. (more…)

Offroad 2 Rio is an exciting new project that will seek to establish a high performance strategy for Irish women’s cross country mountain bike racing with the ultimate goal of achieving qualification at the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro. (more…)

Siobhan Horgan, following a successful appeal, raced in the World Road Race Championships today. The top international rider was riding comfortably in the bunch when her front wheel was damaged by the rear mech of a rider in front, forcing her out of the race. This was hard luck for the Irish rider who has been competing at the top level over the past few years. Post race interview with Siobhan can be found HERE

Ciara Horne, who raced on the Irish National Team at Rás na mBan, is looking to raise £10,000 in order to be able to pursue her Olympic Dream. Full story can be found HERE

National Champion Siobhan horgan has been selected to race the World Road Championships following a successful appeal through the appeals process in Cycling Ireland. (more…)

National Champion Siobhan Horgan performed strongly throughout the 6 Stage Tour de l’Ardeche last week, to come 26th overall in an event won by the outstanding Emma Pooley from GB. Horgan was controversially omitted from the Irish Team that was announced for the World Championships in Denmark next week, despite the good form that she was been showing this season.

Read the latest from our top Mountain Bikers Cait Elliott and Melanie Spath from the Czech World Cup. (more…)

Irish National Mountain Bike Champions Cait Elliott and Robin Seymour and soon to be Irish citizen Mel Spath raced on the London Olympic Course last weekend. (more…)

National Road Race Champion Siobhan Horgan raced a strong race in Brittany last weekend, finishing in 19th place overall in the UCI 2.2 event, just 3min 43 behind the winner. Former multiple national champion and top international rider Geraldine Gill also raced in the 4 day stage race.

The selection criteria for World Championships, European Championships and Olympic Games can be downloaded from Cycling Ireland HERE

Siobhan Horgan returned to her winning ways on the road in Plumelec last weekend. Racing in the colours of the Cork based team The Edge, Horgan found her form over the course of the race, just being outsprinted by Julie Beveridge on the line. For the French speakers out there you can check out THIS article!

Despite making huge leaps in progress in just one year, the funding for the women’s Team Pursuit Squad has been withdrawn. This announcement was made last week following confirmation that the HP funding received a 40% cut.

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Check out the report by Michelle on her recent outing in the UCI Classic in Holland. Kerry born Michelle rides for Dutch team Moving Ladies, and has progressed quickly through the ranks in Ireland since she took up bike racing in 2008. (more…)

Caroline Ryan put in  a strong performance to get 9th overall in the women’s individual pursuit at the World Track Cycling Championships today. Report HERE

This Friday Caroline Ryan will be competing in the Women’s Individual Pursuit at the World Championships, an event in which she marginally missed out on  a bronze medal at the World Cup in Cali last December. (more…)

In the final round of the track cycling World Cup series in Manchester, the women’s team scored a new National Record of 3.30.3, in a time competititive with the best in the world. Unfortunately in the shuffle for positions the time which was close to getting them 6th place overall, resulted in 8th European Nation, and 15th overall. (more…)

Track Cycling World Cup – Ireland’s elite track team continue on their Olympic bid with the final leg of the World Cup series. Manchester promises to be the toughest and most exciting racing of the season, and the heat is on for gaining Olympic points. Our women will be racing in the team pursuit, the scratch race and the omnium. More details to follow.

Double Irish National Champion Olivia Dillon is currently on one of America’s top and most exciting professional cycling teams, Peanut Butter & Co. The 2010 Rás na mBan winner has climbed her way up the rankings in cycling and is managed by Olympic Champion Kristen Armstrong. Check out the brilliant video documentary of their team HERE , HERE , HERE and HERE . If you never considered racing… you’ll probably consider it now… looks so exciting!!!

Details of the events planned for the women’s elite team can be found here:  Elite women’s programme 2011 List of the current elite women squad members are here: Cycling Ireland High Performance Squads 2011. Selection criteria can be dowloaded HERE for the track and HERE for the Road.

The Elite Women’s Team for 2011 has been announced – and the selection criteria has been set. (more…)

All the details of the position can be found HERE

Australian based Shannon McCurley is a member of the Irish Elite Track Team, and represented Ireland in the Track Cycling World Cup in Melbourne. (more…)

Check out the full report on the Irish track team from Beijing. They had a series of mishaps in the lead up – but still managed to get a credible 15th place. Had they achieved the same time as in Cali they would have been in 9th place… good work girls – read full report HERE hopefully we will get a race report from one of the women’s team shortly!