The Women’s Commission of Cycling Ireland have named a strong domestic team for the 2019 edition of Rás na mBan. Claire Ní Reachtagain (W2) Sundrive Track Team Eva Brennan (Jun) Deenside Wheelers Michelle McKinney (W2) Galway Bay CC Nessa Rochford (W2) De Ronde CC Nikki Taggart (W3) Arcane Women’s Team All riders have already represented the Women’s Commission in International events. Michelle McKinney & Nessa Rochford will captain the Team […]
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Official ‘Omagh Wheelers’ Race Report on Women’s International Tour Of Omagh. The Spar Tour of Omagh has delivered yet another “Super Sunday” with exciting racing and a nail biting finish. A grey but dry morning with the potential for rain added to the tension in the air as the final stage started. There were many questions to be answered – could the powerhouse that was Ballymena CC ride the legs off […]
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After an absence of many years, the Women’s Commission returned to International Stage race action in 2018 in the ‘Tour of Omagh’ with a development team. The riders & support crew performed well with a positive team environment and a top 10 placing on GC. The Women’s Cycling Ireland Team for 2019 had only one survivor from last years team – with only Michelle McKinney (Galway Bay CC) eligible for […]
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Nikki Taggart held on to the lead of the White Jersey on Stage 3 of the Women’s Tour of Omagh after a dramatic fight back from her Women’s Cycling Ireland Team in the final 20km. Early attacks saw the Women’s Cycling Ireland team stretched over three groups, and with Taggart & Eva Brennan distanced from the leading group as the race entered the final third of the stage. A charge […]
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Tour of Omagh: Stage 1 Report A warm, humid evening greeted the riders on the opening stage of the 2019 Edition of the Tour of Omagh. The race was to prove an exciting affair. The W3 group set of with a two-minute start on the W1/W2 group. As the groups approached Drumquin the chase group had only taken twenty seconds from the W3 group. This was all to change on […]
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July 22, 2019 – CYCLING IRELAND National Road Series leader Grace Young is among 6 riders selected to represent Ireland at the Kreiz Breizh Elites road race in France next month. Five days of racing begin on August 1 in Brittany with Team Ireland set to take on three Pro Continental teams – Arkea-Samsic, Vital Concept-B&B Hotels, Wallonie Bruxelles CT – and a total of 16 Continental-ranked teams. Riders were […]
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YOUTH Olympian Aoife O’Brien took the top spot in round four of the Cycling Ireland National Road Series at the Grange Motors Mullingar GP on Sunday, but it was the minor placings that shook up the General Classification. The closely fought and occasionally cagey Women’s National Road Series race was taken in eye-catching fashion by 15-year-old Aoife O’Brien, the teenager who will soon be jetting off to Baku to contest […]
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MULTYFARNHAM was the stage that decided last year’s Cycling Ireland National Road Series champions, and this year it is also a riders last chance to be assessed by Ireland’s selectors for the Kreiz Breizh Elites road races. At round three in Ballymena, Irish international Eve McCrystal secured an impressive solo victory on a hilly, headwinded course, but Sunday’s Grange Motors Mullingar GP will be a vastly different test, the rolling […]
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The Women’s Commission of Cycling Ireland have selected a strong team for the Women’s International Tour Of Omagh (26th to 28th July) / 4 Stages over 3 days. Click Here For Selection Criteria: Women’s Cycling Ireland Team: Michelle McKinney – Galway Bay CC Ewa Kuras – Arcane Women’s Team Eva Brennan – Deenside Wheelers (Jun) Nikki Taggart – Arcane Women’s Team Sinead Molloy – Tullamore CC Nessa Rochford – DeRonde […]
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The Women’s Commission are delighted to announce that they will be entering a Team in the 2019 Rás na mBan. Click Here For Selection Criteria: Women’s Commission Teams were an integral part of the Rás at its inception and we happy to get a Women’s Commission Team back competing in Ireland’s premier women’s cycling event. After a successful outing for the Women’s Cycling Ireland Team in The ‘Women’s Tour of Omagh’ in […]
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Agnieszka Woźniak won the final Round of the Women’s Intermediate League in Cork on Sunday (June 23rd). The De Ronde Classic attracted a quality field for an event that was held in terrible weather conditions, with heavy rain and a strong wind battering the riders from the start line. Agnieszka went clear early on the first lap, with Leah Desmond (Bandon CC) and overall Intermediate League leader Lucy O’Donnell (O’Leary Stone […]
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Lucy O’Donnell (O’Leary Stone / Kanturk CC) won the 2019 Women’s Intermediate League on Sunday (June 23rd). Lucy O’Donnells name will be added to the Women’s Commission trophy alongside last years winner Caoimhe O’Brien. Click Here For Pictures: 2019 Women’s Commission Intermediate League Lucy O’Donnell – Kanturk CC Elia Tutty – TC Racing Emma Desmond – Lucan CRC Clodagh Ní Ghallchóir – AAA Cycling Sinead Molloy – Tullamore CC Yvonne […]
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