Team Ireland Schedule – Track World Championships
Team Ireland is in action at the UCI Track World Championships from October 12th to 16th as a strong team travels to Paris. Ireland will be represented by Emily Kay, Lara Gillespie, Kelly Murphy, Mia Griffin and Alice Sharpe competing in a range of endurance events while Orla Walsh will compete in the sprint and 500m TT event. After a …
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Cycling Ireland announces team for Paracycling Track World Championships
Cycling Ireland have announced a strong team for the UCI Paracycling Track World Championships which will take place from October 20th to October 23rd. A nine-strong Team Ireland contingent will compete at the championships in Paris next month in what is their last major competition goal for 2022. Tokyo Paralympics silver medalists Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal will target the …
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Cycling Ireland Announces Team For Track World Championships
Cycling Ireland has announced a strong team for the UCI Track World Championships which take place in Paris from October 12th to 16th. Ireland will be represented by Emily Kay, Lara Gillespie, Kelly Murphy, Mia Griffin and Alice Sharpe competing in a range of endurance events while Orla Walsh will compete in the sprint event. Off the back of a …
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Sport Ireland Points Jersey to be Fought Out by Top International Riders
Rás na mBan international cycle race has again teamed up with Sport Ireland in 2022 to help foster the development of cycle racing for women and girls. Recognising the role which Rás na mBan has played since it took over as Ireland’s leading international stage race for women in 2006, Sport Ireland has lent its backing to the points classification …
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Wicklow 200 and The Queen of the Mountains Classification – An Enduring Legacy
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HerSport Editor
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September 5, 2022
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Emily Kay, Eve McCrystal, Helly Murphy, IVCA, Lara Gillespie, Linda Kelly, Queen of the Mountain' Kilkenny, Rás na mBan, Valerie Considine, Wicklow 200
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Rás na mBan begins on Wednesday and the climber’s classification will again be supported by the IVCA through their popular Wicklow 200 sportive in a continuation of a partnership stretching back to the beginning of the event in 2006. The Wicklow 200 Queen of the Mountains Classification is among the hardest fought jerseys in the race and former winners include …
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An Impressive Day Of Racing For Gillespie
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August 29, 2022
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cycling. Amalie Winther Olsen, Deirbhle Ivory, Emily Kay, Gabriella Homer, Kerry Jonker, Lara Gillespie, National Championships, Orla Harrison, Orla Walsh, scratch race
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Lara Gillespie impressive win in the UCI Class 2 scratch race this weekend backing up her win in the National Championship Scratch Race. The UCD rider faced tough competition and wasn’t the only national champion on the start line with the Danish national champion, Amalie Winther Olsen (Spellman Dublin Port Cycling Team) also looking to take a win in her …
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Creighton 4th at Junior Track World Championships
Erin Creighton finishes 4th in the elimination race at the Junior Track World Championships in Tel Aviv. In her first event of the competition, Creighton stormed to a top 5 finish, proving herself against the best junior riders in the World. Creighton looked strong throughout the race and positioned herself well to stay out of the danger zone of being eliminated …
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Top 30 finish for Alice Sharpe in the road race at the European Championships
Alice Sharpe rounds off an impressive European Championships for the Irish cycling team with a top 30 finish in the women’s road race in Munich today, finishing in 29th position. Lorena Wiebes (Netherlands) sprinted to glory to claim the title of European Road Champion beating the World Champion Elisa Balsamo and Rachele Barbieri, both Italian. Starting in Landsberg am Lech, the …
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‘We love a hard race’ Eve McCrystal on winning a 6th World Championship medal
In this week’s episode of the Her Sport Show, we caught up with the 6-time world champion para-cyclist, Eve Mc Crystal, as she discusses her latest gold medal victory with teammate Katie-George Dunlevy. Eve talks to us about her disappointment at getting silver in the trials, and the complexity of managing energy and power in such an intense series …
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Top 10 finish for Emily Kay in the Omnium at the European Championships
Emily Kay has finished 9th in the Women’s Omnium at the European Championships in Munich. The sole Irish cyclist competing today, Kay finished the four-race event with a total of 113 points. Rachele Barbieri (Italy) took the gold medal ahead Clara Copponi (France), with Daria Pikulik (Poland) rounding off the podium, winning bronze. Another top 10 finish for Emily Kay …
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