PRESS RELEASE: 3.07.2011

European Junior and U23 Road Championships 12-17 July 2011, Offida, Italy

The Irish Junior and U23 team for the 2011 European Junior and U23 Road Championships will compete in the road race and time trial events across the U23 men, Junior men's and Junior women's categories. Neil Martin will manage this team in Italy.

The selected U23 riders showed well in the recent National Elite and U23 Road and TT Championships in Emyvale; and it is likely Downey, English and Dunne will contest the TT with Bennett and Lavery joining forces to make a 5 strong team for the road race. The Junior men's team is greatly reduced due to a clash of dates with the Junior Tour of Ireland. However, prolific UK Junior winner, Mullen will focus on the time trial in Italy, while Ciara Mulholland makes her debut at this level in the junior women's road and time trial.

U23 (M) Riders

1. Sam Bennett

2. Sean Downey

3. Philip Lavery

4. Felix English

5. Conor Dunne

Junior (M) Rider

1. Ryan Mullen

Junior (F) Rider

1. Ciara Mulholland

Manager: Neil Martin

For any further info contact: phil@cyclingireland.ie

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PRESS RELEASE: 3.7.2011

European Junior and U23 Track Championships 26-31 July 2011, Anadia, Portugal

The Irish Junior and U23 team for the 2011 European Junior and U23 Track Championships will compete in Individual Pursuit, Sprint, Scratch, Points, Omnium and Kerin events across the U23 women and Junior men's categories. Brian Cardy will manage this team in Portugal.

Eoin Mullen will travel directly fom Aigle where he has spent the last two months in a Sprint Scholarship under the direction of Fredrique Magne and World Cycling Centre sprint coaches. Eoin has put together a number of excellent performances in his build up to these championships and is looking for a good ride to put him in line for selection for the Junior Track Worlds in August. His namesake (but not related) Ryan Mullen will ride the Individual Pursuit and bunched events, which he excelled in over the winter on the boards at the Tuesday night track league in Manchester. Shannon McCurley recently arrived from Australia, and who has been preparing under the watchful eye of coach John Beasley on the Melbourne track, will hone her track form with Ciara Horne on the Newport Velodrome prior to departure to Anadia.

U23 (F) Riders

1. Ciara Horne

2. Shannon McCurley

Junior (M) Riders

1. Ryan Mullen

2. Eoin Mullen

Manager: Brian Cardy

For any further info contact: phil@cyclingireland.ie

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