Ireland’s European Championship campaign kicks off today in Munich, Germany with the women’s team pursuit squad competing on track aiming to secure qualification to the first round on Friday, 12th August while BMX Freestyler, Ryan Henderson will be looking to book himself a place in the park final on Saturday.
Ireland’s Para-Cycling squad will also be competing this week in the Para-Cycling Road World Championships in Baie-Comeau, Canada from 11-14 August. The squad are coming off the back of a hugely successful World Cup last weekend where the squad won gold and silver in the women’s tandem category in both the road race and time trial. Ronan Grimes secured double silver in the C4 category.
The European Championships is broadcast live on RTÉ while you can catch action from the Para-Cycling Road World Championships on the live stream here
Schedule (Irish Time) – European Championships (Munich) and Para-Cycling Road World Championships (Canada)
11th August, Thursday
Track
15:46 – Team Pursuit
Qualifying (Alice Sharpe, Emily Kay, Kelly Murphy, Mia Griffin)
BMX
16:00 – BMX Freestyle (Ryan Henderson)
Para-Cycling
17:30‐ 19:45 - MH3 and MH5 Time Trial (Declan Slevin (MH3), Gary O’Reilly (MH5))
12th August, Friday
Track
11:32 – Team Pursuit First Round
15:30 – Team Pursuit Final
16:47 – Scratch Race Final (Emily Kay)
Para-Cycling
17:30‐ 19:45 MC4 Time Trial (Ronan Grimes)
17:30‐ 19:45 - WB and MB Time Trial (Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal (WB), Josephine Healion and Linda Kelly (WB), Damien Vereker and Dillon Corkery (MB))
13th August, Saturday
Track
09:48 – 500m TT Qualifying (Orla Walsh)
10:46 – Individual Pursuit Qualifying (Kelly Murphy)
16:58 – 500m TT Final
17:22 – Individual Pursuit Final
18:46 – Elimination Race Final (Alice Sharpe)
BMX
18:00 – Men’s Park Final
Para-Cycling
19:45 ‐ 22:00 - MH3 and MH5 Road Race - Declan Slevin (MH3), Gary O’Reilly (MH5)
14th August, Sunday
Track
11:30 – Sprint qualifying (Orla Walsh)
13:21 – Sprint 1/16 finals
16:45 – Sprint 1/8 finals
17:17 – Sprint Race 1 Quarter-finals
17:43 – Sprint Race 2 Quarter-finals
18:05 – Sprint Decider Quarter-finals
18:11 – Points Race Final (Mia Griffin)
Road
09:15- 14:30 – Men’s Road Race (Sam Bennett, Ryan Mullen, Eddie Dunbar, Rory Townsend, Matthew Taggart)
Para-Cycling
14:30 ‐ 16:45 - MC4 Road Race (Ronan Grimes)
19:17 ‐ 21:45 - WB and MB Road Race (Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal (WB), Josephine Healion and Linda Kelly (WB), Damien Vereker and Dillon Corkery (MB))
15th August Monday
Track
13:20 – Omnium Scratch Race 7.5km (Emily Kay)
14:45 – Sprint – Race 1 Semi-finals
14:53 – Omnium Tempo Race 7.5km
15:35 – Sprint decider semi-finals
16:05 – Omnium Elimination Race
16:25 – Sprint Race 1 Final
17:09 – Sprint Race 2 Final
17:09 – Omnium Points Race 25km
17:41 – Sprint Decider Final
16th August, Tuesday
Track
13:00 – Keirin First Round (Orla Walsh)
13:36 – Keirin Repechages
15:30 – Keirin Semi-finals
15:50 – Madison 30km Final (Alice Sharpe and Mia Griffin)
16:35 – Keirin Final
17th August, Wednesday
Road
13:00 -14:30 – Women’s Time Trial (Kelly Murphy, Joanna Patterson)
16:30 – 18:00 – Men’s Time Trial (Ben Healy, Ryan Mullen)
21st August, Sunday
Road
10:30 – 14:00 – Women’s Road Race (Alice Sharpe, Mia Griffin)