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Ronan Grimes has completed his first peddle strokes in competition here in Japan with a new personal best (PB) in the 1000 metre Time Trial. In steep competition at the Izu Veldrome the Athenry man has shown his mettle and achieved his first goal of setting a new PB time of 1:08.262 which was a second and a half faster that his previous best of 1:09.438.

Irish cyclist Richael Timothy launched Ireland’s Paralympic cycling campaign this morning shaving 14 seconds off her personal best.

Junior Downhill World Champion, Oisín O’Callaghan, will be out to defend his world title this weekend at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Val di Sole, Italy.

A total of 13 riders represented Ireland at the UEC Junior and U23 European Track Cycling Championships from 17th to 22nd August in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. On the opening day of competition, Lara Gillespie claimed silver in the Individual Pursuit at the U23 European Track Cycling Championships.

The much anticipated Tokyo Paralympic Games is just around the corner. A team of 29 athletes will represent Ireland, seven of which make up Team Ireland’s strong para-cycling squad for the games. Team Ireland’s para-cycling squad will compete on the track and on the road in Tokyo and includes individual and tandem athletes.

Thanks to a collaboration between Cycling Ireland, Paralympics Ireland, Eindhoven University of Technology, NUI Galway, Ansys and KU Leuven, Ireland’s Tokyo-bound paracycling squad can race with confidence.

A large team is set to represent Ireland at the Junior & U23 Track Cycling European Championships in the Netherlands. The team comprises of eight junior and five U23 riders all aiming to perform on the European stage and gain valuable major event experience.

Six riders to represent Ireland at the Tour de l’Avenir (U23 Tour de France) from 13-22 August.

Emily Kay has finished 13th in the Women’s Omnium in her Olympic debut at the Izu Velodrome today.

There was disappointment for Madison duo Mark Downey and Felix English as they failed to finish the 200-lap event.

Shannon McCurley and Emily Kay teamed up with hopes of a top 10 finish however a frenetic pace and heavy fall combined to derail their plans.

Banbridge cyclist Mark Downey made his Olympic debut in Tokyo following in the footsteps of his father Seamus who competed at the 1984 LA Games.

Ireland is sending its biggest ever cycling team to an Olympic Games and along with the road events will compete in four track cycling events – the men’s and women’s Madison and Omnium.

Nicolas Roche powered through a tough 44.2-kilometre men’s Olympic Time Trial finishing 28th in a time of 1:01:23.

Paralympics Ireland have announced the Para Cycling team that will represent Ireland at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Seven athletes have been selected for the team, five of whom will be competing at their first ever Paralympic Games.

Dan Martin finished 16th in a punishing 234-kilometer Men’s Olympic Road Race. His Ireland teammate’s Nicolas Roche and Eddie Dunbar finished 75th and 76th respectively, both playing their part in animating the race and delivering a top 20 result for Team Ireland.

All you need to know ahead of the Tokyo Olympic Road Race and Time Trial

Six riders to represent Ireland at the u23 Etoile d'Or UCI Nations Cup in France from 19-20th July.

We caught up with Kelly Murphy to see what she had to say after her medal winning performances at the weekend.

Irish track cyclists stormed to success this weekend at the Track Cycling Nations Cup in St. Petersburg. Over the four-day competition Ireland claimed two Gold medals and two Bronze medals breaking two National Records in the process.