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Highlights of the Elite Men's Road Race at the World Championships. View the best images from the day.

Megan Armitage, Aoife O'Brien and Erin Grace Creighton represented Ireland today at the Road World Championships in Flanders, Belgium.

Highlights of the Junior and U23 Men's Road Race at the World Championships. View the best images from the day.

Highlights of the Junior and Elite Women's Road Race at the World Championships. View the best images from the day.

The Road Races got off to an explosive start with the Junior and U23 races today.

Cycling Ireland and RTÉ Sport are delighted to announce that highlights of this year’s Cycling Ireland Road National Championships will be aired on RTÉ2 at 5pm on Tuesday, October 5th.

Cycling Ireland has confirmed Sam Bennett has withdrawn from the men’s road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Flanders, Belgium which takes place on Sunday, 26th September.

Darren Rafferty finishes in 11th place today at the Junior Time Trial World Championships in Flanders, Belgium.

Ben Healy (31st) and Kevin McCambridge (39th) represented Ireland in the U23 Individual Time Trial at the Road World Championships in Flanders, Belgium this morning.

Entries are open for the final round of the Elite National Road Series which takes this Sunday, 26th September hosted by Carlow Road Cycling Club. As is traditional in the National Road Series, double points will be on offer at the final round.

Tokyo 2020 Olympian, Eddie Dunbar and former Olympic Gold medallist in sailing, Annalise Murphy will compete at the 2021 Cycling Ireland Road National Championships in Wicklow.

Mullen 33rd and Christie 39th at Time Trial World Championships.

A team of 16 riders will represent Ireland at the Road World Championships in Flanders, Belgium from 19-26 September.

Cycling Ireland has today Monday 13th September issued the final calculated times and results for the National Youth Time Trial Championships held on the 21st August by Gorey Cycling Club.

Makayla MacPherson sprinted home on The Parade in front of Kilkenny Castle to win the stage five city circuit race in Kilkenny this evening.

A gruelling 179.2 kilometre race faced the riders which included a testing 73 kilometre loop in the Valle dei Laghi which led the riders back to Piazza Duomo in Trento for a final 8 laps of the 13.2 kilometre circuit.

Kaia Schmid took her second, and her team’s third win of Rás na mBan 2021 as she sprinted home on The Parade in front of Kilkenny Castle to win the sixth and final stage in Kilkenny today. Best of the Irish overall was Alice Sharpe of Team Ireland, fourth at 57s from Shackley, with her team mate Kelly Murphy fifth at 1m31s and Natalie Grinczer (CAMS Basso) sixth, 1m49s behind the winner while the Irish National team scooped the overall team prize.

Race leader Abi Smith shrugged off the frustration of two consecutive second place finishes to take victory at the third time of asking at the summit finish on The Cut in County Laois today.

Just under 150 riders in the U23 Men’s category rolled out of Piazza Duomo in Trento this morning to start their 10 laps of the testing 13.2 kilometre circuit. A circuit that proved challenging for riders yesterday, similarly tested the U23 Men and Elite Women today.

Anna Shackley won Team GB’s second stage of Ras na mBan 2021 as she won the stage four time trial in Tullaroan, Co. Kilkenny this morning.