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The August Bank Holiday weekend brought to a close the 2021 Irish National Enduro Championship at Djouce Woods, Co. Wicklow. The event also doubled as the first round of the Vitus Gravity Enduro Series and was hosted by Biking.ie.

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.

ROUND Two of the National Road Series finished with a dramatic day that saw testing attractional racing with the yellow jersey decided in the closing kilometres.

The Cycling Ireland Off-road Commission is seeking expressions of interest from riders, male and female, in the Junior and Elite (Under 23) age-groups who would like to be supported to race in either the UCI Cross-country (XCO) World Championships or the UCI Downhill (DHI) World Championships. Both events take place in Val Di Sole, Italy on 25-29 August 2021.

The Wild Mayo Ultra attracted a very niche breed of cyclist to Westport for 72hours on the weekend of July 23 to 25th.

Entries are now open for the Youth Road National Championships. This year’s Championship will take place in Gorey, Co. Wexford on August 21st and 22nd hosted by Gorey Cycling Club.

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.

It was a great day of racing on Saturday in Belfast for the Youth Track National Championships.

OldVelos Cycling Festival is an annual event held in Ireland since 2014 which celebrates the riding and craftsmanship of vintage racing bicycles. This year the festival will take place on August 28th in Curraghmore House Waterford.

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.

Minister O’Brien & Minister Ryan announce the successful applicants under the €3 million Pilot Bike and E-Bike Upcycling Initiative.

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

A new initiative from Sport Ireland “HER Outdoors” will take place from 9th – 15th August which will celebrate women and girls in the outdoors. Find out how your cycling club can get involved.

The Women's Commission of Cycling Ireland have entered an extended selection for Round 2 of the National Road Series at the end of the month.

On Saturday July 24th the Wild Mayo Ultra endurance cycle events start and finish in Westport. View route and timetables for the 300k and 650k event of approximate times that cyclists will be passing an area.

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

Junior and U-23 Irish Development Teams announced for National Road Series Rd2 - Newcastle West 4 Day Stage Race. The two teams will be based together for the weekend of racing to further strengthen the cycling pathway from Junior to U-23, with the aim that Junior riders will gain from being in the same surroundings as the U-23 riders and vice-versa

Final call for male cyclists in the A1 and A2 category who race at national level and train at least 15 – 20 hours a week to take part in a study by Arthur Dunne, Performance Nutritionist, comparing the bone density and body composition between jockeys, cyclists and swimmers.

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