Cycling
Introduction to Cycling
Cycling made its Olympic debut in the inaugural modern Summer Games in Athens, Greece, in 1896. That year, road race competitors did two laps of the marathon route from Athens to Marathon and back – a total distance of 87 kilometres. Although road racing was absent from the schedule in 1900, 1904 and 1908, it has been part of the rosta of sports ever since.
A team road race event was added to the programme in 1912, but it was dropped in 1956 in favour of a 100km team time trial that stayed on the schedule until 1992, when it was replaced by an individual time trial. A women's road race was added in 1984, with individual road time trials for women joining the schedule in 1996. For contact details of Cycling Ireland please click on Full story
Dan Martin’s achievements in Barcelona
Irish Olympian Dan Martin of Garmin-Sharp who won the Volta a Catalunya in Barcelona, becomes only the second Irishman to achieve the feat. Martin, who had led the race’s general classification since winning stage four on Thursday, finished towards the front of the field today to maintain his 17-second lead over …
Irvine wins Gold and Silver
Martyn Irvine grabbed what is only Ireland’s second World Championship track title in history with a scintillating display in the velodrome in Minsk, Belarus. The 27-year-old rider from Newtownards attacked 10 laps from the end of the 60 lap, 15 kilometre scratch race, got a gap and then held off …
Track Cycling World Cup
Irish track cyclists Caroline Ryan and Eoin Mullen are set to race in the track cycling World Cup in Mexico this week, from the 17th – 19th January. Both riders will be racing in two disciplines over the competition, with Mullen aiming to gain enough points to qualify for the …
Irvine signs for Pro team
Two days after winning two silver medals at track cycling’s World Cup in Glasgow, Martyn Irvine was yesterday confirmed to have signed up with the American UnitedHealthcare cycling team. The 27-year-old London Olympian was one of eight signings announced, and joins fellow Irishman Philip Deignan. who was part of the team last year. ”I’m …
Double Silver for Irvine
Ireland’s Martyn Irvine claimed two silver medals at the Track World Cup in Glasgow at the weekend. Irvine finished behind Olympic Omnium champion Lasse Hansen in the final of men’s individual pursuit on Saturday. The Newtownards man’s time of 4 minutes 22.745 seconds is a new personal best. Irvine, 27, also …
Irvine’s tough schedule
Martyn Irvine’s hopes of a medal in the men’s omnium faded at the Velodrome when he finished the 4km individual pursuit in a time of 4:32.948 for an overall total of 44 points with two events remaining. Denmark’s Lasse Norman Hansen was quickest and in a time of 4:20.674 at …
Irvine’s solid start
Newtownards cyclist Martyn Irvine is ninth after the first discipline of the omnium event in London. Irvine was competing in the flying lap, the first of the six disciplines, with the points race and elimination race also taking place on Saturday. The individual pursuit, scratch race and time trial are …
London Cycling World Cup
London Cycling World Cup Martyn Irvine’s aim of securing Ireland a place in the track events at the London Olympics looks increasingly likely with a superb fifth place overall finish in the Omnium at the Beijing World Cup in last month. He is sixth in the overall World Cup …
Irvine in Beijing
Martin Irvine has moved closer to Olympic qualification when he finished a fine fifth in the Cali round of the World Cup in December.This weekend Martyn Irvine will be in Beijing for the next world cup round. The 26-year-old is due to begin the multi-event Omnium campaign today when he …
Irvine on track
Martyn Irvine competes today in the first round of the UCI World Cup determined to continue a push for a qualification place for London 2012. Irvine will take part in the six-event Omnium competition. In Apeldoorn two weeks ago Irvine won the scratch race round of the Madison there and finished fifth overall in the competition. …
London 2012