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Lara Gillespie compete in the women's points race 25km event final at the 2025 UCI Track World Championships,

Gillespie concludes Worlds with 11th in points race

Lara Gillespie finished in 11th place in the women's points race on the final day of the UCI World Track Championships in Santiago

Cycling • 26 Oct

Gillespie sixth in women's omnium in Chile

World champion Lara Gillespie was unable to add to her medal haul after finishing sixth in the women's omnium at the Track World Championships in Chile.

Cycling • 25 Oct

Ireland's Lara Gillespie poses with her golden medal after the awards ceremony for the women's elimination race final event of the 2025 UCI Track World Championships

Gillespie's gold helps push for velodrome - Quilligan

Cycling Ireland CEO James Quilligan believes that Lara Gillespie's stunning gold medal in the elimination race at the Track World Championships in Chile will be the final push that sees the commencement of building a national velodrome.

Cycling • 24 Oct

Gillespie grabs gold at Track World Championships

Ireland's Lara Gillespie has become a world champion in the elimination race at the Track World Championships in Chile.

Cycling • 24 Oct

Team of six Irish riders go to Track World Championship

Irish riders will be in UCI World Championship action this week as Cycling Ireland send a strong team of six women to the Track World Championships in Chile.

Cycling • 21 Oct

Lara Gillespie of Ireland and UAE Team ADQ reacts after the 5th Dwars door het Hageland 2025 – Women´s Elite a 124.6km one day race from Aarschot to Diest on June 14, 2025 in Diest, Belgium.

Gillespie part of history-making Irish trio at Tour

Lara Gillespie has been in a race against time to make it to the Tour de France Femmes but, following her recovery from a bad injury, she will make history in the race on Saturday afternoon.

Cycling • 25 Jul

Lara Gillespie crosses the line in Baltanas

Gillespie creates history at Vuelta Espana Femenina

Lara Gillespie took the best grand tour result ever by an Irishwoman on Friday, sprinting to fourth in the Vuelta Espana Femenina.

Cycling • 09 May

Lara Gillespie is flanked by Helene Hesters of Belgium and Lisa van Belle of the Netherlands at the medal ceremony for the elimination race

Gillespie grabs gold at European Track Championships

Ireland's Lara Gillespie has won a gold medal in the elimination race at the UEC European Track Championships in Belgium.

Cycling • 13 Feb

Lara Gillespie celebrates her success Photo: Luca Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency

Gillespie makes big impact at UAE Tour Women

Lara Gillespie has got her first season with the top-ranked UAE Team ADQ squad off to a dazzling start, winning the black jersey at the team's home race, the UAE Tour Women.

Cycling • 09 Feb

Gillespie wins World Championship bronze in Points Race

Lara Gillespie has won the bronze medal in the Points Race at the Track Cycling World Championships in Denmark

Cycling • 20 Oct 24

Lara Gillespie had another impressive outing in Denmark

Gillespie secures another top-10 finish

Lara Gillespie secured her latest top-10 finish at the 2024 Tissot UCI Track World Championships as she came eighth in the omnium.

Cycling • 18 Oct 24

Lara Gillespie is involved in three more events is between now and Sunday (Sw Pix)

Fifth for Gillespie in World Track Elimination race

Lara Gillespie started a busy week at the 2024 Tissot UCI Track World Championships with a strong fifth placed finish in the Elimination.

Cycling • 17 Oct 24

Lara Gillespie has a busy schedule in Copenhagen

Irish trio set for UCI Track World Championships

Ireland have a team of three heading to the UCI Track World Championships, which are due to start in Copenhagen on Thursday.

Cycling • 15 Oct 24

Lara Gillespie

Decorated underage cyclist Lara Gillespie will be part of the historic team pursuit event in Paris.

Cycling • 22 Jul 24

Lara Gillespie in action in the Women's Points Race in Apeldoorn

Fourth for Lara Gillespie in Women's Points Race

For the third time this week Lara Gillespie came within a whisker of a medal at the 2024 UEC Track European Championships with a fourth place finish in the Women's Points Race.

Cycling • 16 Jan 24

The green singlet of Lara Gillespie in the arena in Apeldoorn

Gillespie just misses out on a medal in Women's Omnium

Lara Gillespie came within touching distance of winning a bronze medal in the Women's Omnium at the 2024 UEC Track European Championships in the Dutch city of Apeldoorn.

Cycling • 12 Jan 24

Lara Gillespie is hoping for a big Worlds

Cycling starlet Lara Gillespie's ambitions are on track

Lara Gillespie has taken an unusual route to elite cycling, but the Enniskerry 21-year-old now has a crystal clear focus on her ultimate ambition as she prepares for the Track World Championships in Paris.

Cycling • 04 Oct 22

Lara Gillespie celebrates her stage win. Photo: Lorraine O'Sullivan

Lara Gillespie surges to Rás na mBan stage victory

Lara Gillespie stormed to victory in Piltown, Co Kilkenny on Saturday, to earn her second stage win of this year's Rás na mBan.

Cycling • 10 Sep 22

Gillespie sprints to victory on day one of Rás na mBan

Team Ireland's Lara Gillespie sprinted to victory in the opening stage of Rás na mBan today, leading home a large bunch into Callan, County Kilkenny.

Cycling • 07 Sep 22

The Irish quartet on the track in Munich

Sixth place for the women's team pursuit in Munich

The Irish women's team pursuit squad of Lara Gillespie, Kelly Murphy, Mia Griffin and Alice Sharpe defeated Poland at the European Championships in Munich to finish sixth overall.

Cycling • 12 Aug 22

Lara Gillespie shone again on the European stage

Lara Gillespie claims silver at U23 European C'ship

Ireland's Lara Gillespie claimed a silver medal at the Under-23 European Track Cycling Championships on Tuesday after finishing second in the individual pursuit in Holland.

Cycling • 18 Aug 21