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Filippo Ganna celebrates winning the pink jersey after the opening stage

Ganna wins Giro d'Italia opening time trial

Filippo Ganna claimed the first Maglia Rosa leader's jersey of the 2021 Giro d'Italia on home soil, winning the opening time trial, while Irish duo Nicolas Roche and Dan Martin were 46th and 108th respectively.

Cycling • 08 May 21

Sweet for Hirschi as Ireland's Bennett retains green

Marc Hirschi made it third time lucky as he claimed his maiden Tour de France stage victory in Sarran Correze, with Nicholas Roche claiming 10th spot and Sam Bennett retaining his green jersey on a stage not suited to sprinters.

Cycling • 10 Sep 20

Bennett stretches points lead as Yates retains yellow

Sam Bennett stretched his lead over Peter Sagan to 12 points in the race for the Green jersey in today's sixth stage of the Tour de France. Nicholas Roche also enjoyed some success in the King of the Mountains classifications.

Cycling • 03 Sep 20

Bennett has won seven stages at the Tour of Turkey over the last two years.

Final stage victory seals green jersey for Bennett

Ireland's Sam Bennett has won the final stage at the Tour of Turkey to secure the green jersey and cap off an impressive campaign for the Bora-Hansgrohe rider.

Cycling • 14 Oct 18

Martin and Roche on Vuelta start line on Saturday

Dan Martin will be chasing stages rather than overall classification, while Nicolas Roche will ride for team leader Richie Porte in the Vuelta a Espana, which begins on Saturday.

Cycling • 23 Aug 18

Roche holds tight to third at Vuelta

Chris Froome continued his assault on the Vuelta A Espana with an explosive late sprint on the Puig Llorenc climb to win stage nine, while Nicholas Roche finished ninth to remain third overall

Cycling • 27 Aug 17

Lilian Calmejane celebrates his daring victory at Station de Rousses.

Roche fourth as Calmejane wins eighth stage of the Tour

Nicolas Roche came up just short of securing a Tour de France stage win as France's Lilian Calmejane won the eighth stage, a mountainous 187.5km trek from Dole to Station de Rousses on Saturday.

Cycling • 08 Jul 17

Kieran Behan failed to qualify for the final of the artistic gymnastics

As it Happened: Rio Olympics Day 1

Day 1 of the 2016 Rio Olympics saw a number of Irish competitors in action - catch up on the day's events here.

Paris 2024 • 07 Aug 16

Alberto Contador withdrew from the Tour during Sunday's ninth stage

Contador out of Olympics after Tour crashes

Alberto Contador looks set to miss the road race at next month's Rio Olympics after saying that he needed four weeks to recover from injuries sustained on the Tour de France.

Paris 2024 • 12 Jul 16

Shannon McCurley will compete in the women's Kerin.

Four more Irish athletes confirmed for Rio

Four more members of the Irish team for Rio 2016 have been confirmed, including the first female track cyclist to compete for Ireland at the Games.

Paris 2024 • 17 Jun 16

Bramilla won his first Grand Tour stage on the Giro d'Italia

Brambilla wins Giro stage and takes pink jersey

Home favourite Gianluca Brambilla seized the Giro d'Italia leader's jersey from Tom Dumoulin after a brilliant ride on stage eight in Umbria on Saturday.

Cycling • 14 May 16

Griepel raises his hands in celebration at winning Wednesday's fifth stage of the Giro d'Italia

Griepel wins stage, Dumoulin retains pink jersey

German veteran Andre Griepel won stage five of the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday, powering to victory at the end of a 233km stage from Praia a Mare to Benevento.

Cycling • 11 May 16

Tom Dumoulin on his way to taking the lead in the Giro d'Italia

Dumoulin takes Giro d'Italia lead

Dutch cyclist Tom Dumoulin seized the lead at the Giro d'Italia with a win in the opening day’s prologue time-trial – in front of his home crowd.

Cycling • 06 May 16

Kristian Sparagli outsprinted German John Degenkolb to claim his first professional victory

Sbaragli takes first professional win at Vuelta

Italian Kristian Sbaragli gave the South African MTN-Qhubeka team their second grand tour victory when he won the 10th stage of the Tour of Spain on Monday.

Cycling • 31 Aug 15

Alexander Kristoff celebrates as he crosses the finish line

Kristoff seals sprint finish to take stage 12

Norway's Alexander Kristoff has beaten Peter Sagan in a sprint to win the 12th stage of the Tour de France, a 185.5-km ride from Bourg en Bresse.

Cycling • 17 Jul 14

Daniel Martin said he was in the Giro to lead his team

‘All about this race’ for Martin ahead of Giro

Dan Martin has said he will be going all out to get the best possible result in the Giro d’Italia when the race starts in Northern Ireland on Friday.

Cycling • 08 May 14

Bradley Wiggins has held onto the yellow jersey

Wiggins moves ever closer to historic Tour victory

Bradley Wiggins has moved within three days of becoming the first British winner of the Tour de France after successfully negotiating the final day in the Pyrenees.

Cycling • 19 Jul 12

Nicholas Roche