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Nicolas Roche has been a busy man since retirement

Roche: Velodrome crucial to the future of Irish cycling

Nicolas Roche believes that the proposed new cycling velodrome in Abbotstown is crucial for the growth of the sport in Ireland and said that it would put the country on the map as a destination for major cycling events.

Cycling • 21 Apr 22

Nicholas Roche, front left, has retired from professional cycling

Nicholas Roche retires from professional racing

Two-time Irish National champion and multiple Olympian Nicholas Roche has announced his retirement from professional cycling.

Cycling • 04 Oct 21

The Belgian took victory in a dramatic finish

Van Aert takes Tour of Britain victory, Martin seventh

Wout Van Aert won a dramatic sprint finish to the final stage of the Tour of Britain to snatch the overall victory from Ethan Hayter, with Ireland's Dan Martin placed seventh overall.

Cycling • 12 Sep 21

Wout Van Aert celebrates after crossing the line

Martin seventh as Van Aert stage win cuts Hayter's lead

Dan Martin was best of the Irish in seventh as Wout Van Aert won stage six of the Tour of Britain ahead of Ethan Hayter to cut the Londoner's overall lead to just four seconds.

Cycling • 10 Sep 21

England;s Ethan Hayter won the sprint race

Martin finishes inside top 20 in stage five

Ethan Hayter won stage five of the Tour of Britain in a reduced sprint to move back into the overall lead of the race while Dan Martin finished 19th and Nicolas Roche 45th.

Cycling • 09 Sep 21

Wout van Aert and Julian Alaphilippe grimace as they pedal through the pain barrier in an uphill sprint finish

Martin and Roche finish in top 10 in Llandudno

Dan Martin and Nicolas Roche both secured top-10 finishes on stage four of the Tour of Britain as Wout van Aert secured his second victory in the race as he battled in an uphill sprint finish to the line in Llandudno to reclaim the overall lead.

Cycling • 08 Sep 21

Former international ski jumper Roglic claimed gold for Slovenia

Tokyo 2020: Roche 28th as Roglic claims cycling gold

Primoz Roglic claimed Slovenia's first-ever Olympic cycling gold medal with a perfectly-executed ride in the road time trial to dominate the field by a minute on Wednesday.

Olympics • 28 Jul 21

Dan Martin and Nicolas Roche during a training ride at Rio 2016

Roche relishing third Olympics alongside cousin Martin

Nicolas Roche has described the fact that he and cousin Dan Martin are going to a third Olympic Games together for Team Ireland as "very special" ahead of Saturday's men's road race in Tokyo.

Tokyo 2020 • 21 Jul 21

Nicolas Roche (centre) pushed for a stage win but had to settle for third place

Nicolas Roche takes third at Giro d'Italia

Nicolas Roche was unable to make it back-to-back Irish wins on the Giro d'Italia as Alberto Bettiol took a fine stage win from a breakaway.

Cycling • 27 May 21

Victor Campenaerts celebrates winning the 15th stage

Bernal retains Giro lead as Campenaerts wins stage 15

Belgian Victor Campenaerts won the 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia as Colombian Egan Bernal retained the overall leader's Maglia Rosa and Dan Martin moved up to 12th in the general classification.

Cycling • 23 May 21

Lorenzo Fortunato celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the 14th stage

Fortune favours Fortunato as Bernal extends lead

Italian rider Lorenzo Fortunato claimed his maiden career win on stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia, while Dan Martin climbed to 13th overall, seven minutes and 50 seconds behind leader Egan Bernal.

Cycling • 22 May 21

Giacomo Nizzolo celebrates after winning the 13th stage

Nizzolo wins stage 13, Bernal retains pink jersey grip

European champion Giacomo Nizzolo won his maiden Giro d'Italia stage when the Qhubeka Assos rider clinched victory with a fine sprint to the finish on stage 13.

Cycling • 21 May 21

Peter Sagan celebrates on the podium after winning the 10th stage

Sagan wins Giro stage 10 as Martin stays eighth overall

Dan Martin remains eighth in the general classification at the Giro d'Italia after stage 10 which was won by Slovakia's Peter Sagan.

Cycling • 17 May 21

Egan Bernal hits the finish line on the gravel of Campo Felice

Martin remains in eighth as Bernal snatches Giro lead

Egan Bernal stormed to victory on the ninth stage of the Giro d'Italia to claim the leader's pink jersey, while Ireland's Dan Martin finished fifth and remains in eighth place overall.

Cycling • 16 May 21

Team Lotto-Soudal rider Caleb Ewan (R) outsprints Team Qhubeka Assos rider Giacomo Nizzolo

Ewan takes stage five on dramatic day at Giro

Caleb Ewan took victory on stage five of the Giro d'Italia as a crash-strewn finish in Cattolica ended the general classification hopes of Mikel Landa and Pavel Sivakov.

Cycling • 12 May 21

Taco Van Der Hoorn just manages to stay clear of the chasing peloton

Van Der Hoorn takes Giro stage win in Piedmont

Taco Van Der Hoorn took a remarkable solo victory from the breakaway as Filippo Ganna retained the pink jersey on stage three of the Giro d'Italia.

Cycling • 10 May 21

Tim Merlier of Team Alpecin-Fenix celebrates at podium

Merlier wins Giro Stage 2, Martin & Roche in action

Belgian Tim Merlier won the second stage of the Giro d'Italia in a sprint finish, while Irish duo Dan Martin and Nicolas Roche were 64th and 95th respectively.

Cycling • 09 May 21

Martin is competing in his first Giro in seven years

Seven years older & wiser, relaxed Martin set for Giro

Seven years ago tonight, Ireland's Dan Martin smashed his collarbone in a sickening crash on the opening stage of the Giro d'Italia which started in Belfast. Tomorrow, in Turin, the Irish rider takes to the start line for the Italian Grand Tour a much changed man, he tells Brian Canty

Cycling • 07 May 21

Roche second on Tour of the Alps final stage

Ireland's Nicholas Roche finished second on the fifth and final stage of the Tour of the Alps.

Cycling • 24 Apr 21

Nicolas Roche averaged 48.8 kph on the Imola track to finish 31st

Roche & Mullen in action as Italy takes time trial gold

Irish cyclists Ryan Mullen and Nicolas Roche finished 25th and 31st respectively at the UCI Road World Championships elite men's individual time trial in Italy.

Cycling • 25 Sep 20

Nicholas Roche of Ireland and Team Sunweb at stage 18 of the Tour de France

Roche and Martin in Irish squad for World Championships

Nicolas Roche and Dan Martin have been included in Cycling Ireland's squad of four for the UCI Road World Championships this month.

Cycling • 18 Sep 20

Tadej Pogacar leads the peloton up the gruelling Col du Grand Colombier

Pogacar wins mountain stage; Bennett remains in green

Tadej Pogacar beat fellow Slovenian and overall leader Primoz Roglic to win the 15th stage of the Tour de France as defending champion Egan Bernal all but abandoned his crown after a brutal failure on Sunday.

Cycling • 13 Sep 20

Roglic strengthens Tour lead, Martin enjoys best finish

Primoz Roglic tightened his grip on the Tour de France overall lead on a day when Dan Martin had his best finish of this year's race and Sam Bennett maintained his green jersey lead.

Cycling • 11 Sep 20

Julian Alaphilippe celebrates after beating Marc Hirschi to the line

Alaphilippe takes Tour Stage 2 and the yellow jersey

Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe won the second stage of the Tour de France, a 186-km mountain ride around Nice, and took the overall leader's yellow jersey on Sunday.

Cycling • 30 Aug 20

Dan Martin: "It's one of those strange injuries where I feel worse off the bike than on it."

Dan Martin keeping his cool in the eye of the storm

Dan Martin is prepared for an "incredibly treacherous" opening stage at the Tour de France.

Cycling • 28 Aug 20