Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

Top-10 finishes for Irish quartet in Zurich

Irish riders have secured a series of top-10 finishes at the UCI Road World Championships in Zurich.

Julian Alaphilippe becomes just the seventh rider to win back-to-back titles

Alaphilippe retains world title, Irish trio among DNFs

France's Julian Alaphilippe retained his elite men's road race title at the UCI cycling world championships in Flanders, Belgium while Ireland's Rory Townsend contended in the early stages of an attritional event before pulling out with cramp.

Cycling • 26 Sep 21

Sam Bennett is still on the comeback trail

Bennett pulls out of Road World Championships

Sam Bennett has withdrawn from the men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Flanders, Belgium.

Cycling • 21 Sep 21

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

Mads Pedersen claims world title in Yorkshire rain

Mads Pedersen was crowned world champion in rain-sodden Harrogate as the UCI Road World Championships concluded with a brutal day's racing.

Cycling • 29 Sep 19

Heavy rain made conditions difficult in Yorkshire

Cyclists slam 'dangerous' course conditions at Worlds

Heavy rain and flooding marred the third morning of the UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire as some riders suggested the men's under-23 time trial should have been postponed due to "extreme" conditions.

Cycling • 24 Sep 19

Sam Bennett will compete for Ireland in the elite men's road race

Ireland name strong team for UCI Road World C'ships

Sam Bennett, Dan Martin and Eddie Dunbar will backbone Ireland in the elite men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships later this month.

Cycling • 12 Sep 19

From zero to world championships in less than ten years

Lydia Boylan will represent Ireland in Saturday's Elite Women's Road Race World Championships in Bergen, Norway less than ten years after taking up cycling.

Cycling • 21 Sep 17

Mullen fifth at Road World Championsips

Ireland's Ryan Mullen has claimed a superb fifth-place finish in the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Doha.

Cycling • 12 Oct 16

Anna Turvey performed well in gruelling conditions in Doha

Turvey 28th in the heat of Doha at World Champs

Ireland’s Anna Turvey has finished in 28th place in the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in a scorching Doha.

Cycling • 11 Oct 16

Ryan Mullen will compete at Eamonn Ceannt Park this weekend

Mullen confirmed for track cycling grand prix

Irish road racing champion Ryan Mullen has been announced as one of the competitors for Saturday's UCI Track Cycling International Grand Prix, which takes place in Dublin.

Cycling • 08 Jul 14

30-year-old Philippe Gilbert left rivals Edvald Boasson Hagen of Norway and Spain's Alejandro Valverde in his wake

Gilbert claims UCI Road World Championships

Belgium's Philippe Gilbert won the men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships after breaking away on the final climb of the Cauberg hill in Limberg.

Cycling • 23 Sep 12

Uci Road World Championships