Conor Murphy, the Irish first-year junior rider, set a blistering time for the 10-mile TT distance in recent days, dipping just inside the 18-minute marker for the distance. The 17-year-old rides for Caldwell Cycles at home and U19 Academy Rgion Sud powered by Giant and won Eroica Juniores-Coppa Andrea Meneghelli (1.1) in Italy in May. []The post Analysis | Conor Murphys 10 TT record compared to best ever Irish, UK juniors appeared first on Sticky Bottle.

Picture by Ed Sykes/SWpix.com Remco Evenepoel won the mens individual time trial (ITT) on Saturday, ahead of Filippo Ganna (Italy) and his Belgian countryman Wout van Aert.Following Australias Grace Browns success in the womens individual time trial, Belgiums Remco Evenepoel took gold in the mens event, on the first day of cycling medal competition at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.An average speed of 53.7 km/h saw the Belgian star cover the 32.4km course from the Esplanade des Invalides to the Pont Alexandre III Bridge, passing by Vincennes, its woods and the Jacques Anquetil velodrome in a time of 361216, to get the better of Italys Filippo Ganna (+14) and his fellow Belgian star, Wout van Aert (+25).The rain that poured on the opening ceremony and on the womens ITT also affected the mens event, putting an increased focus on the riders handling skills.The first male rider to start, half an hour after Browns success, was Amir Ansari, who was born in Iran, grew up in Afghanistan, fled to Sweden and is now part of the International Olympic Committees (IOC) Refugee Olympic Team.Italys Alberto Bettiol, the fourth rider off the start ramp, took the hot seat before he was overthrown by Irelands Ryan Mullen, who was himself soon beaten by Czech Republics Mathias Vacek.The intensity kept increasing as the the bigger names in the speciality against the clock rolled down the ramp. Great Britains wonderkid Joshua Tarling displayed his power but suffered a puncture, while the USAs Magnus Sheffield went down.No such incident hampered the effort of Wout van Aert, who took the provisional best time and saw Tarling finish only 2 behind him. Ganna narrowly escaped a crash of his own and his effort was enough to be faster than Van Aert. But there was no containing Evenepoel, who adds the Olympic Games glory to his winning record after his UCI World Champion titles (road race in 2022 and individual time trial in 2023).I cannot describe the feeling I had on the podium, Evenepoel said, after he was awarded the gold medal. Its a magical moment in my life. We watched the womens race before we got into our warm-up and we saw the crashes so we decided not to take any risks in the corners and to push a bit more on the straights, and it was a good strategy. With a third spot in the Tour de France and a victory here, tiredness doesnt matter, the motivation and the positive feelings overtake everything.Irelands Ryan MullenFifteen years after his first appearance for Ireland, Ryan Mullen made his Olympic debut in the Mens Individual Time Trial finishing an outstanding twelfth place; notably Irelands best ever result in the event.Racing 32.4km around a rain-soaked Paris, Mullen finished in 37:57.16 just 1 minute 45 seconds behind newly crowned Olympic Champion Remco Evenepoel of Belgium (36:12.16).Speaking after the race the 29-year-old said; It was a slippery city centre circuit, it was just about managing risk and trying to deliver the power where it was feasible, feasible being a big underlined word there, because you couldnt put power everywhere for risk of losing your backend or frontend.I did what I could, I took the risk where I felt I could, I backed off where I felt like it wasnt worth taking the risk, because like I said, I didnt want to come all the way to Paris, after 15 years in the making of getting here to lie down on a roundabout somewhere so being safe and taking the calculated risk was the most important thing today and you just deliver the best ride you could do in the safest way possible.Mullen returns to action in the Mens Road Race on the 3rd August.Full ResultsThe post Paris 2024: Evenepoel takes a new ITT crown + Full Results appeared first on IrishCyclingNews.com | Irish Cycling News | IrishCycling.

Luke Plapp of Australia was a non-finisher in the OIympic TT in Paris after crashing heavily and being unable to continue. Josh Tarling of Great Britain also suffered a front wheel puncture, which cost him a place on the podium. While Italys Filippo Ganna finished 2nd, just 15 seconds behind winner Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) he []The post Plapp crashes out of Olympic TT, drama for Ganna and Tarling | Videos appeared first on Sticky Bottle.

Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com On the first day of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, the individual time trials (ITT) grant the first medals in cycling events, with Grace Brown (Australia) powering to gold in the womens race.A silver medalist in the ITT of the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships held in Glasgow and across Scotland (United Kingdom), Brown covered the 32.4km from the Esplanade des Invalides to the finish on the Pont Alexandre III bridge in 393824 (49.0 km/h) to get the better of Great Britains Anna Henderson (+131) and the USAs Chlo Dygert (+132).In line with the opening ceremony that captured worldwide attention on Friday evening, rain fell on the womens ITT race but that did not prevent a spectacular event.Slovenias Urka Pintar was the first to start, at 14:30 local time, and Afghanistans Yulduz Hashimi quickly impressed as she set the provisional best time.The crowds roared for French stars Audrey-Cordon Ragot (9th, +213) and Juliette Labous (4th, +141), especially when the latter set the provisional best time from Belgiums Lotte Kopecky (6th, +156).But Brown was already en route to the best time, and that appeared to be sealed after Dygert went down in a left-hand turn. The reigning UCI ITT World Champion eventually saw the silver medal escape her by a margin of 0.87.Succeeding Kazakh Zulfiya Zabirova (1996), the Netherlands Leontien van Moorsel (2000, 2004), American Kristin Armstrong (2008, 2012, 2016) and Dutchwoman Annemiek van Vleuten (2020), Brown brings Australia their first ever Olympic Games gold medal in a road cycling event.I had a plan to pace the race to win gold, Brown said with an immense grin. I executed my plan pretty much to perfection, if not better, so I cant ask for a better day! Its raining but its not dampened my spirits. Rain doesnt bother me too much. I know that you have to take the corners a little bit slower, be a little bit more conservative, but I know that everyone was doing that.Ireland did not have any Riders in this eventFull ResultsThe post Paris 2024: Brown takes first cycling gold + Full Results appeared first on IrishCyclingNews.com | Irish Cycling News | IrishCycling.

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot finally completed her palmares on Sunday afternoon, getting her hands on the Olympic gold medal after a dominant performance in the women's mountain bike.UCI boss David Lappartient was keeping a very close eye on the action and as a proud Frenchman aside from his UCI duties,...

Jerme Pineau, former French cyclist and rival of Lance Armstrong, has taken a sharp shot at the American and convicted doping offender. On his podcast, Armstrong was talking about this year's Tour dominator Tadej Pogacar, to whom he recommended "keeping a low profile" during the final stages of the...

Dublin City Councils Clontarf to City CentreCycle and Bus Priority Project is set to be largely finished by September, and one-way traffic restrictions will be lifted at that stage.However, work outside the shops between Fairview Strand and Edges Corner will continue until October, and snagging work will continue until the end of 2024.The section of the project between Fairview Strand and Edges Corner has been one of the most problematic. Work was delayed due to utility issues, including the need for ESB Networks to install new cables to the buildings along this section. Work was also delayed here to avoid disrupting Leaving Cert exams at Marino College.Cllr Naoise Muir (Fine Gael) posted one of the latest updates on social media, with slides dated July 12th.He said: Some updates on the Clontarf to City Centre cycleway project great to see all the public domain improvements gradually going in current diversion through Ballybough to be lifted in September, and general traffic will be able to travel inbound through the North Strand.The slides outline that the next section of the cycle route due to be opened is outbound from Howth Road to Alfie Byrne Road at the end of this month, this has looked to be close to being finished for some time now.This is listed as to be followed by the opening of the cycle path between Annesley Bridge and Fairview Strand, which is to be finished by the end of August 2024.The final inbound section of the cycle path just before Connolly Station and the outbound cycle track from Five Lamps to East Wall Road are to be finished by the end of September 2024.The road resurfacing works will be completed at weekends until October. The council added that snagging works are expected along the route until the end of 2024, and these will require local closures of footpaths, cycle tracks, and traffic lanes.Some updates on the Clontarf to City Centre cycleway project great to see all the public domain improvements gradually going in current diversion through Ballybough to be lifted in September and general traffic will be able to travel inbound through the North Strand pic.twitter.com/T2uTrw3LUh @naoiseomuiri (@naoiseomuiri) July 27, 2024IMAGE: In May, workers were still in trenches on the Fairview section of the route due to utility issues.

25th of August 2024 the planned date for the roll-out of the first measure as part of the plan, bus gates at the north and south quays at OConnell Bridge.7am and 7pm the operational hours of the bus gates.Over 80% the percentage of Dublin City Council councillors who signed a letter saying they wanted the plan to go ahead.2 the number of times councillors blocked attempts by a minority of councillors aimed at delaying the plan. 80% the percentage of public consultation responds supportive of the plan.1.4 million estimated number of people who saw or heard radio, TV, newspaper and online coverage of the traffic plan while the public consultation was on-going.42 the number of articles and broadcastsacross 20 different media outlets which this website could find covering the plan while the consultation was on-going.2% the percentage of people around OConnell Bridge who are transported in cars.60% percentage of car traffic in the city centre which is through traffic, not stopping at shops or workplaces etc 200 the approximate number of cars and other private vehicles per hour on Bachelors Walk.390 the approximate number of cars and other private vehicles per hour going straight from Burgh Quay to Aston Quay past OConnell Bridge.408 passenger carrying capacity of a single green line tram.80-100 the approximate range of the people carrying capacity of most Dublin Bus vehicles.0 the number of car parks which will be blocked by the plan.10-20k the amount of businesses opposing the plan were asked to contribute towards a legal and PR fight against the traffic plan.

Despite breaking her ankle just seven weeks before the Olympic time trial, Ellen van Dijk was able to return just in time to pull off the eleventh time on the day. Her effort is commendable, however there are voices that maybe her spot in Paris could've been given to another, more fit, rider.Thijs Z...

Chlo Dygert's disappointment after Saturday's "only" bronze from theOlympic time trial due to a crash in one of the slippery corners doesn't seem to stick around with the American for too long as there are other goals to look forward to in Paris for Dygert.Dygert should appear at the start of Sund...