From the 12th to 18th of August we have on the road the Tour de Pologne. It collides with other big races in the calendar but every year it features a quality startlist with all kinds of riders. The seven stages will provide plenty opportunities in the only World Tour stage-race that comes between t...

A cyclist has died from injuries he sustained in a Bank Holiday Weekend crash in Co Wicklow. While the man was treated at the scene and taken to hospital, medical staff were sadly unable to save him. Garda confirmed they were investigating a single vehicle fatal road traffic collision involving a bicycle at approximately 2pm []The post Cyclist killed in Bank Holiday Weekend crash in Co Wicklow appeared first on Sticky Bottle.

Megan Armitage disappointed as crash hampered her overall finish in Womens Road RaceRoad cycling events at Paris 2024 came to a close today, Sunday 4th of August, with the Womens Road Race. Offalys Megan Armitage was the sole representative for Team Ireland. 2024 marked the first time in over 20 years that Ireland has been represented in this event.Making her Olympic debut, Armitage finished 35th in gruelling 158km race, and would have placed much higher if she hadnt been hampered with 48km to go.The Shinrone rider was right up at the head of the peloton, throwing in attacks amidst legends like Netherlands Marianne Vos, when the race re-entered the city with 50km to go but then a rider went down in front of Armitage on a tight corner on the cobbles of Montmarte, forcing her to stop. Detached from the leaders as the race went into its critical criterium stage, with some tough climbs, she just couldnt make it back up.It is a measure of how good the 27-year-old was feeling at the time that she was disappointed with her placing:I was well positioned going into the circuits but, just as I entered the first climb there was a crash, and I got stuck behind it. I needed to be quicker to get back up to the front group then, but the group I was in had teammates in the break at that point and werent co-operating.In the final 2km I went with another girl and still felt really good, Armitage added.Im happy with how I approached the race, just disappointed with the result. It was an incredible experience. I never expected to be here. I could almost hear my family calling my name every time on the circuit, there were so many Irish there!I had bad luck, being behind the crash and not in front of it. These things happen, but before that, I rode a really good race. Its the best Ive ever felt in a race, just not the result I hoped for.Armitages dramatic rise from cycling socially during lockdown to a professional career within four years, is already a remarkable one and her brave attacking performance today underlined her potential.The team of Lara Gillespie, Kelly Murphy, Alice Sharpe and Mia Griffin will take to the track on Tuesday, 6th of August, for the qualifying round in the Womens Team Pursuit.Picture by Zac Williams/SWpix.com Full ResultsThe post Armitage On Form Making Olympic Debut appeared first on IrishCyclingNews.com | Irish Cycling News | IrishCycling.

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Chris Froome has signed a five-year contract with Israel - Premier Tech into the 2021 season. It was a move that, performance wise, wasn't worthy for the Israeli team and Froome himself has for many years been far from the level he displayed in the last decade. But he remained in the pro peloton and...

Following the excitement of last weekend when Ryan Mullen made history to become the highest placed Irish finisher in the Mens Time Trial. All eyes returned to the streets of Paris for the Mens Road Race today, Saturday 3rd of August.Joining Mullen, and fresh from a successful Tour de France, was Ben Healy who went on to record another historic finish, coming 10th in the Mens Road Race the highest place recorded by an Irish athlete in the race.Healy and Ryan combined to form an impressive attacking duo, showing not only great skill but also incredible teamwork. Just 70km in to the 272.1km race, Mullen went on the attack with three other riders, and bridged to the leaders who were eventually distanced by the power of the Irish rider.Healy counter attacked in typically forthright style from the main peloton alongside Alexiy Lutsenko with 92km remaining. After joining Mullen up front with 76km to go, who notably emptied the tank to put Healy in with a shout, Mullen dropped back 10km later, and Healy pressed on with the Kazak rider in tow.Healy was joined by a quality chase group and remained in a lead break of three inside the last 30km when eventual race winner Remco Evenepoel and silver medal winner Valentin Madouas pressed on.Absorbed by the chasers Healy still hung on with considerable grit an eight-rider group 1m16s down sprinting for the bronze medal at the Trocadero in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower on a memorable day for Irish cycling.After his breakaway heroics Ryan Mullen completed the race in 60th position, just under 16m 56s behind Evenepoel.Speaking afterwards Healy said:I did what I could and played my cards the best way I knew how to, which gave me the best opportunity of trying to go for a medal. Im super proud of the performance and the team. Ive got to be happy with that. Maybe if I had a little more in the tank I couldve been super close to a medal but top ten is something to be proud of.Full ResultsThe post Ryan Mullen and Ben Healy shine in the Mens Road Race at the 2024 Paris Olympics appeared first on IrishCyclingNews.com | Irish Cycling News | IrishCycling.

A man in his 60s who was cycling on Ticknock, Co Dublin, died yesterday after what Garda are describing as a single vehicle collision with no other road users involved. Bicycles are vehicles under Irish law.A spokesperson at the Garda Press Office said: Garda are investigating a single vehicle fatal road traffic collision involving a bicycle that occurred at approximately 2pm on Sunday 4th August 2024 on the Ticknock Road in Ticknock, Co Dublin.The cyclist, a man in his 60s, was taken to St Vincents University Hospital where he was pronounced deceased. A post-mortem examination will be conducted at a later date, the spokesperson said.Garda said that a technical examination of the scene on the Ticknock Road has been conducted and the road has re-opened to traffic.The Garda spokesperson added: Garda are appealing for any witnesses to this collision to come forward. Any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and were travelling in the Ticknock Road area between 1:45pm and 2pm are asked to make this footage available to Garda.Anyone with any information is asked to contact Blackrock Garda Station on 01 6665200, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.

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Jay Vine is back to racing. In April at the Itzulia Basque Country, the Australian rider was one of the many who was involved in the terrible crash that also involved Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic. Four months later, the Australian is the final rider involved to make a return,...

Nils Politt recently went on a podcast and has given a lot of insight on Tadej Pogacar and UAE Team Emirates' Tour de France. A lot of interesting statements were issued by the German but alongside them some that some riders many not be so fond of, which is that the team has a blacklist of riders wh...