A man in his 30s was injured this morning after he was knocked off his bicycle in a collision at the bus stop in the Phoenix Park in Dublin.A passerby who witnessed the aftermath but not the collision confirmed that OPW Park Rangers and other passing cyclists had stopped to help ahead of emergency services arriving. The injured man was on the ground and was aided by a passing cyclist. The collision happened at the marked bus stop and the makeshift bus waiting area, which was used for shuttle buses over the weekend for Bloom in Phoenix Park. Bord Bia which runs Bloom with the OPW, which manages the park said last week that the cycle lane was closed for safety.The lane was reopened ahead of rush hour this morning, but a stretch of the protective bollards which lined the cycle lane had not been replaced after they were removed to enlarge the gap in the bollards.It is understood that the original gap in the bollards was an auxiliary bus stop for the 99 bus for when the parks Visitor Centre is closed, such as during events like Bloom. Its unclear if the Visitor Centre was accessible this morning.The gap in the cycle lane for the bus stop was made when the 99 bus route was set up to link the park with Parkgate Street, which in turn links with trains and the Luas at Heuston Station. The gap for the bus stop was much smaller before the layout was changed ahead of Bloom.A spokesperson at the Garda Press Office said: Garda attended a traffic collision that occurred at approximately 8:35am this morning Wednesday, 5th of June 2024 on Chesterfield Avenue in Phoenix Park, Dublin 7. A cyclist and a bus were involved in this collision.The Garda spokesperson added: The cyclist, a man aged in his 30s, was conveyed to Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown for treatment of non-life threatening injuries sustained as a result of this collision.

Soudal - Quick-Step's Remco Evenepoel was playing down his ambitions and his level heading into the 2024 Criterium du Dauphine. In the stage 4 time-trial however, the Belgian looked back to his best as he powered to the stage win and moved into the race lead in the process, sending out a Tour de Fra...

Despite a massively impressive effort on the stage 4 individual time-trial at the 2024 Criterium du Dauphine, INEOS Grenadiers' European champion Joshua Tarling was forced to settle for second behind Remco Evenepoel."That was grim. It felt slow," assessed the 20-year-old Welshman in his post-stage i...

Cycle lane bollards were removed and dumped in a garden just months ahead of the fatal crash when 22-year-old Greta Price-Martin was killed after a truck hit her bicycle on April 24th 2024.Google Street View shows the bollards in place sometime in November 2022, and a log released under Freedom of Information legislation has a resident recounting that the bollards were removed approximately one month before Christmas.Such bollards are seen as a traffic-calming measure, as they direct motorists to slow down before turning and avoid them from merging into the cycle lane ahead of where it is necessary to do so.The young woman was a student and was cycling to work at around 8am when the collision happened. Price-Martin was from Templetown in Co Louth and lived in Dun Laoghaire while attending the Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT).The collision happened as the truck driver and Price-Martin entered a five-way junction from Mounttown Road Lower. The other arms of the junction are Upper Glenageary Road, Oliver Plunkett Road, Kill Ave, and Highthorn Park.Locals and campaigners expressed concern as to why plastic cycle lane bollards at one of the corners where the fatal crash happened were removed or damaged. IrishCycle.com then requested information on the missing bollards at the junction from Dn LaoghaireRathdown County Council under the Freedom of Information Act.The council part granted the request, only removing the personal information of the member of the public who reported the bollards dumped in their garden. The bollards were recorded dumped after the resident reported them to the council on January 3rd, 2024.The council added a note: Please note that the Council did not remove bollards at this junction.The reporting log, released under Freedom of Information Acts, said: The caller rang saying that 14 bollards were installed outside his home by the Council as a traffic calming measure.It added that, according to the resident, Approximately one month before Christmas, the Council dug up some of the bollards. Somebody removed 7 or 8 of the bollards and dumped them over the boundary wall of the callers garden. The bollards are currently stuck in the callers bush.Dn LaoghaireRathdown County Council are progressing with the DLR Central project, which will see the junction fully redesigned with a segregated cycle path and extended footpath around the location of the collision. The project was approved by councillors in 2022 and is expected to start construction this year.Dash camera footage has been summited to the Garda.After the collision, a Garda spokesperson called for any witnesses to contact them and anybody with footage to make the footage available to them. Anyone with any information or footage is asked to contact Dun Laoghaire Garda Station on 01 666 5000, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.

Although David Gaudu has never been regarded as an expert in the individual time-trial, the Frenchman's performance on stage 4 of the 2024 Criterium du Dauphine was still markedly poor.Clocking the 54th fastest time, Gaudu ended the day losing a grand total of 4:07 to the eventual stage winner, Remc...

This post is about the problems that women cyclists sometimes experience with our lady parts, due to saddle soreness. It includes an explanation of what causes the problems; descriptions of the various problems; advice on how to treat them and when to seek medical help; and advice on how to avoid all of these problems in the first place. The issues I have focused on are vaginitis (yeast infections); urinary tract infections; saddle soreness (includes chafing, folliculitis, saddle sores, and boils); genital numbness; and labial hypertrophy (swollen labia).The post How Women Cyclists Can Prevent Saddle Soreness and Associated Issues appeared first on Average Joe Cyclist.

Sam Bennett has said when his tenure with Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale did not start with hoped-for wins, he felt like he had failed as his one job was to win races. The Irishman, who finished 2nd on the opening stage at Critrium du Dauphin on Sunday also said as he was nothing without his []The post Sam Bennett | My job is to win races and I didnt. In my eyes I failed appeared first on Sticky Bottle.

In his semi-retirement, 73-year-old Roy Lopez is embracing cycling with newfound dedication, taking home trophies and defying age barriers with each pedal stroke

With second place on stage 2 and another podium in Wednesday's time trial, Primoz Roglic seems to have finally found his good old legs at Critrium du Dauphin. Just in time ahead of the Tour de France.It has taken some time for Roglic and BORA - hansgrohe to figure things out - something the team a...

Darren Rafferty (EF Education-EasyPost) has put in a very solid ride against the watch on stage 4 of Criterium du Dauphin which has left the 20-year-old neo pro just outside the top 20 overall at the halfway point. The big three on the stage today were world champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step), European champion Josh []The post Rafferty (20) holds his own in TT at Criterium du Dauphin | Video appeared first on Sticky Bottle.