Junior Tour needs renewed fundingWith 96 starters on Tuesday, this year's Junior Tour may have a smaller overall field than is usually the case, but both the …Fri Aug 11 2000 - 01:00
Seymour aims for a magnificent seventhThis weekend, an already impressive record should be extended when Elite Mountain bike rider Robin Seymour attempts to win his…Fri Aug 04 2000 - 01:00
McCann best of the IrishDavid McCann was best of the Irish team in yesterday's Tour of the Cotswolds in EnglandMon Jul 31 2000 - 01:00
Irish impress at international levelCiaran Power is on a break from competition, Morgan Fox and Mark Scanlon are sidelined through illness and injury, but elsewhere…Fri Jul 21 2000 - 01:00
Grassroots in need of boostReassuringly, since the halycon days of Sean Kelly and Stephen Roche, things have brightened up again in Irish cycling this season…Fri Jul 14 2000 - 01:00
Healion triumphsDubliner Paul Healion recorded his biggest victory yet in yesterday's inaugural National Criterium championships in Midleton, …Mon Jul 10 2000 - 01:00
McCann will join Power in elite Olympic road raceThe line-up of the Irish squad for the Olympic Games was finalised yesterday when 27-year-old David McCann was named as the fourth…Fri Jul 07 2000 - 01:00
Tough course to test Armstrong's title bidLet battle commence. Tomorrow begins the hardest Tour in recent years. The most open Tour in recent yearsFri Jun 30 2000 - 01:00
US woman rider is surprise selectionNational team director Richie Beatty has confirmed that professional cyclist Ciaran Power and American resident Deirdre Murphy…Wed Jun 28 2000 - 01:00
McCann stakes claim for Sydney spotIt was expected to be a victorious homecoming for the Tour of Italy finisher, but instead a gang of early-race aggressors hijacked…Mon Jun 26 2000 - 01:00
Power has credentials to break national duckAt around 4.30 on Sunday afternoon a particular discussion should be settled, a welcome assessment madeFri Jun 23 2000 - 01:00
Seymour on form in SpainFollowing Ciaran Power's recent strong showing in the Tour of Italy, another Irishman surpassed his own pre-race expectations…Fri Jun 16 2000 - 01:00
Seymour eyes Olympic goalThe most consistent Irish cyclist of the past decade, Robin Seymour, builds towards his goal of performing well in the Olympics…Fri Jun 09 2000 - 01:00
Power joins an illustrious listThree weeks, 21 stages and 3,700 kilometres after the race began with a prologue on the streets of Rome, Ciaran Power yesterday…Mon Jun 05 2000 - 01:00
Power to fulfil his objectivesEighteen stages down, three to go, and Ciaran Power looks set to realise his ambitions in this year's Tour of ItalyFri Jun 02 2000 - 01:00
More glory for PowerFollowing his fifth place earlier this month on the third stage of the Tour of Italy, Ciaran Power yesterday registered another…Wed May 31 2000 - 01:00
Winn's triumph sealed in WicklowJulian Winn became the first foreign winner of the FBD Milk Ras in 11 years and the first from Wales in the race's 48-year history…Mon May 29 2000 - 01:00
McCann takes damaging stage in strong finishParadise lost. After leading the FBD Milk Ras since Tuesday evening, Irish rider David O'Loughlin slipped out of the yellow jersey…Fri May 26 2000 - 01:00
Butler's bolt pays dividendsAfter talented Mayo rider David O'Loughlin had overhauled overall leader Mark Lovatt in Listowel on Tuesday, the 22 year old …Thu May 25 2000 - 01:00
O'Loughlin takes lead after gruelling stage to ListowelA deposed race leader, a new yellow jersey in the form of Irishman David O'Loughlin, the collapse of the challenge of a number…Wed May 24 2000 - 01:00
Welshman lives with fierce paceYesterday's stage of the FBD Milk Ras, a short 75 miles from Newport to Oughterard was always envisaged as the calm before the…Tue May 23 2000 - 01:00
Big break for Kenneally in well-earned stage triumphAfter previous disappointments in the FBD Milk Ras, Tipperary cyclist Brian Kenneally finally capitalised on his considerable…Mon May 22 2000 - 01:00
Strong visiting challengeIreland's toughest sporting event? Some will dispute the superlative, but this is unquestionably a masochist's paradise.Fri May 19 2000 - 01:00
Power has high hopes in GiroTomorrow afternoon, another important step in the continuing renaissance of Irish cycling takes place when Ciaran Power and eight…Fri May 12 2000 - 01:00
Fox adapts to professional lifeHaving lined out in recent weeks in such top-ranked races as Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Veneendaal-Veneendaal and the Paris-Camembert…Fri May 05 2000 - 01:00
Eighth win of season for CassidyPhilip Cassidy yesterday recovered from a four-second overnight deficit to beat national champion Tommy Evans in the Tour of …Tue May 02 2000 - 01:00
Evans on formNational champion Tommy Evans yesterday overtook Carlow-rider Michael Mulcahy as the overall race leader in the Tour of Ulster…Mon May 01 2000 - 01:00
Ras line-up gets strongerA host of international teams may already have been confirmed for next month's FBD Milk Ras, but as the weeks go by the field…Fri Apr 28 2000 - 01:00
Power and Fox find new routesFollowing indications that both of their teams would compete in the Tour of Flanders, Ciaran Power and Morgan Fox were disappointed…Fri Mar 31 2000 - 01:00
Scanlon and Power show early season promiseIt may be seven months to the Sydney games but some of the candidates for the two Olympic slots available are already showing…Fri Mar 24 2000 - 00:00
In-form Power shows the wayLate last season, Ciaran Power considered his then fruitless search for a professional contract and, in a few words, articulated…Fri Mar 17 2000 - 00:00
Scanlon makes French impactAfter a season hampered by a lingering knee injury, 1998 junior world champion Mark Scanlon posted the clearest sign yet of a…Fri Mar 10 2000 - 00:00
Ageless Cassidy in different classAfter winning the FBD Milk Ras last year at 37 years of age, Philip Cassidy yesterday illustrated in the Cycleways Cup that time…Mon Mar 06 2000 - 00:00
Mountain riders get a boostIt is a unfortunate fact that within the Irish cycling scene, the discipline of mountain-biking has often been relegated to second…Fri Mar 03 2000 - 00:00
Fine debut for FoxHaving signed a professional contract with the Tonissteiner team in October, Athlone cyclist Morgan Fox made his debut in last…Fri Feb 25 2000 - 00:00
Seymour's efforts earn their rewardAfter being named as the Irish Mountain-biking crosscountry representative for the Sydney Olympics, Robin Seymour received a …Fri Feb 11 2000 - 00:00
Power undaunted by new challengeNine stages into what is his first race as a professional, Ciaran Power has illustrated that he is clearly swimming, rather than…Fri Feb 04 2000 - 00:00
Ras route to sort out men from boysWhen eventual winner Philip Cassidy was asked about the route of the FBD Milk Ras, months before last year's race, his reply …Fri Jan 28 2000 - 00:00
Power impresses on tour debutFive years after Sean Kelly hung up his wheels, Irish cycling returned to the professional peloton on Tuesday when Waterford …Thu Jan 27 2000 - 00:00
Olympics hopefuls lifted by grant newsThe furrowing of brows and gnawing of fingernails by those within the Irish Cycling Federation has abated with Wednesday's announcement…Fri Jan 21 2000 - 00:00
New stars target SydneyIt is fitting that as the countdown for Sydney continues, Irish cycling looks to be in a healthier state than recent yearsFri Jan 14 2000 - 00:00
Winning a race against timeIT STARTED with a lump in one testicle, a lump that was there for as long as he could rememberMon Jun 23 1997 - 01:00
