sean kelly tour

  • 2017 SKT – Look up to the back markers

      Last weekend saw the 11th edition of the Sean Kelly Tour of Waterford. The weather was not ideal on Sunday but the vast majority of peoples spirits were high. On Saturday the 12k family cycle saw over 1500 take part. It was fantastic to see so many kids of all ages joined by their…

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  • Sean Kelly Tour 2017

    There is a lot of talk this year about the new route for the 160k Sean Kelly Tour of Waterford. With Mahon Falls and the Mauma road now excluded many have speculated that it will be easier and less of a challenge. That would probably be the wrong assumption to make. The new route takes in…

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  • Sean Kellys’ sportive training advice

    With the Sean Kelly Tour coming up at the end of August people are now in training for the big event. Many cyclists have their own way of training. Some will stick regimentally to a training programme whilst others just get out on the bike whenever they can. Twice recently I have heard Sean comment on how…

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  • Why and what next !

    This year there has been a huge surge in the amount of interest in cycling and the number of cyclists on Irish roads . There are three contributing factors which have helped to spur this on ; 1 - The Government Cycle to Work initiative - When an average PAYE worker is given the chance…

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  • 2010 Sean Kelly Tour

    Today I was impressed by many people at The Sean Kelly Tour . The huge team of over 300 volunteers who gave up their Sunday to help out , and many gave a good deal more time than that . The 3700 determined cyclists who were all so cheerful and friendly to each other and…

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  • 2010 Sean Kelly Tour – Pre entry only !

    worldwidecycles The entries for the 2010 Sean Kelly Tour of Waterford are flooding in as the closing date approaches . This promises to be the best event yet so be sure to get your entry in before the closing date of Friday the 20th of August as there will be no entry on the day…

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  • Asking for directions !

    One weekend recently , a group of leisure cyclists from Cork decided to visit Dungarvan Co. Waterford for the weekend and ride parts of the route of the Sean Kelly tour . They were well organised and had even gone to the trouble of printing off the route map online . ( soon this will…

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  • Carrick Wheelers on TV

    Setanta Ireland are showing a programme called 'Wheel of Dreams ' on Tuesday night next 7/4/09 at 10 pm . The show will revolve around the Carrick Wheelers cycling club and will include footage of events such as The Sean Kelly tour . There will also be interviews and profiles of local legends such as…

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  • Everybody needs a GPS !

    We have the Garmin range of GPS systems coming into stock this week and always one for the gadgets I have set my sights on an Edge 705  with h/r and cadence (€399) for myself . The functions are similar to the edge 305 (€249) but with the addition of the colour mapping screen I had to go…

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