The alarm clock bleating at 5am on a cold and frosty morning in early January is not often greeted pleasantly, but when it means a trip to Dublin airport to board one of Micky Ryans' Aerobuses to the Spanish sunshine, it's not so bad having an early start. Bike racks abound in the red car…
Conor Dunne and Ryan Mullen were among 13 riders selected by Cycling Ireland for the upcoming UCI World Road Championships later this month in Virginia, USA. An Post star Mullen, who will join WorldTour team, Cannondale-Garmin, next season will be first in action, lining out for the men’s Under 23 World Time Trial on…
This week I was fortunate enough to again attend the An Post Sean Kelly Chain Reaction team training camp in Calpe on the coast of Spain. It's always nice to start the year with a taste of some sunshine cycling and to shorten the Irish winter. There are some new faces on the team in…
Sam Bennett was born with a talent. His family and clubs, teams and coaches helped him develop that talent and this week it all came together. Every cycling fan in Ireland felt the hairs on the back of their necks tingle as their heart rates increased to match the readings on Sams' Garmin as he…
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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…
This year the An Post Sean Kelly team registered in Belgium . This allows the team to enter many of the Belgian semi classics . These races may not be shown on Eurosport but are readily available to watch live online via feeds from European Television stations . The best place to find these feeds…
When his training program said that he was to do 6 hours , and he could not go outdoors , he did 6 hours indoors on the turbo trainer. Consuming over 10 litres of water during the six hour period he was also sweating this much out . His wife had to come in to him every now and then with a bucket and mop to soak up his perspiration from the floor
Sean kelly looks forward to the 2010 season with the An Post Sean Kelly team speaking at the teams training camp in Calpe , Spain . [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cberTMH0WU4] Barry www.worldwidecycles.com
The An post leisure series of 5 events nationwide to help promote cycling for all has just been announced in the past hour . There will be 5 events in total which are listed below ; The An Post Cycle Series details are: Sligo: An Post Tour of Sligo, Sunday 10th May Hazelwood Family Spin…
