RESULTS:
MC2 3km Pursuit: Silver Medal for Colin Lynch
MC3 3km Pursuit: Bronze Medal for Eoghan Clifford
WB 3km Pursuit: 4th Place for Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal
MB 4km Pursuit: 9th Place for Peter Ryan and Sean Hahessy.
MC3 1km TT: 12th Place for Eoghan Clifford
WB 1km TT: 10th Place for Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal
MB 1km TT: 17th Place for Peter Ryan and Sean Hahessy
WB Sprint: 6th Place for Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal
MB Sprint:
MC1-2-3 Scratch Race: 5th Place for Eoghan Clifford, 13th Place for Colin Lynch
Cycling Team:
Where can you follow it:
Unfortunately there isn't a lot of coverage of the Paracycling Track World Championships, but here is a good link that describes all the feeds that follow it. We will be tweeting our updates from the event when we get them on @irecyclingfed also. Meanwhile you can check out our YouTube Channel for a few videos from the riders in training. Click on the image below to be directed to Procycling Women's Website which has more details.
Have a listen to Eoghan Clifford looking forward to the races starting:
Interviews:
Check out a few recent interviews with some of the riders ahead of this weekend's World Championships:
Sportswomen.ie is a great website that covers all women's sports. Click on each of their names below the photo to find a lovely interview with Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal
An Post is the sponsor of the Cycling Ireland Para-cycling team, and this year the team is one of the An Post Cycle Series ambassadors. They will be attending the Tour de Burren in June. At the launch of the An Post Series Peter Ryan spoke with the media about his journey in Para-cycling.
Check out the interview with 42.ie HERE and with SportsJoe HERE.
Team Training:
Schedule of Races:
| Day 1 – Thursday 17th March 2016 | ||
| 9.45 | Colin Lynch | M C2 3km Individual Pursuit Qualifying Round |
| 10.45 | Eoghan Clifford | M C3 3km Individual Pursuit Qualifying Round |
| 17.00 | Colin Lynch | M C2 3km Individual Pursuit Finals |
| 17.15 | Eoghan Clifford | M C3 3km Individual Pursuit Finals |
| Day 2 – Friday 18th March 2016 | ||
| 08.00 | Dunlevy & McCrystal | W B 3km Individual Pursuit Qualifying Round |
| 08.40 | Ryan & Hahessy | M B 4km Individual Pursuit Qualifiers |
| 12.30 | Colin Lynch | M C2 1km Time Trial |
| 13.40 | Eoghan Clifford | M C3 1km Time Trial |
| 14.30 | Dunlevy & McCrystal | W B 3km Individual Pursuit Finals |
| 14.45 | Ryan & Hahessy | M B 4km Individual Pursuit Finals |
| Day 3 – Saturday 19th March 2016 | ||
| 12.30 | Dunlevy & McCrystal | W B 1km Time Trial |
| 13.10 | Ryan & Hahessy | M B 1km Time Trial |
| 16.10 | Colin Lynch Eoghan Clifford | M C1-2-3 Scratch Race Finals |
| Day 4 – Sunday 20th March 2016 | ||
| 08.00 | Dunlevy & McCrystal | W B 200m Sprint Qualifying Round |
| 08.25 | Ryan & Hahessy | M B 200m SprintQualifying Round |
| 09.45 | Dunlevy & McCrystal | W B Sprints Knock Out Rounds |
| 10.05 | Ryan & Hahessy | M B Sprint Knock Out Rounds |
| 14.00 | Dunlevy & McCrystal | W B Sprint Finals |
| 14.10 | Ryan & Hahessy | M B Sprint Finals |