Downhill National Series Winners Crowned for 2024

Posted in: Downhill
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Lilian Tobin

The series included three rounds, beginning in May with Round 1 hosted by Gravity BC. Round 2 took place at the end of August, hosted by Bree Mountain Bike Club and the final round was last weekend, hosted by GAP...

Irish Downhill National Series Round 3 - Results

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Kyle Murray winner of the Youth U16 Boys category and the overall fastest in a time of 1:42.64

And the young talent shone through with the Youth U16 riders getting many of the fastest times. The GAP's young rider, Kyle Murray set the fastest time just a second faster than Darragh Ryan also U16 and Masters M30, Stephen Smyth setting the third fastest time 1.63 seconds back...

2024 Downhill National Series Round 3 - Qualification Results

Posted in: Downhill, Off-Road Videos
With the success of Ronan Dunne and Oisin O'Callaghan on the world stage, Ireland is experiencing a surge of young talent coming up through the ranks in downhill racing...

Downhill National Series Round 2 in Bree - Results

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Having recently hosted a very successful Downhill National Championships, Bree Mountain Bike Club were hosts again this past weekend as Round 2 of the Irish National Downhill Series in Bree, Co. Wexford...

2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

Posted in: Cross Country, Downhill
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Ronan Dunne's 6th place was the best of the Irish at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Andorra over the last few days, Results from the XCO and DH events are in now...

Cycling Ireland Announce UCI Mountain Bike Worlds Team

Posted in: Cross Country, Downhill
The mountain bike world descends on Pal Arinsal in Andorra from 28th of August to 1st of September for the Downhill and Cross-Country World Championships. Ireland will have three representatives in the cross-country disciplines with nine Irish riders taking on the downhill...

Irish Riders Shine in the European Downhill Championships

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A challenging course in Champéry saw several big crashes in seeding runs on Saturday, which ultimately saw the remainder of the seeding cancelled. The Irish riders present met the challenging conditions head on, and in the Elite Category Ronan Dunne grabbed himself a top 10...

2024 Irish National Downhill Championships - Results

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Oisin O'Callaghan (Limerick Mountain Biking Club) was the fastest at the Irish National Downhill Championships hosted by Bree MTB over the weekend. Leah Maunsell (Team Ballyhoura) was the fastest in the women's category. They are now the 2024 National Champions...

Cycling Ireland - Mountain Bike News July 2024

Posted in: Cross Country, Downhill
Registration is open for the 2024 National Cross-country and Downhill Championships. The events will be held on Saturday/Sunday 20-21 July 2024. Also Cycling Ireland are seeking Expression of Interest for Cross-country and Downhill World Championships...

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Irish Downhillers Excel at UCI World Cup Round in Austria

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Irish Downhillers are on a crest of a wave with excellent results in the latest round of 2024 UCI Downhill MTB World in Leogang, Austria. Oisin O’Callaghan took 1st in Qualifying rounds and Rohan Dunne while clipping a tree in practice runs still finished 13th just 4.5 seconds down...