Aqua Blue Sport

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Ireland’s Matthew Teggart: he will be one of four Irishmen on the new UCI-registered team. Photograph: Craig Watson/Inpho
Boost for Irish cycling with new international squad set to debut in 2019

The blow to Irish cycling suffered by the ending of the An Post Chainreaction team at the close of the 2017 season plus the loss of the Aqua Blue Spor(...)

Conor Dunne celebrates winning the Cycling Ireland Road Racing National Championships in Sligo last July. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho
National champion Dunne continues search for a team

Having been left without a slot for 2019 when the Aqua Blue Sport team collapsed at the end of August, national road race champion Conor Dunne has bee(...)

Nicolas Roche: finding the going tough in the Vuelta a España. Photograph: Tim de Waele/Getty Images
Roche loses valuable time at Vuelta a España

Nicolas Roche missed a split on stage six of the Vuelta a España on Thursday, with the first 50 riders gaining one minute 44 seconds on Roche’s group(...)

The Aqua Blue Sport riders in team time trial formation prior to Saturday’s start of the race. Photograph: Karen Edwards.
Aqua Blue Sport making Irish sporting history with Vuelta a España debut

When Cork businessman Rick Delaney laid out his goals for his new Irish pro cycling team last autumn, taking part in one of the sport’s three week Gra(...)

BMC Racing Team rider Nicolas Roche finished 53rd in Thursday’s stage two of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in Spain
Cycling: Nicolas Roche off to strong start but still chasing form

Nicolas Roche has said that he still has room to improve in terms of his form, but made a successful debut with his new BMC Racing Team this week. (...)

Sam Bennett of Bora-Hansgrohe celebrates as he crosses the line to win the Men’s Towards Zero Race Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia. Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images
Sam Bennett claims victory in Race Melbourne event

Sam Bennett received a major morale boost on Thursday when he clocked up his earliest-ever season victory. Competing in the Race Melbourne event in A(...)

Martyn Irvine: “Deep down I know I have got the tools to do a good job. So I just need to do everything right this year to show that off.”
Martyn Irvine enthusiastic about the challenge ahead

One year after he announced his retirement from international cycling, Martyn Irvine is ready to resume competition and is raring to go. Several mo(...)