Rory Townsend
9 results

Sam Bennett a true product of Irish cycling, maybe not a reflection of it
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- September 12, 2020, 06:00
If like me you’ve spent some time this week learning how to pronounce Tadej Pogacar you may also have been delving into the history of Slovenian cycli(...)

Dunbar hoping to cap memorable year with strong showing at world road-race championships
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- September 26, 2019, 17:35
When cycling’s elite world road-race championships begins in Leeds on Sunday, Eddie Dunbar will have a vitally important role on the Irish team. The C(...)

Dunlevy and McCrystal add silver to gold at world road championships
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- September 14, 2019, 20:30
Following on from their superb gold in the time-trial on Thursday, Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal took the silver medal in the women’s tandem (...)

Dunlevy and McCrystal complete superb world paracycling treble
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- September 12, 2019, 19:00
The 2017 and 2018 paracycling world time-trial champions Katie-George Dunlevy/Eve McCrystal made it a treble on Thursday, winning yet another tandem g(...)

Sam Bennett close to stage victory in Tour de Romandie
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- May 2, 2019, 21:17
Sam Bennett went agonisingly close to continuing a remarkable sequence in stage races this year, netting second on stage two of the Tour de Romandie i(...)

Cycling column: Irish riders in action as season ramps up
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- January 31, 2019, 20:11
With the competitive year ramping up, Irish riders have got their season underway in various events. National champion Conor Dunne showed strongly t(...)

Benjamin King takes mountainous ninth stage of Vuelta
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- September 2, 2018, 22:17
American rider Benjamin King won the mountainous ninth stage of the Vuelta, finishing atop the beyond-category La Covatilla on Sunday, while Simon Yat(...)

Luuc Bugter takes stage three of the Rás into Listowel
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- May 22, 2018, 19:14
After two days as runner-up, Dutchman Luuc Bugter got this exactly right on stage three of the Rás Tailteann and won into Listowel. He finished severa(...)

Irish riders ready to shine at Commonwealth Games
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- April 5, 2018, 21:32
The first of eight Northern Irish riders will line out in the Commonwealth Games on Friday, getting their campaign under way in the Anna Meares Velodr(...)