Doherty makes break in wet Traders Cup

DERMOT DOHERTY and Richie Gallagher felt the wrath of the Irish spring in Dundalk on Sunday, where Cuchulainn CC threw their annual Traders Cup party. While Gallagher's early break in the A race came unstuck after 30km, Doherty went away with 15 riders the first time past Ardee in the A4 event and when they swept ... More

Banana cushions Twomey fall in Annaclone crash

A WELL-PLACED banana saved Louis Twomey from lasting damage after crashing out of Saturday's Travers Engineering Annaclone GP in County Down. Twomey was brought down close to the finish of the A4 contest, sustaining minor injuries thanks to the death of the unused banana in his centre pocket. He got up and finished the ... More

Junior Doherty selected for National Youth team trial

JUNIOR rider William Doherty has been selected to ride the National Youth Academy trial race at Corkagh Park on Sunday week. Doherty, 11, was third to Moynalty and Orwell Wheelers riders in the Cycling Leinster selection race last month and is one of six riders from the region put forward for next weekend's event. He ... More

Let’s meet . . .

. . .Newcomer of the Year 2014 Lawrence Clifford In an occasional series we'll be delving into the lives and times of some of our most prized members by getting them to answer key questions. If you have ideas for additional, important questions please email info@sttiernanscc.com 1. What do you do to pay for your bikes? ... More

Ex-Tiernan’s rider Duff adds €1,100 prize to Junior Tour pot

AIDAN DUFF, the 1994 Junior Tour winner who began his career with St Tiernan's Cycling Club, has donated a €1,100 bike to Sunday's Junior Tour Trust draw. The former international is now the representative of Focus Bikes in Ireland and has joined forces with BikeWorx in Celbridge to offer a Focus Culebro 3 to one ... More

Bartels third on Cyclocross Champs day

GERMAN import Constantin Bartels scrambled to third on a grueling day at the National Cyclocross Championships in Swords on Sunday. Bartels, lining up for the jersey in the non-nationals - or international - race with Jessica Lamb, fought Team Worc's Cian May and former Friends First Laragh Classic winner Paul O'Reilly ... More

How reliable were you?

SATURDAY was Reliability Trial day and some proved more reliable than others on a morning colloquially renamed as Trial by Wind. It was the first Reliability Trial in St. Tiernan's calendar and the clear day drew out more than 20 riders for the 125k jaunt through Kildare. A puncture minutes from the start knocked the ... More

Super Kerrane in Randonneur ranks

HELEN KERRANE, made famous on these pages by her heroic performance on the Red Line, Red Lane Audax, has joined the ranks of the Super Randonneurs. Kerrane, awarded St. Tiernan's Tourer of the Year in 2014, was added to a group of just 16 riders when completing the required 200km, 300km, 400km and 600km audaxes to ... More